Initiations

Upgrades For American International Group Inc (NYSE: AIG), William Blair upgraded the previous rating of Market Perform to the current rating Outperform. American International Gr earned $1.58 in the first quarter, compared to $1.04 in the year-ago quarter. American International Gr's market-...

Top Upgrades Evercore ISI Group upgraded KB Home (NYSE: KBH) from In-Line to Outperform. KB Home rose 1.6% to close at $26.74 on Tuesday. JP Morgan upgraded Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGN) from Underweight to Neutral. Silgan rose 0.6% to close at $30.39 on Tuesday. Bank of America upgraded...

Top Upgrades JP Morgan upgraded OneMain Holdings Inc (NYSE: OMF) from Neutral to Overweight. OneMain rose 0.3% to $34.03 in pre-market trading. Bank of America upgraded Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (NYSE: LH) from Underperform to Neutral. Laboratory Corp fell 0.5% to close at $174.60 on...

Top Upgrades Wells Fargo upgraded Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) from Market Perform to Outperform. Gilead rose 0.6% to $66.65 in pre-market trading. Piper Jaffray upgraded Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) from Neutral to Overweight. Crocs rose 7% to $22.43 in pre-market trading. Goldman Sachs...

Top Upgrades Citi upgraded Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) from Neutral to Buy. Morgan Stanley rose 1.2% to $44.70 in pre-market trading. Goldman Sachs upgraded Stitch Fix Inc (NASDAQ: SFIX) from Neutral to Buy. Stitch Fix rose 5% to $29.51 in pre-market trading. UBS upgraded Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Wedbush upgraded Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) from Underperform to Neutral. Abercrombie & Fitch rose 1.5% to $17.34 in pre-market trading. JP Morgan upgraded Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NASDAQ: WW) from Underweight to Neutral. Weight Watchers...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Bank of America upgraded Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB) from Neutral to Buy. Core Laboratories fell 2.7% to close at $51.32 on Tuesday. B. Riley upgraded Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: BHR) from Neutral to Buy. Braemar Hotels fell 1.4% to close at $9.38 on...

Top Upgrades Analysts at Raymond James upgraded Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) from Underperform to Market Perform. Square rose 1% to $74.15 in pre-market trading. Wells Fargo upgraded Six Flags Entertainment Corp (NYSE: SIX) from Market Perform to Outperform. Six Flags rose 0.7% to $52.65 in pre-market...

Top Upgrades B. Riley upgraded Orion Group Holdings Inc (NYSE: ORN) from Neutral to Buy. Orion Group rose 4.8% to $3.25 in pre-market trading. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey upgraded Edgewell Personal Care Co (NYSE: EPC) from Hold to Buy. Edgewell Personal Care shares rose 0.2% to close at $28.05 on...

Top Upgrades Deutsche Bank upgraded Elis SA (OTC: ELSSF) from Hold to Buy.   Top Downgrades Raymond James downgraded Senseonics Holdings Inc (NYSE: SENS) from Outperform to Market Perform. Senseonics shares closed at $1.89 on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank downgraded OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (...

Top Upgrades BMO Capital upgraded Barrick Gold Corp (NYSE: GOLD) from Market Perform to Outperform. Barrick Gold shares rose 0.8% to $15.72 in pre-market trading. Loop Capital upgraded Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) from Hold to Buy. Cinemark rose 0.9% to close at $36.43 on Tuesday....

Top Upgrades Citigroup upgraded Cars.com Inc (NYSE: CARS) from Neutral to Buy. Cars.com shares rose 3% to $20.45 in pre-market trading. Janney Capital upgraded BIO-TECHNE Corp (NASDAQ: TECH) from Neutral to Buy. Bio-Techne rose 0.4% to close at $209.26 on Monday. Analysts at Credit Suisse upgraded...

Top Upgrades Morgan Stanley upgraded Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY) from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Signature Bank shares rose 1.6% to close at $120.84 on Friday. Barclays upgraded Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE) from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Callon Petroleum rose 3.5% to close at $6.59...

Top Upgrades Morgan Stanley upgraded Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) from Equal-Weight to Overweight. Chesapeake Energy shares rose 3.2% to $1.94 in pre-market trading. Oppenheimer upgraded AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) from Perform to Outperform. AutoZone fell 0.2% to close at $1,084.08...

Top Upgrades Bank of America upgraded Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) from Neutral to Buy. Owens-Corning shares rose 0.1% to $54.61 in pre-market trading. Rosenblatt upgraded Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI) from Sell to Neutral. Applied Optoelectronics rose 14.7% to $10.88 in pre-market...