S&P 500 Stocks Biggest Weekly Changes in Target Price
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Nov 16, 2012
The following tables show the biggest increases and decreases in analysts’ target price, according to Bloomberg data, for companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (SPX) from Nov. 9.
The average target price reflects forecasts for the next 12 months, a period that varies among brokerage firms. The ratings are averaged from the analysts’ recommendations made during the past 12 months with 5 being the highest recommendation.
Target Price Increases
Target # of Current Last Wk Current
Tkr Company Name %Chg Analyst Target Target Rating
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ANF ABERCROMBIE & F 20.62 24 45.92 38.07 3.714
HD HOME DEPOT INC 7.75 22 66.20 61.44 3.903
VMC VULCAN MATERIAL 6.27 5 54.20 51.00 3.333
X US STEEL CORP 6.16 13 24.60 23.17 3.240
JDSU JDS UNIPHASE 4.42 8 13.10 12.55 4.176
THC TENET HEALTHCAR 4.30 11 27.71 26.57 3.476
GME GAMESTOP CORP-A 4.23 17 27.81 26.68 3.870
HP HELMERICH & PAY 3.84 17 56.50 54.41 3.963
SHW SHERWIN-WILLIAM 3.67 11 155.43 149.93 3.211
DE DEERE & CO 3.49 13 91.13 88.05 3.870
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES 3.44 19 81.27 78.57 4.677
DHI DR HORTON INC 3.33 12 21.89 21.18 3.304
LOW LOWE’S COS INC 2.97 20 33.39 32.43 3.897
VAR VARIAN MEDICAL 2.67 14 72.27 70.39 4.333
ROP ROPER INDS 2.60 5 118.17 115.17 3.909
CELG CELGENE CORP 2.59 17 87.10 84.90 4.484
DNB DUN & BRADSTREE 2.38 5 79.00 77.17 3.000
WLP WELLPOINT INC 2.07 11 67.83 66.46 3.905
PETM PETSMART INC 2.01 15 75.67 74.18 3.846
PSA PUBLIC STORAGE 1.74 13 146.77 144.25 3.087
PCP PRECISION CASTP 1.70 14 194.73 191.47 4.440
Target Price Decreases
Target # of Current Last Wk Current
Tkr Company Name %Chg Analyst Target Target Rating
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JCP J.C. PENNEY CO -20.90 13 22.00 27.81 2.900
DELL DELL INC -9.49 23 12.01 13.27 3.667
ROST ROSS STORES INC -4.68 17 66.78 70.06 4.000
MOS MOSAIC CO/THE -4.27 15 62.28 65.05 4.174
ATI ALLEGHENY TECH -3.79 8 39.50 41.06 4.385
BIG BIG LOTS INC -3.03 11 34.91 36.00 3.250
JEC JACOBS ENGIN GR -2.95 13 50.47 52.00 4.190
DLTR DOLLAR TREE INC -2.62 19 48.71 50.02 3.960
FTR FRONTIER COMMUN -2.59 9 5.24 5.38 3.842
GOOG GOOGLE INC-CL A -2.54 36 772.72 792.87 4.543
GWW WW GRAINGER INC -2.46 12 223.62 229.25 4.000
VIAB VIACOM INC-B -2.37 24 58.02 59.43 4.056
WIN WINDSTREAM CORP -2.34 10 10.44 10.69 3.368
IPG INTERPUBLIC GRP -2.20 14 12.93 13.22 4.417
NOC NORTHROP GRUMMA -2.03 10 66.54 67.92 2.818
TER TERADYNE INC -2.01 9 18.96 19.35 4.533
PFE PFIZER INC -1.88 14 27.65 28.18 4.464
CVC CABLEVISION SY- -1.83 18 17.04 17.36 3.370
DVN DEVON ENERGY CO -1.50 23 74.73 75.87 4.067
CSC COMPUTER SCIENC -1.50 10 35.77 36.32 2.867
LMT LOCKHEED MARTIN -1.50 10 91.77 93.17 3.167
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