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 32.59

-0.25 -0.76%
Volume: 176,767
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CVD 53.30

-0.58 -1.08%
Volume: 121,233
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ICLR 23.00

-0.39 -1.67%
Volume: 57,192
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KNDL 15.41

-0.38 -2.41%
Volume: 77,144
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PPDI 21.41

-0.34 -1.56%
Volume: 507,159
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PRXL 12.42

-0.39 -3.04%
Volume: 161,244
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