Wal-Mart Stores (WMT:NYS) and Novartis (NVS: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
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc 1 1 5 0 1 0 3.1250 2.8571 Hold
NVS Novartis AG 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.0000 Outperform
GSK GlaxoSmithKline PLC 2 1 2 0 1 0 3.5000 3.4286 Hold
DEO Diageo PLC 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.5714 Outperform
LYG Lloyds Banking Group PLC 4 0 1 0 1 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
NGG National Grid PLC 2 0 3 0 1 0 3.3333 3.2857 Hold
TGT Target Corp 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
RBS Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC 0 1 2 0 3 0 2.1667 2.0000 Underperform
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
TU TELUS Corp 4 0 8 0 0 0 3.6667 3.5000 Outperform
PH Parker Hannifin Corp 4 0 2 1 0 0 4.0000 3.7143 Outperform
USFD US Foods Holding Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
RL Ralph Lauren Corp 0 1 4 0 0 0 3.2000 3.0000 Hold
XPO XPO Logistics Inc 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.6000 Buy
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc 2 0 4 0 1 0 3.2857 3.2500 Hold
AMFW Amec Foster Wheeler PLC 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
ATU Actuant Corp 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.5000 Outperform
SALT Scorpio Bulkers Inc 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
PPP Primero Mining Corp 3 1 6 0 1 0 3.4545 3.4167 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
T TELUS Corp 4 0 8 0 0 0 3.6667 3.5000 Outperform
PJC.A The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc 0 0 4 0 2 0 2.3333 2.1429 Underperform
PXT Parex Resources Inc 7 2 0 0 0 0 4.7778 4.6667 Buy
MAG MAG Silver Corp 4 2 2 0 0 0 4.2500 4.1111 Outperform
POM PolyMet Mining Corp 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
CWX CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd 2 3 1 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
APY Anglo Pacific Group PLC 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.5000 2.0000 Underperform
ABT Absolute Software Corp 2 2 2 0 1 0 3.5714 3.2000 Outperform
SMU.UN Summit Industrial Income REIT 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.5000 Buy
PHX PHX Energy Services Corp 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
P Primero Mining Corp 3 1 6 0 1 0 3.4545 3.4167 Hold
KOR Corvus Gold Inc 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 1.0000 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
PGM Pure Gold Mining Inc 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2500 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MAG MAG Silver Corp 4 2 2 0 0 0 4.2500 4.1111 Outperform
PLM PolyMet Mining Corp 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GOLD Randgold Resources Ltd 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform

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.

WMT:NYS Wal-Mart Stores

http://www.walmart.com
Wal-Mart Stores has 2300000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc operates retail stores in various formats under various banners. Its operations comprise of three reportable business segments, Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam’s Club in three categories retail, wholesale and others.

NVS:NYS Novartis

http://www.novartis.com
Novartis has 118393 employees and is headquartered in Switzerland.
Novartis AG is in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of healthcare products and pharmaceuticals. Its portfolio includes pharmaceuticals and oncology medicines, generic and biosimilar medicines and eye care devices.

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