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What: Shares of W&T Offshore (NYSE: WTI) jumped 16% today in the company’s second big jump of the week.

So what: Earlier this week, higher oil prices were driving shares higher, but this time an analyst is driving the move by upgrading shares. Global Hunter Securities upgraded W&T Offshore from accumulate to buy, which sounds very similar to me, but has investors hitting the buy button today.

Now what: Oil is actually down slightly today so the move is a welcome sight in the industry. Shares are currently trading with a 10.7 trailing P/E ratio and an eight forward P/E ratio, so I think there’s still some upside potential here.

I’m going so far as to give W&T a green thumb on My CAPS page on the belief that oil prices will continue to rise and shares are providing investors with an attractive value.

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