Wednesday broker round-up

Unite Group: Berenberg downgrades to hold with a target price of 1,000.0p.

Ashtead: Berenberg reiterates sell with a target price of 2,000.0p.

BAE Systems: Berenberg reiterates buy with a target price of 590.0p.

BP: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a target price of 400.0p.

Smiths Group: JP Morgan reiterates overweight with a target price of 1,500.0p.

Diageo: Barclays reiterates overweight with a target price of 3,220.0p.

John Wood Group: Barclays reiterates overweight with a target price of 300.0p.

Close Brothers Group: RBC Capital Markets upgrades to outperform with a target price of 1,400.0p.

Standard Life Aberdeen: RBC Capital Markets reiterates underperform with a target price of 225.0p.

Smiths Group: Morgan Stanley reiterates equal weight with a target price of 1,490.0p.

DX Group: Liberum reiterates buy with a target price of 30.0p.

Homeserve: Jefferies reiterates underperform with a target price of 1,010.0p.

Hunting: Credit Suisse reiterates neutral with a target price of 230.0p.