U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Air Products and Chemicals, Evolution Petroleum, Illumina

Evolution Petroleum

22/09/2020 08:02

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets on several
U.S.-listed companies, including Air Products and Chemicals, Evolution Petroleum and Illumina, on Tuesday. 
    
    HIGHLIGHTS
     * Air Products and Chemicals  APD.N : Evercore ISI initiates with outperform
     * CBTX Inc  CBTX.O : KBW raises to outperform from market perform
     * Evolution Petroleum Corp  EPM.A : Alliance Global Partners raises buy rating
     * Illumina Inc  ILMN.O : JP Morgan cuts to neutral from overweight
     * Progressive Corp  PGR.N : KBW cuts to underperform from market perform
 Following is a summary of research actions on U.S. companies reported by Reuters on Tuesday. Stock entries are
in alphabetical order.   
    
     * Accenture Plc  ACN.N : Cowen and Company raises price target to $240 from $225
     * Accenture Plc  ACN.N : Piper Sandler raises target price to $229 from $206
     * Aflac Inc  AFL.N : Credit Suisse raises target price to $40 from $35
     * Air Products and Chemicals  APD.N : Evercore ISI initiates with outperform
     * Air Products and Chemicals  APD.N : Evercore ISI initiates with $335 target price
     * Albemarle Corp  ALB.N : Evercore ISI initiates with underperform; $86 target price
     * Allstate Corp  ALL.N : KBW raises price target to $108 from $107
     * Allstate Corp  ALL.N : KBW raises to outperform from market perform
     * Ashland Global Holdings  ASH.N : Evercore ISI starts with in line rating; price target $80
     * CBTX Inc  CBTX.O : KBW raises to outperform from market perform
     * Celanese Corp  CE.N : Evercore ISI starts with outperform rating; price target $130
     * Cigna Corp  CI.N : Piper Sandler cuts target price to $193 from $240
     * Cubic Corp  CUB.N : RBC raises price target to $52 from $48
     * Dow Inc  DOW.N : Evercore ISI starts with in line rating; price target $58
     * Eastman Chemical Co  EMN.N : Evercore ISI starts with in line rating; price target $91
     * Ecolab Inc  ECL.N : Evercore ISI initiates with outperform, $225 target price
     * Evolution Petroleum Corp  EPM.A : Alliance Global Partners raises buy rating
     * Fulton Financial Corp  FULT.O : Piper Sandler cuts target price to $11 from $12
     * Illumina Inc  ILMN.O : Canaccord Genuity cuts target price to $300 from $350
     * Illumina Inc  ILMN.O : Evercore ISI cuts target price to $225 from $310
     * Illumina Inc  ILMN.O : JP Morgan cuts to neutral from overweight
     * Illumina Inc  ILMN.O : JP Morgan cuts target price to $280 from $390
     * Linde Plc  LIN.N : Evercore ISI initiates with outperform, $275 target price
     * Livent Corp  LTHM.N : Evercore ISI initiates with in line, $10 target price
     * Lyondellbasell Industries NV  LYB.N : Evercore ISI starts with outperform rating
     * Lyondellbasell Industries NV  LYB.N : Evercore ISI starts with price target $90
     * Meritage Homes Corp  MTH.N : Credit Suisse raises target price to $114 from $113
     * Nextera Energy Inc  NEE.N : JP Morgan raises target price to $297 from $289
     * Plains All American Pipeline LP  PAA.N : Simmons Energy cuts target price to $8 from $10
     * Ppd Inc  PPD.O : Citigroup raises price target to $40 from $37
     * PPG Industries Inc  PPG.N : Evercore ISI starts with in line rating; price target $135
     * Progressive Corp  PGR.N : KBW cuts to underperform from market perform
     * Rent-A-Center Inc  RCII.O : Jefferies cuts target price to $33 from $34
     * RPM International Inc  RPM.N : Evercore ISI starts with in line rating; price target $90
     * Targa Resources Corp  TRGP.N : Simmons Energy cuts target price to $18 from $21
     * Toll Brothers Inc  TOL.N : Barclays raises price target to $45 from $43
    

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