On The Fly: Top five analyst upgrades

Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. PayPal (PYPL) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at Atlantic Equities with analyst Kunaal Malde saying he believes the company's differentiated checkout experience should enable the company to continue taking share. 2. Verizon (VZ) and Charter (CHTR) were upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs. 3. Terex (TEX) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies with analyst Stephen Volkmann saying Terex has underperformed both the S&P 500 Index and machinery peers year-to-date despite improving backlog and visibility into 2019. 4. AMC Entertainment (AMC) upgraded to Buy from Hold at Benchmark with analyst Mike Hickey saying he believes the company's new movie subscription service will succeed in driving incremental attendance and EBITDA. 5. Becton Dickinson (BDX) upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan with analyst Robbie Marcus saying he sees a "clear path" for Becton to exceed expectations for the second half of 2018 and fiscal 2019 now that the Bard acquisition is two quarters in. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.