** Shares of ground freight service company XPO up 1.5% at $107.00 after Stifel upgrades to "buy" from "hold"
** Brokerage lifts PT to $120 from $115, representing a ~14% upside to stock's last close
** Stock over-corrected during a weak earnings season, despite management's internal productivity efforts, says brokerage
** Notes solid execution in Q3 for company's less-than-truckload segment turnaround plan, owing to improvements in service, pricing, cost efficiency and network optimization over the past two years
** "This is a good entry point for XPO, which is well positioned to gain share when the market turns" - Stifel
** 18 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, three "hold" and one "sell"; median PT is $138 - LSEG data
** Stock up 22% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))
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