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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COF | Capital One Financial Corp | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.7500 | 3.4444 | Outperform |
| ICE | Intercontinental Exchange Inc | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6000 | 4.3333 | Buy |
| ABX | Barrick Gold Corp | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.1250 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.8000 | 2.4000 | Hold |
| GG | Goldcorp Inc | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5000 | 3.3571 | Hold |
| TECK | Teck Resources Ltd | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.3636 | 4.1818 | Outperform |
| SWFT | Swift Transportation Co | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.1250 | 3.8750 | Outperform |
| CRS | Carpenter Technology Corp | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.4000 | 3.0000 | Hold |
| PWE | Penn West Petroleum Ltd | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.1250 | 2.8750 | Hold |
| PGH | Pengrowth Energy Corp | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.2727 | 2.0909 | Underperform |
Toronto Stock Exchange
| Symbol | Name | Buy | Out Perform | Hold | Under Perform | Sell | No Opinion | Mean Rating | Prev Mean Rating | Mean Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABX | Barrick Gold Corp | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.1250 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| G | Goldcorp Inc | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5000 | 3.3571 | Hold |
| TECK.A | Teck Resources Ltd | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.3636 | 4.1818 | Outperform |
| TECK.B | Teck Resources Ltd | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.3636 | 4.1818 | Outperform |
| CEU | Canadian Energy Services & Technology Corp | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.4444 | 4.3750 | Outperform |
| BAD | Badger Daylighting Ltd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2000 | 4.0000 | Outperform |
| PWT | Penn West Petroleum Ltd | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.1250 | 2.8750 | Hold |
| PGF | Pengrowth Energy Corp | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.2727 | 2.0909 | Underperform |
| CR | Crew Energy Inc | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3077 | 4.2500 | Outperform |
| DIR.UN | Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3333 | 3.2857 | Hold |
| PMT | Perpetual Energy Inc | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5000 | 2.3333 | Underperform |
| PFB | PFB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHC | The Kraft Heinz Co | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5000 | 4.3333 | Outperform |
| SYMC | Symantec Corp | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.8333 | 3.7143 | Outperform |
| DBVT | DBV Technologies SA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 3.0000 | Buy |
| LMAT | LeMaitre Vascular Inc | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6000 | 4.5000 | Buy |
| VBTX | Veritex Holdings Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0000 | 0.0000 | Buy |
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.
KHC:NAS Kraft Heinz
http://www.heinz.com
Kraft Heinz has 41000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
The Kraft Heinz Co is a consumer packaged food & beverage company. It manufactures & markets food & beverage products, including cheese, meats, refreshment beverages, packaged dinners, snack nuts, & other grocery products.
COF:NYS Capital One Financial
http://www.capitalone.com
Capital One Financial has 47300 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Capital One Financial Corp is a financial services holding company. The Company with its banking and non-banking subsidiaries markets financial products and services.
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