Shell Upgraded to Buy From Neutral at Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs analyst Michele Della Vigna upgraded $Shell (SHEL.US)$ to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $85, up from $74. The analyst believes the company's leading global liquefied natural gas and marketing businesses are "deeply under-valued." The firm sees "material upside" to Shell's operational performance in both deepwater and LNG assets.
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