Unilever (UL:NYS) and AbbVie (ABBV: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
UL Unilever PLC 1 1 1 1 0 0 3.5000 3.8000 Hold
ABBV AbbVie Inc 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1667 Outperform
LLY Eli Lilly and Co 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 4.0000 Outperform
DEO Diageo PLC 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.6667 Hold
E Eni SpA 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.8000 4.2000 Outperform
LYG Lloyds Banking Group PLC 2 1 0 0 1 0 3.7500 4.0000 Outperform
PUK Prudential PLC 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.4286 Outperform
ANTM Anthem Inc 4 0 3 1 0 0 3.8750 4.0000 Outperform
AET Aetna Inc 5 0 3 0 1 0 3.8889 4.0000 Outperform
CUK Carnival PLC 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 3.6667 Hold
RBS Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC 0 0 2 0 2 0 2.0000 2.2000 Underperform
HUM Humana Inc 2 0 5 1 0 0 3.3750 3.4286 Hold
RCI Rogers Communications Inc 5 3 3 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1667 Outperform
ANTX Anthem Inc 4 0 3 1 0 0 3.8750 4.0000 Outperform
PBA Pembina Pipeline Corp 7 4 3 1 0 0 4.1333 4.2667 Outperform
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc 4 4 3 0 0 0 4.0909 4.1667 Outperform
ALV Autoliv Inc 0 0 4 0 2 0 2.3333 2.6667 Underperform
AMFW Amec Foster Wheeler PLC 3 0 5 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8571 Outperform
DDC Dominion Diamond Corp 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1429 Outperform
CYH Community Health Systems Inc 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.4000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
RCI.A Rogers Communications Inc 5 3 3 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1667 Outperform
RCI.B Rogers Communications Inc 5 3 3 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1667 Outperform
PPL Pembina Pipeline Corp 7 4 3 1 0 0 4.1333 4.2667 Outperform
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc 4 4 3 0 0 0 4.0909 4.1667 Outperform
ENF Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
DDC Dominion Diamond Corp 2 2 2 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1429 Outperform
GUY Guyana Goldfields Inc 2 4 1 0 0 0 4.1429 4.1667 Outperform
KMP.UN Killam Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust 5 3 1 0 0 0 4.4444 4.5000 Outperform
NCA NewCastle Gold Ltd 5 4 0 0 0 0 4.5556 4.6250 Buy
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MCR Macro Enterprises Inc 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.5000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
SHPG Shire PLC 3 1 0 0 0 0 4.7500 4.8000 Buy
WPPGY WPP PLC 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
LPNT LifePoint Health Inc 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.8000 Outperform
JUNO Juno Therapeutics Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 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.

UL:NYS Unilever

http://www.unilever.com
Unilever has 169000 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
Unilever PLC is a supplier of fast moving consumer goods. Its areas of operations are Personal Care, Home Care, Foods and Refreshment.

ABBV:NYS AbbVie

http://www.abbvie.com
AbbVie has 30000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
AbbVie Inc is a research-based biopharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a broad line of pharmaceutical products for treating chronic autoimmune diseases, virology and neurological disorders.

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