ISI Group

ISI Group downgraded DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV) from Buy to Neutral and lowered the price target from $60.00 to $55.00. ISI Group commented, "DirecTV's new 2013 guidance provided on the 4Q12 earnings call points out a number of headwinds that make us wonder what could make the stock work in the next...

ISI Group maintained NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) with a Neutral rating and raised the price target from $29.00 to $31.00. ISI Group noted, "We retain our fundamental view on NDAQ, which is constructive on the growth initiatives and long-term business mix transformation as well as consistent FCF...

ISI Group upgraded Monro Muffler Brake (NASDAQ: MNRO) from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $35.00 to $42.00. ISI Group noted, "We are upgrading MNRO to Buy as 60 years of history suggest the end of a 2yr U.S. tire deferral cycle is near, while M&A accretion and Chinese tire...

In a report published Friday, ISI Group reiterated its Strong Buy rating on Hornbeck Offshore Services (NYSE: HOS), and raised its price target from $45.00 to $52.00. ISI Group noted, “Despite the revisions to our 2013 EPS, we are maintaining our Strong Buy on HOS due to the Company's significant...

ISI Group maintained Hologic (NASDAQ: HOLX) with a Strong Buy rating and raised the price target from $25.50 to $27.00. ISI Group commented, "Going forward, we expect increased adoption of 3D Tomo (as presaged by the continued sequential backlog increase) and Panther (Diagnostics) to drive growth...

ISI Group upgraded Life Technologies (NASDAQ: LIFE) from Cautious to Neutral and raised the price target from $57.00 to $65.00. ISI Group noted, "Life Technologies posted solid 4Q results, with improved organic growth and initial FY13 guidance modestly above expectations. … Upcoming catalysts for...

ISI Group maintained D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE: DHI) with a Buy and raised the price target from $26.00 to $28.00. ISI Group noted, "We believe today's results were excellent, but more importantly, DHI has enough political capital on the street, that in one day's trading, the equity moved from an 8...

ISI Group maintained Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) with a Buy and raised the price target from $116.00 to $117.00. ISI Group commented, "BXP raised its FY13 FFO guidance by ~$0.05 at the midpoint to a new range of $5.06 to $5.18 (Consensus is $5.18 and ISI's revised estimate is $5.18 which is up a...

In a report published Wednesday, ISI Group reiterated its Buy rating on Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). ISI Group noted, “4Q EPS of $0.21 was below the Street's $0.28 and revenue growth decelerated to 22% (23% excl. FX). Yet operating margins increased 54bps YoY, driven by a 350bps increase in gross...

In a report published Monday, ISI Group reiterated its Buy rating on Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC), and raised its price target from $115.00 to $120.00. ISI Group noted, “In checking with TWC's major markets like NYC, LA and Dallas, we were told that TWC hasn't raised video rates this year, so far...

In a report published Monday, ISI Group reiterated its Buy rating on DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), and raised its price target from $42.00 to $44.00. ISI Group noted, “Although there has not been a press release from DISH we scoured Internet forums for any information on potential price...

In a report published Monday, ISI Group reiterated its Buy rating on DIRECTV (NASDAQ: DTV), and raised its price target from $61.00 to $63.00. ISI Group noted, “It's that time of the year again when we attempt to divine which Pay TV operators have raised video prices, and by how much. Although...

In a report published Monday, ISI Group reiterated its Buy rating on Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), and raised its price target from $41.00 to $43.00. ISI Group noted, “In our channel checks in most of their top markets resulted in a host of answers ranging from ‘There is no rate increase'...

In a report published Monday, ISI Group reiterated its Buy rating on Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR), and raised its price target from $85.00 to $88.00. ISI Group noted, “Charter increased video prices by $2/month in March'12 and they also had a substantive overhaul of their packages in the...