Lowe's (LOW) (TSO) (HME) (PLCE) (RAX) (REGN) Ratings, Price Targets

Lowe's (NYSE:LOW), Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO), Home Properties (NYSE:HME), Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE), Rackspace (NYSE:RAX) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:REGN) had ratings and price targets on them adjusted by analysts.

Home Properties (HME) had its price target raised by UBS (NYSE:UBS) to $57.00. They have a "Sell" rating on the company.

Lowe's (LOW) had its price target raised by Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) to $29.00.

Children's Place (PLCE) was cut from the "Best Ideas List" of Janney Montgomery.

Rackspace (RAX) has its price target raised by Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) to $60.00. They have an "Overweight" rating on the company.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) had its price target boosted by Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) to $127.00. They have a "Buy" rating on the company.

Tesoro Corporation (TSO) had its price target raised by Oppenheimer (NYSE:OPY) to $33.00. They have an "Outperform" rating on the company.

Humana (HUM) (LVS) (DIS) (LOW) (NWSA) (PEP) (RATE) Ratings, Price Targets

Humana (NYSE: HUM), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA), PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) and Bankrate (NASDAQ: RATE) had ratings and price targets on them adjusted by analysts.

Humana (HUM) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Jefferies Group (NYSE:JEF).

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS).

Walt Disney (DIS) had its price target raised by Wunderlich from $39.00 to $43.00. They have a “Hold” rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) had its price target raised by Longbow Research from $29.00 to $33.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

News Corp. (NWSA) had its price target raised by Wedbush from $20.00 to $21.00.

PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) had its price target raised by Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) to $72.00.

Bankrate (RATE) was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

Lowe’s (LOW) (CAST) (INVN) (ENDP) (FRX) (IPGP) (KLAC) Ratings, Price Targets

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Chinacast Education Co. (NASDAQ: CAST), Invensense Inc. (NASDAQ: INVN), Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ENDP), Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX), IPG Photonics Co. (NASDAQ: IPGP) and KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) had ratings and price targets adjusted by analysts.

Lowe’s (LOW) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Gabelli.

Chinacast Education Co. (CAST) is now covered by Roth Capital. They have a “Buy” rating on the firm.

Invensense Inc. (INVN) is now covered by Robert W. Baird. They have an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $13.00 on the firm.

Endo Pharmaceuticals (ENDP) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Citigroup (NYSE:C). They have a price target of $48.00 on the firm.

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (FRX) had its “Neutral” rating reiterated by Citigroup. Theyhave a price target of $35.00 on the firm.

IPG Photonics Co. (IPGP) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Needham & Company.

KLA-Tencor (KLAC) had its “Outperform” rating reiterated by Oppenheimer. They have a price target of $55.00 on the firm.

Lowe’s (LOW) (HD) (ROST) (ZNGA) (TJX) (AAN) Get New Coverage

Lowe’s (LOW), Home Depot (HD), Ross Stores (ROST), Zynga (ZNGA), TJX Cos (TJX) and Aaron’s Inc. (AAN) getting new coverage from analysts.

Collins Stewart initiated coverage on Lowe’s (LOW). They have a "Neutral" rating on the company.

Collins Stewart initiated coverage on Home Depot (HD). They have a "Neutral" rating on the company.

Collins Stewart initiated coverage on Ross Stores (ROST). They have a "Buy" rating on the company.

Wedbush initiated coverage on Zynga (ZNGA). They have an "Outperform" rating on the company.

Collins Stewart initiated coverage on TJX Cos (TJX). They have a "Buy" rating on the company.

Collins Stewart initiated coverage on Aaron’s Inc. (AAN). They have a "Buy" rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) (MO) (LEE) (LNT) (LQDT) Ratings Reiterated

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Altria Group (NYSE: MO), Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE), Alliant Energy (NYSE: LNT) and Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT) had ratings on them reiterated by analysts.

Nomura reiterated its "Neutral" rating on Lowe’s (LOW).

Stifel Nicolaus reiterated its "Buy" rating on Altria Group (MO). They have a price target of $29.00 on the company.

Gabelli reiterated its "Buy" rating on Lee Enterprises (LEE).

Wunderlich reiterated its "Buy" rating on Alliant Energy (LNT). They have a price target of $45.00 on the company.

Barrington Research reiterated its "Outperform" rating on Liquidity Services (LQDT).

Lowe’s (LOW) (WDC) (WINN) (WNR) (ADI) (ALEX) Upgraded

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Western Digital (NYSE: WDC), Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: WINN), Western Refining, Inc. (NYSE: WNR), Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) and Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALEX) were upgraded by analysts.

Lowe’s (LOW) was upgraded by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) from a “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Western Digital (WDC) was upgraded by ThinkEquity from a “Hold” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (WINN) was upgraded by Zacks Investment Research from an “Underperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Western Refining, Inc. (WNR) was upgraded by Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) to a “Neutral” rating.

