Comcast (CMCSA:NAS) and Dow Chemical (DOW: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
DOW Dow Chemical Co 6 0 0 1 0 0 4.5714 4.7143 Buy
NEE NextEra Energy Inc 5 0 1 1 0 0 4.2857 4.4286 Outperform
KMB Kimberly-Clark Corp 1 0 6 0 0 0 3.2857 3.5714 Hold
AEP American Electric Power Co Inc 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 4.3333 Outperform
SHW Sherwin-Williams Co 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1250 Outperform
ROK Rockwell Automation Inc 2 0 3 1 1 0 3.1429 3.4286 Hold
FDC First Data Corp 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1429 Outperform
DOV Dover Corp 3 0 3 1 0 0 3.7143 3.8571 Outperform
AYI Acuity Brands Inc 5 0 1 0 1 0 4.1429 4.4286 Outperform
DRE Duke Realty Corp 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 4.5000 Outperform
PHM PulteGroup Inc 3 0 2 0 1 0 3.6667 3.8333 Outperform
TAHO Tahoe Resources Inc 6 2 2 0 0 0 4.4000 4.6000 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 3 2 5 0 0 0 3.8000 3.9091 Outperform
PIR Pier 1 Imports Inc 0 0 3 0 2 0 2.2000 2.3333 Underperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ALA AltaGas Ltd 1 0 7 0 0 0 3.2500 3.4000 Hold
THO Tahoe Resources Inc 6 2 2 0 0 0 4.4000 4.6000 Outperform
MDA MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd 3 1 5 0 0 0 3.7778 3.8750 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 3 2 5 0 0 0 3.8000 3.9091 Outperform
MEG MEG Energy Corp 0 3 4 0 0 0 3.4286 3.5000 Hold
AKG Asanko Gold Inc 0 4 4 0 0 0 3.5000 3.7500 Hold
MPVD Mountain Province Diamonds Inc 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.5000 Hold
TDG Trinidad Drilling Ltd 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
MND Mandalay Resources Corp 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.5000 Outperform
PTM Platinum Group Metals Ltd 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.6667 Outperform
SVY Savanna Energy Services Corp 3 1 3 0 1 0 3.6250 3.8750 Outperform
EOX Euromax Resources Ltd 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 4.5000 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
OPS Opsens Inc 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.5000 Outperform
AGI.WT Alamos Gold Inc 3 2 5 0 0 0 3.8000 3.9091 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AKG Asanko Gold Inc 0 4 4 0 0 0 3.5000 3.7500 Hold
PLG Platinum Group Metals Ltd 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.6667 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CMCSA Comcast Corp 7 0 0 1 0 0 4.6250 5.0000 Buy
MYL Mylan NV 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2857 4.5000 Outperform
SPLK Splunk Inc 8 0 2 0 0 0 4.6000 4.7778 Buy
JBLU JetBlue Airways Corp 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 5.0000 Outperform
GNTX Gentex Corp 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 4.5000 Hold
ACHC Acadia Healthcare Co Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 5.0000 Outperform
HTLD Heartland Express Inc 0 0 3 1 2 0 2.1667 2.3333 Underperform
AMED Amedisys Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
CAFD 8point3 Energy Partners LP 2 0 1 0 2 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
MPVD Mountain Province Diamonds Inc 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.5000 Hold
SCHN Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0000 2.0000 Sell

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.

CMCSA:NAS Comcast

http://www.comcastcorporation.com
Comcast has 153000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Comcast Corp is a media and technology company. The Company has two operations Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal.

DOW:NYS Dow Chemical

http://www.dow.com
Dow Chemical has 59000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Dow Chemical Co is as an integrated science and technology company. The Company’s business segments are Agricultural Sciences, Consumer Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, Performance Materials & Chemicals and Performance Plastics.

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