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Stocks were indicated to open higher on Friday morning, and it appears as though there will be another positive week for stocks. Maybe investors are migrating from selling every rally back to the more than four-year trend of buying the dips. Maybe.

24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of analyst reports each day. The goal is to find new investing and trading ideas for its readers. Some analyst reports cover stocks to buy, and others cover stocks to sell or avoid.

These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Friday, February 26, 2016.

American Water Works Co. Inc. (NYSE: AWK) was downgraded to Neutral from Buy after the fair value estimate was achieved and then some. That estimate was $66 and the stock was last seen up over 2% at $68.05. If this sounds familiar, it’s because of a 24/7 Wall St. note about great defensive stocks reaching extremely high valuations. American Water works has a consensus analyst target down at $63.36 and a 52-week trading range of $48.36 to $68.49.

Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) was reiterated as Outperform but the price target was raised to $100 from $85 (versus a $49.42 prior close) at Credit Suisse. The call comes after Autodesk beat earnings but offered mixed guidance. What stands out here is that Credit Suisse already had the highest target price of analysts, so now it is even higher. Autodesk has a consensus target price of $61.22 and a 52-week range of $41.60 to $65.78.

Kraft Heinz Co. (NASDAQ: KHC) was raised to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan. Shares closed up 2.7% at $74.96 before earnings, and then were indicated up over 5% at $79.00 afterward. Kraft Heinz is now a top holding of Warren Buffett, and it has a consensus analyst price of $90.29 and a post-merger range of $61.42 to $81.20.

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