McDonald’s (MCD:NYS) and Altria Group (MO: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
MCD McDonald’s Corp 5 0 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
MO Altria Group Inc 1 0 2 1 0 0 3.2500 3.2000 Hold
DEO Diageo PLC 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
POT Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc 5 3 4 0 1 0 3.8462 3.6923 Outperform
AGU Agrium Inc 5 2 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
EGN Energen Corp 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
HIFR InfraREIT Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0000 1.0000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
POT Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc 5 3 4 0 1 0 3.8462 3.6923 Outperform
AGU Agrium Inc 5 2 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
RRX Raging River Exploration Inc 5 4 3 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0833 Outperform
SPB Superior Plus Corp 2 2 6 0 0 0 3.6000 3.4444 Outperform
AGF.B AGF Management Ltd 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.0000 Hold
WJX Wajax Corp 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7500 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
OCX OncoCyte Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0000 5.0000 Buy
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
JACK Jack In The Box Inc 2 0 1 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.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 375000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with over 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

MO:NYS Altria Group

http://www.altria.com
Altria Group has 8300 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Altria Group Inc along with its subsidiaries is one of the largest producer and distributer of tobacco. Its group comprises of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Nu Mark, and Philip Morris Capital.

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