{"id":613,"date":"2017-01-27T07:12:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T12:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/?p=613"},"modified":"2017-01-27T07:12:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T12:12:30","slug":"rio-tinto-rionys-and-mondelez-international-mdlznas-upgraded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stockcalc.com\/blog\/BrianD\/2017\/01\/27\/rio-tinto-rionys-and-mondelez-international-mdlznas-upgraded\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Tinto (RIO:NYS) and Mondelez International (MDLZ:NAS) 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\">RIO<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Rio Tinto PLC<\/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\">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\">4.3750<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">4.2857<\/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\">VALE<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Vale SA<\/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<\/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\">3.0000<\/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\">Hold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">TEL<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">TE Connectivity 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\">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\">4.0000<\/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<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">RMD<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">ResMed Inc<\/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\">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\">3.5000<\/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\">NYCB<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">New York Community Bancorp Inc<\/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\">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\">3.2000<\/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>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">AA<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Alcoa 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\">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\">3.0000<\/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\">ANET<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Arista Networks 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\">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\">4.1250<\/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\">PF<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Pinnacle Foods 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\">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\">3.7500<\/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\">Outperform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">P<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Pandora Media 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\">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\">4.6667<\/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\">Buy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">DO<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Diamond Offshore Drilling 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\">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\">2.8333<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">2.5000<\/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\">GNW<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Genworth 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\">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\">3.0000<\/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\">TSQ<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Townsquare Media 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<\/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\">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\">3<\/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\">3.5000<\/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>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">TCW<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Trican Well Service 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\">5<\/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\">3.9286<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">3.7857<\/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\">AXY<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Alterra Power 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\">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\">3.8000<\/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\">NPC<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">NAPEC Inc<\/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\">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\">3.0000<\/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\">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;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">MDLZ<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Mondelez International 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\">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 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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\">LNCE<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Snyder&#8217;s-Lance 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\">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\">3.7500<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid 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white\">UBSH<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Union Bankshares 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\">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\">2.0000<\/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\">SPAR<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Spartan Motors 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\">ACAT<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">Arctic Cat Inc<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:0.24em;text-align:left;border:1px solid white\">1<\/td>\n<td 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employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.<br \/>\nRio Tinto PLC is an international mining group engaged in finding, mining and processing the Earth&#8217;s mineral resources. Its main products include Bauxite, Alumina, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Nickel, and Diamonds.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"margin-bottom:0.5em\">MDLZ:NAS Mondelez International<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mondelezinternational.com\">http:\/\/www.mondelezinternational.com<\/a><br \/>\nMondelez International has 99000 employees and is headquartered in United States.<br \/>\nMondelez International Inc manufactures and markets snack food and beverage products. It produces packaged food products, including biscuits, chocolate, gum &amp; candy, beverages, and cheese &amp; grocery.<\/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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