On The Fly: Top five analyst upgrades

Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. United Rentals (URI) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at UBS with analyst Steven Fisher saying he sees a favorable risk/reward profile with the shares down 20% over the last three months. 2. Dollar General (DG) upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James with analyst Dan Weaver saying he is incremental more positive saying Dollar General is growing market shares at a faster rate at a time when industry pricing is rational. 3. Southern Company (SO) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Citi with analyst Praful Mehta saying capital discipline, asset sales and regulatory support warrant a move to Neutral. 4. Eversource (ES) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney Montgomery Scott with analyst Michael Gaugler saying he now consider the shares attractive following the stock's "meaningful" pullback. 5. Darden (DRI) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill with analyst Gregory Francfort saying the company is performing well with sold same store sales growth and a benign commodities outlook, but also faces industry wide margin pressure that will limit earning growth. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.