Evercore Partners

Evercore Partners initiates its coverage on Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) with an Equal-weight rating and a price target of $2 a share as the company settles in as an LTE provider. Evercore Partners says, "Since its IPO in 2005, CLWR has been a company with a model in search of a market: first as a “...

Evercore Partners lowers its rating on State Street (NYSE: STT) to Equal-weight from Overweight based on a tough near-term environment, lower EPS estimates and valuation. Price target on shares goes to $43 from $45. Evercore Partners comments, "While STT remains well positioned to withstand the...

Evercore Partners reiterates its Underweight rating on Northern Trust (NASDAQ: NTRS) and lowers its price target to $38 from $40 as it reduces estimates for trust banks in light of FOMC meeting indicating Fed hold through 2014. Evercore Partners notes, "Prolonged low rate environment a negative...

Evercore Partners has downgraded State Street (NYSE: STT) from Overweight to Equal-weight with a $43 price target.

Evercore Partners maintains its Overweight rating on Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB), but lowers its price target to $57 from $60 on lower-than-expected ad revenue. Evercore Partners notes, "The ad revenue shortfall was offset by higher media division margins up 190 bps, largely due to timing. We estimate...

Evercore Partners maintains its Overweight rating on Allstate (NYSE: ALL) and raises its price target by $2 to $36 a share on improvement of homeowner margins. Evercore Partners notes, " Our thesis for margin improvement in HO is playing out well with Allstate Brand homeowners AYLR ex cats...

According to a research report released today, Evercore Partners lowered Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN) PT from $240 to $235 due to the company reporting softer-than-expected topline results. In the report, Evercore Partners said, “Overall, revenues were light, guidance seemed conservative, and the...

Evercore Partners initiates its coverage on CNO Financial (NYSE: CNO) with an Overweight rating and a price target of $9 as the company is in the beginning of its turnaround. Evercore Partners says, "We believe the company is in the early chapters of a compelling turnaround story, which should...

Evercore Partners has initiated coverage on CNO Financial Group (NYSE: CNO) with an Overweight rating and $9 price target.

Evercore Partners has lowered the price target on E TRADE Financial (NASDAQ: ETFC) from $9 to $8 and maintains its Equal-weight rating.

Evercore Partners has upgraded Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) from Underweight to Equal-weight and has raised the price target from $8 to $11.

Evercore Partners has downgraded TCF Financial (NYSE: TCB) from Equal-weight to Underweight.

In a research report published today, Evercore Partners reiterated its Overweight rating for Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) and raised PT from $34 to $38. According to the report, Evercore said, “Despite a somewhat complicated print due to deal and restructuring charges, our bull thesis...

Evercore Partners reiterates its Equal-weight rating on Volterra Semiconductor (NASDAQ: VLTR) and raises its price target by $7 to $28 as fourth quarter results point to the company seeking product cycle acceleration. Evercore Partners notes, "We clearly missed the bus while shares appreciated ~...