Northland Securities

Northland Securities has upgraded MoneyGram International (NYSE: MGI) from Market Perform to Outperform with a $3.50 price target. MoneyGram International Closed Friday at $2.19.

Northland Securities has initiated coverage on Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS) at Outperform with a $3.50 price target. Microvision, Inc. closed yesterday at $2.14.

Northland Securites has raised the price target for Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) to $23 from $21.

Analyst Richard Shannon at Northland Securities has released an update on Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC). Northland Securities expects the company to report a solid first-quarter and continued sequential growth the in second-quarter. Northland Securities also expects continued solid results...

Analyst Mike Grondahl at Northland Securities has raised the price target for MGIC Investment Corp. (NYSE: MTG) from $10 to $14.60. Northland Securities expects the company to report revenue of $432 million, and a loss of $0.63 per share in the March quarter. According to Northland Securities,...

Northland Securities issued the following ratings and comments: Epiq Systems (NASDAQ: EPIQ) rated as Outperform with a price target of $15.00 “Chapter 11 filings update: Our research indicates that there were 35 cases filed during 1Q10 that required claims agents, down from 38 in 4Q09 AND 45 IN...

Northland Securities analyst Eric Stine reiterated his Outperform rating for shares of Westport Innovations Inc (Nasdaq: WPRT) and raised the price target to $21. Stine said that Westport Innovations is a dominant producer of medium and heavy-duty natural gas engines and that it is well positioned...

Analyst Chris Krueger of Northland Securities maintains his "outperform" rating on Martek (NASDAQ: MATK). The target price for MATK is set to $25. According to Northland Securities, MATK is expected to launch several products in the forthcoming years. The analyst expects Martek to launch a new DHA...

Analyst Eric Stine of Northland Securities maintains his "outperform" rating on Flow International (NASDAQ: FLOW). The target price for FLOW is set to $4.50. According to Northland Securities, Flow International is likely to report a 4.8% sequential rise and 9.6% Y/Y decline in revenues for Q3 2010...

Northland Securities analysts Chad Bennett and Ian Kell reiterated their Outperform rating of Smith Micro Software (Nasdaq: SMSI) and their price target of $13, while lowering their earnings and revenue estimates. The Northland Securities analysts lowered their EPS estimate for 2010 from 78 cents...

Shares of Chart Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: GTLS) are up nearly 12% in afternoon trading after the company reported better than expected earnings and received a rating upgrade from Northland Securities. Chart Industries reported 4th quarter net income of $15.5 million, or 53 cents per share, down...

Shares of STEC, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC) plunged nearly 30% to a low of $9.47 Wednesday morning, a day after the company warned that inventory carryover at EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) was a continuing drag on the company's sales. After breaking the news, the company's shares received numerous downgrades. JP...

Northland Securities maintained “outperform” rating for Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: FSYS) but reduced 2010 estimates and lowered the target price to $39. The rationale being that the Italian government has, unexpectedly, decided to end automobile incentives. The LPG/CNG incentives in 2009...