Cisco Systems (CSCO:NAS) 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
MMM 3M Co 2 0 2 1 0 0 3.6000 3.2000 Outperform
MDT Medtronic PLC 6 1 0 0 0 0 4.8571 4.6250 Buy
VMW VMware Inc 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
COF Capital One Financial Corp 4 0 3 0 1 0 3.7500 3.4444 Outperform
BSX Boston Scientific Corp 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8889 Outperform
NOK Nokia Oyj 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
SYF Synchrony Financial 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
AZO AutoZone Inc 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8889 Outperform
GPC Genuine Parts Co 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
IVZ Invesco Ltd 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.1667 Outperform
NLY Annaly Capital Management Inc 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.0000 Hold
AMG Affiliated Managers Group Inc 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.0000 Buy
ADT ADT Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
TOL Toll Brothers Inc 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.1667 Outperform
JHG Janus Henderson Group PLC 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.8000 3.4000 Outperform
ARW Arrow Electronics Inc 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
SKX Skechers USA Inc 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
BKU BankUnited Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
VLY Valley National Bancorp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
TCF TCF Financial Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.5000 Outperform
CIEN Ciena Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
CMC Commercial Metals Co 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
CRC California Resources Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corp 0 0 4 0 7 0 1.7273 1.5455 Underperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
TCW Trican Well Service Ltd 6 4 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2500 Outperform
OBE Obsidian Energy Ltd 2 2 3 0 4 0 2.8182 2.7273 Hold
PGF Pengrowth Energy Corp 0 0 4 0 7 0 1.7273 1.5455 Underperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CSCO Cisco Systems Inc 7 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.7500 Buy
ORLY O’Reilly Automotive Inc 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.4286 4.2500 Outperform
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 5 0 4 0 1 0 3.8000 3.7273 Outperform
SYMC Symantec Corp 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.5000 Outperform
NTAP NetApp Inc 5 0 2 0 1 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
BMRN Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8750 Outperform
CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
FFIV F5 Networks Inc 1 0 3 0 1 0 3.0000 2.8333 Hold
FTNT Fortinet Inc 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7778 Outperform
SBNY Signature Bank 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.2500 Buy
PACW PacWest Bancorp 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
UMPQ Umpqua Holdings Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
TCBI Texas Capital Bancshares Inc 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.3333 Hold
CATY Cathay General Bancorp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
FEYE FireEye Inc 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.5000 Outperform
HOPE Hope Bancorp Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
FINL Finish Line Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
WIN Windstream Holdings Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 2.3333 Hold

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.

CSCO:NAS Cisco Systems

http://www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems has 72900 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Cisco Systems Inc is a supplier of data networking equipment and software. Its products include routers, switches, access equipment, and security and network management software which allow data communication among dispersed computer networks.

MDT:NYS Medtronic

http://www.medtronic.com
Medtronic has 84000 employees and is headquartered in Ireland.
Medtronic PLC is a medical technology company. It primarily manufacture and sell device-based medical therapies. It operates in Cardiac and Vascular, Minimally Invasive Therapies, Restorative Therapies and Diabetes segments.

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