Rio Tinto (RIO:NYS) and General Dynamics (GD: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 1 1 0 0 3.7500 3.6000 Outperform
RIO Rio Tinto PLC 4 0 1 1 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
GD General Dynamics Corp 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
MFC Manulife Financial Corp 6 2 2 1 0 0 4.1818 3.9000 Outperform
SNN Smith & Nephew PLC 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 3.6667 Outperform
YELP Yelp Inc 3 0 3 0 1 0 3.5714 3.5000 Outperform
KL Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd 4 2 1 0 0 0 4.4286 4.3333 Outperform
MTOR Meritor Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
SHAK Shake Shack Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
SSW Seaspan Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MFC Manulife Financial Corp 6 2 2 1 0 0 4.1818 3.9000 Outperform
KL Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd 4 2 1 0 0 0 4.4286 4.3333 Outperform
SJ Stella-Jones Inc 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
OGC OceanaGold Corp 6 3 2 0 0 0 4.3636 4.2500 Outperform
RAY.B Stingray Digital Group Inc 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
RAY.A Stingray Digital Group Inc 3 1 1 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
EQX Equinox Gold Corp 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.4000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
SWKS Skyworks Solutions Inc 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.6000 Buy
STLD Steel Dynamics Inc 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
BRQS Borqs Technologies Inc 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0000 0.0000 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.

RIO:NYS Rio Tinto

http://www.riotinto.com
Rio Tinto has 51000 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
Rio Tinto Plc is a mining and exploration company. It discovers, mines, processes and supplies metals and minerals used in everyday modern life. Its main products include Bauxite, Alumina, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Nickel, and Diamonds.

GD:NYS General Dynamics

http://www.generaldynamics.com
General Dynamics has 98800 employees and is headquartered in United States.
General Dynamics Corp is an aerospace and defense company. It offers products and services in business aviation including combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions, shipbuilding, and communication and information technology services and solutions.

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