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United Natural Foods (UNFI) PT Cut to $40 at BMO Capital Following Disappointing Q1

December 8, 2015 11:10 AM EST

BMO Capital maintained a Market Perform rating on United Natural Foods (NASDAQ: UNFI), and cut the price target to $40.00 (from $52.00), following the company's 1Q earnings report. UNFIs earnings came in below expectations. A deceleration of organic growth and a cautious tone on GM%, are some of several challenges that contributed to the disappointing quarter.

Analyst Kelly Bania commented, "UNFIs F1Q16 earnings were below expectations, marked by several challenges, namely a deceleration of organic growth (ex-Albertsons to +6.8% in F1Q16 vs+8.4% QTD trends... More

Norfolk Southern (NSC) Confirms Revised Offer from CP (CP); Says Offer is Less Than Prior Proposal

December 8, 2015 7:41 AM EST

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) confirmed that it has received a revised, reduced proposal from Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP).

Norfolk Southern noted that Canadian Pacific's revised, reduced proposal provides for a per share consideration of $32.86 in cash and a fixed exchange ratio of 0.451 shares in a new company that would own Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern, and is valued at $91.62 based on Canadian Pacific's closing price on December 7, 2015. The consideration offered in this revised proposal is less than the prior proposal, which the Norfolk Southern board unanimously determined was grossly... More