Equities Research Analysts’ Upgrades for December 24th (AME, AOSL, BHE, CL, CLNE, DD, DENN, DESP, EAT, ESE)

Equities Research Analysts’ upgrades for Tuesday, December 24th:

AMETEK (NYSE:AME) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (NASDAQ:AOSL) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Benchmark Electronics (NYSE:BHE) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.

DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Denny’s (NASDAQ:DENN) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Despegar.com (NYSE:DESP) was upgraded by analysts at TD Cowen from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Brinker International (NYSE:EAT) was upgraded by analysts at Argus from a hold rating to a buy rating. They currently have $150.00 target price on the stock.

ESCO Technologies (NYSE:ESE) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK) (TSE:EDR) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com to a sell rating.

First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Corning (NYSE:GLW) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Mattel (NASDAQ:MAT) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Packaging Co. of America (NYSE:PKG) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Pulse Biosciences (NASDAQ:PLSE) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com to a sell rating.

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Spire (NYSE:SR) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

UFP Technologies (NASDAQ:UFPT) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Vericel (NASDAQ:VCEL) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.