Merrill Lynch Downgrades, Cut Targets On Independent Oil & Gas Stocks (APC, DVN, KWK, SM, More ...)

November 26, 2008 1:27 PM EST

Merrill Lynch downgraded and cut its price target on a number of Independent Oil & Gas companies today.

The firm downgraded Anadarko Petro (NYSE: APC) (tgt cut to $42), Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) (tgt cut to $80), and Quicksilver Resources (NYSE: KWK) (tgt cut to $7) from Buy to Neutral.

The firm downgraded Berry Petroleum (NYSE: BRY) from Neutral to Underperform, target cut from $28 to $11

The firm downgraded St. Mary Lnd/Expl (NYSE: SM) from Buy to Underperform, target cut form $38 to $21.

The firm upgraded Legacy Reserves (Nasdaq: LGCY) from Underperform to Buy but lowered its price target from $13 to $8.

The firm also cut its price targets from Concho Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CXO) from $31 to $25 (Buy), Atlas Energy Resources LLC (NYSE: ATN) from $19 to $13 (Underperform), EV Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: EVEP) from $14 to $9 (Underperform), Linn Energy, LLC (Nasdaq: LINE) from $13 to $11 (Underperform), Bill Barrett Corp. (NYSE: BBG) from $26 to $24 (Neutral), Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL) from $74 to $47 (Buy), Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE: XEC) from $45 to $26 (Underperform), Continental Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLR) from $38 to $24 (Buy), Delta Petroleum Corp. (Nasdaq: DPTR) from $13 to $5 (Underperform), XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO) from $53 to $47 (Buy), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) from $40 to $25 (Buy), Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) from $15 to $8 (Underperform), EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG) from $95 to $90 (Neutral), Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (NYSE: COG) from $33 to $30

The firm also raised its price target on Buy-rated Range Resources Corp. (NYSE: RRC) from $44 to $52. The maintained their Buy rating and $21 target on Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE: HK).


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APC 60.25

+0.35 +0.58%
Volume: 4,652,745
Track APC

ATN 30.19

+0.00 +0.00%
Volume: 444,434
Track ATN

BBG 27.42

-0.23 -0.83%
Volume: 756,824
Track BBG

BRY 26.82

+0.12 +0.45%
Volume: 319,005
Track BRY

CHK 22.57

-0.46 -2.00%
Volume: 25,775,478
Track CHK

CLR 38.38

+0.23 +0.60%
Volume: 912,643
Track CLR

COG 38.04

+0.36 +0.96%
Volume: 1,650,577
Track COG

CXO 40.85

-0.07 -0.17%
Volume: 443,861
Track CXO

DNR 13.79

+0.27 +2.00%
Volume: 8,739,316
Track DNR

DPTR 0.87

-0.02 -2.25%
Volume: 3,510,722
Track DPTR

DVN 66.16

-0.10 -0.15%
Volume: 4,587,691
Track DVN

EOG 87.07

+0.21 +0.24%
Volume: 3,344,045
Track EOG

EVEP 25.84

+0.34 +1.33%
Volume: 150,703
Track EVEP

HK 21.11

-0.43 -2.00%
Volume: 5,042,211
Track HK

KWK 12.46

-0.46 -3.56%
Volume: 5,863,804
Track KWK

LGCY 17.90

-0.03 -0.17%
Volume: 92,798
Track LGCY

LINE 25.15

+0.27 +1.09%
Volume: 716,924
Track LINE

RRC 45.18

-1.70 -3.63%
Volume: 4,917,913
Track RRC

SM 31.20

+0.09 +0.29%
Volume: 328,256
Track SM

WLL 65.49

-0.26 -0.40%
Volume: 1,428,421
Track WLL

XEC 47.92

+0.35 +0.74%
Volume: 1,197,381
Track XEC

XTO 40.96

-0.35 -0.85%
Volume: 7,100,583
Track XTO


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One says up the other down
Ecomike on Dec 6, 2008 03:57 PM

Funny but Citi upgraded some of these, natural gas, recently.


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