A recent debt offering and amended credit facility have helped strengthen the Las Vegas-based company's financial position, while projects in Missouri and Louisiana may also push the stock higher, Logsdon added in a note to clients.
The analyst lifted Pinnacle to "Outperform" from "Market Perform" and increased its price target to us$ 14 from us$ 12.
The company's stock rose 51 cents, or 5 %, to us$ 10.65 in morning trading. The shares have traded in a 52-week range of us$ 2.58 to us$ 13.99.