Month: May 2013

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of ON ASSIGNMENT (ASGN) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $24.90. On Assignment, Inc., through its first operating division, Lab Support, is a leading nationwide provider of temporary scientific professionals to laboratories in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, chemical, and environmental industries. The company's strategy is to serve the needs of targeted industries for quality assignments of temporary professionals […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of EINSTEIN NOAH (BAGL) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $14.80. New World Restaurant Group, Inc. is a leading company in the "quick-casual" sandwich industry. […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of FINISAR CORP (FNSR) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $14.60. FINISAR CORP. is a provider of fiber optic subsystems and network test and monitoring systems which enable high-speed data communications over local area networks, or LANs, storage area networks, or SANs, and metropolitan access networks, or MANs. […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of MRC GLOBAL INC (MRC) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $30.70. MRC Global Inc. operates as a distributor of pipe, valve, and fittings and related products and services to the energy industry. […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of LUMOS NETWORKS (LMOS) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $14.50. Lumos Networks Corp. operates as fiber-based network service provider primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of FOX CHASE BANCP (FXCB) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $18.00. FOX CHASE BANCORP, INC. […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of NORTHWEST NAT G (NWN) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $45.50. NW Natural is principally engaged in the distribution of natural gas. The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) has allocated to NW Natural as its exclusive service area a major portion of western Oregon, including the Portland metropolitan area, most of the fertile Willamette Valley and the coastal area from Astoria to Coos Bay […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of LEMAITRE VASCLR (LMAT) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $6.60. LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC. is a leading global provider of innovative devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. […]

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of CHESAPEAKE GRNT (CHKR) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on May 01, 2013, with a target price of $16.60. Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust is a trust formed to own royalty interests in oil and natural gas producing wells. The Trust has royalty rights to horizontal wells in the Colony Granite Wash area in Washita County, Oklahoma. […]