HSBC Holdings (HSBC:NYS) and Medtronic (MDT:NYS) 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
HSBC HSBC Holdings PLC 1 1 1 0 2 0 2.8000 2.6000 Hold
MDT Medtronic PLC 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.2500 4.1429 Outperform
NKE Nike Inc 5 0 4 0 0 0 4.1111 4.0000 Outperform
PBR Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.5000 Hold
PBR.A Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.5000 Hold
F Ford Motor Co 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
COF Capital One Financial Corp 4 1 2 0 1 0 3.8750 3.7500 Outperform
GPC Genuine Parts Co 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.1667 Hold
ECA Encana Corp 7 2 6 1 2 0 3.6111 3.5000 Outperform
PVH PVH Corp 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.0000 Outperform
RSPP RSP Permian Inc 7 1 0 0 0 0 4.8750 4.6250 Buy
EGN Energen Corp 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7500 Outperform
WPX WPX Energy Inc 3 0 1 1 0 0 4.0000 3.7500 Outperform
DDR DDR Corp 0 0 5 0 1 0 2.6667 2.3333 Hold
RUBI The Rubicon Project Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ECA Encana Corp 7 2 6 1 2 0 3.6111 3.5000 Outperform
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp 4 2 5 0 0 0 3.9091 3.7273 Outperform
WTE Westshore Terminals Investment Corp 1 1 3 0 0 0 3.6000 3.4000 Outperform
IIP.UN InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust 6 0 3 0 0 0 4.3333 4.1111 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
TTR Titanium Transportation Group Inc 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.0000 Outperform
RNK.A Wow Unlimited Media Inc 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0000 0.0000 Outperform
RNK.B Wow Unlimited Media Inc 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0000 0.0000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
BIDU Baidu Inc 3 0 2 0 1 0 3.6667 3.4000 Outperform
TMUS T-Mobile US Inc 7 0 0 1 0 0 4.6250 4.5714 Buy
PAAS Pan American Silver Corp 4 2 5 0 0 0 3.9091 3.7273 Outperform
PODD Insulet Corp 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.2000 Hold
LWAY Lifeway Foods Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.5000 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.

HSBC:NYS HSBC Holdings

http://www.hsbc.com
HSBC Holdings has 241000 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
HSBC Holdings PLC provides banking and financial services through four segments namely Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets and Global Private Banking.

MDT:NYS Medtronic

http://www.medtronic.com
Medtronic has 88000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Medtronic PLC is engaged in providing medical technology alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life of people. It currently functions in four operating segments that manufacture and sell device-based medical therapies.

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