Reynolds (RAI) (SAH) (TDC) (CPTS) (CSOD) (GIVN) Get New Coverage

Reynolds American, Inc. (NYSE: RAI), Sonic Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: SAH), Teradata Co. (NYSE: TDC), Conceptus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTS), Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD) and Given Imaging Ltd (NASDAQ: GIVN) getting new coverage from analysts.

Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) initiated coverage on Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $41.00 on the company.

KeyBanc initiated coverage on Sonic Automotive, Inc. (SAH). They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

Barclays Capital initiated coverage on Teradata Co. (TDC). They placed an “Equal Weight” rating and a price target of $61.00 on the company.

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Conceptus, Inc. (CPTS). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

Barclays Capital initiated coverage on Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD). They placed an “Overweight” rating and a price target of $21.00 on the company.

Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on Given Imaging Ltd (GIVN). They placed a “Buy” rating on the company.

NIKE (NKE) (CCJ) (TDC) (BIG) (BKEP) (MCRS) Ratings Reiterated

Nike, Inc. (NYSE: NKE), Cameco Co. (NYSE: CCJ), Teradata Co. (NYSE: TDC), Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG), Blueknight Energy Partners L.P. (NASDAQ: BKEP) and Micros Systems Inc (NASDAQ: MCRS) had their ratings reiterated by analysts.

Oppenheimer reiterated an "Outperform" ratng on Teradata Co. (TDC).

Piper Jaffray (NYSE:PJC) reiterated a "Neutral" rating on Big Lots, Inc. (BIG).

Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a "Buy" rating on Nike, Inc. (NKE).

Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “Buy” rating on Blueknight Energy Partners L.P. (BKEP).

Oppenheimer reiterated an "Outperform" ratng on Micros Systems Inc. (MCRS).

Gabelli reiterated a "Buy" rating on Cameco Co. (CCJ).

Teradata (TDC) (CY) (ENTR) (ISRG) (SLAB) (SMSC) Get New Coverage

Teradata Co. (NYSE: TDC), Cypress Semi (NYSE: CY), Entropic Communications (NASDAQ: ENTR), Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG), Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: SLAB) and Standard Microsystems Co. (NASDAQ: SMSC) getting new coverage from analysts.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) initiated coverage on Teradata Co. (TDC). They placed a “Neutral” rating on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Cypress Semi (CY). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $25.00 on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Entropic Communications (ENTR). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $8.00 on the company.

ThinkEquity initiated coverage on Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (ISRG). They placed a “Hold” rating on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Silicon Laboratories (SLAB). They placed a “Hold” rating and a price target of $33.00 on the company.

Wunderlich initiated coverage on Standard Microsystems Co. (SMSC). They placed a “Buy” rating and a price target of $36.00 on the company.

EPS on (ONNN) (RIG) (SD) (TDC) (TLEO) (WEC) Updated

EPS estimates on ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN), Transocean (NYSE: RIG), SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD), Teradata Co. (NYSE: TDC), Taleo Corp (NASDAQ: TLEO) and Wisconsin Energy (NYSE: WEC) updated by analysts today.

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) raised their EPS estimates on shares of ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ONNN). They have a “buy” rating and a price target of $12.00 on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) cut their EPS estimates on Transocean (RIG). They have an “overweight” rating and a price target of $120.00 on the company.

UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) cut their EPS estimates on SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD). They now have a “neutral” rating and a price target o $11.50 on the company.

Oppenheimer raised their EPS estimates on Teradata Co. (TDC). They now have an “outperform” rating and a price target of $57.00 on the company.

Oppenheimer raised their EPS estimates on Taleo Corp (TLEO). They have an “outperform” rating and a price target of $41.00 on the company.

Goldman Sachs raised their EPS estimates on Wisconsin Energy (WEC). They have a “neutral” rating and a price target of $32.00 on the company.

Ratings on (ONB) (SPR) (TDC) (VIA-B) Upgraded by Analysts

Ratings on Old National Bancorp (NYSE: ONB), Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPR), Teradata Co. (NYSE: TDC) and Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA.B) were upgraded today by analysts.

Sterne Agee upgraded Old National Bancorp (ONB) from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They have a price target of $12.50 on the company.

Wedbush upgraded Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. (SPR) from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating. They have a price target $30.00 on the company.

William Blair upgraded Teradata Co. (TDC) to an “outperform” rating.

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) upgraded Viacom, Inc. (VIA-B) from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They have a price target of $62.00 on the company.

Teradata (TDC) Acquires Aster Data Systems

Teradata (NYSE:TDC) announced it'll be acquiring the rest of Aster Data Systems they don't own, for $263 million. Teradata had owned 11 percent of the company.

The deal values Aster, whose algorithmic technology helps customers to cost effectively process massive amounts of unstructured data, at $295 million.

Management said in a press release that it expects the merger to close in the second quarter. Financing wasn't disclosed, but with $883 million in cash on Teradata's balance sheet, I suspect a cash deal is in order.

Either way, Teradata is picking up a key asset in Aster. The company's nCluster technology borrows from the open-source MapReduce clustering process that helped birth Google (Nasdaq:GOOG) and combines it with algorithms for processing structured (i.e., numbers) and unstructured (i.e., web logs, sensor data, etc.) information in a traditional database management system.




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Teradata (NYSE:TDC) Has Aprimo Already Priced into Shares

The acquisition of Aprimo by Teradata (NYSE:TDC) has already been priced into the stock of the company, according to Wedbush, but they increased their EPS and revenue estimates on the company in response to the deal.

Wedbush raised their 2010 revenue/EPS estimates to $1.92 billion/$1.81 from $1.91 billion/$1.80, although they said it was also because of the improvement in the selling environment.

Wedbush also boosted their 2011 revenue/EPS estimates to $2.17 billion/$2.10 from $2.07 billion/$1.94, but this is due entirely to the acquisition of Aprimo, which Teradata paid $500 million for.

Wedbush has maintained their Neutral rating on Teradata, which last closed at $41.89, down $0.21, or 0.50 percent. They raised their price target on them from $38 to $40.