BHP Billiton (BHP:NYS) and Lowe’s Companies (LOW: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
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd 2 0 2 1 0 0 3.6000 3.4000 Outperform
LOW Lowe’s Companies Inc 7 1 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.2222 Buy
ECL Ecolab Inc 6 0 3 1 0 0 4.1000 4.0000 Outperform
RF Regions Financial Corp 0 0 7 1 0 0 2.8750 2.8571 Hold
FE FirstEnergy Corp 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
JNPR Juniper Networks Inc 1 0 6 0 1 0 3.0000 2.7500 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
IVN Ivanhoe Mines Ltd 3 5 0 0 0 0 4.3750 4.1250 Outperform
HCG Home Capital Group Inc 1 2 6 0 0 0 3.4444 3.2222 Hold
SBB Sabina Gold & Silver Corp 1 6 2 0 0 0 3.8889 3.7500 Outperform
NVCN Neovasc 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
EA Electronic Arts Inc 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.4286 4.3333 Outperform
EXEL Exelixis Inc 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
OKTA Okta Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
RARE Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
NCSM NCS Multistage Holdings Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy
NVCN Neovasc Inc 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.5000 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.

BHP:NYS BHP Billiton

http://www.bhpbilliton.com
BHP Billiton has 60000 employees and is headquartered in Australia.
BHP Billiton Ltd is a natural resources company. It is engaged in producing commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical and energy coal, conventional and unconventional oil and gas, copper, aluminium, manganese, uranium, nickel and silver.

LOW:NYS Lowe’s Companies

http://www.lowes.com
Lowe’s Companies has 290000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Lowe’s Companies Inc is a home-improvement products dealer. The firm’s stores offer products and services for home decorating, maintenance, repair, and remodeling.

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