Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Zacks Recommendation Upgrade Drives FlexShopper, Sotherly Hotels Higher Shares of FlexShopper, Inc. FPAY and Sotherly Hotels Inc. SOHO have gained 49.2% and 16.7%, respectively, since their Zacks Recommendation was upgraded to Outperform on August 15. FlexShopper Inc. (FPAY): Free Stock Analysis Report Also, there was a heavy global economic drag throughout the week, with China reporting weaker-than-expected retail sales and industrial production and the July UK inflation data showing the highest increase in 40 years.