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Fly News Breaks for April 18, 2018
PNFP, MTB, DLTR, FSLR, EBAY
Apr 18, 2018 | 10:12 EDT
Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. eBay (EBAY) upgraded to Overweight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley with analyst Brian Nowak saying he expects the company to start pulling away from PayPal (PYPL) and intermediating its own payments in 2018, with a planned full transition in mid-2020. 2. First Solar (FSLR) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BofA/Merrill with analyst Julien Dumoulin-Smith saying recent data is increasingly positive with unabated year-over-year Chinese solar demand, domestic safe harbor datapoints firming with a potential release in a couple months, firming domestic pricing, less likely import tariff exemptions, and a constructive cost trajectory for Series 65. 3. Dollar Tree (DLTR) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Loop Capital with analyst Anthony Chukumba saying while Dollar Tree's fiscal 2018 earnings guidance came up short of consensus expectations, management is correctly prioritizing long-term competitiveness over higher short-term profitability. 4. M&T Bank (MTB) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at Baird with analyst David George citing its recent pullback as the shares have been hit hard and his belief this high quality bank should retain its premium valuation. 5. Pinnacle Financial (PNFP) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Hovde Group and Fig Partners. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.