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DirecTV to “outperform” say key Analysts

January 12, 2012

US pay-TV broadcaster DirecTV was upgraded by investment analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein to an “outperform” rating in a note issued to investors on January 11th.

Recently, analysts at Wunderlich reiterated their “buy” rating on shares of DirecTV in a research note to investors on Wednesday, December 14th. They now have a $60.00 price target on the stock.

However, other reports over the past month have taken an opposite view of DirecTV’s prospects. For example, analysts at Atlantic Equities downgraded shares of DirecTV from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note to investors on Friday, December 16th. Analysts at Nomura downgraded shares of DirecTV from a “neutral” rating to a “reduce” rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, December 15th.

Shares of DirecTV opened at 43.03 on January 11th. DirecTV has a 52 week low of $39.82 and a 52 week high of $53.40.

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