KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): Maybank Kim Eng analyst Liaw Thong Jung upgraded the recommendation on Dialog Group Bhd to buy from hold.

* Price target (PT) set to RM3.58, implies 11% increase from last close. Dialog Group average PT is RM3.43.

* Dialog Group had 7 buys, 9 holds, 0 sells previously: Bloomberg data

* Analysts raised their consensus one-year target price for the stock by 9.1 percent in the past three months. Forecasts range from RM3 to RM4.06. 

Performance Metrics

* Investors who followed the analyst's recommendation would have received a 57 percent return in the past year, compared with the 69 percent return on the shares.