** Pet products retailer Chewy's shares rise 4.8% to $34.53; hit more than four-month high of $34.70 earlier in session
** BofA Global Research upgrades to "buy" from "underperform"; raises PT to $40 from $24
** Says improving industry trends and Chewy's expense discipline should lead to significant earnings growth that Street is likely underestimating
** Chewy web traffic has accelerated significantly and is supportive of share gains and possibly better than expected customer count - brokerage
** Brokerage expects another strong EBITDA beat in Q3
** Seventeen of 31 brokerages rate stock "buy" or higher, 14 "hold"; their median PT is $33 - LSEG data
** Including session's move, stock up 45.9% YTD
(Reporting by Sukriti Gupta in Bengaluru)
((Sukriti.Gupta@thomsonreuters.com;))
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