Top Wall Street Analyst Upgrades Include eBay, CIT and Oil Services

April 24, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

Investors and traders are always 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 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 Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall St. today.

Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) was raised to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse.

CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) was raised to Outperform with a $54 price target at Oppenheimer.

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) was raised to Buy from Hold at Soc-Gen.

ITT Educational Services Inc. (NYSE: ESI) raised to Hold from Sell at Deutsche Bank.

Ryder System Inc. (NYSE: R) was raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Weyerhaeuser Co. (NYSE: WY) was named Bull of the Day with a Strong Buy rating due to strong revenue growth potential and excellent cost management, according to Zacks Investment Research.

We would also direct you to the best of the best large corporate earnings reports so far this earnings season from the large sector leaders.

See also: Top Analyst Downgrades and Negative Views

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