MOST NOTEWORTHY:

• Deutsche Bank upgraded GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE: GSK) to Buy from Hold.

• Express Scripts Inc (NASDAQ: ESRX) was upgraded to Strong Buy from Buy with a $113 target at First Albany, following the stronger-than-expected first quarter results.

• SanDisk Corp (NASDAQ: SNDK) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Citigroup.

• Halliburton Co (NASDAQ: HAL) was added to AG Edwards Focus Portfolio. The firm believes Halliburton trades at a great discount to its largest peer, Schlumberger Ltd (SLB), despite an improved earnings outlook and progress on several issues.

• Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) was upgraded to Buy from Hold at Gabelli to reflect strong first quarter results and valuation. Piper Jaffray upgraded shares of Texas Instruments to Outperform from Market Perform...
  

• Keefe Bruyette upgraded shares of BancFirst Corp (NASDAQ: BANF) to Market Perform from Underperform following its first quarter report.

• Raymond James raised Cardinal Health, Inc (NYSE: CAH) to Outperform from Market Perform.

• Matrix USA raised H.B. Fuller Co (NYSE: FUL) to Hold from Sell based on the company's sales growth.

• Baird raised Snap-on Inc (NYSE: SNA) rating to Outperform from Neutral with a $55 target.

• Bear Stearns upgraded shares of Cummins Inc (NYSE: CMI) to Peer Perform from Underperform.

Analyst upgrades 4-24-07: CAH, HAL, SNDK and TXN upgraded today originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.