Upgrades

UNIVL DISPLAY (OLED) Upgraded by Zacks to OUTPERFORM

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of UNIVL DISPLAY (OLED) from NEUTRAL to OUTPERFORM on January 08, 2014, with a target price of $39.40. Universal Display Corporation is located in the Princeton Crossroads Corporate Center in Ewing, New Jersey, minutes away from its research partner at Princeton University. Universal Display's state-of-the-art facility is designed to further technology and materials development, technology transfer to manufacturing partners and work with customers to develop OLED products that meet their needs […]

Downgrades

CINEMARK HLDGS (CNK) Downgraded by Zacks to UNDERPERFORM

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of CINEMARK HLDGS (CNK) from NEUTRAL to UNDERPERFORM on January 08, 2014, with a target price of $30.80. CINEMARK HOLDINGS Is a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry.Cinemark operates 408 theatres and 4,657 screens in 38 states in the United States and internationally in 12 countries, mainly in Mexico, South and Central America. Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day […]

Downgrades

WESTERN GAS PTR (WES) Downgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of WESTERN GAS PTR (WES) from OUTPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 08, 2014, with a target price of $66.40. WESTERN GAS PARTNERS is a growth-oriented Delaware limited partnership formed by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. Get all Zacks Research Reports and be alerted to fast-breaking buy and sell opportunities every trading day . […]

Upgrades

ENSIGN GROUP (ENSG) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of ENSIGN GROUP (ENSG) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 08, 2014, with a target price of $45.70. The Ensign Group was formed for the express purpose of meeting the challenges of the long-term care industry in the 21st Century. Led by the country's finest caregivers, with an aggressive team of industry and business veterans backing them up, Ensign is elevating quality of care to superior levels, and doing it one facility at a time. […]

Upgrades

EVOLUTION PETRO (EPM) Upgraded by Zacks to NEUTRAL

Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of EVOLUTION PETRO (EPM) from UNDERPERFORM to NEUTRAL on January 08, 2014, with a target price of $12.40. Natural Gas Systems, Inc. is a development stage company formed to acquire and develop oil and gas fields and apply both conventional and specialized technology to accelerate production and develop incremental reserves, particularly in low permeability reservoirs amenable to lateral drilling technology […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

CNP Assurances – CAIXA SEGUROS Acquires Tempo Dental

CNP Assurances – CAIXA SEGUROS Acquires Tempo Dental CNP Assurances Announces the Acquisition of Tempo Dental by its Brazilian Subsidiary Caixa Seguros PR Newswire PARIS, January 8, 2014 PARIS , January 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — CNP Assurances, through its Brazilian subsidiary Caixa Seguros, has signed an agreement with Tempo Participações to acquire Tempo Dental for BRL 133.6 million (€41.7 million). Tempo Dental is one of the leading dental insurance companies in Brazil , with more than 524,000 policyholders and revenue of close to BRL 65 million (€20 million) for the first nine months of 2013. The transaction, which is subject to the approval of Brazil’s anti-trust authorities (CADE) and health insurance supervisor (ANS), will enable Caixa Seguros to expand its offer in health insurance, a segment where the company has been present since 2011 […]

Stock Analysts

CBS Subsidiaries to Make Notes Offering

CBS Corporation ( CBS ) announced that two subsidiaries of its outdoor advertising business – CBS Outdoor, intend to issue senior unsecured notes worth $800 million. The notes issue relates to the company’s prior disclosure of spinning off its CBS Outdoor business and the conversion of the same into a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). […]

Stock Analysts

Ball Corporation Hits New 52-Wk High

Shares of Ball Corporation ( BLL ) hit a new 52-week high of $52.12 during yesterday’s trading session before closing lower at $52.04. Shares of metal and plastic packaging manufacturer for beverages and foods had touched a 52-week high recently on Dec 27. Over the past 52 weeks, Ball Corporation shares have ranged between a 52-week low of $41.52 on Jun 28, 2013 to a 52-week high of $52.12 on Jan 7. […]