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) was upgraded by Sterne Agee from a “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” rating.

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (ALEX) was upgraded by KBW to an “Outperform” rating.

Lowe’s (LOW) Ratings Reiterations

Several brokerage firms reiterated their ratings on Lowe's (NYSE:LOW).

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reiterated its “Underweight” rating on Lowe’s.

ISI Group reiterated its “Hold” rating on Lowe’s.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated its “neutral” rating on Lowe’s.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) reiterated its “Neutral” rating on Lowe’s (LOW).

Lowe’s (LOW) Ratings, Price Targets

Lowe's (NYSE:LOW) had its rating reiterated by several analysts.

Oppenheimer reiterated it "Outperform" rating on Lowe’s. They have a price target of $25.00 on the company.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reiterated it "Neutral" rating on Lowe’s. They have a price target of $23.00 on the company.

ISI Group reiterated it "Hold" rating on Lowe’s.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reiterated it "Neutral" rating on Lowe’s.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) reiterated it "Neutral" rating on Lowe’s.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reiterated it "Underweight" rating on
Lowe’s.

Lowe’s (LOW) (INTU) (JCP) (DD) (CYTX) (DANG) Ratings Reiterated

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ: INTU), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP), DuPont (NYSE: DD), Cytori Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: CYTX) and E Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (NASDAQ: DANG) had ratings on them reiterated by analysts.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) reiterated its "Hold" rating on Lowe’s (LOW). They have a price target of $20.00 on the company.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reiterated its "Buy" rating on Intuit Inc. (INTU). They have a price target of $56.00 on the company.

Citigroup reiterated its "Buy" rating on J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (JCP). They have a price target of $40.00 on the company.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) reiterated its "Overweight" rating on DuPont (DD). They have a price target of $62.00 on the company.

Rodman & Renshaw reiterated its "Outperform" rating on Cytori Therapeutics Inc. (CYTX).

Piper Jaffray reiterated its "Overweight" rating on E Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (DANG).

Lowe’s (LOW) (KSS) (M) (ODP) (ORLY) (PEP) Get New Coverage

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Kohls Corp (NYSE: KSS), Macy’s (NYSE: M), Office Depot, Inc. (NYSE: ODP), O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: ORLY) and PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) getting new coverage from analysts.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) initiated coverage on Lowe’s (LOW). They placed an “Underweight” rating on the company.

Nomura initiated coverage on Kohls Corp. (KSS). They placed a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Nomura initiated coverage on Macy’s (M). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Office Depot, Inc. (ODP). They placed an “Equal Weight” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (ORLY). They placed an “Overweight” rating on the company.

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) initiated coverage on PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $70.00 on the company.

Lowes (LOW) (SNV) (WLK) (JKHY) (NM) Declare Dividends

The Board of Directors of Lowes (NYSE:LOW) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.14 per share payable 11/2/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 10/19/11.

The Board of Directors of Synovus Financial (NYSE:SNV) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.01 per share payable 10/3/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 9/15/11.

The Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical Corp (NYSE:WLK) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.07375 per share payable 9/13/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 9/2/11.

The Board of Directors of Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.105 per share payable 9/28/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 9/8/11.

The Board of Directors of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE:NM) declared a second quarter common stock dividend of $0.06 per share payable 10/6/11 to shareholders of record at the close of business on 9/22/11.

DISH (DISH) (URBN) (A) (LOW) (EL) (GILD) Price Targets Changed

DISH (NASDAQ: DISH), Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN), Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE: EL) and Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) price targets adjusted by analysts.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $37.00 to $35.00. They have an “Overweight” rating on the company.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) had its price target lowered by Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) from $61.00 to $48.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

DISH (DISH) had its price target raised by Barclays Capital from $22.00 to $30.00. They have an “Equal Weight” rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) had its price target lowered by Deutsche Bank from $30.00 to $26.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (EL) had its price target raised by Deutsche Bank from $90.00 to $95.00. They have a “Hold” rating on the company.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) had its price target raised by Deutsche Bank from $45.00 to $53.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) (RIMM) (CMA) (COV) (DRC) (QRE) Price Targets Changed

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Comerica (NYSE: CMA), Covidien Plc (NYSE: COV), Dresser-Rand (NYSE: DRC) and QR Energy LP (NYSE: QRE) price targets adjusted by analysts.

Research In Motion (RIMM) had its price target boosted by Sterne Agee to $28.00. They have a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Comerica (CMA) had its price target lowered by Sterne Agee to $35.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

QR Energy LP (QRE) had its price target lowered by Oppenheimer to $23.00.

Covidien Plc (COV) had its price target raised by Morgan Keegan from $56.00 to $60.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) had its price target lowered by Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC)to $19.00. They have a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Dresser-Rand (DRC) had its price target lowered by Morgan Keegan from $63.00 to $52.50. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Lowe’s (LOW) (BBY) (CHS) (HD) (PSUN) (TSCO) (TWC) Price Targets Changed

Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Chico’s (NYSE: CHS), Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSUN), Tractor Supply Co. (NASDAQ: TSCO) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) price targets adjusted by analysts.

