Equities Research Analysts’ Upgrades for January 15th (AIT, ALLY, BH, CMS, CZWI, EML, HWBK, LIVN, NNI, PFLT)

Equities Research Analysts’ upgrades for Wednesday, January 15th:

Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Biglari (NYSE:BH) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating.

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

Citizens Community Bancorp (NASDAQ:CZWI) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

Eastern (NASDAQ:EML) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating.

Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a hold rating to a buy rating.

LivaNova (NASDAQ:LIVN) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating.

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

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a sell rating to a hold rating.

Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) was upgraded by analysts at CIBC from a neutral rating to an outperform rating. The firm currently has C$86.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of C$83.00.

Sun Life Financial (TSE:SLF) (NYSE:SLF) was upgraded by analysts at National Bankshares, Inc. from a sector perform rating to an outperform rating. They currently have C$95.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of C$82.00.

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

Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación (NYSE:VLRS) was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating.