Berenberg upped its rating on Royal Mail on Tuesday to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ and hiked the price target to 280p from 137p as it said risks remain but are now balanced. The bank noted that despite a severe hit to mail volumes, Royal Mail has been relatively successful during the …
Read More »Morgan Stanley downgrades some UK office stocks, sees medium-term headwinds
Analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded their view on several UK office stocks in response to expected increases in supply and the structural uncertainties that were still present. The direction for the office subsector was clouded by a mix of cyclical and structural factors alongside a wide range of financial and …
Read More »Broker tips: AA, Royal Mail, United Utilities
Jefferies upped its rating on AA shares to ‘hold’ from ‘underperform’ on Tuesday as it hiked its price target to 35.0p from 5.0p based on the 35.0p a share cash offer from a consortium of TowerBrook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus. Still, Jefferies said the deal isn’t done and risk-reward …
Read More »Credit Suisse upgrades Royal Mail, hikes price target
Credit Suisse upped Royal Mail to ‘neutral’ from ‘underperform’ on Friday, hiking the price target 261p from 94p as it said the UK outlook has been improved by pandemic-driven tailwinds. Following new analysis of short-term parcel trends and early indications of letter and parcel revenue baselines beyond the pandemic, the …
Read More »Broker tips: Whitbread, Royal Mail, Grafton
Barclays upgraded Premier Inn owner Whitbread to ‘overweight’ from ‘equal-weight’ on Friday, lifting the price target to 3,350.0p from 2,500.0p, arguing that it’s one of the most attractive recovery plays in the sector following this week’s vaccine news. The bank said it now has a greater level of confidence that …
Read More »Broker tips: Royal Mail, Chemring
Royal Mail surged on Wednesday as JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded the stock to ‘overweight’ from ‘neutral’ and lifted the price target to 374.0p from 253.0p, saying it sees a potential strong improvement in trading over the next 18 months, due in part to an improved revenue outlook. “In our view, this …
Read More »Royal Mail surges on JPMorgan upgrade to ‘overweight’
Royal Mail surged on Wednesday as JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded the stock to ‘overweight’ from ‘neutral’ and lifted the price target to 374p from 253p, saying it sees a potential strong improvement in trading over the next 18 months, due in part to an improved revenue outlook. “In our view, this …
Read More »Broker tips: Whitbread, JD Sports, Dixons Carphone
Analysts at Berenberg upgraded their rating on hotel operator Whitbread from ‘hold’ to ‘buy’ on Friday, stating the current price of the stock left the group undervalued given its real estate portfolio. Berenberg said that following Whitbread’s recent weakness, it believes that the risk-reward balance on the company had shifted …
Read More »Royal Mail rallies after JPMorgan upgrade
Royal Mail shares rallied on Friday after JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded its rating to ‘neutral’ from ‘underweight’. It said that while the UK turnaround is far from certain, stronger short-run trading has at least bought some time, and should prevent a build-up of net debt. “The CWU negotiations appear to be …
Read More »Liberum hikes target price on Team17
Analysts at Liberum raised their target price on video games developer Team17 from 500.0p to 750.0p on Friday, stating the firm was “moving up”. Liberum said Team17 had, unsurprisingly, enjoyed some “very strong” first-half trading, which drove major upgrades to its earnings forecasts and target price. “We had already expected …
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