Navios Maritime Partners Lp (NMM) Received Buy By Jefferies with $2.0 Target; Darden Restaurants, Inc. (DRI) Covered By 11 Bullish Analysts Last Week

December 18, 2017 - By Migdalia James

Among 7 analysts covering Navios Maritime Partners (NYSE:NMM), 3 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 43% are positive. Navios Maritime Partners has $9 highest and $1.50 lowest target. $4’s average target is 74.67% above currents $2.29 stock price. Navios Maritime Partners had 15 analyst reports since September 17, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. JP Morgan initiated it with “Underweight” rating and $5 target in Thursday, October 15 report. On Tuesday, January 26 the stock rating was upgraded by JP Morgan to “Overweight”. The stock of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE:NMM) has “Hold” rating given on Thursday, June 22 by Stifel Nicolaus. The rating was downgraded by Citigroup on Tuesday, November 3 to “Neutral”. The firm has “Neutral” rating given on Thursday, November 16 by Citigroup. On Wednesday, November 4 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Buy”. The stock of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE:NMM) has “Buy” rating given on Monday, July 10 by Jefferies. The company was maintained on Thursday, August 31 by Stifel Nicolaus. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Thursday, July 27 by Stifel Nicolaus. Jefferies maintained Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE:NMM) on Monday, June 5 with “Buy” rating.

Among 26 analysts covering Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI), 11 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 15 Hold. Therefore 42% are positive. Darden Restaurants had 76 analyst reports since August 25, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Raymond James downgraded Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) on Monday, October 12 to “Market Perform” rating. BMO Capital Markets maintained Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) on Wednesday, September 27 with “Hold” rating. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Tuesday, June 27 by Maxim Group. The stock of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) earned “Buy” rating by Bank of America on Monday, June 26. As per Wednesday, September 27, the company rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets. SunTrust initiated Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) on Thursday, October 8 with “Neutral” rating. On Tuesday, February 16 the stock rating was maintained by Maxim Group with “Buy”. The firm has “Underperform” rating by Wells Fargo given on Wednesday, July 13. The rating was maintained by Oppenheimer on Thursday, November 12 with “Outperform”. Guggenheim upgraded the shares of DRI in report on Thursday, December 1 to “Buy” rating. See Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) latest ratings:

14/12/2017 Broker: Oppenheimer Rating: Buy New Target: $100.0 Maintain
11/12/2017 Broker: SunTrust Rating: Hold New Target: $94.0 Maintain
19/10/2017 Broker: BMO Capital Markets Rating: Market Perform Old Target: $85 New Target: $80 Maintain
17/10/2017 Broker: Argus Research Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Hold Old Target: $88 Downgrade
13/10/2017 Broker: Longbow Rating: Hold Initiate
03/10/2017 Broker: Stifel Nicolaus Rating: Buy New Target: $92 Initiates Coverage On
02/10/2017 Broker: Citigroup Rating: Buy Old Target: $105 New Target: $90 Maintain
26/09/2017 Broker: Jefferies Rating: Hold New Target: $82.0 Maintain
27/09/2017 Broker: RBC Capital Markets Rating: Sector Perform Old Target: $96.00 New Target: $90.00 Maintain
27/09/2017 Broker: Wells Fargo Rating: Market Perform Old Target: $90 New Target: $84 Maintain

The stock increased 1.78% or $0.04 during the last trading session, reaching $2.29. About 737,825 shares traded or 32.54% up from the average. Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (NYSE:NMM) has risen 34.33% since December 18, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 17.63% the S&P500.

Navios Maritime Partners L.P. owns and operates container and dry bulk vessels in Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. The company has market cap of $345.36 million. The firm offers seaborne transportation services for a range of dry cargo commodities, including iron ore, coal, grain, and fertilizers, as well as charters its vessels under medium to long-term charters. It has a 61.89 P/E ratio. The Company’s fleet comprises 12 Panamax vessels, 9 Capesize vessels, 3 Ultra-Handymax vessels, and 7 container vessels.

The stock increased 1.67% or $1.45 during the last trading session, reaching $88.41. About 3.07 million shares traded or 84.87% up from the average. Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) has risen 31.96% since December 18, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 15.26% the S&P500.