Imperial Capital Releases Its 'Best Ideas' With An Upside Potential Of More Than 30%

A team of analysts at Imperial Capital released on Thursday a list of their best ideas in equity research with an average upside potential of approximately 34.5 percent.

The list includes:

American Airlines Group Inc AAL has strong fundamentals that should continue into 2015 and that earnings growth will come from structural changes as well as merger cost and market synergies, according to the analyst Bob McAdoo.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $58 price target.

Atmel Corporation ATML is viewed as having a diversified product portfolio with margin improvements, exposure to the higher margin automotive and industrial market while institutional flow money is increasing and short interest days are decreasing, according to analyst Ashok Kumar.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $8.25 price target.

Ascent Capital Group Inc ASCMA remains fundamentally strong and hasn't seen a slowdown as a result of larger cable and telecommunication companies entering the Security space, according to the analyst Jeff Kessier.

Shares are Outperform rated with an $85 price target.

Boulder Brands Inc BDBD has a favorable risk to reward profile, especially with a 12-to-18 month time frame as the company's management is “adequately” addressing short-term inventory issues, supply chain inefficiencies and distribution weakness, according to the analyst Mitchell Pinheiro.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $16 price target.

Cabelas Inc CAB has considering opportunity to expand its store footprint and the company should be considered as “one of the better” unit growth stories within retail, according to the analyst John O'Neil.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $62 price target.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation GLDD is positioned to benefit from a multi-year uplift in marine construction activity that is expected to materialize over the coming years, according to the analyst Scott Levine.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $10 price target.

Southwestern Energy Company SWN should benefit in the coming period of upended U.S. natural gas demand growth and a “depressed” crude oil price environment, according to the analyst Bob Christensen.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $50 price target.

Synergy Resources Corp SYRG is well positioned to strive in the current weak commodity pricing environment with its “exceptionally strong” balance sheet relative to its peers and a “robust” completion schedule.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $13.50 price target.

Varonis Systems Inc VRNS has a technical advantage in the emerging area of human-generated unstructured data and the company is likely to invest significantly over the coming quarters to further solidify its technology portfolio.

Shares are Outperform rated with a $30 price target.