Analysts Upgrades – FITB, ARO, CALX, ETH, RAIL, VASC

The following stocks have recently had their ratings upgraded by stock analysts.

Fifth Third (NASDAQ:FITB) : Deutsche Bank has upgraded Fifth Third’s rating
from: Hold – to – Buy
Target Price: $17.00 . Fifth Third Bancorp is a bank holding company which conducts its main lending, deposit gathering, transaction processing and service advisory activities through its banking and non-banking subsidiaries.

Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) : Janney Mntgmy Scott has upgraded Aeropostale’s rating
from: Neutral – to – Buy
Target Price: $26.00 . Aropostale, Inc. operates as a mall-based retailer of casual apparel and accessories for young women and men in the United States.

Calix Networks (NYSE:CALX) : UBS has upgraded Calix Networks’s rating
from: Neutral – to – Buy
Target Price: $12.00 . The Company is a provider of broadband communications access systems and software for copper- and fiber- based network architectures that enable communications service providers, to connect to their residential and business subscribers in North America.

Ethan Allen (NYSE:ETH) : Stifel Nicolaus has upgraded Ethan Allen’s rating
from: Hold – to – Buy
Target Price: $28.00 . Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. is a manufacturer and retailer of quality home furnishings and accessories, offering a full complement of home decorating and design solutions through one of the country’s largest home furnishing retail networks.

Freightcar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) : KeyBanc Capital Mkts has upgraded Freightcar America’s rating
from: Underweight – to – Hold. Freight Car America through its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, manufactures, rebuilds, repairs, sells and leases freight cars used for hauling coal, other bulk commodities, steel and other metals, forest products and automobiles.

Vascular Solutions (NASDAQ:VASC) : Dougherty & Company has upgraded Vascular Solutions’s rating
from: Neutral – to – Buy
Target Price: $12.50 . Vascular Solutions, Inc. is a medical device company focused on bringing clinically advanced solutions to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists worldwide.

Panera Bread (NASDAQ:PNRA) : Miller Tabak has upgraded Panera Bread’s rating
from: Hold – to – Buy
Target Price: $178.00 . Panera Bread Company, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate a retail bakery-cafe business and franchising business under the concept names Panera Bread, Saint Louis Bread Co., and Paradise Bakery & Cafe.

Ryder System (NYSE:R) : Robert W. Baird has upgraded Ryder System’s rating
from: Neutral – to – Outperform
Target Price: $61.00 . Ryder System, Inc. provides transportation and supply chain management solutions. Its business is divided into three segments: Fleet Management Solutions, Supply Chain Solutions and Dedicated Contract Carriage.

United Tech (NYSE:UTX) : Argus has upgraded United Tech’s rating
from: Hold – to – Buy
Target Price: $96.00 . United Technologies Corporation provides high technology products and services to the building systems and aerospace industries worldwide. Its segments are Otis, Carrier, UTC Fire & Security, Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Sundstrand and Sikorsky.

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