HSBC Holdings (HSBC:NYS) and AstraZeneca (AZN: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
HSBC HSBC Holdings PLC 1 0 2 1 0 0 3.2500 2.8000 Hold
AZN AstraZeneca PLC 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
EFX Equifax Inc 9 3 0 1 0 0 4.5385 4.4000 Buy
AGU Agrium Inc 4 3 5 0 0 0 3.9167 3.8182 Outperform
DRI Darden Restaurants Inc 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
NFG National Fuel Gas Co 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
UFS Domtar Corp 1 2 5 0 1 0 3.2222 3.0000 Hold
BIG Big Lots Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
AMFW Amec Foster Wheeler PLC 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
HAE Haemonetics Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy
GOLF Acushnet Holdings Corp 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.2000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AGU Agrium Inc 4 3 5 0 0 0 3.9167 3.8182 Outperform
DOL Dollarama Inc 4 3 2 0 0 0 4.2222 4.1000 Outperform
TOY Spin Master Corp 5 3 0 0 0 0 4.6250 4.3750 Buy
REF.UN Canadian Real Estate Investment Trust 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 3.8750 Outperform
UFS Domtar Corp 1 2 5 0 1 0 3.2222 3.0000 Hold
PEGI Pattern Energy Group Inc 4 3 1 0 0 0 4.3750 4.3333 Outperform
HBC Hudson’s Bay Co 3 0 6 0 0 0 3.6667 3.6000 Outperform
WTE Westshore Terminals Investment Corp 1 2 2 0 0 0 3.8000 3.6000 Outperform
GTE Gran Tierra Energy Inc 5 3 2 1 0 0 4.0909 2.0000 Outperform
GUY Guyana Goldfields Inc 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.3333 Outperform
MERC.U Mercer International Inc 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 3.0000 Outperform
APY Anglo Pacific Group PLC 2 0 0 0 0 1 3.3333 2.5000 Hold
IBG IBI Group Inc 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.2500 Outperform
PMTS CPI Card Group Inc 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.6667 1.0000 Underperform
HZM Horizonte Minerals PLC 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.0000 0.0000 Underperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GTE Gran Tierra Energy Inc 5 3 2 1 0 0 4.0909 2.0000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
TSLA Tesla Inc 2 0 4 0 2 0 3.0000 2.8750 Hold
CSX CSX Corp 5 0 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
MAR Marriott International Inc 4 0 2 0 1 0 3.8571 3.7143 Outperform
ILMN Illumina Inc 3 0 3 1 0 0 3.7143 3.4286 Outperform
WPPGY WPP PLC 3 1 2 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
PEGI Pattern Energy Group Inc 4 3 1 0 0 0 4.3750 4.3333 Outperform
MERC Mercer International Inc 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 3.0000 Outperform
PMTS CPI Card Group Inc 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.6667 1.0000 Underperform
FH Form Holdings Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 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.

HSBC:NYS HSBC Holdings

http://www.hsbc.com
HSBC Holdings has 232957 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
HSBC Holdings PLC provides commercial banking, global banking, and wealth management among other services. It operates in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and North America.

AZN:NYS AstraZeneca

http://www.astrazeneca.com
AstraZeneca has 59700 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
AstraZeneca PLC belongs to the healthcare sector. The company develops and markets pharmaceutical products for various therapeutic classes such as gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, immunology, and neuroscience.

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