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BGB Securities Reiterates Buy Rating, $27 PT on American Safety Insurance Holdings
Friday, December 28, 2012 - 10:12am | 172In a report published Friday, BGB Securities reiterated its Buy rating and $27.00 price target on American Safety Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: ASI). BGB Securities noted, “ASI announced its expected exposure to 4Q12 CAT losses of between $6M and $7M after tax. The losses relate to Hurricane...
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BGB Securities Reiterates Buy Rating, $150 PT on IntercontinentalExchange
Friday, December 21, 2012 - 9:33am | 153In a report published Friday, BGB Securities reiterated its Buy rating and $150.00 price target on IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE). BGB Securities noted, “On first pass, our $150 target a minimum value for ICE/NYX Yesterday morning IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) announced a definitive...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Initiates Interactive Brokers Group at Hold; Growth Fully Valued
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 12:00pm | 135BGB Securities initiated coverage on Interactive Brokers Group (NASDAQ: IBKR) with a Hold rating and a $14 price target. BGB Securities noted, "The lower risk, faster growth brokerage business has been the focus of the firm over the past few years as the broader market making business has come...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Initiates Tower Group at Buy on Divided Yield and Return on Equity
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 11:58am | 67BGB Securities initiated coverage on Tower Group (NASDAQ: TWGP) with a Buy rating and a $25 price target. BGB Securities commented, "A high dividend yield alone should attract investors to TWGP shares. Despite recent setbacks and CAT losses, we believe TWGP is poised to return to low double...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Initiates GAIN Capital Holdings at Hold; Valuation Fair
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 2:34pm | 139BGB Securities initiated coverage on GAIN Capital Holdings (NYSE: GCAP) with a Hold rating and $4.25 price target. BGB Securities noted, "Even while the firm's institutional business has gained significant traction, related revenue has proven merely a surrogate for declining retail revenue owing...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Raises PT to $30 on AFC Enterprises on Strong Quarter
Friday, November 9, 2012 - 1:28pm | 86BGB Securities reiterated its Buy rating on AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) and increased its price target to $30 per share. BGB Securities noted, “We are reiterating our Buy rating and raising our price target to $30 after posting another solid quarter. AFCE posted same store sales (SSS) of 6.3...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Initiates FXCM at Buy on Risk/Reward
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 12:36pm | 127BGB Securities initiated coverage on FXCM (NYSE: FXCM) with a Buy rating and a $11 price target. BGB Securities commented, "We view FXCM as a way to gain access to an eventual macro recovery with limited downside in the interim accorded by maneuverability FXCM's smaller size affords. While...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Upgrades IntercontinentalExchange to Buy on Lower Regulatory Risk
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 12:03pm | 149BGB Securities raised its rating on IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE: ICE) to Buy and increased its price target from $145 to $150. BGB Securities noted, "We are raising our price target on ICE to $150 from $145 as we raise our P/E multiple to reflect lower exposure regulatory risk as well as...
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Benzinga's Initiation Summary for June 27, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 1:27pm | 731Listed below are today's Top Initiations covered by Benzinga: Sterne Agee Initiates State Bank Financial (NASDAQ: STBZ) at Neutral: Sterne Agee went on to say “We are favorably disposed to the strategy, management and long-term prospects, but lack near-term visibility on deal flow to deploy...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Initiates Matthews International Corp with Buy, $40 PT on Attractive Multiple
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 8:25am | 102BGB Securities initiates its coverage on Matthews International Corp (NASDAQ: MATW) with a Buy rating and a price target of $40. BGB Securities comments, "Near-term headwinds should not be allowed to obscure the excellent long-term investment opportunity that MATW shares currently present. While...
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BGB Securities Reiterates Buy Rating, $37 PT for CarMax
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 11:14am | 112In a report published earlier today, BGB Securities, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating and $37.00 price target for CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX). BGB Securities went on to say “KMX turned in disappointing 1Q results, but we believe that the causes are temporary in nature. KMX reported 1Q13 results on...
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UPDATE: BGB Securities Upgrades E TRADE Financial Corporation to Buy on Valuation
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 1:04pm | 111BGB Securities raises its rating on E TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) but lowers its price target from $8.50 to $7.50 on revised estimates. BGB Securities notes, "We are raising our rating on ETFC shares to Hold from Sell as we believe limited downside to the shares remain. In...
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BGB Securities Reiterates Buy Rating, $50 PT for Scotts Miracle-Gro
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 10:11am | 130In a report published earlier today, BGB Securities reiterated its Buy rating and $50.00 price target for Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (NYSE: SMG). BGB went on to say “After the market close on Tuesday, June 12th, SMG announced that they would miss the low-end of previous FY12 EPS guidance of $2.65-$2....
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BGB Securities Reiterates Buy Rating, $45 PT for Gaylord Entertainment
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 9:52am | 153In a report published earlier today, BGB Securities Inc. reiterated its Buy rating and $45.00 price target for Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET). BGB said in its report “GET has agreed to sell the Gaylord brand and the right to manage it to Marriott for $210 million in cash. GET will be...
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BGB Securities Maintains AmTrust Financial Services Buy
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 3:42pm | 103BGB Securities maintained its AmTrust Financial Services (NASDAQ: AFSI) Buy rating in a research report published today. BGB Securities has a $33 price target on the company. In the report, BGB Securities stated, "Fee income was much higher as the company is seeing more business entering assigned...