2 Upgrades for American Airlines Stock Today

American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL) stock is up 4.5% to trade at $17.72 this morning, after TD Cowen and Jefferies both issued upgrades to "buy," with respective price-target hikes to$25 and $20, from$17 and $12. Both brokerages expressed optimism that the company can rejoin the "Big 3" (alongside Delta Air Lines (DAL) and United Airlines (UAL)) of airline carriers, thanks to a rebuilt sales strategy. AAL is a chip shot from its Dec. 10 two-year high of$18.20. Since that peak, the shares have consol ...