Phillips 66 (PSX:NYS) and Valero Energy (VLO: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
PSX Phillips 66 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
VLO Valero Energy Corp 4 0 1 1 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.3333 Buy
RMD ResMed Inc 0 0 3 1 0 0 2.7500 2.5000 Hold
EFX Equifax Inc 8 3 2 0 0 0 4.4615 3.6667 Outperform
AJG Arthur J. Gallagher & Co 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
JEC Jacobs Engineering Group Inc 5 0 0 1 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
WRB WR Berkley Corp 0 0 5 0 1 0 2.6667 2.6000 Hold
HBI Hanesbrands Inc 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
CVRR CVR Refining LP 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 2.0000 Hold
NBR Nabors Industries Ltd 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.5000 4.2500 Outperform
CLS Celestica Inc 3 0 8 0 0 0 3.5455 3.5000 Outperform
EURN Euronav NV 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.6000 Buy
RFP Resolute Forest Products Inc 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.0000 Hold
DHT DHT Holdings Inc 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
SALT Scorpio Bulkers Inc 3 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
DSX Diana Shipping Inc 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.0000 2.5000 Hold
TNK Teekay Tankers Ltd 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
TNP Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
PWF Power Financial Corp 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
POW Power Corporation of Canada 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 3.5000 Outperform
SRU.UN SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 4.0000 Outperform
CHP.UN Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust 1 0 7 0 0 0 3.2500 3.2222 Hold
CRT.UN CT Real Estate Investment Trust 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.1250 Hold
CLS Celestica Inc 3 0 8 0 0 0 3.5455 3.5000 Outperform
CRR.UN Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust 3 1 4 0 0 0 3.8750 3.7778 Outperform
AX.UN Artis Real Estate Investment Trust 2 0 7 0 0 0 3.4444 3.2000 Hold
CGX Cineplex Inc 3 3 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8889 Outperform
GTE Gran Tierra Energy Inc 4 4 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
D.UN Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.2857 Hold
RFP Resolute Forest Products Inc 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.0000 Hold
AIM Aimia Inc 0 2 4 0 1 0 3.0000 2.8333 Hold
SRT.UN Slate Retail REIT 1 2 2 0 0 0 3.8000 3.6667 Outperform
SOT.UN Slate Office REIT 3 1 2 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
PGF Pengrowth Energy Corp 0 0 5 0 7 0 1.8333 1.7273 Underperform
PLZ.UN Plaza Retail REIT 0 1 4 0 0 0 3.2000 3.1667 Hold
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
PRV.UN PRO Real Estate Investment Trust 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.3333 Buy
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 4 4 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MAR Marriott International Inc 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 3.4286 Outperform
ANSS Ansys Inc 0 0 4 1 0 0 2.8000 2.6000 Hold
ZS Zscaler Inc 2 0 2 0 1 0 3.4000 3.0000 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.

PSX:NYS Phillips 66

http://www.phillips66.com
Phillips 66 has 14600 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Phillips 66 is an oil and gas company that purchases for resale and markets refined petroleum products. Its joint venture operates facilities in the United States and the Middle East and primarily produces olefins and polyolefins.

VLO:NYS Valero Energy

http://www.valero.com
Valero Energy has 10015 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Valero Energy Corp is a petroleum refining and marketing company. The company produces conventional gasolines, distillates, jet fuel, asphalt, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined products as well as a slate of premium products.

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