Apple (AAPL) (AZO) (HOG) (A) (HD) (WMT) Ratings, Price Targets

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), AutoZone (NYSE: AZO), Harley-Davidson (NYSE: HOG), Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Home Depot (NYSE: HD) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) ratings and price targets.

Apple (AAPL) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Sterne Agee.

AutoZone (AZO) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Nomura (NYSE:NMR).

Harley-Davidson (HOG) had its “Neutral” rating reiterated by Citigroup (NYSE:C). They have a price target of $37.00 on the company.

Agilent Technologies (A) had its price target raised by UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) from $43.00 to $47.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Home Depot (HD) had its price target raised by Argus from $46.00 to $51.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Wal-Mart (WMT) had its price target raised by Telsey Advisory Group to $67.00.

Agilent (A) (WFC) (ESRX) (EXPE) (AEE) (CBS) Ratings, Price Targets

Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX), Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), Ameren (NYSE: AEE) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) ratings and price targets.

Wells Fargo (WFC) had its price target raised by FBR Capital from $31.00 to $33.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Express Scripts (ESRX) had its price target raised by Maxim Group from $52.00 to $64.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) initiated coverage on Expedia (EXPE). They placed an “Underweight” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) initiated coverage on Ameren (AEE). They placed an “Underweight” rating on the company.

Agilent Technologies (A) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB).

CBS (CBS) had its “Buy” rating reiterated by Needham & Company.

Amtech (ASYS) (GERN) (GLPW) (A) (AAT) (ADSK) Ratings, Price Targets

Amtech Systems Inc. (ASYS), Geron Co. (GERN), Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (GLPW), Agilent Technologies Inc. (A), American Assets Trust (AAT) and Autodesk (ADSK) ratings and price targets.

Amtech Systems Inc. (ASYS) was downgraded by Feltl & Co. from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating. They have a price target of $10.00 on the company, down previously from $18.00.

Geron Co. (GERN) was downgraded by WBB Securities from a “Strong Buy” rating to a “Buy” rating. They have a price target of $6.00 on the company, down from $19.00.

Global Power Equipment Group Inc. (GLPW) was downgraded by BB&T (NYSE:BBT) from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised its price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) to $53.00.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reiterated its “Overweight” on American Assets Trust (AAT).

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised its price target on Autodesk (ADSK) to $41.00.

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.

Yamana (AUY) (TNP) (A) (MASI) (AMAT) (BAX) Price Targets Changed

Yamana Gold (NYSE: AUY), Tsakos Energy Navigation (NYSE: TNP), Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Masimo Corporation (NASDAQ: MASI), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) and Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) price targets adjusted by analysts.

Tsakos Energy Navigation (TNP) had its price target lowered by FBR Capital from $15.00 to $10.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) had its price target lowered by Stifel Nicolaus from $59.00 to $50.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Masimo Corp. (MASI) had its price target lowered by Morgan Keegan from $33.00 to $31.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Applied Materials, Inc. (AMAT) had its price target lowered by Citigroup (NYSE:C) from $17.00 to $14.00.

Yamana Gold (AUY) had its price target raised by Davenport from $15.00 to $19.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Baxter International Inc. (BAX) had its price target lowered by Morgan Keegan from $70.00 to $67.00. They have an “Outperform” rating on the company.

First Solar (FSLR) (MPC) (SPWRA) (WFR) (P) (A) Get New Analyst Coverage

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC), SunPower Co. (NASDAQ: SPWRA), MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (NYSE: WFR), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) get new coverage from analysts.

Auriga initiated coverage on First Solar, Inc. (FSLR). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $157.00 on the company.

Dahlman Rose initiated coverage on Marathon Petroleum (MPC). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $55.00 on the company.

Auriga initiated coverage on SunPower Co. (SPWRA). They placed a “Sell” rating and a price target of $14.00 on the company.

Auriga initiated coverage on MEMC Electronic Materials Inc (WFR). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $11.00 on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) initiated coverage on Pandora Media (P). They placed an “Overweight” rating and a price target of $22.00 on the company.

Cowen initiated coverage on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A). They placed an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Agilent (A) (AAPL) (BRCM) (BWLD) (CBST) Price Targets Changed

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Broadcom Corp (NASDAQ: BRCM), Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) and Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST) price targets changed.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) to $63.00.

