Merck & Co (MRK:NYS) and General Motors (GM: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
MRK Merck & Co Inc 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
GM General Motors Co 2 1 4 0 0 0 3.7143 3.5714 Outperform
S Sprint Corp 0 0 8 0 1 0 2.7778 2.7500 Hold
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp 4 1 0 0 0 0 4.8000 4.4000 Buy
AVB AvalonBay Communities Inc 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
PH Parker Hannifin Corp 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 3.5714 Outperform
MMP Magellan Midstream Partners LP 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.6000 Buy
MJN Mead Johnson Nutrition Co 0 1 3 0 0 0 3.2500 3.0000 Hold
TECK Teck Resources Ltd 7 2 1 0 1 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
OLN Olin Corp 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
USG USG Corp 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GMM.U General Motors Co 2 1 4 0 0 0 3.7143 3.5714 Outperform
TECK.A Teck Resources Ltd 7 2 1 0 1 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
TECK.B Teck Resources Ltd 7 2 1 0 1 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
FM First Quantum Minerals Ltd 7 2 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.5556 Buy
NVA NuVista Energy Ltd 7 5 1 0 0 0 4.4615 4.3077 Outperform
ATH Athabasca Oil Corp 3 2 2 0 1 0 3.7500 3.5714 Outperform
AZ Arizona Mining Inc 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
CS Capstone Mining Corp 4 4 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.9091 Outperform
TV Trevali Mining Corp 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
PHX PHX Energy Services Corp 0 2 1 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
IBG IBI Group Inc 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
SOX Stuart Olson Inc 2 0 4 0 1 0 3.2857 3.0000 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MAT Mattel Inc 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.3333 Buy
BIVV Bioverativ Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
MSTR MicroStrategy Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
CHUBK CommerceHub Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
CHUBA CommerceHub 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.

MRK:NYS Merck & Co

http://www.merck.com
Merck & Co has 68000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Merck & Co Inc is a health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health.

GM:NYS General Motors

https://www.gm.com
General Motors has 215000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
General Motors Company designs, builds and sells cars, trucks and automobile parts. The Company also provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc.

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