KeyBanc Upgrades NiSource (NI) to Buy

KeyBanc upgraded NiSource (NYSE: NI) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $26 on a sum of the parts valuation that captures higher market multiples for its gas distribution and pipeline/storage segments and assigns some value to NI's Utica acreage.

"We believe 2012 will have multiple positive catalysts for the shares including raising the dividend and establishing a payout policy, additional infrastructure opportunities in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays, and incremental detail around the transmission pipe modernization opportunity," the analyst said.

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Shares of NiSource closed at $23.50 yesterday.

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