Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: ChannelAdvisor, Comcast, Tesla Motors, More

June 17, 2013 by Jon C. Ogg

Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more profits. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls each morning 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.

ChannelAdvisor Corp. (NYSE: ECOM) was started as Buy at Goldman Sachs, started as Buy at Needham, started as Buy at Stifel Nicolaus and started as Outperform at Raymond James.

Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) was raised to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James.

CYS Investments Inc. (NYSE: CYS) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Wunderlich.

Century Aluminum Co. (NASDAQ: CENX) was upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley.

Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE: EXR) was upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL) was raised to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna.

Koninklijke Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG), or Philips, was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank.

ProLogis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Raymond James.

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) was upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo.

Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) was started as Overweight at boutique firm Global Equities.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SLCA) was started as Outperform at Wells Fargo.

UBS has issued its Dividend Ruler Stocks that combine good yield and growth prospects.

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