BUZZ-Top of the Street: round-up of highly rated analyst action in Europe

Ratings & estimate changes by Europe's top-ranked* analysts:

** Deutsche Post (Other OTC: DPSGY - news) - RBC (MCX: RBCM.ME - news) (top-ranked, 5-stars on recs & estimates), ups PT to 30.

** ITV (Frankfurt: IJ7.F - news) - UBS (top-ranked analyst) downgrades to neutral from buy, they've had a buy on the stock since Jan 2010.

** BNP Paribas (Milan: BNP.MI - news) - Deutsche (4-star analyst), cuts earnings forecasts by 3-4% following investor day.

** Caixabank (Frankfurt: 48CA.F - news) - N+1 (top-ranked analyst), lifts target price to 5.50, strong buy.

** Delhaize - Macquarie (5-star analyst), trims EPS for 2014 by 3%, reiterates outperform

** Al Noor Hospitals - GS (KSE: 078935.KS - news) (4-star), ups target price slightly, lifts estimates, keeps buy

** Also worth a glance - Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) ' deep dive report on the Asia businesses of HSBC & Standard Chartered . Brokerage says HSBC continues to outperform Standard Chartered (HKSE: 2888.HK - news) in Asia on almost all profitability metrics.

* Analyst rankings from Thomson Reuters StarMine. Scale is from 1-star to 5-star with 5 being best. Analysts ranked on earnings accuracy as well as relative performance of recommendations over a trailing 12-month period.

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