Apple, Inc (AAPL) had its price target raised by Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) to $485.00.

Broadcom Corp. (BRCM) had its price target slashed by Needham & Company from $44.00 to $40.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) had its price target raised Morgan Keegan to $78.00.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CBST) had its price target raised by Oppenheimer from $37.00 to $44.00. They have an “outperform” rating on the company.

Price Targets (A) (CXPO) (DAL) (DAR) (DRYS) Weekly Recap

Price targets on shares of Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Crimson Exploration (NASDAQ: CXPO), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) and DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) updated by analysts during the last week.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $56.00 to $65.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Global Hunter Securities raised their price target on Crimson Exploration (CXPO) from $6.20 to $6.52.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Delta Air Lines (DAL) from $18.50 to $20.00.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised their price target on Darling International Inc. (DAR) to $20.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Goldman Sachs cut their price target on DryShips Inc. (DRYS) to $5.50. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Price Targets (BMY) (A) (AMRN) (APA) (AVP) Weekly Recap

Price targets on shares of Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY), Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Amarin Co. plc (NASDAQ: AMRN), Apache (NYSE: APA) and Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP)upgraded by analysts during the last week.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) raised their price target on Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) to $29.00. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $53.00 to $59.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Amarin Co. plc (AMRN) from $21.00 to $25.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) raised their price target on Apache (APA) from $145.00 to $150.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Jefferies raised their price target on Avon Products, Inc. (AVP) from $36.00 to $37.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Price Targets (A) (AIMC) (ALK) (AMR) (AMRN) Weekly Recap

Price targets on shares of Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Altra Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIMC), Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK), AMR Co. (NYSE: AMR) and Amarin Co. plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) upgraded by analysts during the last week.

Longbow Research raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) from $52.00 to $62.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Altra Holdings, Inc. (AIMC) from $29.00 to $31.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) from $64.00 to $66.00.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on AMR Co. (AMR) from $8.50 to $9.50.

Jeffries raised their price target on Amarin Co. plc (AMRN) from $21.00 to $25.00.

Price Targets on (A) (CXPO) (DAL) (DAR) (DRYS) Updated

Price targets on Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Crimson Exploration (NASDAQ: CXPO), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) and DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) were updated by analysts.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $56.00 to $65.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Global Hunter Securities analysts raised their price target on of Crimson Exploration (CXPO) from $6.20 to $6.52.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Delta Air Lines (DAL) from $18.50 to $20.00.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised their price target on Darling International Inc. (DAR) to $20.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Goldman Sachs cut their price target on DryShips Inc. (DRYS) to $5.50. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Price Targets on (A) (CXPO) (DAL) (DAR) (DRYS) Updated

Price targets on Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Crimson Exploration (NASDAQ: CXPO), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR) and DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) were updated by analysts.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $56.00 to $65.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Global Hunter Securities analysts raised their price target on of Crimson Exploration (CXPO) from $6.20 to $6.52.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Delta Air Lines (DAL) from $18.50 to $20.00.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised their price target on Darling International Inc. (DAR) to $20.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Goldman Sachs cut their price target on DryShips Inc. (DRYS) to $5.50. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Price Targets on (AMRN) (A) (APA) (AVP) (BMY) Updated

Price targets on Amarin Co. plc (NASDAQ: AMRN), Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Apache (NYSE: APA), Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) and Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (NYSE: BMY) were updated by analysts.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Amarin Co. plc (AMRN) from $21.00 to $25.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $53.00 to $59.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) raised their price target on Apache (APA) from $145.00 to $150.00. They have an “overweight” rating on the company.

Jefferies raised their price target on Avon Products, Inc. (AVP) from $36.00 to $37.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) raised their price target on Bristol Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) to $29.00. They have a “neutral” rating on the company.

Price Targets on (A) (AIMC) (ALK) (AMR) (AMRN) Updated

Price targets on Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Altra Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIMC), Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK), AMR Co. (NYSE: AMR) and Amarin Co. plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) were updated by analysts.

Longbow Research raised their price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $52.00 to $62.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised their price target on Altra Holdings, Inc. (AIMC) from $29.00 to $31.00. They have a “buy” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) raised their price target on Alaska Air (ALK) from $64.00 to $66.00.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on AMR Co. (AMR) from $8.50 to $9.50.

Jeffries raised their price target on Amarin Co. plc (AMRN) from $21.00 to $25.00.

