Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: J.C. Penney, Pandora, Priceline and More

May 20, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

Investors and traders are always on the lookout for fresh research ideas 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 Monday’s top analyst upgrades, initiations and positive analyst research calls seen from Wall Street today.

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

Accenture PLC (NYSE: ACN) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs.

NetEase Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES) was raised to Buy from Neutral at Citigroup.

Deutsche Bank gave its top oil services stocks to buy today.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) was raised to Buy from Hold at Maxim Group.

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: KORS) was started as Buy at Canaccord Genuity.

Oppenheimer gave a list of top consumer and business services stocks to buy.

Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) was raised to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays.

Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

T-Mobile US Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) was raised to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

Read also: Today’s Top Analyst Downgrades and Cautious Research Calls

The quiet period for Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (NYSE: TMHC) has ended and we have seen the following coverage calls from Wall Street: started as Buy at Citigroup, started as Outperform at Credit Suisse and started as Overweight at J.P. Morgan.

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