Wal-Mart Stores (WMT:NYS) and Priceline Group (PCLN:NAS) 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
WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc 0 1 6 0 1 0 2.8750 3.1250 Hold
LOW Lowe’s Companies Inc 7 0 2 0 1 0 4.2000 4.4000 Outperform
ETN Eaton Corp PLC 3 0 7 0 0 0 3.6000 3.7273 Outperform
CAH Cardinal Health Inc 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.5000 Hold
CHD Church & Dwight Co Inc 0 0 5 1 1 0 2.5714 2.8571 Hold
YUMC Yum China Holdings Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
KORS Michael Kors Holdings Ltd 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.8571 Outperform
PAG Penske Automotive Group Inc 0 0 2 1 1 0 2.2500 2.7500 Underperform
CR Crane Co 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.7500 Outperform
ITT ITT Corp 2 0 1 0 1 0 3.5000 3.8000 Hold
NJR New Jersey Resources Corp 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.0000 3.3333 Hold
ATU Actuant Corp 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 3.6667 Hold
GRP.U Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.5000 Hold
ABG Asbury Automotive Group Inc 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.3333 3.6667 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
WJA Westjet Airlines Ltd 0 1 12 0 0 0 3.0769 3.1538 Hold
GRT.UN Granite Real Estate Investment Trust 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.5000 Hold
HWO High Arctic Energy Services Inc 4 2 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.8000 Buy
CXR Concordia International Corp 0 0 1 0 7 0 1.2500 1.5000 Sell
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
PCLN The Priceline Group Inc 7 0 2 0 0 0 4.5556 4.6667 Buy
INTU Intuit Inc 4 0 3 1 1 0 3.5556 3.8750 Outperform
CG The Carlyle Group LP 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.8000 4.0000 Outperform
CXRX Concordia International Corp 0 0 1 0 7 0 1.2500 1.5000 Sell

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.

WMT:NYS Wal-Mart Stores

http://www.walmart.com
Wal-Mart Stores has 2300000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc operates retail stores in various formats under various banners. Its operations comprise of three reportable business segments, Walmart U.S., Walmart International and Sam’s Club in three categories retail, wholesale and others.

PCLN:NAS Priceline Group

http://www.pricelinegroup.com
Priceline Group has 18000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
The Priceline Group Inc is a provider of online travel and travel related reservation and search services. The Company offer consumers accommodation reservations through its Booking.com, priceline.com and agoda.com brands.

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