Upgraded: U.S. Bancorp, NextEra Energy and AstraZeneca (NYSE:USB),(NYSE:NEE),(NYSE:AZN)

Stocks receiving upgrades today include U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) and AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN).

 U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) received an upgrade from FBR Capital, raising their outlook from Market Perform to Outperform.  They set a price target of $28.  Over the past 12 months US Bancorp (USB) shares have traded between it low of $16.11 and its 52-week high of $28.43.  US Bancorp shares are now trading with a P/E Ratio of 21.3 and EPS of 1.06.  USB shares are trading at $22.73, up 0.49% or $0.11 and volume is currently at 4.16M shares traded.

NextEra Energy Inc (NYSE:NEE) got its upgrade from Oppenheimer as they raised outlook from Perform to Outperform, with a price target of $55.  NEE shares are currently trading at $49.41, up 2.15% or $1.04 from yesterday and volume is currently at 880k shares traded.  Over the past 12 months NextEra Energy shares have traded between $45.29 and its 52-week high of $60.61.  NextEra Energy shares are now trading with a P/E Ratio of 10.9 and EPS of 4.42.

AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN) was upgraded by Jefferies, lifting their outlook from Underperform to Hold.  AZN shares are trading at $47.60, down -2.34% or $-1.14 with volume at 4.2M shares traded.  Over the past 12 months AstraZeneca shares have traded between the low of $40.30 and its 52-week high of $50.70.  AstraZeneca shares are now trading with a P/E Ratio of 8.7 and EPS of 5.61.