Top Analyst Upgrades and Positive Views from Wall Street

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them.

Investors and traders are on the lookout for fresh research ideas from Wall St. that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each and every morning to find great ideas from value stocks to growth stocks to dividend stocks. We are breaking out the positive analyst calls as far as stocks to buy and positive research calls today.

These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall St. today.

AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) raised to Overweight at from Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.

BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) raised to Overweight from Neutral at HSBC.

Beazer Homes USA Inc. (NYSE: BZH) raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Stephens.

Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays.

MDC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MDC) raised to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse.

Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) raised to Neutral from Sell at B. Riley (boutique).

Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) was added to its Europe Super Ten Portfolio at HSBC.

USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) raised to Neutral from Underperform at Credit Suisse.

Wisdom Tree Investments Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) was named Bull of the Day at Zacks Investment Research.

Read also: Top Analyst Downgrades and Cautious Views

Photo of Jon C. Ogg
About the Author Jon C. Ogg →

Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. a673b.bigscoots-temp.com.

Featured Reads

Our top personal finance-related articles today. Your wallet will thank you later.

Continue Reading

Top Gaining Stocks

CBOE Vol: 1,568,143
PSKY Vol: 12,285,993
STX Vol: 7,378,346
ORCL Vol: 26,317,675
DDOG Vol: 6,247,779

Top Losing Stocks

LKQ
LKQ Vol: 4,367,433
CLX Vol: 13,260,523
SYK Vol: 4,519,455
MHK Vol: 1,859,865
AMGN Vol: 3,818,618