Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

21st Feb 2013 08:02

Aberdeen Asset Management: Citigroup takes target price from 400p to 430p and stays with its neutral rating.Admiral Group: JP Morgan starts with a target price of 1246p and a neutral rating.Anglo American: Jefferies increases target price from 2050p to 2450p and upgrades from hold to buy.Aviva: Exane BNP moves target price from 369p to 414p and upgrades to outperform.BHP Billiton: Citigroup ups target price from 2200p to 2300p, while downgrading from buy to neutral. UBS raises target price from 2100p to 2400p and retains its buy recommendation. Goldman Sachs takes its target price from 245p to 2500p and leaves its buy recommendation unaltered.Brammer: Espirito Santo ups target price from 244p to 363p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged.CSR: Liberum Capital takes target price from 400p to 460p maintaining a buy recommendation.Drax Group: Societe Generale downgrades to sell with its target price at 600p.Evraz: Goldman Sachs shifts target price from 330p to 340p and keeps a neutral rating.Go-Ahead Group: Investec raises target price from 1400p to 1600p reiterating a buy recommendation.Inchcape: Citigroup moves target price from 395p to 500p, while staying with its neutral rating.Informa: Westhouse Securities increases target price from 470p to 525p and upgrades from neutral to add.InterContinental Hotels Group: Jefferies raises target price from 1500p to 1770p and reiterates a hold recommendation.ITV: Morgan Stanley ups target rice from 120p to 135p keeping an overweight rating. Westhouse Securities downgrades from buy to add with a target price of 13p.Jarvis Securities: WH Ireland revises target price from 250p to 280p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.Ladbrokers: Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 225p to 255p and reiterates a buy recommendation.Micro Focus: Merchant Securities downgrades from hold to sell with its target price at 600p. Investec ups target price from 600p to 710p and keeps a buy recommendation.Mondi: Jefferies moves target price from 860p to 960p and maintains a buy recommendation.Netcall: Merchant Securities shifts target price from 38p to 43p, while staying with its buy recommendation.Pennon Group: Nomura lowers target price from 710p to 705p and retains a neutral rating.Regus: Credit Suisse raises target price from 135p to 155p, while its outperform rating remains unchanged.REXAM: Citigroup revises target price from 512p to 570p and still recommends buying.Rolls-Royce Group: Citigroup increases target price from 1070p to 1200p reiterating a buy recommendation.RPS Group: Panmure Gordon downgrades from buy to hold with a target price of 242p.RSA Insurance Group: Nomura revises target price from 115p to 124p upgrading from reduce to neutral. Bank of America shifts target price from 125p to 123p and maintains a neutral rating. Barclays shifts target price from 116p to 115p keeping an underweight rating. Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 110p to 120p and keeps a hold recommendation. Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 147p to 122p and downgrades to hold.SAB Miller: Morgan Stanley initiates with a target price of 3300p and an equal-weight rating.Sage Group: JP Morgan shifts target price from 308p to 327p, while its neutral rating is maintained.Severn Trent: Nomura raises target price from 1550p to 1695p, while staying with its neutral rating.Spectris: UBS moves target price from 2525p to 2700p and maintains its buy recommendation. JP Morgan revises target price from 2130p to 2575p retaining an overweight rating.Spirent Communications: Jefferies ups target price from 169p to 196p keeping a buy recommendation.Travis Perkins: Citigroup increases target price from 1265p to 1420p reiterating a buy recommendation.United Utilities: Nomura takes target price from 660p to 765p and leaves its neutral rating unchanged.Weir Group: JP Morgan revises target price from 1885p to 1500p yet upgrades from neutral to overweight.