U.S. RESEARCH ROUNDUP-Applied Materials, Tegna, Nasdaq

Parnell Pharmaceuticals Holdings

01/04/2016 08:05

April 1 (Reuters) - Wall Street securities analysts revised their ratings and price targets 
on several U.S. companies, including Applied Materials, Microsoft and Nasdaq, on Friday.  
     
    HIGHLIGHTS 
 
     * Applied Materials  AMAT.O : Exane BNP Paribas raises to outperform from underperform 
     * Hawaiian Holdings Inc  HA.O : Deutsche Bank cuts to hold from buy   
     * Nasdaq Inc  NDAQ.O : Barclays, KBW raise target price on the stock 
     * Tegna Inc  TGNA.N : Barclays cuts to underweight from equal weight   
     * Welltower Inc  HCN.N : RBC cuts to sector perform from outperform   
                     
Following is a summary of research actions on U.S. companies reported by Reuters on Friday. 
Stock entries are in alphabetical order. 
     
     * Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc  ADMS.O : JMP Securities starts with market outperform rating 
     * Adamas Pharmaceuticals Inc  ADMS.O : JMP Securities starts with $29 price target   
     * Albemarle Corp  ALB.N : Deutsche Bank raises target price to $72 from $62; rating buy 
     * American Airlines  AAL.O : Deutsche Bank cuts to hold from buy; target price to $46   
     * Applied Materials  AMAT.O : Exane BNP Paribas raises to outperform from underperform 
     * Applied Materials  AMAT.O : Exane BNP Paribas raises target price to $28   
     * BorgWarner Inc  BWA.N : RBC raises target price to $39 from $33; rating sector perform   
     * Brown-Forman Corp  BFb.N : Berenberg starts with hold rating; $100 target price   
     * Charles Schwab Corp  SCHW.N : Nomura cuts target price to $33 from $34   
     * Cognex Corp  CGNX.O : Canaccord Genuity raises target price to $45 from $42; rating buy   
     * Core-Mark Holding Company  CORE.O : Jefferies raises price target to $96 from $88; buy   
     * Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc  CFR.N : Evercore ISI raises target price to $42 from $40; sell   
     * Delta Air Lines  DAL.N : Deutsche Bank cuts to hold from buy; cuts target price to $55   
     * Demandware  DWRE.N : Canaccord Genuity raises target price to $45 from $40; rating buy   
     * Diebold Inc  DBD.N : Imperial Capital cuts target price to $32 from $35; rating in-line   
     * E*Trade Financial Corp  ETFC.O : Nomura cuts target price to $29 from $30   
     * Essendant Inc  ESND.O : Keybanc Capital raises to overweight from sector weight   
     * Fifth Third Bancorp  FITB.O : Evercore ISI cuts to hold from buy; target to $18 from $20   
     * First Horizon National Corp  FHN.N : Barclays cuts price target to $15 from $16   
     * Firstmerit Corp  FMER.O : Barclays raises price target to $21 from $20   
     * Hawaiian Holdings Inc  HA.O : Deutsche Bank cuts to hold from buy   
     * Huntsman Corp  HUN.N : Nomura raises target price to $17 from $14; rating buy   
     * IBM  IBM.N : RBC raises price target to $155 from $135; rating sector perform   
     * Intel Corp  INTC.O : RBC raises target price to $33 from $31; rating sector perform   
     * Invesco Ltd  IVZ.N : Barclays raises price target to $35 from $32   
     * JetBlue Airways Corp  JBLU.O : Deutsche Bank cuts target price to $31 from $32   
     * Keycorp  KEY.N : Evercore ISI cuts target price to $12 from $13.50; rating hold   
     * Kinross Gold Corp  KGC.N : Barclays raises price target to $4 from $3 
     * LPL Financial Holdings Inc  LPLA.O : Nomura raises target price to $28 from $27.   
     * Microsoft Corp  MSFT.O : Cowen and Company raises target to $59 from $57; market perform   
     * Nasdaq Inc  NDAQ.O : Barclays raises price target to $71 from $67   
     * Nasdaq Inc  NDAQ.O : KBW raises target price to $68 from $67   
     * Newstar Financial Inc  NEWS.O : KBW revises target price to $11 from $5   
     * Nvidia Corp  NVDA.O : RBC raises target price to $36 from $32; rating sector perform   
     * Panera Bread Co  PNRA.O : Goldman Sachs raises target price to $196 from $183 
     * Parker-Hannifin Corp  PH.N : Barclays starts with $116 price target   
     * Parker-Hannifin Corp  PH.N : Barclays starts with an equal weight rating   
     * Parnell Pharmaceuticals  PARN.O : Jefferies cuts target price to $16 from $18; buy   
     * Pinnacle Entertainment Inc  PNK.O : JP Morgan resumes with overweight; price target $42   
     * PNC Financial Services Group  PNC.N : Evercore ISI raises to buy from hold 
     * PNC Financial Services Group  PNC.N : Evercore ISI raises target price to $94 from $86   
     * Regions Financial Corp  RF.N : Evercore ISI cuts target price to $9 from $10.50; buy   
     * Seaspan Corp  SSW.N : Barclays cuts price target to $14 from $15   
     * Seaspan Corp  SSW.N : Barclays cuts to underweight from equal weight   
     * Sempra Energy  SRE.N : Barclays raises price target to $114 from $110   
     * Signature Bank  SBNY.O : Barclays raises price target to $158 from $154   
     * Stifel Financial Corp  SF.N : Nomura cuts target price to $43 from $44   
     * Store Capital  STOR.N : Cowen and Company raises target to $29 from $25; outperform   
     * Tegna Inc  TGNA.N : Barclays cuts to underweight from equal weight   
     * Tegna Inc  TGNA.N : Barclays cuts target price to $21 from $27   
     * Teva Pharmaceuticals  TEVA.N : HSBC cuts target price to $61 from $63; rating hold  
     * Texas Capital Bancshares Inc  TCBI.O : Barclays cuts price target to $44 from $45   
     * Triumph Bancorp Inc  TBK.O : Evercore ISI raises target price to $18 from $16; buy   
     * United Continental  UAL.N : Deutsche Bank cuts to hold from buy; target price to $62   
     * Urban Outfitters  URBN.O : Baird raises price target to $38 from $35   
     * Urban Outfitters  URBN.O : SunTrust Robinson raises target price to $39 from $34; buy   
     * Veeva Systems Inc  VEEV.N : Pacific Crest raises target price to $35; rating overweight   
     * Wells Fargo & Co  WFC.N : Evercore ISI cuts target price to $53 from $55; rating buy   
     * Welltower Inc  HCN.N : RBC cuts to sector perform from outperform   
     * Zillow Group Inc  ZG.O : Goldman Sachs raises price target to $27 from $24; rating buy 
    
 
 (Compiled by Geetha Panchaksharam in Bengaluru) 
 ((Bengaluru Newsroom: +1 646 223 8780)) 
 
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