LONDON (ShareCast) - Alent: Credit Suisse initiates with a target price of 430p and an outperform rating.

Amlin: Morgan Stanley ups target price from 428p to 469p, while maintaining an overweight rating.

Anite: Espirito Santo cuts target price from 180p to 165p retaining a buy recommendation.

Ashtead Group: UBS takes target price from 620p to 725p and stays with a buy recommendation.

Associated British Foods: UBS moves target price from 2000p to 2080p and retains a buy recommendation.

AZ Electronic Materials: Credit Suisse initiates with a target price of 350p and a neutral rating.

BAE Systems: UBS raises target price from 375p to 450p and keeps a buy recommendation.

BG Group: Liberum Capital shifts target price from 1268p to 1275p and reiterates a hold recommendation.

British Land: JP Morgan moves target price from 665p to 720p, while staying with an overweight rating.

Cable & Wireless Communications: Morgan Stanley shifts target price from 44p to 47p and retains its equal-weight rating.

Carillion: Liberum Capital reduces target price from 250p to 235p and reiterates its sell recommendation.

Catlin Group: Morgan Stanley cuts target price from 503p to 492p and downgrades from equal-weight to underweight.

Centamin: Investec places its target price (prev.: 67.50p) under review, while its buy recommendation remains unchanged.

Cobham: UBS increases target price from 240p to 305p reiterating a buy recommendation.

Cranswick: Investec shifts target price from 1180p to 1190p keeping a buy recommendation. Panmure Gordon moves target price from 1080p to 1200p and retains its hold rating.

Dunelm Group: Numis upgrades to add with a target price of 1000p.

easyJet: Citigroup ups target price from 1210p to 1330p and maintains a buy recommendation. Deutsche Bank raises target price from 1040p to 1370p keeping a buy recommendation.

e2v technologies: Investec shifts target price from 200p to 210p and retains a buy recommendation.

First Group: Investec places both its target price (prev.: 200p) and its hold recommendation under review.

Hiscox: Morgan Stanley lowers target price from 546p to 539p leaving its equal-weight rating unchanged.

Hochschild Mining: Westhouse Securities initiates with a target price of 220p and a sell recommendation.

Inchcape: Deutsche Bank revises target price from 585p to 635p maintaining its buy rating.

Interserve: Liberum Capital raises target price from 500p to 550p and stays with its buy recommendation.

Intertek Group: Jefferies reduces target price from 2900p to 2800p keeping an underperform rating.

ITE Group: Westhouse Securities moves target price from 274p to 285p and stays with its neutral rating. Investec places its target price (prev.: 310p) under review, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered. Canaccord Genuity ups target price from 300p to 317p and maintains a buy rating.

John Menzies: JP Morgan shifts target price from 844p to 852p and retains an overweight rating.

Jupiter Fund Management: Credit Suisse cuts target price from 345p to 335p reiterating an underperform rating.

Kier Group: Liberum Capital takes target price from 1235p to 1450p upgrading to buy.

Lamprell: Liberum Capital downgrades to hold with a target price of 175p. Investec raises target price from 90p to 145p, while downgrading from hold to sell.

Lancashire: Morgan Stanley reduces target price from 856p to 796p, while its equal-weight rating is kept.

Land Securities: JP Morgan moves target price from 940p to 1110p keeping a neutral rating.

Lonmin: Investec reduces target price from 366p to 279p, while maintaining a hold recommendation.

Mitchells & Butlers: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 225p to 310p, but still recommends selling.

Next: Nomura downgrades from buy to neutral with an unchanged target price of 4450p.

Ocado Group: Exane takes target price from 225p to 300p and stays with its outperform rating.

Ophir Energy: Liberum Capital cuts target price from 453p to 408p, while its hold recommendation remains unaltered.

Petrofac: Deutsche Bank reduces target price from 1600p to 1500p, while staying with its hold recommendation.

Polar Capital Holdings: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 333p to 450p and reiterates its buy recommendation.

QinetiQ: UBS shifts target price from 195p to 210p keeping a neutral rating.

Restaurant Group: UBS takes target price from 480p to 590p and retains its buy rating.

Royal Bank of Scotland: Numis raises target price from 308p to 410p upgrading to buy.

SIG: Citigroup ups target price from 160p to 190p and retains its buy recommendation.

Staffline Recruitment Group: Liberum Capital ups target price from 407p to 530p leaving its buy recommendation unchanged.

Synthomer: UBS lowers target price from 245p to 240p, while leaving its buy recommendation unaltered.

Talk Talk Telecom Group: Jefferies increases target price from 284p to 350p and reiterates a buy recommendation.

Thomas Cook Group: UBS takes target price from 125p to 170p, while downgrading from buy to neutral. HSBC Holdings revises target price from 130p to 187p and maintains an overweight rating.

Travis Perkins: Credit Suisse ups target price from 1190p to 1326p leaving its neutral rating unchanged.

Ultra Electronics: UBS raises target price from 1300p to 1750p upgrading from sell to neutral.

United Drug: Investec increases target price from 240p to 320p and upgrades from sell to reduce.

United Utilities: Goldman Sachs upgrades to buy from neutral.

WH Smith Group: Nomura ups target price from 715p to 770p, while downgrading from buy to neutral.

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