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Upgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX
Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been upgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.
Why Do Companies Get Upgraded?
Companies can get upgraded for a number of reasons, but primarily due to improved future earnings potential due to new contracts, new products, cost savings or restructuring.
In the list below you can see the number of analysts we have in the StockCalc database along with the number of buy-hold-sell on the company.
Today’s Data on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX
Below we have today’s data for companies listed on all of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, and TSX Venture Exchange.
New York Stock Exchange
| Symbol | Name | Buy | Out Perform | Hold | Under Perform | Sell | No Opinion | Mean Rating | Prev Mean Rating | Mean Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDS.B | Royal Dutch Shell PLC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.2000 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| RDS.A | Royal Dutch Shell PLC | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.2000 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| CNI | Canadian National Railway Co | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4706 | 3.4118 | Hold |
| AET | Aetna Inc | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0000 | 3.8889 | Outperform |
| JCI | Johnson Controls International PLC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5714 | 4.3750 | Buy |
| ANTM | Anthem Inc | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2857 | 4.1250 | Outperform |
| CI | Cigna Corp | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8000 | 3.6667 | Outperform |
| HUM | Humana Inc | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5714 | 3.5000 | Outperform |
| EC | Ecopetrol SA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0000 | 2.3333 | Hold |
| ANTX | Anthem Inc | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2857 | 4.1250 | Outperform |
| AER | AerCap Holdings NV | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6000 | 4.5000 | Buy |
| XRX | Xerox Corp | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3333 | 3.0000 | Hold |
| HFC | HollyFrontier Corp | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2500 | 3.7500 | Outperform |
| AGCO | AGCO Corp | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.0000 | 2.6000 | Hold |
| CCJ | Cameco Corp | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1111 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| AL | Air Lease Corp | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.2000 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| PDS | Precision Drilling Corp | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.9375 | 3.8125 | Outperform |
| HCLP | Hi-Crush Partners LP | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.3333 | 2.0000 | Underperform |
Toronto Stock Exchange
| Symbol | Name | Buy | Out Perform | Hold | Under Perform | Sell | No Opinion | Mean Rating | Prev Mean Rating | Mean Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNR | Canadian National Railway Co | 3 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4706 | 3.4118 | Hold |
| ALA | AltaGas Ltd | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.4000 | 3.2000 | Hold |
| CCO | Cameco Corp | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1111 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| FCR | First Capital Realty Inc | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3750 | 4.2500 | Outperform |
| PD | Precision Drilling Corp | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.9375 | 3.8125 | Outperform |
| DPM | Dundee Precious Metals Inc | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7500 | 3.6667 | Outperform |
| LMP | Lumenpulse Inc | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2222 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
NASDAQ
| Symbol | Name | Buy | Out Perform | Hold | Under Perform | Sell | No Opinion | Mean Rating | Prev Mean Rating | Mean Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNRA | Panera Bread Co | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3000 | 4.1000 | Outperform |
| KITE | Kite Pharma Inc | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8333 | 4.8000 | Buy |
| CPLP | Capital Product Partners LP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0000 | 3.6667 | Outperform |
| CBAY | CymaBay Therapeutics Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 4.0000 | Buy |
| ROSG | Rosetta Genomics Ltd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3333 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
Let’s look at a few companies…
Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.
RDS.A:NYS Royal Dutch Shell
http://www.shell.com
Royal Dutch Shell has 93000 employees and is headquartered in Netherlands.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is an integrated oil & gas company. The Company explores for & extracts crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. It also liquefies and transports gas.
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