Scorpio Tankers stocks are up more than 8% in midday trading Thursday after getting the thumbs up from analysts this week.

Wednesday, Morgan Stanley's Fotis Giannakoulis bumped the Emanuele Lauro-led shipowners price target up from $25 to $27.

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Early Thursday morning, Liam Burke at B Riley FBR added Scorpio Tankers to its Alpha Generator list.