Arch Coal (ACI) (E) (RDS.A) (WTI) (TOL) (VOLC) (BGCP) Ratings, Price Targets

Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI), Eni S.p.A. (E), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI), Toll Brothers, Inc. (TOL), Volcano (VOLC) and BGC Partners, Inc. (BGCP) had ratings and price targets on them adjusted by analysts.

BMO Capital Markets downgraded Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Market Perform" rating.

Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded Eni S.p.A. (E) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Market Perform" rating.

Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Market Perform" rating.

Global Hunter Securities upgraded W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI) from an "Accumulate" rating to a "Buy" rating. They raised their price target on them from $25.00 to $30.00.

Credit Suisse upgraded Toll Brothers, Inc. (TOL) from a "Neutral" rating to a "Outperform" rating.

Goldman Sachs upgraded Volcano (VOLC) from a "Neutral" rating to a "Buy" rating.

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded BGC Partners, Inc. (BGCP) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Market Perform" rating.

Alcoa (AA) (XEL) (HPQ) (E) (ORCL) (CHH) Upgraded

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA), Xcel Energy Inc. (NYSE: XEL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Eni S.p.A. (NYSE: E), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Choice Hotels (NYSE: CHH) upgraded by analysts.

Alcoa Inc. (AA) was upgraded by BMO Capital Markets from an “Underperform” rating to a “Market Perform” rating. They have a price target of $14.00 on the company, down from $15.00.

Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) was upgraded by Robert W. Baird from a “Neutral” rating to an “Outperform” rating. They have a price target $25.00 on the company.

Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) was upgraded by Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) from a “Hold” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Eni S.p.A. (E) was upgraded by Collins Stewart from a “Sell” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Oracle (ORCL) was upgraded by Credit Agricole from an “Outperform” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Choice Hotels (CHH) was upgraded by Jefferies from an “Underperform” rating to a “Buy” rating. They have a price target of $33.00 on the company, up from $26.00.

Ex-Dividend for (ATO) (E) (EFX) (FIC) (GIL) is May 23

The ex-dividend date for Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO), Eni SpA (NYSE:E), Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX), Fair Isaac Inc. (NYSE:FIC) and Gildan Activewear Inc. (NYSE:GIL) is May 23.

Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) pays a dividend of $0.34 with a yield of 3.96 percent.

Eni SpA (E) pays a dividend of $1.01 with a yield of 4.01 percent.

Equifax Inc. (EFX) pays a dividend of $0.16 with a yield of 1.69 percent.

Fair Isaac Inc. (FIC) pays a dividend of $0.02 with a yield of 0.27 percent.

Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL) pays a dividend of $0.08 with a yield of 0.81 percent.

Statoil (STO) Rocks on Major Resource Find

Shares of Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO) are soaring today on news the company found a major gas and oil field at the Skugard prospect in the Barents Sea.

The largest oil company in Norway said it may be the most important discovery in Norway in over 10 years.

According to Statoil, the field could hold as much as 250 million barrels of recoverable reserves.

Being partners with Statoil, shares of Hess (NYSE:HES), Total SA (NYSE:TOT), ENI SpA (NYSE:E) were also all up today in response to the find.

Statoil was trading at $28.59, gaining $0.95, or 3.44 percent, as of 2:42 PM EDT. Total was at $61.73, rising $0.76, or 1.25 percent. Eni S.p.A. was trading at $50.16, up $1.03, or 2.10 percent. Hess was at $86.85, gaining $1.64, or 1.92 percent.