Mastercard (MA:NYS) and McDonald’s (MCD: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
MA Mastercard Inc 8 0 0 1 0 0 4.6667 4.4444 Buy
MCD McDonald’s Corp 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
PUK Prudential PLC 3 0 1 0 1 0 3.8000 3.6667 Outperform
STI SunTrust Banks Inc 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
MGA Magna International Inc 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 3.8750 Outperform
DOV Dover Corp 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
CIT CIT Group Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.0000 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.1429 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MG Magna International Inc 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 3.8750 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.1429 Outperform
SPB Superior Plus Corp 4 6 1 0 0 0 4.2727 4.0909 Outperform
DPM Dundee Precious Metals Inc 2 4 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
DHX DHX Media Ltd 0 1 7 0 2 0 2.7000 2.5000 Hold
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AGI.WT Alamos Gold Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.1429 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MU Micron Technology Inc 7 0 4 0 0 0 4.2727 4.0909 Outperform
JBHT JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.4286 4.2857 Outperform
DHXM DHX Media Ltd 0 1 7 0 2 0 2.7000 2.5000 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.

MA:NYS Mastercard

http://www.mastercard.com
Mastercard has 13400 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Mastercard Inc is a technology company that generates revenue by charging fees to its customers based on both the dollar volume of card activity and the number of transactions processed through the network.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 235000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with approximately 37,200 restaurants in 120 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

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