Wednesday, December 04, 2013

AstraZeneca Eyes Bid on Forest Labs

AstraZeneca  Eyes Bid on Forest Labs. 
Reports say that AstraZeneca (AZN) has met with Forest Labs (FRX) top executives concerning a takeover bid for the company. Forest Labs has a market cap of $15.2B and on Monday announced a restructuring on Monday.

Upgrades:

Electronic Arts (EA): Hilliard Lyons raised their rating from Underperform to Neutral. Pre-market: 21.57 +0.03 (0.14%)

US Bancorp (USB): Goldman Sachs raised their rating from Neutral to Conviction Buy and raised their target price from $40.00 to $44.00.

Downgrades:

AT&T (T): JPMorgan lowered their rating from Overweight to Neutral and placed a target price of $38.00 on the company.

Citigroup (C): Goldman Sachs lowered their rating from Conviction Buy to Neutral and raised their target price from $58.00 to $60.00.

eBay (EBAY): Evercore lowered their rating from Overweight to Equal Weight and placed a target price of $58.00 on the company.

Coverage Initiated:

Cablevision Systems (CVC): Northland Securities initiated coverage with a Market Perform rating and target price of $19.00.

Charter Communications (CHTR): Northland Securities initiated coverage with a Market Perform rating and target price of $146.00.

Comcast (CMCSA): Northland Securities initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of $61.00.

Dish Network (DISH): Northland Securities initiated coverage with a Market Perform rating and target price of $61.00.

DIRECTV (DTV): Northland Securities initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of $84.00.

McDonalds (MCD): Buckingham initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and target price of $99.00.

Mosaic (MOS): RBC Capital initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of $57.00.

Time Warner Cable (TWC): Northland Securities initiated coverage with an Outperform rating and target price of $165.00.

Whirlpool (WHR): MKM Partners initiated coverage with a Buy rating and Target price of $183.00.

Earning Reports:

Bob Evans (BOBE): Reported EPS of $0.35 missing estimates by -$0.20. Pre-market: 51.99 -3.11 (-5.64%)

Brown-Forman (BF.B): Reported EPS of $0.96 beating estimates by +$0.05.

Express (EXPR): Reported EPS of $0.23 missing estimates by -$0.02. Pre-market: 20.06 -4.61 (-18.69%)

OmniVision (OVTI): Reported EPS of $0.60 beating estimates by +$0.17. Pre-market: 14.22 -1.77 (-11.07%)

Markets: 
Futures at 8:47: Dow -0.17%. S&P -0.19%. Nasdaq -0.09%. Crude +1.04% to $97.03. Gold +0.20% to $1223.50. U.S. 10 Year -15/32 2.841%.

Europe: London -0.59%. Paris -0.99%. Frankfurt -1.19%. 

Asia: Japan -2.17% to 15408. Hong Kong -0.76% to 23729. China +1.31% to 2252. India -0.70% to 20709. 


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