Global Broker Ratings
Updated every afternoon, our global broker ratings cover the main equities listed in Europe, the US, Australia and South Africa. The report helps you identify listed companies affected by a ratings change today.
16/05/12 (14:00)
Listed below are details of selected companies that have undergone a ratings change today. Click on the attached PDF to see the full list.
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| Company | Rating | Target Price | Potential Upside/ Downside | Contributing Broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco Systems Inc (US) | Overwt/Neutral | 21 | 27% | Barclays Capital |
| Credit Agricole SA (France) | Buy | 4 | 26.8% | Societe Generale |
| Windstream Corp (US) | Buy | 11 | 16.9% | Stifel Nicolaus |
Maintain
| Company | Rating | Target Price | Potential Upside/ Downside | Contributing Broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mytilineos Holdings SA (Greece) | Buy | 4.7 | 161.1% | Marfin Analysis (ESN) |
| Providence Resources (Ireland) | Buy | 15.65 | 135.9% | Liberum Capital Ltd |
| Metka SA (Greece) | Buy | 12.5 | 124.8% | Marfin Analysis (ESN) |
New Rating
| Company | Rating | Target Price | Potential Upside/ Downside | Contributing Broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd (South Africa) | Buy | 9000 | 23% | BNP Paribas Equity Research |
| Pernod-Ricard SA (France) | Outperform | 95 | 21.2% | Credit Suisse |
Downgrade
| Company | Rating | Target Price | Potential Upside/ Downside | Contributing Broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Hughes Inc (US) | Neutral | 50 | 22.1% | JPMorgan |
| Banco Espanol de Credito SA (Spain) | Underweight | 2.8 | 2.8% | HSBC |
| Vivendi SA (France) | Neutral | 12.5 | -2.8% | Espirito Santo Investment Bank Research |
Source: Bloomberg (16 May 2012)
Ratings definitions:
- Outperform or overweight: the contributing broker predicts the share price of a security will perform better than a specific benchmark
- Underperform or underweight: a security will fare worse than a specific benchmark
- Upgrade and downgrade: a broker's last rating
- Maintain: a broker has maintained or reiterated a recommendation
- New rating: an analyst has initiated coverage on a stock
- Neutral or in-line recommendation: the broker expects a security's share price to match the performance of a benchmark
- Price target: the value a contributing broker expects the share price to reach (generally within a 12-month period). Recommendations are not always accompanied by a price target
- Last price: the market share price at the time of writing the update
- Potential upside/downside: the 'potential' percentage gain or loss that could result if a contributing broker's price target is reached. The percentage gain or loss is calculated based on the last price
- Contributing broker: refers to the investment management firm providing the recommendation and price target
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