Monday Upgrades: BP and Abercrombie (NYSE:BP),(NYSE:ANF)
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE:ANF) and BP Plc (NYSE:BP) received some analyst love this morning, both stocks have been upgraded and are on the move.
BP Plc (NYSE:BP) and was upgraded to buy from neutral at BofA/Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC). BP shares are up today 1.4% and trading at the $54 level. Merrill Lynch set a $66.15 target price on BP shares, which is above the stock's last 52-week high of $62.38 hit last month. BP has paid out an 84 cent dividend throughout 2009, for an impressive 6.23% yield.
Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) was upgraded to neutral from underperform at Cowen. ANF shares are trading up 1.3% at just under $27, thus far in 2010 the stock is up 5.7%. Abercrombie & Fitch just paid out a 18 cent dividend last week and will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.175 on March 16, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 26, 2010.
Links to Google Finance:
| Ticker | Company | Price | Mkt Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| BP | BP plc (ADR) | $53.97 | 168.82B |
| ANF | Abercrombie & Fitch Co. | $36.93 | 3.25B |
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