Schlumberger (SLB:NYS) and Westpac Banking (WBK:NYS) Downgraded

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Downgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been downgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.

Why Do Companies Get Downgraded?

Companies can get downgraded for a number of reasons but primarily due to reduced future earnings potential due to loss of contracts, faultering product lines, increasing costs relative to revenue or financial risk.

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
SLB Schlumberger Ltd 7 0 1 1 0 0 4.4444 4.5000 Outperform
WBK Westpac Banking Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 4.0000 Hold
BBT BB&T Corp 5 0 4 1 0 0 3.9000 4.0000 Outperform
WU The Western Union Co 1 0 5 0 1 0 3.0000 3.2857 Hold
RMD ResMed Inc 0 1 3 0 0 0 3.2500 3.4000 Hold
WNR Western Refining Inc 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
TCB TCF Financial Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 4.0000 Hold
BLX Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ARX ARC Resources Ltd 4 4 4 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1667 Outperform
TCW Trican Well Service Ltd 3 5 6 0 0 0 3.7857 3.8571 Outperform
TDG Trinidad Drilling Ltd 5 4 4 0 1 0 3.8571 3.9286 Outperform
GSC Golden Star Resources Ltd 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0000 2.5000 Underperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GSS Golden Star Resources Ltd 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0000 2.5000 Underperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CSX CSX Corp 2 0 9 0 0 0 3.3636 3.5455 Hold
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.8000 Buy
PTLA Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold

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.

SLB:NYS Schlumberger

http://www.slb.com
Schlumberger has 120000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Schlumberger Ltd is a supplier of technology, integrated project management and information solutions to customers working in the oil and gas industry. Its business segments are Reservoir Characterization Group, Drilling Group and Production Group.

WBK:NYS Westpac Banking

http://www.westpac.com.au
Westpac Banking has 32190 employees and is headquartered in Australia.
Westpac Banking Corp is engaged in providing banking and financial services in markets, including consumer, business, institutional banking and wealth management services.

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