Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Goldman Sachs (GS) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank with analyst Matt O'Connor saying leverage to higher rates is mostly reflected in bank stock prices following their post-election advance so far, but that higher loan growth and fee volumes from a stronger economy may not be. 2. Charles River upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Barclays with analyst Douglas Tsao saying Charles River is the biggest beneficially of the increased biopharma R&D and views valuation as balanced at current levels. 3. Celanese (CE) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman with analyst Robert Koort saying he believes Celanese is poised to outperform given continued strong execution by management with focus on mix improvement, strong cash flow generation, and shareholder friendly deployment. 4. MAA (MAA) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at BMO Capital with analyst John Kim citing valuation. 5. Super Micro Computer (SMCI) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at DA Davidson with analyst Mark Kelleher saying he expects the company to report strong December quarter results and predicts that it will benefit from the rollout of Intel's (INTC) Sky Lake product and the strong growth of its own storage product. 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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KeyBanc initiated coverage of Supermicro with a Sector Weight rating and no price target. The shares are currently trading relatively inline with Supermicro's infrastructure peer group, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says the company is well positioned to benefit from secular artificial intelligence growth trends provided its ability to deliver highly customized full IT solutions leveraging its in-house engineering design expertise based on latest technology. KeyBanc notes Supermicro is addressing a $141B total server addressable market in 2024, which is forecasted to grow to $187B by 2027, implying a three-year annual growth rate of 10%.

Notable gainers among liquid option names this morning include Globe Life (GL) $71.33 +4.94, Super Micro (SMCI) $764.85 +47.83, Danaher (DHR) $250.88 +14.79, Kimberly Clark (KMB) $136.87 +7.94, and General Motors (GM) $45.38 +2.17.