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 27.53

-17.15 -38.38%
Volume: 440,005
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ATN 28.73

+8.36 +41.04%
Volume: 441,876
Track ATN

BBG 27.46

-0.54 -1.93%
Volume: 437,414
Track BBG

BRY 26.22

+7.26 +38.29%
Volume: 433,549
Track BRY

CHK 28.75

+9.08 +46.16%
Volume: 447,081
Track CHK

CLR 27.54

-0.04 -0.15%
Volume: 439,802
Track CLR

COG 26.20

-5.31 -16.85%
Volume: 445,581
Track COG

CXO 26.25

-3.40 -11.47%
Volume: 452,561
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DNR 27.56

+12.86 +87.48%
Volume: 434,962
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DPTR 1.86

-0.08 -4.12%
Volume: 2,278,061
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DVN 26.23

-28.85 -52.38%
Volume: 438,240
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EOG 25.12

-41.92 -62.53%
Volume: 433,735
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EVEP 18.70

-0.23 -1.22%
Volume: 108,280
Track EVEP

HK 25.06

+3.24 +14.85%
Volume: 439,641
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KWK 8.96

-0.44 -4.68%
Volume: 4,555,433
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LGCY 13.10

-0.13 -0.98%
Volume: 119,473
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LINE 19.27

-0.17 -0.87%
Volume: 665,462
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RRC 27.48

-13.64 -33.17%
Volume: 446,419
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SM 26.37

+5.22 +24.68%
Volume: 442,916
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WLL 26.27

-9.14 -25.81%
Volume: 448,459
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XEC 25.06

-4.20 -14.35%
Volume: 439,202
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XTO 25.08

-12.25 -32.82%
Volume: 443,890
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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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