CRH (CRH) (FOSL) (GEF) (ITT) (JBHT) (KCP) (KPLUF) Ratings, Price Targets

CRH PLC (CRH), Fossil (FOSL), Greif (GEF), ITT Industries (ITT), J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT), Kenneth Cole Productions (KCP) and K PLUS S AG (KPLUF) had ratings and price targets adjusted on them by analysts.

Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded CRH PLC (CRH) from an "Outperform" rating to a "Market Perform" rating.

Citigroup downgraded Fossil (FOSL) from a "Buy" rating to a "Neutral" rating.

Deutsche Bank downgraded Greif (GEF) "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.
Janney Montgomery Scott downgraded ITT Industries (ITT) from a "Buy" rating to a "Neutral" rating.

KeyBanc downgraded J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

Sterne Agee downgraded Kenneth Cole Productions (KCP) from a "Buy" rating to a "Neutral" rating.

Societe Generale downgraded K PLUS S AG (KPLUF) "Buy" rating to a "Hold" rating.

F5 (FFIV) (IBI) (INN) (JBHT) (KSWS) Downgraded

F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Interline Brands, Inc. (NYSE: IBI), Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN), J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) and K Swiss Inc (NASDAQ: KSWS) downgraded by analysts.

F5 Networks (FFIV) was downgraded by SunTrust (NYSE:STI) from a “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

Interline Brands, Inc. (IBI) was downgraded by BB&T (NYSE:BBT) from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (INN) was downgraded by Keybanc from a “Buy” rating to a “Hold” rating.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) was downgraded by Robert W. Baird from an “Outperform” rating to a “Neutral” rating. They have a price target of $51.00 on the company, down from $53.00.

K Swiss Inc. (KSWS) was downgraded by Sterne Agee from a “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” rating.

J.B. Hunt (JBHT) (BKS) (CBST) (CTSH) (FXCM) Ratings Reiterated

Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS), Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBST), Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH), FXCM Inc (NASDAQ: FXCM) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) ratings reiterated by analysts.

Barnes & Noble Inc (BKS) ratings reiterated at an “outperform” by Morgan Keegan.

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CBST) ratings reiterated at “neutral” by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).

Cognizant (CTSH) ratings reiterated at “overweight” by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM).

FXCM (FXCM) ratings reiterated at “overweight” by JPMorgan Chase & Co.. They have a price target of $15.00 on the company.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT) ratings were reiterated “hold” by Citigroup (NYSE:C).

Coverage on (HME) (JBHT) (LVS) (FICO) (GNC) Initiated

Coverage on shares Home Properties (NYSE: HME), J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), FICO (NASDAQ: FICO) and GNC Corp. (NYSE: GNC) was initiated by analysts.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Home Properties (HME). They placed a “buy” rating and a price target of $75.00 on the company.

Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (JBHT). They placed an “outperform” rating and a price target of $58.00 on the company.

Nomura initiated coverage on Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS). They placed a “buy” rating and a price target of $53.00 on the company.

Sidoti initiated coverage on FICO (FICO). They placed a “buy” rating on the company.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) initiated coverage on GNC Corp. (GNC). They placed an “overweight” rating on the company.

FedEx (NYSE:FDX), CSX (NYSE:CSX), JB Hunt (Nasdaq:JBHT), Old Dominion (Nasdaq:ODFL) Look Solid in 2011 Says Deutsche (NYSE:DB)

FedEx (NYSE:FDX), CSX Corp (NYSE:CSX), JB Hunt (Nasdaq:JBHT) and Old Dominion (Nasdaq:ODFL) are among the leading companies in the transportation sector for 2011, according to Deutsche Bank.

Deutsche noted, "Our top picks are Integrator FDX for its operating leverage, pricing power and cost savings from it aircraft fleet renewal (employing more fuel efficient vessels). We believe railroad CSX is positioned to drive solid y/y margin improvement as coal volumes (both met and thermal) likely increase in 2011, it benefits from above-rail-inflation pricing, and strong intermodal volume growth (intermodal benefits from high incremental margins). Our sense is that intermodal and TL carrier JBHT should drive above-average top- and bottom-line growth as we see strong intermodal volume growth and TL pricing improvement. We expect ODFL to drive strong operating leverage from volume growth and better LTL pricing."

FedEx was trading at $93.10, down $0.96, or 1.02 percent, as of 11:56 AM EST. CSX was trading at $68.21, up $0.23, or 0.34 percent. JB Hunt was trading at $42.03, up $0.16, or 0.38 percent. Old Dominion was at $32.49, down $0.18, or 0.55 percent.