1. It forecasts the southwest and east will outperform the capital through 2018.

2. Cowen rates Target shares at outperform with a price target of $88.

3. The bank rates Amazon shares outperform and raised its price target to $835 from $775.

4. The analysts reiterated an outperform rating and raised their price target to $39 from $28.

5. Companies that outperform their competitors also are much better at extracting the benefits of data.

6. Yet, companies with strong growth tend to outperform over time.

7. RBC Capital Markets on Friday raised its rating on Juniper to outperform from sector perform.