Showing posts with label Knology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Knology. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

AK Steel (AKS) (FNB) (KNOL) (WBSN) (CLUB) Get Ratings Upgrades

AK Steel Holding Co. (NYSE: AKS), F.N.B. Corp (NYSE: FNB), Knology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KNOL), Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) and Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLUB) all upgraded today.

DA Davidson upgraded AK Steel Holding Co. (AKS) to a “Buy” rating. They now have a price target $22.00 on the company.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc upgraded F.N.B. Corp (FNB) from a “Market Perform” rating to an “Outperform” rating.

BWS Financial upgraded Knology, Inc. (KNOL) from a “Hold” rating to a “Buy” rating. They now have a price target of $18.00 placed on them, up from $11.50.

Craig Hallum upgraded Websense Inc. (WBSN) from an “Accumulate” rating to a “Buy” rating.

ThinkEquity upgraded Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (CLUB) from a “Hold” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Lexmark (LXK) (NWBI) (ROP) (KNOL) Get Ratings Updates

Lexmark (NYSE:LXK), Northwest Bancshares (NASDAQ:NWBI), Roper Industries (NYSE:ROP) and Knology (NASDAQ:KNOL) all received ratings updates from several brokerages.

Lexmark (LXK) was downgraded by Citi (NYSE:C) from "Buy" to "Hold." According to Citigroup, the growth/margin trade-off has been yielding no EPS growth. Citigroup lowered its price target from $55 to $36.

Northwest Bancshares (NWBI) was downgraded by FBR from "Outperform" to "Market Perform." FBR Capital Markets cited valuation as the catalyst for the downgrade.

Roper Industries (ROP) has an "Equal-weight rating on it from Morgan Stanley. They are now viewed as reaching $88, according to Morgan Stanley. Higher sales is driving margin expansion, which resulted in estimates being boosted as well.

Knology (NASDAQ:KNOL) was upgraded by BWS Financial from "Hold" to "Buy." Knology was trading at $15.14, gaining $0.22, or 1.47 percent, as of 2:00 PM EDT.