Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Twitter (TWTR) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at BTIG with analyst Rich Greenfield citing his belief that Twitter's daily active user growth is accelerating, particularly in the U.S., following the presidential election. 2. UPS (UPS) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Aegis with analyst Jeffrey Kauffman citing valuation. 3. Emerson (EMR) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS with analyst Shannon O'Callaghan citing better order trends and margin execution following the company's December quarter results. The analyst raised his price target for the shares to $64 from $51. 4. FMC Corporation (FMC) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Longbow with analyst Dmitry Silversteyn saying that the company's Latin American agricultural operations appear to have stabilized, and as a result he thinks that its second half 2017 results will be strong. 5. Thor Industries (THO) upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Baird with analyst Craig Kennison saying he sees Thor as a market leader and channel checks show dealers are optimistic and willing to restock inventory. He sees long-term upside to margins and likes the chance tax reform will boost consumer demand and corporate profits. Kennison raised his price target to $120 from $105 on Thor shares. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.

HSBC upgraded UPS to Buy from Hold with a price target of $170, up from $150. The company's Q1 results beat on tapering volume decline and an improving costs base, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm expects UPS's volumes and margins to turnaround from Q2, with a potential 2024 guidance upgrade to reflect the accretive USPS contract. This could restore confidence in the company's 2026 guidance, contends HSBC. It believes the company's volumes and margins have likely troughed.

HSBC analyst Parash Jain upgraded UPS to Buy from Hold with a $170 price target.

Loop Capital raised the firm's price target on UPS to $161 from $158 and keeps a Hold rating on the shares after its "not as bad as feared" Q1 earnings. Year One of the new Teamsters contract in conjunction with the very weak freight economy has left UPS with a big profitability and earnings hole to climb out of, though labor cost inflation should "dramatically decelerate" in the August quarter while macro conditions hopefully create a path for normalizing freight demand, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

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Unusual total active option classes on open include: ImmunityBio (IBRX), Halliburton (HAL), Redfin (RDFN), Nokia (NOK), Matterport (MTTR), General Motors (GM), UPS (UPS), Philip Morris (PM), PepsiCo (PEP), and General Electric (GE).

UPS says it is early in the process and will share progress on pension considerations when appropriate.

For 2024, UPS reaffirms its full-year, consolidated financial targets: Consolidated revenue to range from approximately $92.0 billion to $94.5 billion; Consolidated adjusted operating margin to range from approximately 10.0% to 10.6%; Capital expenditures of approximately $4.5 billion.