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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Buy Ratings: (CNL), (CS), (SDRL), (SYMC), (HES)

Stocks are rated by analysts on a scale of 1.0 (Strong Buy) to 5.0 (Sell).

Cleco Corporation (CNL): has a consensus rating of 2.2. This indicates that analysts have a buy recommendation on the stock. The latest rating action was on Dec 8, 2009 when KeyBanc Capital Mkts downgraded the company from Buy to Hold. The result of 4 opinions makes for a mean price target on the stock of $36.0 ranging from as low as $35.0 to as high as $37.5. This month there are 2 strong buys, 1 buys, 3 holds, 0 underperforms, and 0 sells. Shares of Cleco Corporation traded higher by 0.23% or $0.08/share to $35.07.

Credit Suisse Group (CS): has a consensus rating of 1.7. This indicates that analysts have a buy recommendation on the stock. The latest rating action was on Jun 14, 2011 when RBC Capital Mkts initiated a Sector Perform rating on the company. The result of 3 opinions makes for a mean price target on the stock of $54.59 ranging from as low as $50.0 to as high as $61.78. This month there are 1 strong buys, 2 buys, 0 holds, 0 underperforms, and 0 sells. Shares of Credit Suisse Group fell by 0.57% or $-0.21/share to $36.64.

SeaDrill Limited (SDRL): has a consensus rating of 2.3. This indicates that analysts have a buy recommendation on the stock. The latest rating action was on Mar 17, 2011 when RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the company from Sector Perform to Outperform. The result of 11 opinions makes for a mean price target on the stock of $39.75 ranging from as low as $27.3 to as high as $48.0. This month there are 2 strong buys, 6 buys, 6 holds, 0 underperforms, and 0 sells. Shares of SeaDrill Limited fell by 1.10% or $-0.38/share to $34.32.

Symantec Corporation (SYMC): has a consensus rating of 2.0. This indicates that analysts have a buy recommendation on the stock. The latest rating action was on Apr 11, 2011 when RBC Capital Mkts upgraded the company from Sector Perform to Outperform. The result of 24 opinions makes for a mean price target on the stock of $22.27 ranging from as low as $17.0 to as high as $26.0. This month there are 11 strong buys, 9 buys, 11 holds, 0 underperforms, and 0 sells. Shares of Symantec Corporation fell by 0.67% or $-0.13/share to $19.23.

Hess Corporation (HES): has a consensus rating of 1.9. This indicates that analysts have a buy recommendation on the stock. The latest rating action was on May 5, 2011 when Argus upgraded the company from Hold to Buy. The result of 14 opinions makes for a mean price target on the stock of $95.29 ranging from as low as $64.0 to as high as $115.0. This month there are 5 strong buys, 8 buys, 5 holds, 1 underperforms, and 0 sells. Shares of Hess Corporation fell by 0.89% or $-0.64/share to $71.38.