Numis Securities has maintained a 'hold' rating and 274p target price for banking giant Barclays after the company's annual profits came in lighter than expectations.However, despite the bottom-line 'miss', Analyst Mike Trippitt said he was "encouraged" by the progress the company has made on its capital position and leverage. Insurance giant Prudential shares were making gains on Tuesday morning after analysts at Citigroup reiterated their 'buy' rating on the stock, saying they see an attractive risk-reward balance given the recent pull-back in the price."Looking through the debate on FX and the impact of Asian macroeconomic uncertainty, we believe the market is starting to price in an overly bearish outlook on Prudential's longer-term fundamentals."Goldman Sachs has upgraded its rating for interdealer broker ICAP from 'sell' to 'neutral', saying that cyclical weakness is now being reflected in its share price."After recent weakness in the shares there is insufficient downside to our 12-month price target relative to our coverage and we therefore upgrade ICAP to 'neutral'." The target price has been left at 440p.Numis Securities has downgraded Thomas Cook after the tour operator cut first-quarter losses but took a revenue hit from fewer people visiting Egypt.Numis reduced its recommendation on Cook to 'hold' from 'add', saying: "We believe there is little in the first-quarter announcement to excite the market in the short-term and expect some consolidation in the share price."BC