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 109.05

+0.65 +0.60%
Volume: 944,402
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EV 30.61

+0.28 +0.92%
Volume: 729,319
Track EV

FII 25.78

-0.22 -0.85%
Volume: 1,221,393
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IVZ 22.25

+0.04 +0.18%
Volume: 2,259,819
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JNS 12.87

-0.23 -1.76%
Volume: 2,806,019
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PZN 7.21

+0.06 +0.84%
Volume: 43,749
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TROW 49.39

+0.78 +1.60%
Volume: 1,677,531
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