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5 Early Bird Analyst Upgrades

These are some of the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen early by 24/7 Wall St. from the key all Street research calls this Friday.

Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE: HL) raised to Buy at Global Hunter.

Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) rose handily on Thursday after activist investor Carl Icahn got his way on the board. Now J.P. Morgan has raised its rating to Overweight from Neutral.

Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) has shuffled the chairs in the C-suite after the company reported earnings. Now Pandora has been raised to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray.

Rockwell Automation Inc. (NYSE: ROK) cut to Neutral from Outperform at Credit Suisse.

Skullcandy Inc. (NASDAQ: SKUL) disappointed the street with predicting a loss. Now we have seen three downgrades: cut to Underperform at Raymond James, cut to Underweight at Piper Jaffray and cut to Underperform at D.A. Davidson.

-Jon C. Ogg

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