Take-Two (TTWO) (VNR) (VRTU) (CBE) (CHKR) (VECO) Get New Coverage

Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO), Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSE: VNR), Virtusa Co. (NASDAQ: VRTU), Cooper Industries PLC (NYSE: CBE), Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units (NASDAQ: CHKR) and Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) getting new coverage from analysts.

Wunderlich Securities initiated coverage on Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $33.00 on the company.

BB&T (NYSE:BBT) initiated coverage on Virtusa Co. (VRTU). They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

JMP Securities initiated coverage on Cooper Industries PLC (CBE). They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $62.00 on the company.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) initiated coverage on Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units (CHKR). They placed a “Market Perform” rating on the company.

Macquarie initiated coverage on Take-Two (TTWO). They placed an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Needham & Company initiated coverage on Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO). They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

Take-Two (TTWO) (VNR) (VRTU) (CBE) (CHKR) (VECO) Get New Coverage

Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO), Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSE: VNR), Virtusa Co. (NASDAQ: VRTU), Cooper Industries PLC (NYSE: CBE), Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units (NASDAQ: CHKR) and Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) getting new coverage from analysts.

Wunderlich Securities initiated coverage on Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $33.00 on the company.

BB&T (NYSE:BBT) initiated coverage on Virtusa Co. (VRTU). They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

JMP Securities initiated coverage on Cooper Industries PLC (CBE). They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $62.00 on the company.

Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) initiated coverage on Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust Common Units (CHKR). They placed a “Market Perform” rating on the company.

Macquarie initiated coverage on Take-Two (TTWO). They placed an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Needham & Company initiated coverage on Veeco Instruments Inc. (VECO). They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

Cooper (CBE) (VNR) (TWER) (FDUS) Get New Coverage

Cooper Industries PLC (NYSE: CBE), Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSE: VNR), Towerstream Corp (NASDAQ: TWER) and Fidus Investment (NASDAQ: FDUS) getting new analyst coverage.

Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR) is now getting covered by Stifel Nicolaus. They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

Cooper Industries PLC (CBE) had coverage launched on them by Macquarie. They placed an “Outperform” rating on the company.

Towerstream Corporporation (TWER) is now covered by Rodman & Renshaw. They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of
$6.00 on the company.

Fidus Investment (FDUS) is now covered by analysts at Oppenheimer. They placed an “Outperform” rating and a price target of $15.00 on the company.

Toll (TOL) (ASML) (CBE) (BRFS) (SVNT) Upgraded

Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL), ASML Holding (NASDAQ: ASML), Cooper Industries PLC (NYSE: CBE), BRF Brasil Foods (NASDAQ: BRFS) and Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) upgraded by analysts.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) upgraded Toll Brothers (TOL) from a "Neutral" rating to a “buy” rating. They have a price target of $25.00 on the company.

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) upgraded ASML Holding (ASML) from a "Buy" rating to a “hold” rating.

Raymond James (NYSE:RJF) upgraded BRF Brasil Foods (BRFS) from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) upgraded Cooper Industries PLC (CBE) to a “Buy” rating.

Leerink upgraded Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SVNT) from an “underperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.

ITT (ESI) (BEAV) (CBE) (KMB) (NFLX) EPS Adjusted by Goldman (GS)

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) changed their EPS estimates on BE Aerospace (NASDAQ: BEAV), Cooper Industries PLC (NYSE: CBE), ITT Educational Services Inc (NYSE: ESI), Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE: KMB) and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), with all but Kimberly Clark Corp getting upwardly revised.

Goldman Sachs (GS) raised its EPS on shares of BE Aerospace (BEAV). They have a “Buy” rating with a $48.00 price target on the company.

Goldman raised its EPS on shares of Cooper Industries PLC (CBE). They have a “Neutral” rating with a price target of $70.00 on the firm.

Goldman Sachs raised its EPS on ITT Educational Services Inc (ESI). They have a “Neutral” rating with a $83.00 price target on the stock.

It also cut its EPS estimates on Kimberly Clark Corp (KMB). They have a “Sell” rating with a price target of $64.00 on the company.

Goldman boosted its EPS on Netflix, Inc. (NFLX). They have a “Buy” rating and a price target of $300.00 on NFLX.

Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) Positive on M&A Environment

Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) continues to be positive on the M&A environment, and in their belief they'll be able to generate margin in the 25% to 30% range in 2011.

UBS says, "CBE's stock opened down yesterday morning after the release of in-line 4Q10 results and initial 2011 guidance. The stock recovered (closed +1.4% yesterday) after the conf. call given positive commentary regarding margins and price/cost, end market trends, and the M&A pipeline. Mgmt was incrementally positive on the M&A environment and commented that -$500m in acquired sales is feasible for ’11, potentially including deals larger than CBE has typically pursued. Mgmt also seemed very confident about its target for 25%-30% incremental margins in ’11 despite recent headwinds."

UBS raised full year 2011 EPS estimate from $3.70 to $3.80 and full year 2012 from $4.10 to $4.30.

UBS reiterates a "Buy" rating on Cooper Industries (CBE), which closed Thursday at $61.46, dropping $0.27, or 0.44 percent. UBS has a price target of $68 on Cooper, increasing it from $63.