IAMGOLD (IAG) (KWK) (CQP) (DEE) (LNT) (MOS) (NOV) (SDRL) (SNP) (TRGP) Upgraded

IAMGOLD Corp. (IAG), Quicksilver Resources Inc. (KWK), Cheniere Energy Partners LP (CQP), Delphi Energy Corp. (DEE), Alliant Energy (LNT), The Mosaic Company (MOS), National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV), Seadrill Ltd (SDRL), China Petroleum and Chemical (SNP) and Targa Resources Investments Inc. (TRGP) were upgraded by analysts.

Barclays Capital upgraded Cheniere Energy Partners L P (CQP) from an "Equal Weight" rating to an "Overweight" rating. They have a price target of $25.00 on the company.

Canaccord Genuity upgraded Delphi Energy Corp. (DEE) from a "Sell" rating to a "Speculative Buy" rating.

BMO Capital Markets upgraded IAMGOLD Corp. (IAG) from a "Market Perform" rating to an "Outperform" rating.

Macquarie upgraded Quicksilver Resources (KWK) from an "Underperform" rating to a "Neutral" rating. They have a price target of $2.50 on the company.

Ladenburg Thalmann upgraded Alliant Energy (LNT) from a "Neutral" rating to a "Buy" rating.

Standpoint Research upgraded The Mosaic Company (MOS) from a "Hold" rating to a "Buy" rating.

Standpoint Research upgraded National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV) from a "Hold" rating to a "Buy" rating. They have a price target of $82.00 on the company.

Credit Suisse upgraded Seadrill Ltd (SDRL) from a "Neutral" rating to an "Outperform" rating. They have a price target of $48.00 on the company.

Citigroup (NYSE: C) upgraded China Petroleum and Chemical (SNP) from a "Neutral" rating to a "Buy" rating.

UBS AG upgraded STMicroelectronics (STM) from a "Sell" rating to a "Neutral" rating.

Tudor Pickering upgraded Targa Resources Investments Inc. (TRGP) from a "Hold" rating to a "Buy" rating.

Targa Resources (NGLS) Now Covered by Robert W. Baird

Targa Resources Partners LP (NYSE:NGLS), which provides midstream natural gas and natural gas liquid services in the United States, had new coverage initiated on them by Robert W. Baird.

They were started of with a "Neutral" rating and a price target of $41.00.

Since trading at $6.39 a share in the latter part of 2008, the share price of the limited partnership has rocketed to trade at around $40.00 a share today.

It appears the stock still has room to grow, as its increasingly hefty dividend attests to.

Targa was trading at $39.85, dropping $0.16, or 0.40 percent, as of 11:09 AM EST.

Hess (HES) (BAC) (MON) (MRO) (EPB) (NGLS) Ratings and Price Targets

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) upgraded Hess Corp (NYSE: HES) from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They have a price target price target of $104.00 on the company.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Bank of America (NYSE: BAC).

Wunderlich reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of El Paso Pipeline Partners (NYSE: EPB). They have a price target of $42.00 on the company.

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) reiterated an “overweight” rating on of Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON). They have a price target of $77.00 on the company.

Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Targa Resources Partners LP (NASDAQ: NGLS).

Oppenheimer cut their price target on Marathon Oil Co. (NYSE: MRO) from $62.00 to $40.00. They have an “outperform” rating on the company.