Topeka Capital Markets

Analysts at Topeka Capital Markets downgraded shares of Bankrate Inc (NYSE: RATE) to Sell from Hold and removed the price target. Victor Anthony stated three reasons for the downgrade: 1) The SEC investigation into Bankrate’s 2012 financials. 2) The audit committee's conclusion...

Shares of Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) saw a strong increase in share price Wednesday following an upbeat earnings report after hours Tuesday. Several analysts commented on the company following earnings Wednesday: Deutsche Bank - Reiterated Buy Rating; raised price target to $100....

Guess (NYSE: GES) reports earnings after Wednesday's close.The forecast is for earnings of $0.29 a share on revenue of $617.9 million. Topeka Capital Markets Dorothy Lanker is sounding cautious in front of the report: "After delivering a slightly better 1Q in the challenging retail...

Before Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) posted its second quarter earnings Wednesday morning, Topeka Capital Markets downgraded the stock from Hold to Neutral and lowered the price target from $71 to $69. The firm attributed the downgrade to the withdrawal of Twenty-First Century Fox's (NASDAQ: FOXA...

Facebook's (NASDAQ: FB) second quarter earnings are scheduled for release after the closing bell. The consensus estimate call for $2.81 billion in revenue and an EPS of $0.32. JP Morgan and Topeka Capital Markets have weigh in with their thoughts. JP Morgan - Overweight, $80 Price Target...

In a note issued Tuesday morning, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Victor Anthony slashed his price target for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) from $60 to $54, but maintained a Hold rating. As reasons for the cut, Anthony noted an "increasingly challenging" road ahead for PayPal, eBay's data...

In a report published Monday, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Victor Anthony upgraded the rating on HSN (NASDAQ: HSNI) from Hold to Buy, and raised the price target from $60.00 to $67.00. In the report, Topeka Capital Markets noted, “We are upgrading the shares of HSN to Buy from Hold and setting a...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) unveiled Fire, the company's first smartphone. As a result, Amazon saw an initial spike in its share price on Thursday, but has since seen the price fall as much as two percent below Wednesday's closing price. Following the announcement a number of analysts have...

Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) newly launched Firefly smartphone came under the microscope Thursday as analysts tendered mixed views on pricing and strategy. A skeptical Eric Sheridan of UBS maintained a Neutral rating and $365 target Thursday, saying Amazon's strategy of "pushing deeper into hardware...

Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU) Thursday morning reported its fiscal 2014 first quarter results. Despite beating guidance and announcing a $450 million buyback plan, the company's shares are trading down over 15 percent. Following the release of Lululemon's earnings results, a number of...

In a note released Wednesday, Topeka analyst Suji De Silva made the case for buying Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX) amid weakness due to potential acquisition of Renesas by Synaptics. Looking at the transaction, De Silva notes that the deal is yet to be confirmed. Moreover, he believes the...

In a note released Wednesday, Topeka analyst David Miller upgraded Dreamworks Animation SKG (NASDAQ: DWA) from Sell to Hold and raised the price target from $22 to $25. In the note, Miller cited the firms correct call that Dreamworks would suffer a "substantial write-down" on the release of Mr....

In a report published Monday, Topeka Capital Markets analyst David Miller upgraded shares of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) from Hold to Buy and raised the price target from $78.00 to $91.00 prior to the company's earnings call. Miller noted that “now is the time to get constructive,”...

In a report published Monday, Topeka Capital Markets analyst Victor Anthony noted the China catalyst opportunity for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). Anthony noted previous conversations with Chinese industry pundits and a recent job posting for a language specialist in simplified Chinese on Facebook. The...

On Thursday, The Gap (NYSE: GPS) reported March sales results. Shares traded about two percent lower following weak results and lower-than-expected decline in comps. Summary of Results The company expected March to be negatively impacted due to the Easter holiday being in April this year...