Morgan Stanley (MS:NYS) and Prudential Financial (PRU: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
MS Morgan Stanley 6 0 1 1 1 0 4.0000 3.7778 Outperform
PRU Prudential Financial Inc 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.5000 Outperform
PCG PG&E Corp 3 0 2 1 0 0 3.8333 3.6000 Outperform
STZ.B Constellation Brands Inc 5 0 2 1 0 0 4.1250 4.0000 Outperform
STZ Constellation Brands Inc 5 0 2 1 0 0 4.1250 4.0000 Outperform
ABX Barrick Gold Corp 9 1 6 0 0 0 4.1875 4.1250 Outperform
GG Goldcorp Inc 3 2 9 0 0 0 3.5714 3.5000 Outperform
MKC McCormick & Co Inc 0 0 4 1 1 0 2.5000 2.4000 Underperform
MKC.V McCormick & Co Inc 0 0 4 1 1 0 2.5000 2.4000 Underperform
AA Alcoa Corp 2 0 1 1 0 0 3.7500 3.5000 Outperform
KGC Kinross Gold Corp 4 2 8 0 0 0 3.7143 3.6429 Outperform
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 3.9286 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ABX Barrick Gold Corp 9 1 6 0 0 0 4.1875 4.1250 Outperform
G Goldcorp Inc 3 2 9 0 0 0 3.5714 3.5000 Outperform
MX Methanex Corp 3 1 4 0 1 0 3.5556 3.3333 Outperform
K Kinross Gold Corp 4 2 8 0 0 0 3.7143 3.6429 Outperform
ENF Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc 2 1 5 0 0 0 3.6250 3.5556 Outperform
ELD Eldorado Gold Corp 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 3.9286 Outperform
MRE Martinrea International Inc 2 2 3 0 0 0 3.8571 3.6667 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ATVI Activision Blizzard Inc 5 0 0 1 0 0 4.5000 4.4000 Outperform
ERIC LM Ericsson Telephone Co 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp 3 0 6 0 1 0 3.4000 3.2000 Hold
ZION Zions Bancorp 4 0 5 0 0 0 3.8889 3.6667 Outperform
MEOH Methanex Corp 3 1 4 0 1 0 3.5556 3.3333 Outperform
INDB Independent Bank Corp 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 1.0000 Hold
CYBR CyberArk Software Ltd 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 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.

MS:NYS Morgan Stanley

http://www.morganstanley.com
Morgan Stanley has 55311 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Morgan Stanley is a financial services firm that, through its subsidiaries and affiliates advises, and originates, trades, manages and distributes capital for, governments, institutions and individuals.

PRU:NYS Prudential Financial

http://www.prudential.com
Prudential Financial has 49739 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Prudential Financial Inc through it’s subsidiaries and affiliates, offers financial products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds and investment management.

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