Notable Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (NYSE:CPA) (TSX:ACC)

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A Canadian gold project developer and a U.S. bank holding company both received analyst upgrades, one of which has an implied upside of nearly 50%

The following stocks were upgraded/downgraded on January 15, 2015
Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Market Cap Recommendation Analyst Name Rating Company Target Price Upside/
Downside (%)
Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc TSX ACC          6.93           213.5 Upgrade to buy from neutral Yashwant Sankpal Dundee Securities Corp 8.00 15.4%
Tweed Marijuana Inc TSXV TWD           2.07             84.1 Initiate with buy Daniel Pearlstein M Partners Inc 1.22 -41.1%
Xcite Energy Ltd TSXV XEL          0.64           198.4 Downgrade to hold from buy Sam Wahab Cantor Fitzgerald 0.65 1.6%
Cogeco Inc TSX CGO        59.77        1,006.1 Downgrade to hold from buy Vince Valentini TD Securities 74.00 23.8%

Dundee Securities Corp upgraded Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc (TSX: ACC), engaged in the design, development, marketing, management and ownership of luxury seniors’ residences in Canada, to buy from neutral, raising the price target to C$8.00 from C$7.50, an upside of 15.4% from current levels.

M Partners Inc initiated coverage on Tweed Marijuana Inc (TSXV: TWD), a Canada-based company, operating through its wholly owned subsidiary, Tweed, which is a licensed producer of medical marijuana in Canada, with buy assigning a 12-month price target of C$1.22, a downside of 41.1% from current levels.

Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded Xcite Energy Ltd (TSXV: XEL), a heavy oil appraisal and development company with interests in six blocks in the United Kingdom North Sea, all of which are held with 100% working interests through its wholly owned subsidiary, to hold from buy, reducing the price target to C$0.65 from C$3.06, an upside of 1.6% from current levels.

Cogeco Inc (TSX: CGO),  a diversified holding corporation which operates in two segments: Cable and other through its subsidiaries, was downgraded at TD Securities to hold from buy, reducing the price target to C$74.00 from C$77.00, an upside of 23.8% from current levels.

The following stocks were upgraded/downgraded on January 15, 2015
Company Name Exchange Ticker Last Price Market Cap Recommendation Analyst Name Rating Company Target Price Upside/
Downside (%)
Copa Holdings SA NYSE CPA 105.64       4,686.10 Upgrade to outperform from market perform John G Larkin Itau BBA Securities 135.00 27.8%
Genesee & Wyoming Inc NYSE GWR 82.47       4,443.45 Upgrade to hold from buy Kenneth Goldman Stifel 99.00 20.0%
Crane Co NYSE CR 54.05       3,188.09 Initiate with hold Ken Herbert Canaccord Genuity Corp 65.00 20.3%
Ingredion Inc NYSE INGR 82.77       5,948.10 Downgrade to sell/neutral from neutral/neutral Adam Samuelson Goldman Sachs 73.00 -11.8%
DDR Corp NYSE DDR 19.41       6,996.50 Downgrade to neutral from overweight Michael W Mueller JPMorgan 20.00 3.0%

Itau BBA Securities upgraded Copa Holdings SA (NYSE: CPA),  a Latin American provider of airline passenger and cargo service through its two principal operating subsidiaries, Copa Airlines and Copa Colombia, to outperform from market perform, raising the price target to $135.00 from $125.00, an upside of 27.8% from current levels.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE: GWR), owner and operator of short line and regional freight railroads and provides railcar switching and other rail-related services in the U.S., Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium, was upgraded at Stifel, to hold from buy, raising the price target to $99.00 from $96.00, an upside of 20.0% from current levels.

Canaccord Genuity Corp initiated coverage on Crane Co (NYSE: CR), a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products, which operates in five segments: Aerospace & Electronics, Engineered Materials, Merchandising Systems, Fluid Handling and Controls., with hold, raising the price target to $65.00 from $21.00, an upside of 20.3% from current levels.

Goldman Sachs downgraded Ingredion Inc (NYSE: INGR), a global manufacturer and supplier of starch and sweetener ingredients to a range of industries, including packaged food, beverage, brewing and industrial customers, to sell/neutral from neutral/neutral, reducing the price target to $73.00 from $74.00, a downside of 11.8% from current levels.

DDR Corp (NYSE: DDR), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), engaged in acquiring, owning, developing, redeveloping, expanding, leasing and managing shopping centers, was downgraded at JPMorgan to neutral from overweight with a price target of $20.00, an upside of 3.0% from current levels.

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