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Fly News Breaks for October 26, 2016
BHI, PHG, RIG, PG, TWX
Oct 26, 2016 | 10:33 EDT
Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Time Warner (TWX) upgraded to Overweight from Equal Weight at Barclays with analyst Kannan Venkateshwar saying AT&T (T) has a "number of ways" to deal with regulatory concerns over the merger. 2. Procter & Gamble upgraded to Outperform from Underperform at CLSA with analyst Caroline Levy saying she believes P&G is positioned long-term growth as benefits of six years of efficiency projects continue to yield savings and scale. 3. Transocean upgraded to Equal Weight from Underweight at Morgan Stanley with analyst Ole Slorer saying Transocean is executing on cost controls resulting in positive Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization accretion of $600M in 2016 alone and sees an improved 2019 liquidity position as a result. 4. Philips (PHG) upgraded to Buy from Hold at HSBC with analyst Jan Keppeler citing the company's recovering margins. 5. Baker Hughes (BHI) upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Cowen with analyst Marc Bianchi saying cost cutting execution has been impressive with a total of $1B in savings, compared to guidance of $650M by year end 2016, and sees more to come. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.