Friday broker round-up

9th Mar 2012 10:00

ITV: Goldman Sachs raises price target to 137p from 102p, keeps at buy. Admiral: UBS hikes target from 890p to 1,085p, neutral rating unchanged. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch downgrades to underperform from neutral. AGA Rangemaster: Merchant Securities reiterates buy rating and 102p target.Cairn Energy:Societe Generale upgrades to buy from hold. Aggreko: Investec ups target from 2,250p to 2,500p, reiterates buy rating.Aviva: Nomura cuts target from 630p to 600p, buy rating kept.BBA Aviation: Jefferies remains a buyer with a target of 250p.BG Group: UBS ups target from 1,635p to 1,785p, buy recommendation maintained; Goldman Sachs downgrades from conviction buy to buy, target upped from 1,840p to 1,880p.BT Group: Nomura reiterates buy recommendation and 285p target.Burberry: AlphaValue downgrades to sell from reduce and raises target to 1,276.9p from 1,264.5p. Dairy Crest: Peel Hunt upgrades from sell to hold, 320p target maintained.Fresnillo: Deutsche Bank downgrades from buy to hold, target cut from 1,925p to 1,875p.JD Wetherspoon: Investec cuts target from 577p to 536p, keeps buy rating; N+1 Brewin downgrades from hold to reduce, target cut from 443p to 375p.Morrison: Nomura keeps buy rating and 350p target.Old Mutual: Nomura reiterates neutral rating and 150p target.Royal Dutch Shell: Bernstein downgrades from outperform to neutral, target lifted from 2,300p o 2,410p.SABMiller: Natixis downgrades from buy to neutral, target left at 2,650p.Smith & Nephew: Goldman Sachs downgrades from buy to neutral, target cut from 740p to 710p.Spirax-Sarco: UBS lifts target to 2,200p from 1,900p, neutral rating maintained.Spirent Communications: Nomura raises target from 130p to 147p, neutral rating kept.SThree: Goldman Sachs upgrades from buy to conviction buy, target lifted from 346p to 407p; Peel Hunt downgrades from buy to hold, target left at 265p.