Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Nvidia (NVDA) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS with analyst Timothy Arcuri saying the 20% fiscal Q4 revenue miss preannounced and the stock drop "finally sets the stage for a new positive revision cycle starting this summer." 2. American Express (AXP) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Atlantic Equities. 3. BlackRock (BLK) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies with analyst Daniel Fannon saying it is benefiting from both structural shifts in investor behavior as well as secular trends and he believes the company can continue to deliver industry leading organic growth and capital return. 4. British American Tobacco (BTI) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray with analyst Michael Lavery saying he views the stock's valuation as attractive at current levels and feels "modestly more comfortable" with Glo's patent litigation risk in Japan. 5. 3D Systems (DDD) and Stratasys (SSYS) were upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Piper Jaffray. 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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Argus analyst Stephen Biggar raised the firm's price target on American Express to $246 from $220 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares after the company reported Q1 earnings of $3.33 per share, up from $2.40 a year earlier and above the consensus of $2.98. The firm expects continued healthy spending volume from AmEx's generally affluent cardmembers, who are less impacted by inflation, and sees the company's marketing leading to good cardmember growth, the analyst tells investors.

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Reports Q1 revenue $15.8B, consensus $14.86B. "We have started 2024 off strong, with our first-quarter results reflecting the positive trends we have seen in our business the last several years," said Stephen Squeri, chairman and CEO. "Revenue increased 11 percent from a year earlier to $15.8 billion and EPS increased 39 percent to $3.33. Our continued investments in our value propositions, marketing, brand and technology capabilities have helped drive high levels of engagement with our premium customers. Overall Card Member spending grew 7 percent on an FX-adjusted basis, with spending by U.S. consumer Card Members up 8 percent from a year earlier and spending in our International Card Services segment increasing 13 percent on an FX-adjusted basis. We continue to attract high-spending, high credit-quality customers to the franchise, with new card acquisitions accelerating sequentially to 3.4 million in the quarter. Our fee-based products accounted for around 70 percent of the new account acquisitions we saw in the quarter, and we continue to see strong demand from Millennial and Gen Z consumers, who accounted for over 60 percent of new consumer account acquisitions globally. Our credit metrics remain best in class. Based on our results to date and the trends we are seeing in our business, we continue to expect full-year 2024 revenue growth of 9 percent to 11 percent and EPS of $12.65 to $13.15."