Benzinga’s Top Upgrades

Courtesy of Benzinga.

• Goldman Sachs upgraded Casey’s General Stores Inc (NASDAQ: CASY) from Neutral to Buy. The price target for Casey’s has been raised from $123 to $145. Casey’s shares rose 2.39 percent to $127.00 in pre-market trading.
• Evercore ISI Group upgraded Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) from Sell to Hold. Symantec shares gained 1.14 percent to $20.36 in pre-market trading.
• Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) from Underweight to Neutral. The price target for Oracle has been raised from $37 to $38. Oracle shares rose 1.48 percent to $39.71 in pre-market trading.
• Morgan Stanley upgraded Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC) from Equal-weight to Overweight. The price target for Centene has been raised from $84 to $86. Centene shares rose 0.12 percent to close at $67.81 on Tuesday.
• Citigroup upgraded Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) from Neutral to Buy. The price target for Dynegy has been lowered from $21 to $19. Dynegy shares climbed 8.96 percent to close at $15.93 on Tuesday.
• Analysts at RBC Capital upgraded American Axle & Manufact. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AXL) from Sector Perform to Outperform. American Axle shares rose 0.07 percent to close at $13.77 on Tuesday.
• Evercore ISI Group upgraded Transocean LTD (NYSE: RIG) from Sell to Hold. Transocean shares gained 2.63 percent to $11.33 in pre-market trading.
• Analysts at Simmons & Co. upgraded Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEN) from Neutral to Overweight. Patterson-UTI Energy shares gained 2.69 percent to close at $19.85 on Tuesday.
• Analysts at Piper Jaffray upgraded People’s United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBCT) from Underweight to Neutral. People’s United Financial shares rose 2.10 percent to close at $14.13 on Tuesday.
• Analysts at Canaccord Genuity upgraded IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IPGP) from Hold to Buy. IPG Photonics shares rose 1.61 percent to close at $77.73 on Tuesday.

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