Walt Disney (DIS:NYS) and Goldman Sachs Group (GS:NYS) Upgraded

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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
DIS Walt Disney Co 5 1 3 0 0 0 4.2222 4.0000 Outperform
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4 0 3 0 1 0 3.7500 3.5714 Outperform
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.2857 Outperform
DFS Discover Financial Services 9 0 0 1 0 0 4.7000 4.6667 Buy
ROP Roper Technologies Inc 4 0 2 1 0 0 4.0000 3.7143 Outperform
LB L Brands Inc 3 1 6 0 0 0 3.7000 3.6000 Outperform
DOV Dover Corp 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 3.2857 Outperform
GSPRN Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4 0 3 0 1 0 3.7500 3.5714 Outperform
NLY Annaly Capital Management Inc 1 0 1 0 2 0 2.5000 1.6667 Underperform
M Macy’s Inc 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.0000 Hold
PSXP Phillips 66 Partners LP 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
MFA MFA Financial Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
LXFT Luxoft Holding Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
RH RH 0 1 4 0 0 0 3.2000 3.1667 Hold
HTGC Hercules Capital Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
ANH Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
PSK PrairieSky Royalty Ltd 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
AOI Africa Oil Corp 3 2 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp 8 1 2 0 0 0 4.5455 4.3636 Buy
AGNC AGNC Investment Corp 1 0 2 0 1 0 3.0000 2.3333 Hold
CBOE CBOE Holdings Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
NAVI Navient Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
AINV Apollo Investment Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
PPBI Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
VRTU Virtusa Corp 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
TCBK TriCo Bancshares 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
LGIH LGI Homes Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
HONE HarborOne Bancorp Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy

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.

DIS:NYS Walt Disney

http://www.disney.com
Walt Disney has 195000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Walt Disney Co together with its subsidiaries is a diversified entertainment company. It operates cable programming services including ESPN, Disney Channels and Freeform networks. It also owns & operates Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.

GS:NYS Goldman Sachs Group

http://www.gs.com
Goldman Sachs Group has 34900 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is a investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Its segments include Investment Banking, Institutional Client Services, Investing & Lending and Investment Management.

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