A round-up of notable broker activity this morning from Europe's
top-ranked* analysts:
** UBS raises Spanish travel booking group Amadeus AMA.MC
to "buy" from "neutral" citing normalising disintermediation
rates and re-rating potential
** Morgan Stanley raises London-listed miner Antofagasta
ANTO.L to "equal weight" from "underweight" noting a balanced
risk-reward profile
** UBS raises Deutsche Telekom DTEGn.DE to "buy" from
"neutral" seeing the German telecom as a good entry point to
U.S. exposure through T-Mobile US TMUS.O
** UBS also downgrades Swedish telecom Tele2 TEL2b.ST to
"sell" from "neutral" noting dividend risks amid a bleak outlook
** Jefferies downgrades British outsourcer Serco SRP.L to
"hold" from "buy" citing muted near-term earnings and FCF
momentum
** Exane BNP Paribas raises Paris-listed infrastructure
group Vinci SGEF.PA to "outperform" from "neutral" saying it
expects a favourable risk-reward profile
(*Analyst rankings from Thomson Reuters StarMine. The scale is
from 1-star to 5-star with 5 being the best. Analysts are ranked
on earnings accuracy as well as relative performance of
recommendations over trailing 12-month & 24-month periods.)
(Reporting by Philippe Leroy Beaulieu)
((Philippe.leroybeaulieu@thomsonreuters.com))