Benzinga's Top Upgrades

Jefferies upgraded Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT from Hold to Buy. The target price for Wal-Mart has been raised from $60 to $82. Wal-Mart shares gained 1.04 percent to $71.61 in pre-market trading. Keefe Bruyette & Woods upgraded Regions Financial Corp RF from Underperform to Market Perform. The target price for Regions Financial has been raised from $9.50 to $11. Regions Financial shares gained 0.21 percent to $9.75 in pre-market trading. Barclays upgraded Weatherford International Plc WFT from Equal-weight to Overweight. The target price for Weatherford has been raised from $7 to $8. Weatherford shares gained 3.76 percent to $6.35 in pre-market trading. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded American Equity Investment Life Holding AEL from Neutral to Overweight. The target price for American Equity Investment Life Holding has been lowered from $23 to $20. American Equity Investment Life Holding shares fell 3.29 percent to close at $15.85 on Friday. Analysts at Barclays upgraded Bristow Group Inc BRS from Equal-weight to Overweight. The target price for Bristow Group has been lowered from $22 to $20. Bristow Group shares gained 5.96 percent to close at $13.52 on Friday. Analysts at Monness Crespi Hardt upgraded GrubHub Inc GRUB from Neutral to Buy. GrubHub shares gained 1.86 percent to $29.07 in pre-market trading. Macquarie upgraded Enerplus Corp (USA) ERF from Neutral to Outperform. Enerplus shares closed at $5.97 on Friday.