{"id":504,"date":"2017-01-19T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/?p=504"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:16:52","slug":"prudential-puknys-and-ameriprise-financial-ampnys-upgraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/2017\/01\/19\/prudential-puknys-and-ameriprise-financial-ampnys-upgraded\/","title":{"rendered":"Prudential (PUK:NYS) and Ameriprise Financial (AMP:NYS) Upgraded"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\">PUK<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Prudential PLC<\/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\">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\">4.4286<\/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\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">AMP<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Ameriprise Financial 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\">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\">3.6667<\/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<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">NBL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Noble Energy 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\">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\">3.7500<\/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\">SNN<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Smith &amp; Nephew PLC<\/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\">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\">3.6000<\/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<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">APO<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Apollo Global Management LLC<\/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\">LM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Legg Mason 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\">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\">4.0000<\/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<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">FII<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Federated Investors 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>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">MWA<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Mueller Water Products, 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\">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\">4.4286<\/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\">INSW<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">International Seaways 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<\/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\">MIC<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Genworth MI Canada 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\">3.6667<\/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\">CWB<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Canadian Western Bank<\/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\">8<\/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\">2.6000<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">2.4000<\/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\">MEG<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">MEG Energy 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\">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\">3.3333<\/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\">Hold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">TVE<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd<\/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\">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\">4.4000<\/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\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">PG<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Premier Gold Mines Ltd<\/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\">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\">4.3750<\/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\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">SDY<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Strad Energy Services 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\">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\">3.8000<\/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\">AEZ<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">AEterna Zentaris Inc<\/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\">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\">4.4000<\/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\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">WPK<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Winpak 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\">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\">3.5000<\/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\">TSX Venture Exchange<\/h6>\n<table style=\"font-size:11px;font-family:Lato,sans-serif\">\n<tr>\n<th 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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\">TROW<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">T. Rowe Price Group 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\">AGIO<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc<\/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\">4.0000<\/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\">AEZS<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">AEterna Zentaris Inc<\/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\">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\">4.4000<\/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\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Let&#8217;s look at a few companies&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0.5em\">PUK:NYS Prudential<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prudential.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.prudential.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\nPrudential has 25512 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.<br \/>\nPrudential PLC is an international financial services group. It offers retail financial products and services and asset management services throughout Asia, United States and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0.5em\">AMP:NYS Ameriprise Financial<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameriprise.com\">http:\/\/www.ameriprise.com<\/a><br \/>\nAmeriprise Financial has 13000 employees and is headquartered in United States.<br \/>\nAmeriprise Financial Inc is a diversified financial services company. The Company offers products and services designed to achieve the financial objectives of individual and institutional clients.<\/p>\n<h4>Free Valuation<\/h4>\n<p>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. You should not rely on any of the information as authoritative or as a substitute for the exercise of your own skill and judgment in making an investment decision.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have used the analysis tools on the website stockcalc.com to generate some of the content of this blog post. These tools and reports are available for free at www.stockcalc.com\/toppicks.aspx. 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