JP Morgan Upgrades Franklin Resources (BEN) and T.Rowe (TROW), Downgrades FII, EV

July 6, 2009 7:41 AM EDT

JP Morgan upgrades Franklin Resources (NYSE: BEN) from Underweight to Overweight and raised their price target from $75 to $94, citing improved performance and sales and benefits from a weaker dollar.

JP Morgan also upgraded T.Rowe Price (Nasdaq: TROW) (tgt to $47.50 from $43.50).


The firm downgraded Federated Investors, Inc. (NYSE: FII) (tgt lowered to $24 to $26.50) and Eaton Vance Corp. (NYSE: EV) (tgt lowered to $30 to $32.50) from Neutral to Underweight.


The firm said they prefers equity managers over fixed income managers.

The firm also maintained Neutral ratings on Janus Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: JNS) (tgt to $15.50 from $12) and Pzena Investment Management, Inc (NYSE: PZN) (tgt to $8.50 from $8) and an Overweight rating on Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ) (tgt to $28 from $22).


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BEN 108.87

+0.92 +0.85%
Volume: 1,571,949
Track BEN

EV 30.54

+0.47 +1.56%
Volume: 624,624
Track EV

FII 25.78

+0.05 +0.19%
Volume: 1,195,246
Track FII

IVZ 21.63

-0.18 -0.83%
Volume: 3,962,193
Track IVZ

JNS 12.97

+0.37 +2.94%
Volume: 3,226,632
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PZN 7.39

+0.38 +5.42%
Volume: 19,719
Track PZN

TROW 49.73

+0.32 +0.65%
Volume: 2,331,405
Track TROW


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