{"id":1787,"date":"2017-05-31T07:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2017-05-31T07:35:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T11:35:19","slug":"british-american-tobacco-btiase-and-westpac-banking-wbknys-upgraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/2017\/05\/31\/british-american-tobacco-btiase-and-westpac-banking-wbknys-upgraded\/","title":{"rendered":"British American Tobacco (BTI:ASE) and Westpac Banking (WBK:NYS) Upgraded"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);margin-bottom:0;padding:0.75rem;padding-bottom:0;\"> Stockcalc &#8211; Free Trial<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);padding:0.75rem;padding-top:0.25rem;\"> Have a free look inside the StockCalc website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/registration2.aspx\"> www.stockcalc.com\/registration2.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I have used the analysis tools on the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/\">stockcalc.com<\/a> to generate some of the content of this blog post. These tools and reports are available for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/TopPicks.aspx\">www.stockcalc.com\/toppicks.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Upgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been upgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.<\/p>\n<h5>Why Do Companies Get Upgraded?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<h4>Today&#8217;s Data on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Below we have today&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0\">New York Stock Exchange<\/h6>\n<table style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Symbol<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Buy<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Out Perform<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Hold<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Under Perform<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Sell<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">No Opinion<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Mean Rating<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Prev Mean Rating<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Mean Label<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">WBK<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Westpac Banking Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.2500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Hold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">VMW<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">VMware Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.8571<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">KGC<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Kinross Gold Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0769<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.9231<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">CPG<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Crescent Point Energy Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.1538<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0714<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">KNX<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Knight Transportation Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.5000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0\">Toronto Stock Exchange<\/h6>\n<table style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Symbol<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Buy<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Out Perform<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Hold<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Under Perform<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Sell<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">No Opinion<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Mean Rating<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Prev Mean Rating<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Mean Label<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">K<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Kinross Gold Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0769<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.9231<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">CPG<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Crescent Point Energy Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.1538<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0714<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">BBD.B<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Bombardier Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.8333<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.6667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">BBD.A<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Bombardier Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.8333<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.6667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">SCL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Shawcor Ltd<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.3333<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.1667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">LB<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Laurentian Bank of Canada<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2.6667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2.6000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Hold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">SVC<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Sandvine Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.3333<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.6667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">ABT<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Absolute Software Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.8750<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.7143<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">MDF<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Mediagrif Interactive Technologies Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.7500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.2500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">DEE<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Delphi Energy Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.4000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.8333<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">MOZ<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Marathon Gold Corp<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">5.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.6667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">ER<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Eastmain Resources Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.2500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.2000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0\">American Stock Exchange<\/h6>\n<table style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Symbol<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Buy<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Out Perform<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Hold<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Under Perform<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Sell<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">No Opinion<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Mean Rating<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Prev Mean Rating<\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color:#6e8295;text-align:center;padding:0.5em;border:1px solid white;color:white;\">Mean Label<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; 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text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">GOLD<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Randgold Resources Ltd<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.5000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.4000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Hold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">NCSM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">NCS Multistage Holdings Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">5.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">0.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">CAFD<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">8point3 Energy Partners LP<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; 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Its brand portfolio includes Dunhill, Kent, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0.5em;\">WBK:NYS Westpac Banking<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpac.com.au\">http:\/\/www.westpac.com.au<\/a><br \/>\nWestpac Banking has 32190 employees and is headquartered in Australia.<br \/>\nWestpac Banking Corp is engaged in providing banking and financial services in markets, including consumer, business, institutional banking and wealth management services.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);margin-bottom:0;padding:0.75rem;padding-bottom:0;\">Free Valuation<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);padding:0.75rem;padding-top:0.25rem;\">Run a valuation on any of the companies listed above at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/valureport.aspx\">www.stockcalc.com\/valureport.aspx<\/a> or subscribe at our Stockcalc Facebook Page to receive this list each day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stockcalc\/app\/100265896690345\">Stockcalc Reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The content presented here is in part from the website <a href=\"www.stockcalc.com\">stockcalc.com<\/a> and is provided on an <strong>as is<\/strong> or <strong>as available<\/strong> basis with all faults and may not be current in all cases. 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