Brean Murray

In a report released this morning, Brean Murray said that it remains buyers of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), “particularly given the recent pull-back and continue to like the stock at these levels.” “We believe the recent Dell retracement (~8% vs. S&P of 2%) most likely occurred because Cisco...

Shares of Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) are up sharply today, gaining more than 5% after the company was upgraded at Brean Murray. Arch Coal, Inc. engages in the production and sale of steam and metallurgical coal from surface and underground mines to power plants, steel mills, and industrial...

Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) had a solid September Q and December Q guide materially above the Street estimates, Brean Murray, Carret & Co. reports. “Sep Q EPS was $0.93 vs. Street estimate of $0.81, with Dec Q guide of $0.99-$1.07 vs. Street estimate of $0.92,” Brean Murray, Carret & Co. writes...

Most sell-side analysts are grossly optimistic in their assumptions about future growth and the price targets they assign to individual stocks. This is often becauase they have to "follow the crowd" and upgrade when everyone else upgrades, and because they cannot risk their careers by making...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ). The target price for HPQ is set to $50. According to Brean Murray, “Last week Dell had reached an agreement with 3Par to purchase its shares for $18/share or $1.15B. 3Par has storage virtualization technology...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Avnet Inc (NYSE: AVT), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price for AVT is set to $40. AVT reported better-than-expected results for the latest quarter. Brean Murray says, “June Q gross margin improved 15 bps Q/Q driven...

Analyst Ananda Baruah of Brean Murray, Carret maintains his “buy” rating on Ingram Micro Inc (NYSE: IM), while raising his estimates for the company. The target price for IM is set to $24. IM reported its June quarter earnings and revenue ahead of the consensus. According to Brean Murray, Carret...

Brean Murray upgraded Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) to Hold from Sell this morning. The firm notes that stock is now trading 2% below their $33 price target. Brean Murray says investors are now assuming weak same-store sales and inventory overhang. Furthermore, international growth my be...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Synnex Corp (NYSE: SNX), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price for SNX is set to $38. SNX has reported better-than-expected results for the May quarter. According to Brean Murray, “Consistent with our thesis, we...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL). The target price for DELL is set to $18. According to Brean Murray, “Dell continues to see overall market demand as stable and in line and unfolding within expectations; the only area where it may be seeing some...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL). The target price for DELL is set to $18. As a result of ongoing discussions with the SEC, Dell has “recorded a $100 million liability in its previously announced Apr Q to establish a reserve for the potential...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ). The target price for HPQ is set to $60. Hewlett-Packard has announced its decision to enhance its enterprise services. This decision could add $0.15-$0.25 to HPQ’s annual EPS by 2013, the analysts say. Brean...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Arrow Electronics Inc (NYSE: ARW). The target price for ARW is set to $40. Arrow Electronics has not seen any slowdown in European demand till now. “As a point in time, these comments are positive and consistent with comments we’ve heard from...

Analysts at Brean Murray reiterate their "buy" rating on Tech Data Corp (NASDAQ: TECD), while raising their estimates for the company. The target price for TECD is set to $50. TECD posted better-than-expected EPS for the April quarter driven by stronger-than-expected revenue from the European...

Below are the top 4 industrial metals and minerals stocks on the NYSE in terms of ROE. Walter Energy Inc (NYSE: WLT) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 22.92%. Brean Murray upgraded WLT from “hold” to “buy.” BHP Billiton Ltd (NYSE: BHP) has a trailing-twelve-month ROE of 22.72%. BHP has a quarterly...