Keefe Bruyette & Woods

According to a research report published this morning, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods has initiated EverBank Financial Corp (NYSE: EVER) with an Outperform rating and $14 PT. In the report, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said, "We consider EVER one of the best managed and fastest growing banks in the...

Listed below are today's Top pre-market Upgrades at Benzinga: Bank of America Upgrades HEICO (NYSE: HEI) to Buy: Bank of America notes, "After Wednesday's conference call with management we are updating our model for 2012 and the outyears. We are lowering our FY12 estimate to $1.63 from $1.75 but...

Keefe Bruyette & Woods raises its rating on Sierra Bancorp (NASDAQ: BSRR) from Market Perform to Outperform and keeps its $12 price target unchanged. Keefe Bruyette & Woods comments, "Shares of BSRR trade below peers despite PTPP profitability outperformance by the company. We believe the...

Keefe Bruyette & Woods initiates its coverage on First PacTrust Bancorp (NASDAQ: BANC) with a rating of Market Perform and a price target of $12 a share. Keefe Bruyette & Woods notes, "First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (BANC) has done an excellent job of putting in place the building blocks...

Listed below are today's Top Downgrades with color from Benzinga: Piper Jaffray Downgrades Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI): Piper Jaffray writes, "IPHI missed our estimates and we are cutting estimates going forward on higher opex. We believe IPHI has a strong high frequency analog capability that...

Keefe Bruyette & Woods initiates its price target on Sterling Financial (NASDAQ: STSA) with a Market Perform rating and a price target of $19 as it establishes 2012 and 2013 estimates of $1.20 and $1.30, respectively. Keefe Bruyette & Woods notes, "Recapitalized and free from cumbersome...

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reiterated its Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE: MAA) Outperform rating in a research report published today. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods has a $69 price target on the company. In the report, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods states, "MAA stacks up favorably versus...

Keefe Bruyette & Woods lowers its rating on Aon (NYSE: AON) to Perform from Outperform as it lowers EPS estimates in Europe headwinds and near-term outlook in HR Solutions. Price target is lowered to $52. Keefe Bruyette & Woods notes, "AON's ROCK was [$0.82, $0.97, $0.96, $0.99]...

Keefe Bruyette & Woods has downgraded AON Corporation (NYSE: AON) from Outperform to Market Perform.

According to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT) is downgraded to Market Perform. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said that it is downgrading the shares of RWT to Market Perform. “The move is based on valuation as the shares are up 15.4% in January. We continue to believe that RWT...