Jefferies & Company Inc.

In a report published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating and $52.00 price target for LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE: LYB). Jefferies & Company went on to say “Absent a sharp bounce in oil prices, ethylene margins should be hard-pressed to grow YoY in 2013E...

In a report published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Hold rating and $33.00 price target for The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW). Jefferies & Company went on to say “Absent a sharp bounce in oil prices, ethylene margins should be hard-pressed to grow YoY in 2013E...

In a report published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating for Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG), but lowered its price target from $85.00 to $75.00. Jefferies & Company went on to say “CELG announced that it has withdrawn its EU filing for front-line...

In a report published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating and $35.00 price target for Susser Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SUSS). Jefferies & Company went on to say “Susser announced its intent to spin-out its wholesale fuel business in the form of a MLP and...

In a report published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX), but lowered its price target from $75.00 to $63.00. Jefferies went on to say “After what we viewed as an excellent analyst day yesterday, VRX...

In a flash note published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Hold rating and $23.00 price target for Quest Software Inc. (NASDAQ: QSFT). Jefferies went on to say “QSFT announced an alternative merger proposal of $25.75/share from the initial buyout group which has also...

In a company note published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating for Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX), but lowered its price target from $134.00 to $122.00. Jefferies & Company went on to say “We are lowering 2012E by $0.05 to $5.80 to reflect adverse F/X and risks to...

In a company update published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Hold rating and $6.00 price target for Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXEL), related to the recent reveal of cabo NRE efficacy data. Jefferies went on to say “The cabo NRE data, somewhat key for the mCRPC outlook...

In a company update published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Hold rating and $195.00 price target for BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). Jefferies said in its report “This morning Barclays announced it was selling its entire 19.6% stake (35.2M shares) in BLK through a...

In a company note published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. maintained its Underperform rating for GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT) and lowered its price target from $5.00 to $4.00. Jefferies said in its report “GT posted a F4Q miss, coming in at the bottom of their...

In a company update published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Hold rating and $14.00 price target for Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS). Jefferies went on to say “Relative to our model, sales were in line in NA Delivery and slightly worse in NA Retail and International....

In a company note published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Hold rating and $44.00 price target for The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD). Jefferies said in its report “Q1 results looked strong in absolute terms, but guidance doesn't suggest Q1 momentum continues. Management'...

In a company notes published earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating for SINA Corporation (NASDAQ: SINA), but also lowered its price target from $85.00 to $82.00. Jefferies said in its report “Sina expects Weibo [the Chinese word for microblogging] monetisation to...

In a company update issued earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. reiterated its Buy rating and $103.00 price target for Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Jefferies went on to say “1Q12 EPS of $1.49 was above guidance, but fell short of consensus by 2.5%. A higher MLR accounted for the shortfall, and...

In a company note released earlier today, Jefferies & Company, Inc. maintained its Hold rating for Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE: WBS) and raised its price target from $22.00 to $24.00. Jefferies went on to say “Despite strong NIM headwinds, we see WBS improving upon solid 1Q results via...