{"id":2918,"date":"2017-10-02T07:57:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2017-10-02T07:57:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T11:57:13","slug":"mcdonalds-mcdnys-and-altria-group-monys-upgraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/2017\/10\/02\/mcdonalds-mcdnys-and-altria-group-monys-upgraded\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s (MCD:NYS) and Altria Group (MO: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?PC=SC30&amp;dot=5MNDVUG1VD98#2\"> www.stockcalc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<hr id=\"dontLeave\" onmouseenter=\"document.getElementById('greycast').style.display = 'block';document.getElementById('SurePopup').style.display = 'block';\">\n<hr id=\"dontLeaveSide\" onmouseenter=\"document.getElementById('greycast').style.display = 'block';document.getElementById('SurePopup').style.display = 'block';\">\n<\/hr>\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;\">MCD<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">McDonald&#8217;s Corp<\/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;\">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;\">4.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.8000<\/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;\">MO<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Altria Group 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;\">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;\">3.2500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.2000<\/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;\">DEO<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Diageo PLC<\/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;\">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;\">4.0000<\/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;\">POT<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc<\/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;\">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;\">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;\">3.8462<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.6923<\/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;\">AGU<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Agrium Inc<\/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;\">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;\">4.0000<\/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 style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.05);\">\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">EGN<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Energen 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;\">0<\/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;\">4.2000<\/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;\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">HIFR<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">InfraREIT 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;\">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;\">4.0000<\/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;\">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;\">UTI<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Universal Technical Institute 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;\">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;\">3.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">1.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Hold<\/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;\">POT<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc<\/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;\">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;\">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;\">3.8462<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.6923<\/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;\">AGU<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Agrium Inc<\/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;\">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;\">4.0000<\/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;\">RRX<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Raging River Exploration Inc<\/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;\">4<\/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;\">4.1667<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">4.0833<\/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;\">SPB<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Superior Plus 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;\">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;\">3.6000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.4444<\/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;\">AGF.B<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">AGF Management Ltd<\/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;\">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;\">3.4000<\/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;\">WJX<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">Wajax Corp<\/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;\">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;\">4.0000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">3.7500<\/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; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">OCX<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em; text-align:left; border:1px solid white;\">OncoCyte Corp<\/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;\">6.0000<\/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;\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0\">NASDAQ<\/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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It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0.5em;\">MO:NYS Altria Group<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altria.com\">http:\/\/www.altria.com<\/a><br \/>\nAltria Group has 8300 employees and is headquartered in United States.<br \/>\nAltria Group Inc along with its subsidiaries is one of the largest producer and distributer of tobacco. Its group comprises of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Ste. 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