Equity Brief: Ratings Changes for November 14th: CRIS, CSCO, CXO, DKS, DLB, EONGY, EW, HCLP, HD

2012-11-14 16:13:59 -

A number of stocks were upgraded and downgraded by equities research analysts

today, as reported by Analyst Ratings Network ( bit.ly/equitybriefdaily)

and Equity Brief:



Stifel Nicolaus initiated coverage on shares of Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS). They

issued a hold rating on the stock.



Pacific Crest upgraded shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) from a

sector perform rating to an outperform rating.



Deutsche Bank raised its price target on shares of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:

CSCO) from $21.00 to $22.00. They have a buy rating on the stock. They wrote,

"The inline Q1 guide ($12.05B / $0.47 on the mid point); B/B below 1.0x is

indicative of gradually improving IT spending trends, heading into CY13; noted

in strength of the US Enterprise and Telco orders. We see Cisco as a

fundamentally sound business; exposed to solid growth themes: BYOD, 4G/WiFi,

Private Clouds, etc and see modest out-performance in the stock, based on

potential for modest upside to view from the product cycle themes."



Barclays Capital lowered its price target on shares of Concho Resources Inc.

(NYSE: CXO) from $104.00 to $92.00. They have an overweight rating on the stock.



SunTrust upgraded shares of Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) from a neutral

rating to a buy rating.



Barrington Research downgraded shares of Dolby Labs (NYSE: DLB) from an

outperform rating to a market perform rating.



Deutsche Bank downgraded shares of E.ON AG (EONGY) from a buy rating to a hold

rating.



Nomura downgraded shares of E.ON AG (EONGY) from a buy rating to a neutral

rating.



Societe Generale downgraded shares of E.ON AG (EONGY) from a buy rating to a

hold rating.



UBS AG downgraded shares of Edwards Lifesciences (EW) from a neutral rating to a

sell rating. Their analysts now have a $80.00 price target on the stock, down

previously from $95.00.



Robert W. Baird downgraded shares of Hi-Crush Partners LP (HCLP) from an

outperform rating to a neutral rating. Their analysts now have a $18.00 price

target on the stock, down previously from $23.00.



Raymond James downgraded shares of Home Depot (HD) from an outperform rating to

a market perform rating.



Stifel Nicolaus raised its price target on shares of Home Depot (HD) from $59.00

to $69.00. They have a buy rating on the stock.



BMO Capital Markets gave shares of Home Depot (HD) a new $72.00 price target.

They now have a market perform rating on the stock.



Gabelli downgraded shares of Home Depot (HD) to a hold rating.



Canaccord Genuity reiterated its buy rating on shares of Hologic, Inc. (HOLX).

They have a $27.00 price target on the stock.



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