Goldman Sachs Downgrades Parexel (PRXL) to Sell, Upgrades Charles River (CRL) to Neutral

October 20, 2009 9:33 AM EDT

Goldman Sachs made some ratings changes in the Pharmaceutical Services sector today, cautioning that third results could come with further weakness in bookings and more cancellations.

The firm:


  • Downgraded Parexel International Corp. (Nasdaq: PRXL) from Neutral to Sell, citing risk to sector-high consensus growth outlook ($12 tgt).
  • Upgraded Charles River Laboratories (NYSE: CRL) from Sell to Neutral, citing more reasonable expectations following management's reduced growth outlook. (tgt to $36 from $26)
  • Maintain Sell on PPD (Nasdaq: PPDI) citing potential for a weak book-to-bill this quarter against premium group valuation and a sector-low growth outlook. ($18 tgt)
  • Maintains Buy on ICON (Nasdaq: ICLR) on consistent book-to-bill and still reasonable valuation (tgt to $26 to $25)
  • Maintain Neutral Covance (NYSE: CVD) (tgt to $55 from $46) and Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL) (tgt to $15 from $11)


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CRL 32.84

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 421,726
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CVD 53.88

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 321,636
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ICLR 23.39

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 216,750
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KNDL 15.79

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 294,326
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PPDI 21.75

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 956,437
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PRXL 12.81

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 179,758
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