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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Visa Inc | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7000 | 4.3000 | Buy |
| MA | Mastercard Inc | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4444 | 4.2222 | Outperform |
| BHP | BHP Billiton Ltd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.3333 | 3.2500 | Hold |
| F | Ford Motor Co | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7143 | 3.5714 | Outperform |
| KEY | KeyCorp | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6667 | 3.4444 | Outperform |
| ECA | Encana Corp | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.4375 | 3.3125 | Hold |
| IT | Gartner Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 4.0000 | Buy |
| RDY | Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0000 | 2.0000 | Hold |
| JHX | James Hardie Industries PLC | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6667 | 2.5000 | Hold |
| PSXP | Phillips 66 Partners LP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3333 | 3.6667 | Outperform |
| WSM | Williams-Sonoma Inc | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3750 | 3.3333 | Hold |
| ESNT | Essent Group Ltd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0000 | 3.0000 | Outperform |
| AMFW | Amec Foster Wheeler PLC | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0000 | 3.7500 | Outperform |
| GCP | GCP Applied Technologies Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 0.0000 | Buy |
| AMN | AMN Healthcare Services Inc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.0000 | 3.6667 | Outperform |
Toronto Stock Exchange
| Symbol | Name | Buy | Out Perform | Hold | Under Perform | Sell | No Opinion | Mean Rating | Prev Mean Rating | Mean Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECA | Encana Corp | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.4375 | 3.3125 | Hold |
| OGC | OceanaGold Corp | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1667 | 4.0769 | Outperform |
| ASR | Alacer Gold Corp | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5714 | 3.5000 | Outperform |
NASDAQ
| Symbol | Name | Buy | Out Perform | Hold | Under Perform | Sell | No Opinion | Mean Rating | Prev Mean Rating | Mean Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8462 | 4.8333 | Buy |
| KLXI | KLX Inc | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0000 | 3.0000 | Outperform |
| SMCI | Super Micro Computer Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 4.0000 | Buy |
| CCRN | Cross Country Healthcare Inc | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6000 | 4.5000 | Buy |
| ITI | Iteris Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 0.0000 | Buy |
| NLST | Netlist Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 3.0000 | Buy |
| BLPH | Bellerophon Therapeutics Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 0.0000 | 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.
AMZN:NAS Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com
Amazon.com has 230800 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Amazon.com Inc is an online retailer. The Company sells its products through the website which provides services, such as advertising services and co-branded credit card agreements. It also offers electronic devices like Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets.
V:NYS Visa
http://www.corporate.visa.com
Visa has 11300 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Visa Inc is a payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. The Company operates a processing networks – VisaNet.
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