Verizon Communications (VZ:NYS) and PepsiCo (PEP:NYS) Downgraded

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

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

Why Do Companies Get Downgraded?

Companies can get downgraded for a number of reasons but primarily due to reduced future earnings potential due to loss of contracts, faultering product lines, increasing costs relative to revenue or financial risk.

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
VZ Verizon Communications Inc 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.8571 Outperform
PEP PepsiCo Inc 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.5000 4.5556 Outperform
DEO Diageo PLC 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.6667 Outperform
DD E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co 3 0 3 1 0 0 3.7143 4.0000 Outperform
EPD Enterprise Products Partners LP 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.7143 4.8571 Buy
AWK American Water Works Co Inc 2 0 1 1 0 0 3.7500 4.0000 Outperform
VAR Varian Medical Systems Inc 1 0 2 0 1 0 3.0000 3.2500 Hold
ST Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 5.0000 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 2 2 4 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 2 2 4 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8000 Outperform
DH DH Corp 1 3 3 0 0 0 3.7143 4.0000 Outperform
PXT Parex Resources Inc 6 3 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.7000 Buy
PEG Pattern Energy Group Inc 5 3 1 0 0 0 4.4444 4.5000 Outperform
NGD New Gold Inc 2 2 8 0 1 0 3.3077 3.4615 Hold
SES Secure Energy Services Inc 8 3 2 0 0 0 4.4615 4.5833 Outperform
CHE.UN Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund 1 2 2 0 0 0 3.8000 4.0000 Outperform
LUG Lundin Gold Inc 3 6 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.3750 Outperform
CNE Canacol Energy Ltd 3 1 2 0 0 0 4.1667 4.2857 Outperform
PRU Perseus Mining Ltd 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.0000 4.3333 Outperform
SBB Sabina Gold & Silver Corp 2 4 1 0 0 0 4.1429 4.1667 Outperform
TGL TransGlobe Energy Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.8000 Hold
VLE Valeura Energy Inc 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.6667 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
WZR WesternZagros Resources Ltd 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 3.6667 Hold
AGI.WT Alamos Gold Inc 2 2 4 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8000 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NGD New Gold Inc 2 2 8 0 1 0 3.3077 3.4615 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AMTD TD Ameritrade Holding Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.8000 Hold
NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 5.0000 Outperform
PEGI Pattern Energy Group Inc 5 3 1 0 0 0 4.4444 4.5000 Outperform
XXIA Ixia 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.3333 Outperform
TGA TransGlobe Energy Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.8000 Hold
NOVN Novan Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold

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.

VZ:NYS Verizon Communications

http://www.verizon.com
Verizon Communications has 162000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Verizon Communications Inc is a provider of communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies.

PEP:NYS PepsiCo

http://www.pepsico.com
PepsiCo has 263000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
PepsiCo Inc is a food, snack and beverage company. The Company manufactures, markets, distributes and sells convenient and enjoyable beverages, foods and snacks, serving customers and consumers in more than 200 countries and territories.

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