On The Fly: Top five analyst upgrades

Catch up on today's top five analyst upgrades with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Veritone (VERI) upgraded to Neutral from Sell at B. Riley FBR with analyst Sameet Sinha citing the company's better than expected Q3 results and increased business visibility for the upgrade to Neutral. 2. Nvidia (NVDA) upgraded to Positive from Neutral at Susquehanna while Xilinx (XLNX) was upgraded to Positive from Neutral. 3. Koppers Holdings (KOP) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Monness Crespi. 4. Southwestern Energy (SWN) upgraded to Neutral from Underperform at BofA/Merrill with analyst Doug Leggate saying U.S. natural gas prices have lifted by 50c in the past 3 weeks and $1 since September as cold weather forecasts have been updated. 5. SailPoint (SAIL) upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Goldman Sachs. This list is just a portion of The Fly's full analyst coverage. To see The Fly's full Street Research coverage, click here.