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Company	Action	Brokerage	Analyst	Current Price	Price Target	Rating
AIZ Assurant	Upgraded by	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Bob Huang Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$252.77 +4.2%	$240.00 ➝ $285.00	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight
ANTX Anthem	Upgraded by	Leerink Partners Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Joseph Schwartz Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$4.64 +7.7%	$9.00	Market Perform ➝ Outperform
CAKE Cheesecake Factory	Upgraded by	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	John Ivankoe Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$58.28 +3.1%	$58.00 ➝ $68.00	Underweight ➝ Neutral
CCAP Crescent Capital BDC	Upgraded by	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sean-Paul Adams Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$11.99 -8.3%		Buy
CMP Compass Minerals International	Upgraded by	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeffrey Zekauskas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$30.12 -0.3%	$20.00 ➝ $30.00	Underweight ➝ Neutral
FTT Finning International	Upgraded by	National Bank Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		C$103.17 -1.7%	C$89.00 ➝ C$115.00	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform
GAIN Gladstone Investment	Upgraded by	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		$16.58 +5.3%	$14.50 ➝ $16.50	Neutral ➝ Buy
IHP IntegraFin	Upgraded by	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		GBX 333.58 +3.4%	GBX 440 ➝ GBX 450	Outperform
ILMN Illumina	Upgraded by	Daiwa Securities Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		$143.24 -1.2%	$155.00	Neutral ➝ Outperform
SBUX Starbucks	Upgraded by	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Andrew M. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$106.40 +0.4%	$106.00 ➝ $120.00	Hold ➝ Buy
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SBUX Starbucks	Upgraded by	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Brian Harbour Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$106.40 +0.4%		Overweight
SM SM Energy	Upgraded by	Siebert Williams Shank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		$31.32 +0.5%	$30.00 ➝ $41.00	Hold ➝ Buy
STAA STAAR Surgical	Upgraded by	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Piccolo Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	$32.01 +8.9%	$26.00 ➝ $40.00	Neutral ➝ Outperform

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