Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) was upgraded by Charter Equity from a “Market Perform” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Thursday. Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) stock performance was 4.33% in last session and finished the day at $48.47. Traded volume was 13.42million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 6.59million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.22. Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) insider ownership is 0.30%.

Rent-A-Center (NASDAQ:RCII) was upgraded by Gilford Securities from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Thursday. Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ:RCII) rose 1.14 percent to $28.39 Thursday on volume of 1.21million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $28.04 to $28.50. Rent-A-Center Inc (NASDAQ:RCII) has a market capitalization of $1.50billion.

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday. MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR)’s stock on Apr 24, 2014 reported a increase of 18.23% to the closing price of $126.75. Its fifty two weeks range is $82.72 -$135.83. The total market capitalization recorded $1.43billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 434,187.00million shares. In its share capital, MSTR has 11.30million outstanding shares.

HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) was upgraded by research analysts at Oppenheimer from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report released on Thursday. On Thursday, shares of HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) advanced 2.99% to close the day at $16.21. Company return on investment (ROI) is 7.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as -18.34%. HMS Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:HMSY) quarterly revenue growth is -36.33%.