Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. CenterPoint Energy (CNP) upgraded to Conviction Buy from Buy at Goldman Sachs with analyst Insoo Kim saying the recent underperformance of CenterPoint shares "over-penalizes the company's robust utility growth profile" that comprises around 70% of consolidated earnings. 2. Dova Pharmaceuticals (DOVA) upgraded to Outperform from In Line at Evercore ISI. 3. Landstar System (LSTR) upgraded to Market Perform from Underperform at Raymond James with analyst Patrick Brown saying the stock's risk/reward is more balanced at current levels. 4. Cars.com (CARS) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citi with analyst Nicholas Jones saying the stock's current valuation is low "even if we were to exclude the probability for an acquisition." 5. Medical Properties Trust (MPW) upgraded to Buy from Hold at SunTrust with analyst Michael Lewis saying he thinks the company has an opportunity to take advantage of a large acquisition pipeline and attractive cost of capital to drive above-average earnings growth. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

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