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 110.23

-0.76 -0.68%
Volume: 916,874
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EV 28.66

-0.14 -0.49%
Volume: 546,566
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FII 26.62

+0.04 +0.15%
Volume: 758,219
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IVZ 23.09

+0.20 +0.87%
Volume: 2,632,906
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JNS 13.32

+0.06 +0.45%
Volume: 2,476,291
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PZN 7.20

-0.14 -1.91%
Volume: 12,147
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TROW 49.98

-0.11 -0.22%
Volume: 1,466,085
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