Agilent (A) (ABFS) (BBBY) (EFII) (HXL) PTs Changed

Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A), Arkansas Best Corp (NASDAQ: ABFS), Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY), Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFII) and Hexcel Co. (NYSE: HXL) all had their price targets adjusted Tuesday, April 26, with all but Arkansas Best Corp. getting a boost from analysts.

Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) raised its price target on Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) from $55.00 to $56.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the company.

Piper Jaffray cut its price target on Arkansas Best Corp (ABFS) from $27.00 to $25.00. They have a “Neutral” rating on the firm.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) raised its price target on Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) from $62.00 to $65.00. They have a “Buy” rating on the them.

Brean Murray boosted its price target on Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFII) from $18.00 to $23.00. They have a “Buy” rating on EFII.

Jefferies increased their price target Hexcel Co. (HXL) to $22.00. They have a “Hold” rating on the HXL.

Micron (MU) Names Intermec (IN) CEO Byrne to Board

Intermec Inc. (NYSE:IN) CEO and president Patrick Byrne has been named to the board of directors of Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU).

According to Micron when they released the news, Byrne will joint the board immediately.

Intermec is a supply chain management firm which Byrne has headed since July 2007. He has also worked for Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) and Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A) for 24 years before that.

Byrne sits on two other boards as well, including Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University and Flow International.

Micron closed Thursday at $11.14, falling $0.10, or 0.89 percent.

Bullish Agilent (A) Gives JDS Uniphase (JDSU) Shares a Boost

When Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) said they are bullish on their outlook for test-and-measurement market, shares of JDS Uniphase Corp. (JDSU) soared by almost 9 percent, as it's the largest revenue source of the company.

Agilent Chief Executive Officer Bill Sullivan said, “All the evidence suggests that growth that we say in our first quarter is continuing.”

Sales for Agilent climbed 25 percent in the last quarter. They said the market growth continues to hold.

JDS Uniphase develops machinery that tests network equipment to see whether it is working properly.

Agilent closed Friday at $46.75, up $3.93, or 9.18 percent. JDS Uniphase closed at $27.37, gaining $2.23, or 8.87 percent.

Agilent (A), Cadence (CADX), Cooper (COO US), LSB (LXU), Spreadtrum (SPRD) Jump on Earnings, Guidance

Shares of Agilent Technologies Inc. (A), Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CADX), Cooper Cos. (COO US), LSB Industries Inc. (LXU), Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (SPRD) were all hopping today, as they beat expectations and/or gave strong guidance.

Agilent Technologies Inc. (A) was up over 5 percent, as they boosted their guidance for long-term sales and operating margin forecasts, according to JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM). Agilent was trading at $45.19, gaining $2.37, or 5.53 percent, as of 1:13 PM EST.

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc. (CADX) was rocking, as the loss for the quarter was a penny less than analysts were looking for. The company was trading at $8.58, up $1.07, or 14.25 percent.

Cooper Cos. (COO) is up on beating analysts' expectation for earnings by 26 percent. Trading at $68.00, up $4.38, or 6.88 percent, the company was on top of the leaders in the Russell 1000 Index.

LSB Industries Inc. (LXU) made its big upward moved based on profits more than doubling over analysts' estimates, coming in at 79 cents a share. They were trading at $35.79, gaining $3.71, or 11.56 percent.

Spreadtrum Communications Inc. (SPRD) climbed on fourth-quarter sales of $126.5 million, beating the average analyst estimate of $123.4 million. They traded at $22.78, up $1.16, or 5.37 percent.

Agilent (NYSE:A) Driven by Multiple Catalysts Says Barclays

Including a solid foundation in EMG, Barclays (NYSE:BCS) said Agilent (NYSE:A) is being driven by multiple catalysts.

Barclays says, "We recently had an opportunity to spend some time with Agilent management. The message is very consistent - the company is on solid footing in EMG given an unusually high backlog, while driving upside in the Varian portfolio is a key theme for LSG/CAG. Far from done, we believe the story has multiple positive drivers, many underappreciated. We remain bullish on this high-quality cyclical name and raise PT to $49."

Barclays reiterates an "Overweight" rating on Agilent (A), which closed Wednesday at $42.43, losing $1.92, or 4.33 percent. Barclays raised their price target on Agilent from $44 to $49.