Analyst upgrades: BCS, CYN and BAESY

MOST NOTEWORTHY: Barclays, City National and BAE Systems were today's noteworthy upgrades:

Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Barclays (NYSE:BCS) to Overweight from Equal Weight after the company announced plans to raise capital and disclosed no further write-downs.
Keefe Bruyette lifted City National (NYSE:CYN) to Outperform from Market Perform on valuation, as they believe the company should outperform peers in terms in credit quality.
Societe Generale upgraded shares of BAE Systems (Other OTC:BAESY) to Buy from Hold to reflect the company's earnings visibility.

OTHER UPGRADES:

Baird upgraded Host Hotels (NYSE:HST) to Outperform from Neutral.
Goldman added Monsanto (NYSE:MON) to its Conviction Buy List.
Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ:COCO) was raised to Overweight from Equal Weight at Lehman.

Tags: analyst upgrades, AnalystUpgrades, BAESY, BCS, COCO, CYN, HST, inthenews, MON

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