** Auto parts supplier BorgWarner's shares BWA.N rise 1.3% to $43.22 premarket
** Baird upgrades rating to "outperform" from "neutral"
** Brokerage cites BWA's favorable leverage to hybrid vehicles and consistent execution, TheFly says
** Lifts PT to $52 from $41, representing ~22% upside to stock's last close
** "Baird is increasingly bullish on the vehicle technology space due to 'continued less bad' auto trends and ongoing sector rotation potential," TheFly says
** Three brokerages rate stock "strongbuy", nine "buy" and six "hold"; their median PT is $43.50 - LSEG-compiled data
** As of last close, stock had risen 34.2% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))