Spectrum Brands Holdings (SPB:NYS) and Algonquin Power (AQN:TSE) 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
NGG National Grid PLC 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 3.8000 Outperform
SPB Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp 6 2 0 0 0 0 4.7500 4.5556 Buy
ERF Enerplus Corp 7 3 2 0 0 0 4.4167 4.3636 Outperform
SHAK Shake Shack Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
AHT Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.0000 2.5000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AQN Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp 6 2 0 0 0 0 4.7500 4.5556 Buy
NPI Northland Power Inc 5 1 2 0 0 0 4.3750 4.2222 Outperform
ENDP Endo International PLC 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
ERF Enerplus Corp 7 3 2 0 0 0 4.4167 4.3636 Outperform
BLX Boralex Inc 6 2 0 0 0 0 4.7500 4.6667 Buy
TCN Tricon Capital Group Inc 5 1 0 0 0 0 4.8333 4.7500 Buy
NXE NexGen Energy Ltd 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.1667 Outperform
KMP.UN Killam Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust 5 2 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.4286 Outperform
IIP.UN InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust 5 0 4 0 0 0 4.1111 4.0000 Outperform
TDG Trinidad Drilling Ltd 5 5 3 0 0 0 4.1538 4.0769 Outperform
PPY Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 4.0000 Outperform
AXY Alterra Power Corp 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
TAO TAG Oil Ltd 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NTS Nanotech Security Corp 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NFLX Netflix Inc 8 0 3 0 3 0 3.7143 3.6154 Outperform
ENDP Endo International PLC 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
ARII American Railcar Industries Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 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.

SPB:NYS Spectrum Brands Holdings

http://www.spectrumbrands.com
Spectrum Brands Holdings has 15700 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc is a diversified consumer products company. The Company is engaged in manufacturing and marketing alkaline, zinc carbon and hearing aid batteries, herbicides, insecticides and repellents and specialty pet supplies.

AQN:TSE Algonquin Power

http://www.algonquinpower.com
Algonquin Power has 1490 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp is a renewable energy and regulated utility company. It is engages in hydroelectric, wind, thermal and solar power facilities, and sustainable utility distribution businesses.

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