FBR Capital Markets

In a report published Wednesday, FBR Capital Markets analyst Patrick Kealey, Jr. put a Market Perform rating on both Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) and Ryland Group Inc (NYSE: RYL) after the companies announced a merger of equals. The rating on Standard Pacific was downgraded from Outperform...

In a report published Wednesday, FBR Capital Markets analyst Scott Valentin maintained an Outperform rating on Hanmi Financial Corp (NASDAQ: HAFC), with a price target of $29, while adding the stock to the Top Picks List, in view of the company's improving profitability and attractive valuation....

In a report published Wednesday, FBR Capital Markets analyst Samad Samana maintained a Market Perform rating on Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE), with a price target of $82, after the company reported solid F2Q results. Adobe reported its quarterly revenue at $1.162 billion, marginally...

In a report published Monday, FBR Capital Markets analyst Daniel H Ives downgraded the rating on EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) from Outperform to Market Perform, while reducing the price target from $31 to $28, citing the company's weakening fundamentals. EMC develops, delivers, and supports...

In a report published Monday, FBR Capital Markets analyst Samad Samana maintained an Outperform rating on Web.com Group Inc (NASDAQ: WWWW), with a price target of $25. Meetings with Web.com's CEO David Brown and CFO Kevin Carney revealed that the company's execution has improved and its DIWM...

In a report published Monday, FBR Capital Markets analyst William Bird maintained a Market Perform rating on New York Times Co (NYSE: NYT) and a price target of $13.50, following a meeting with the management. Analyst William Bird said that the meeting did not reveal anything "thesis-...

In a report published Thursday, FBR Capital Markets analyst Christopher Rolland said that if consolidation in the Semiconductor industry continues at the pace observed so far this year, 32 percent of all US publically traded companies would be acquired in 2015! "While this run-rate is...

Shares of salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) opened strong on Thursday, up by over 5 percent, following better than expected first quarter numbers posted by the company after the closing bell on Wednesday. Samad Samana, vice president at FBR Capital Markets, was on CNBC recently to weigh in on...

In a report published Thursday, analysts at FBR Capital Markets initiated coverage of Burlington Stores Inc (NYSE: BURL) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $65. Burlington's share price has more than doubled since the company went public in October 2013 but retreated in recent times...

In a report published Thursday, analysts at FBR Capital Markets initiated coverage of Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of $36. Five Below's growth prospects are driven by its increasing store base and positive comps driving above-average revenue growth...

The spectacular quarterly results Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced recently was led to a large degree by the outstanding growth the company witnessed in iPhone sales in China. Daniel Ives, FBR Capital Markets, was on CNBC Monday to discuss why Apple will continue to grow and have tremendous...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) picked up another little-known startup over the weekend. The company confirmed that it acquired Coherent Navigation, a GPS startup that developed commercial navigation services for a number of big-name partners. According to The New York Times, Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) was...

It was reported on Friday that streaming giant Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is in talks with a Chinese media company backed by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) founder, Jack Ma, to start providing its services in the country. Barton Crockett, FBR Capital Markets senior analyst, was on...