Snap (SNAP:NYS) and Edwards Lifesciences (EW: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
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co 6 0 3 0 1 0 4.0000 3.9000 Outperform
DFS Discover Financial Services 9 0 1 0 0 0 4.8000 4.7000 Buy
SNAP Snap Inc 0 0 3 1 2 0 2.1667 1.7500 Underperform
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2000 Outperform
FNV Franco-Nevada Corp 4 2 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7778 Outperform
AGCO AGCO Corp 1 0 3 0 1 0 3.0000 2.8000 Hold
KNX Knight Transportation Inc 1 0 4 1 1 0 2.8571 2.7143 Hold
CRC California Resources Corp 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.5000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
FNV Franco-Nevada Corp 4 2 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7778 Outperform
FFH Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd 1 2 1 0 1 0 3.4000 3.2500 Hold
ONEX Onex Corp 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.4000 Outperform
APH Aphria Inc 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
BDI Black Diamond Group Ltd 1 1 2 0 1 0 3.2000 2.7500 Hold
PMT Perpetual Energy Inc 0 0 4 0 0 0 3.0000 2.5000 Hold
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
LXE Leucrotta Exploration Inc 5 4 2 0 0 0 4.2727 4.1667 Outperform
AVE Aveda Transportation and Energy Services Inc 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.5000 Buy
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MDRX Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc 5 0 3 1 0 0 4.0000 3.7778 Outperform
CTMX CytomX Therapeutics Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 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.

SNAP:NYS Snap

http://www.snap.com
Snap has 1859 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Snap Inc is a camera application developer. Its main product is Snapchat, a camera application created to help people communicate through short videos and images. It also offers Spectacles, which are camera-enabled sunglasses.

EW:NYS Edwards Lifesciences

http://www.edwards.com
Edwards Lifesciences has 11100 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp technologies treat structural heart disease and critically ill patients. It manufactures heart valves and repair products used to replace or repair a patient’s diseased or defective heart valve.

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