Wal-Mart Stores (WMT:NYS) and Comcast (CMCSA:NAS) 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 6 0 1 0 3.1111 2.8750 Hold
EOG EOG Resources Inc 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.4286 4.0000 Outperform
TJX TJX Companies Inc 6 0 3 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2500 Outperform
LVLT Level 3 Communications Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
Q Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc 3 1 2 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
BF.B Brown-Forman Corp 1 0 4 1 0 0 3.1667 3.1429 Hold
LB L Brands Inc 3 1 6 0 0 0 3.7000 3.5556 Outperform
TIF Tiffany & Co 3 0 2 1 0 0 3.8333 3.6000 Outperform
COH Coach Inc 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
KMX CarMax Inc 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
GPS Gap Inc 0 0 8 0 1 0 2.7778 2.7500 Hold
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.7500 3.5000 Outperform
JWN Nordstrom Inc 2 0 5 0 1 0 3.2500 3.0000 Hold
KSS Kohl’s Corp 0 0 6 0 1 0 2.7143 2.6667 Hold
KAR KAR Auction Services Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
SBH Sally Beauty Holdings Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
AMFW Amec Foster Wheeler PLC 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7500 Outperform
OII Oceaneering International Inc 3 0 2 0 1 0 3.6667 3.3333 Outperform
BID Sothebys 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy
AEO American Eagle Outfitters Inc 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
PLNT Planet Fitness Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
HRI Herc Holdings Inc 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
BKE Buckle Inc 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.0000 2.3333 Hold
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co 0 0 3 0 4 0 1.8571 1.6667 Underperform
BTU Peabody Energy Corp 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 0.0000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AAR.UN Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust 4 2 1 0 0 0 4.4286 4.3333 Outperform
GUD Knight Therapeutics Inc 4 4 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.1111 Outperform
CHH Centric Health Corp 5 1 0 0 0 0 4.8333 4.6667 Buy
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 3 2 0 0 0 4.3000 4.1667 Outperform
TREK Trek Mining 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
CMCSA Comcast Corp 7 0 0 1 0 0 4.6250 4.5000 Buy
COST Costco Wholesale Corp 7 0 2 1 0 0 4.3000 4.2222 Outperform
ROST Ross Stores Inc 4 0 3 1 0 0 3.8750 3.7143 Outperform
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
DISCB Discovery Communications Inc 3 1 4 0 2 0 3.3000 3.1000 Hold
DISCA Discovery Communications Inc 3 1 4 0 2 0 3.3000 3.1000 Hold
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 3 1 4 0 2 0 3.3000 3.1000 Hold
LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc 5 1 3 0 1 0 3.9000 3.7778 Outperform
MSTR MicroStrategy Inc 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
SCHN Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0000 1.0000 Underperform
SYRS Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 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.

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.

CMCSA:NAS Comcast

http://www.comcastcorporation.com
Comcast has 159000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Comcast Corp is a media and technology company. The Company has two operations Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal.

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