Visa (V:NYS) and Medtronic (MDT: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
V Visa Inc 8 1 1 0 0 0 4.7000 4.6000 Buy
ORCL Oracle Corp 9 0 3 1 0 0 4.3077 4.1538 Outperform
MDT Medtronic PLC 5 1 2 0 0 0 4.3750 4.2500 Outperform
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.2500 Outperform
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.2500 4.1250 Outperform
HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 5 1 0 0 1 0 4.2857 4.1667 Outperform
LB L Brands Inc 3 1 5 0 0 0 3.7778 3.7000 Outperform
JWN Nordstrom Inc 1 0 6 0 0 0 3.2857 3.0000 Hold
THO Thor Industries Inc 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.6000 Buy
TLLP Tesoro Logistics LP 3 1 0 0 0 0 4.7500 4.5000 Buy
X United States Steel Corp 2 0 1 1 0 0 3.7500 3.2500 Outperform
VSM Versum Materials Inc 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 3.8000 Outperform
AKS AK Steel Holding Corp 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
RH RH 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.3333 Outperform
MGP MGM Growth Properties LLC 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
HBM Hudbay Minerals Inc 5 4 2 0 0 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
CHS Chico’s FAS Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.4000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
LUN Lundin Mining Corp 8 3 0 0 0 0 4.7273 4.7000 Buy
D.UN Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.0000 Hold
HBM Hudbay Minerals Inc 5 4 2 0 0 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
HCG Home Capital Group Inc 0 4 3 0 0 0 3.5714 3.2857 Outperform
TV Trevali Mining Corp 3 2 0 0 0 0 4.6000 4.5000 Buy
CS Capstone Mining Corp 4 2 3 0 0 0 4.1111 4.0000 Outperform
LXR LXRandCo Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
EMAN eMagin Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
COST Costco Wholesale Corp 7 0 2 1 0 0 4.3000 4.1000 Outperform
BIIB Biogen Inc 6 1 2 0 0 0 4.4444 4.3750 Outperform
MAR Marriott International Inc 4 0 2 1 1 0 3.6250 3.4286 Outperform
CERN Cerner Corp 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 3.7500 Outperform
WFM Whole Foods Market Inc 2 0 5 0 1 0 3.2500 3.0000 Hold
UTHR United Therapeutics Corp 2 0 3 0 1 0 3.3333 3.2857 Hold
ATHN athenahealth Inc 3 0 3 1 0 0 3.7143 3.6250 Outperform
CLVS Clovis Oncology Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 0.0000 Hold
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group Inc 0 1 3 0 1 0 2.8000 2.6000 Hold
WIX Wix.com Ltd 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
FEYE FireEye Inc 2 0 4 1 0 0 3.4286 3.3750 Hold
CENX Century Aluminum Co 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 1.0000 Hold
QSII Quality Systems Inc 0 0 2 0 1 0 2.3333 2.0000 Underperform
ESPR Esperion Therapeutics Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
HEES H&E Equipment Services Inc 3 0 0 0 1 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
CPSI Computer Programs and Systems Inc 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.3333 Hold
NBRV Nabriva Therapeutics PLC 4 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.

V:NYS Visa

http://www.corporate.visa.com
Visa has 11300 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Visa Inc is a payments technology company working to enable consumers, businesses, banks and governments to use fast, secure and reliable digital currency. The Company operates processing networks – VisaNet.

MDT:NYS Medtronic

http://www.medtronic.com
Medtronic has 88000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Medtronic PLC is a medical technology company, offering an unprecedented breadth and depth of innovative therapies to fulfill our Mission of alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life.

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