Lowe’s (LOW) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $26.00 to $23.00. They have an “Equal Weight” rating on the company.

Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $32.00 to $27.00. They have an “Equal Weight” rating on the company.

Chico’s (CHS) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $16.00 to $13.00. They have an “Equal Weight” rating on the company.

Home Depot (HD) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $41.00 to $34.00. They have an “Overweight” rating on the company.

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (PSUN) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $4.00 to $2.00. They have an “Equal Weight” rating on the company.

Tractor Supply Co. (TSCO) had its price target lowered by Barclays Capital from $78.00 to $69.00. They have an “Overweight” rating on the company.

Time Warner Cable (TWC) had its price target lowered by Wunderlich from $80.00 to $75.00. They have a “Hold” rating on the company.

Price Targets (SORL) (TGH) (LOW) (TLVT) (URBN) Weekly Recap

Price targets on shares of Sorl Auto Parts, Inc. (NASDAQ: SORL), Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: TGH), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Telvent Git, S.A (NASDAQ: TLVT) and Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN) updated by analysts during the last week.

BMC Equities Research raised their price target on Sorl Auto Parts, Inc. (SORL) from $9.00 to $15.00.

Dahlman Rose raised their price target on Textainer Group Holdings Limited (TGH) from $40.00 to $42.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) cut their price target on Lowe’s (LOW) from $30.00 to $29.00.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) raised their price target on Telvent Git, S.A (TLVT) from $39.00 to $40.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Sterne Agee cut their price target on Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) from $32.00 to $30.00. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Price Targets (RSG) (LOW) (SINA) (SORL) (TLVT) Weekly Recap

Price targets on shares of Republic Services (NYSE: RSG), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Sina (NASDAQ: SINA), Sorl Auto Parts, Inc. (NASDAQ: SORL) and Telvent Git, S.A (NASDAQ: TLVT) updated by analysts during the last week.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) cut their price target on Republic Services (RSG) to $38.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) cut their price target on Lowe’s (LOW) from $28.00 to $27.00. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) raised their price target on Sina (SINA) from $127.70 to $140.00.

Brean Murray cut their price target on Sorl Auto Parts, Inc. (SORL) from $15.00 to $9.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Telvent Git, S.A (TLVT) to $34.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Price Targets (LONG) (LOW) (MUR) (NEE) (OMX) Weekly Recap

Price targets on shares of eLong, Inc. (NASDAQ: LONG), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR), NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) and Officemax Inc (NYSE: OMX) updated by analysts during the last week.

BMC Equities Research raised their price target on eLong, Inc. (LONG) from $17.00 to $20.00.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) raised their price target on Lowe’s (LOW) from $26.00 to $28.00. They have a “hold” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) cut their price target on Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) to $90.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Wunderlich raised their price target on NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) from $60.00 to $64.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Oppenheimer cut their price target on Officemax Inc (OMX) from $18.00 to $14.00. They have an “outperform” rating on the company.

Price Targets on (URBN) (VIT) (LOW) (TLVT) Updated

Price targets on shares of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN), VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (NYSE: VIT), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and Telvent Git, S.A (NASDAQ: TLVT) were updated by analysts.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) cut their price target on Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) from $36.00 to $34.00.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) cut their price target on VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (VIT) from $42.00 to $38.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) cut their price target on Lowe’s (LOW) from $30.00 to $29.00.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) raised their price target on Telvent Git, S.A (NASDAQ: TLVT) from $39.00 to $40.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Price Targets on (URBN) (VIT) (LOW) (TLVT) Updated

Price targets on shares of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ: URBN), VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (NYSE: VIT), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and Telvent Git, S.A (NASDAQ: TLVT) were updated by analysts.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) cut their price target on Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) from $36.00 to $34.00.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) cut their price target on VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (VIT) from $42.00 to $38.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) cut their price target on Lowe’s (LOW) from $30.00 to $29.00.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) raised their price target on Telvent Git, S.A (NASDAQ: TLVT) from $39.00 to $40.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Price Targets on (VIT) (LONG) (LOW) (MUR) (NEE) Updated

Price targets on shares of VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (NYSE: VIT), eLong, Inc. (NASDAQ: LONG), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW), Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) and NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) were updated by analysts.

Kaufman Brothers cut their price target on VanceInfo Technologies Inc. (VIT) from $37.00 to $34.00. They have a “hold” rating on the company.

BMC Equities Research raised their price target on eLong, Inc. (LONG) from $17.00 to $20.00.

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) cut their price target on Lowe’s (LOW) from $28.00 to $27.00. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) cut their price target on Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) to $90.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Wunderlich raised their price target on NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) from $60.00 to $64.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.