Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

Afren: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 160p to 165p and reiterates a buy recommendation.BAE Systems: Bank of America raises target price from 328p to 412p, while staying with its underperform rating.Cape: JP Morgan takes target price from 308p to 323p and stays with its overweight rating.Carillion: Liberum Capital moves target price from 260p to 280p, while its hold recommendation remains unchanged.Chemring: JP Morgan increases target price from 300p to 325p and maintains an overweight rating.Close Brothers Group: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 1105p and a buy recommendation.Darty: N+1 Singer ups target price to 85p, while downgrading from buy to hold.Diageo: JP Morgan revises target price from 2150p to 2200p and retains an overweight rating.G4S: Exane moves target price from 240p to 260p staying with its neutral rating.Hunting: JP Morgan takes target price from 727p to 752p, while leaving its underweight rating unaltered.IMI: HSBC increases target price from 1530p to 1675p, while downgrading to neutral.Imperial Tabacco Group: Investec moves target price from 2440p to 2475p reiterating a buy recommendation.Inmarsat: JP Morgan raises target price from 750p to 800p maintaining its overweight rating.International Personal Finance: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 700p and a buy recommendation.Kentz Corporation: HSBC ups target price from 600p to 615p retaining a neutral rating. Liberum Capital revises target price from 590p to 610p and keeps its hold recommendation.Lamprell: JP Morgan shifts target price from 164p to 166p and stays with its neutral rating.Meggitt: Bank of America moves target price from 550p to 570p reiterating its buy recommendation.Melrose: Investec revises target price from 300p to 315p and keeps a buy recommendation.Office2Office: Panmure Gordon lowers target price from 68p to 57p, while upgrading from hold to buy. WH Ireland cuts target price from 100p to 60p and retains an outperform rating.Ophir Energy: JP Morgan reduces target price from 550p to 460p, while leaving its overweight rating unchanged.Paragon: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 390p and a buy recommendation.Pearson: Deutsche Bank cuts target price from 1225p to 1000p downgrading from hold to sell.Playtech: Investec takes target price from 600p to 690p and retains a hold recommendation.Provident Financial: Panmure Gordon initiates with a target price of 1700p and a hold recommendation.Rotork: HSBC ups target price from 2600p to 2650p, while leaving its underweight rating unchanged.Shire: Berenberg moves target price from 2250p to 2350p keeping a hold recommendation.Smiths Group: HSBC reduces target price from 1550p to 1400p and downgrades to neutral.SOCO International: JP Morgan lowers target price from 417p to 413p keeping its neutral rating.Stagecoach: Investec shifts target price from 320p to 325p retaining an add rating.Travis Perkins: Citi upgrades from neutral to buy with a target price of 1745p.Ultra Electronics: Bank of America ups target price from 1960p to 2050p and keeps a buy recommendation.UNITE Group: Numis takes target price from 381p to 415p, while downgrading from buy to add.Wolseley: Citi increases target price from 3400p to 3600p and upgrades from neutral to buy.WPP Group: Investec places its target price (prev.: 1250p) under review keeping its buy recommendation.Xaar: Investec raises target price from 840p to 920p maintaining an add rating.