** Goodyear Tire & Rubber's shares GT.O rise 12.6% to $11.98
** BNP Paribas upgrades rating to "outperform" from "neutral", citing relative cost advantage in the U.S. resulting from tariffs
** Lifts PT to $15 from $11, representing ~41% upside to the stock's last close
** "We see significant support for GT to deliver meaningful price/mix-led earnings upside, which the market is underappreciating," — BNP Paribas
** Two of 12 brokerages rate the stock "strong buy", five "buy" and five "hold"; their median PT is $14.20 — LSEG compiled data
** As of last close, stock had risen 32.7% YTD
(Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta)
((Aatreyee.Dasgupta@thomsonreuters.com))