BHP Billiton (BBL:NYS) and Vodafone Group (VOD:NAS) Upgraded

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Upgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been upgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.

Why Do Companies Get Upgraded?

Companies can get upgraded for a number of reasons, but primarily due to improved future earnings potential due to new contracts, new products, cost savings or restructuring.

In the list below you can see the number of analysts we have in the StockCalc database along with the number of buy-hold-sell on the company.

Today’s Data on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Below we have today’s data for companies listed on all of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, and TSX Venture Exchange.

New York Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
UL Unilever PLC 3 2 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.1667 Outperform
BBL BHP Billiton PLC 0 0 5 1 0 0 2.8333 2.8000 Hold
CL Colgate-Palmolive Co 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.0000 Hold
F Ford Motor Co 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7143 Outperform
RCL Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
JNPR Juniper Networks Inc 0 0 6 0 1 0 2.7143 2.5714 Hold
RMD ResMed Inc 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
MUR Murphy Oil Corp 0 0 5 0 0 0 3.0000 2.8000 Hold
NEP NextEra Energy Partners LP 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.3333 Buy
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ALA AltaGas Ltd 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.2500 Hold
CRH CRH Medical Corp 8 1 1 0 0 0 4.7000 4.6667 Buy
TXP Touchstone Exploration Inc 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CRHM CRH Medical Corp 8 1 1 0 0 0 4.7000 4.6667 Buy
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
VOD Vodafone Group PLC 1 1 2 0 1 0 3.2000 3.0000 Hold
WYNN Wynn Resorts Ltd 2 1 4 0 0 0 3.7143 3.4286 Outperform
SSB South State Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
PRIM Primoris Services Corp 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.0000 Outperform

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

BBL:NYS BHP Billiton

http://www.bhpbilliton.com
BHP Billiton has 65000 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
BHP Billiton PLC is engaged in minerals exploration, development, production & processing, and oil & gas exploration, development and production.

VOD:NAS Vodafone Group

http://www.vodafone.com
Vodafone Group has 111684 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
Vodafone Group PLC provides voice and data communications services for all types of customers. The Company has presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific region and the United States.

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