Today's noteworthy upgrades include: American River (AMRB) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Sandler O'Neill... Bank of America (BAC) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Argus... CGG SA (CGG) upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at JPMorgan... Centrica (CPYYY) upgraded to Buy from Hold at HSBC... Endo (ENDP) upgraded to Top Pick from Outperform at RBC Capital... Essex Property Trust (ESS) upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Raymond James... Fairchild (FCS) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at FBR Capital... GKN PLC (GKNLY) upgraded to Sector Perform from Underperform at RBC Capital... Google (GOOG) upgraded to Buy with $850 price target at Axiom... LATAM Airlines (LFL) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Goldman... MDC Partners (MDCA) upgraded to Overweight from Market Perform at Albert Fried... Martin Marietta (MLM) upgraded to Buy from Hold at BB&T... Millicom (MICCF) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan... Ruckus Wireless (RKUS) upgraded to Buy at SunTrust... Sonoco (SON) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at DA Davidson... TECO Energy (TE) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Mizuho... Tractor Supply (TSCO) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray... Waste Connections (WCN) upgraded to Overweight from Sector Weight at KeyBanc.

Advertising Analysts, along with experts from VaynerMedia, discuss 1Q ad spending trends across key platforms including Search (GOOG), Social (META PINS SNAP RDDT), CTV/Video (ROKU NFIX), Retail Media (AMZN) on an Analyst/Industry conference call to be held on April 17 at 2 pm.

Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists. 1... To see the rest of the story go to thefly.com. See Story Here

Notable companies reporting before tomorrow's open, with earnings consensus, include UnitedHealth (UNH), consensus $6.21... Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), consensus $2.47... Bank of America (BAC), consensus 72c... Morgan Stanley (MS), consensus $1.66... PNC Financial (PNC), consensus $3.02... BNY Mellon (BK), consensus $1.19.

Stifel raised the firm's price target on Martin Marietta to $650 from $621 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm's construction materials survey points to healthy trends and a continued robust pricing environment in Q1 and suggests 2024 outlooks provided by its construction materials coverage "remain achievable," the analyst tells investors.

Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Salesforce (CRM) is in advanced talks to acquire Informatica (INFA) but the price being discussed is below Informatica's closing stock price of $38.48 as a result of the recent jump, Lauren Thomas, Laura Cooper and Dana Cimilluca of Wall Street Journal report, citing people familiar with the matter. 2. Apple (AAPL) denied violating a court order governing its App Store and urged a California federal judge to reject a request by "Fortnite" developer Epic Games to hold it in contempt, Reuters' Mike Scarcella reports. Apple made the arguments in a filing to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, who presided over Epic's lawsuit in 2020 accusing Apple of violating antitrust law with its tight controls over how consumers download apps and pay for transactions within them. The Apple filing criticized what it called an attempt by Epic to make Apple's "tools and technologies available to developers for free." 3. Netflix (NFLX) is the forgotten tech giant - but its upcoming earnings report should help investors remember why they loved the stock in the first place, Paul R. La Monica writes in this week's edition of Barron's. The streaming-media leader was once part of the Nasdaq's FAANG club, an acronym traders used to describe Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META), Amazon.com (AMZN), Apple, Netflix, and Google owner Alphabet (GOOGL). But FAANG has since been replaced by the Magnificent Seven, a group that includes the four largest FAANGs, as well as Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), and Tesla (TSLA)...and excludes Netflix. But with Netflix set to report its first-quarter earnings on April 18, investors shouldn't sleep on the stock, the author says. 4. A24's "Civil War" won this weekend's box office with a $25.7M debut, making it the biggest opening ever for A24. The dystopian action movie sports a B- CinemaScore, with the audience skewing heavily male - 73%. The debut is also the biggest for an R-rated movie this year. 5. Timken (TKR) saw a positive mention in this week's edition of Barron's.

Goldman Sachs (GS) is scheduled to announce quarterly results on April 15, while Morgan Stanley (MS) and Bank of America (BAC) are expected to report earnings the following day. What to watch... To see the rest of the story go to thefly.com. See Story Here