Top of the Street: UBS, Adidas, Galp, Akzo Nobel, Randstad, Kojamo
A round-up of notable broker activity this morning from Europe's top-ranked* analysts:
** Citi downgrades UBS UBSG.S to "neutral" from "buy" and cuts target price to CHF 27 from CHF 28 as the Swiss authorities’ new capital proposals add greater uncertainty for the banking giant
** Stifel upgrades Adidas ADSGn.DE to "buy" and raises target price to 250 euros from 150 euros saying the German sportswear company has shown faster-than-expected brand building with its Q1 beat and raise
** UBS raises Galp GALP.LS to "neutral" from "sell", following the Portuguese oil and gas co's better-than-expected drilling campaign in Namibia
** J.P. Morgan upgrades Dutch paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel AKZO.AS to "neutral" from "underweight" on resilient performance and strong earnings growth in the first quarter
** Jefferies raises Randstad RAND.AS to "hold" from "underperform" as the recruitment agency offers a balanced risk/reward over the next 12 months, after its recent underperformance
** J.P. Morgan upgrades Finnish real estate developer Kojamo KOJAMO.HE to "overweight" from "neutral" as the broker sees limited risk to rental growth in its unregulated residential portfolio
(*Analyst rankings from Thomson Reuters StarMine. The scale is from 1-star to 5-star with 5 being the best. Analysts are ranked on earnings accuracy as well as relative performance of recommendations over trailing 12-month & 24-month periods.)
Reporting by Antonis Triantafyllou and Philippe Leroy Beaulieu
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