Fortis (FTS:TSE) and Canadian Utilities (CU.X: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
FTS Fortis Inc 2 4 3 0 0 0 3.8889 3.8750 Outperform
NNN National Retail Properties Inc 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.0000 2.0000 Hold
HEI.A Heico Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
HEI Heico Corp 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
SUM Summit Materials Inc 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.6000 Buy
OAS Oasis Petroleum Inc 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2857 4.0000 Outperform
VSTO Vista Outdoor Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
PWE Penn West Petroleum Ltd 1 0 7 0 2 0 2.8000 2.7778 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
FTS Fortis Inc 2 4 3 0 0 0 3.8889 3.8750 Outperform
CU.X Canadian Utilities Ltd 1 1 5 0 0 0 3.4286 3.3333 Hold
CU Canadian Utilities Ltd 1 1 5 0 0 0 3.4286 3.3333 Hold
PWT Penn West Petroleum Ltd 1 0 7 0 2 0 2.8000 2.7778 Hold
QTRH Quarterhill Inc 2 0 1 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
PNRA Panera Bread Co 2 0 5 0 0 0 3.5714 3.5000 Outperform
MESO Mesoblast Ltd 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
ARCB ArcBest Corp 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.7500 3.6000 Outperform
QTRH Quarterhill Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 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.

FTS:TSE Fortis

http://www.fortisinc.com
Fortis has 8000 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Fortis Inc is an electric and gas utility holding company. The company’s regulated utilities serves customers across Canada and in the United States and the Caribbean.

CU.X:TSE Canadian Utilities

http://www.canadianutilities.com
Canadian Utilities has 5388 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Canadian Utilities Ltd is engaged transmission & distribution of electricity and natural gas. The Company is also involved in power generation & sales, natural gas gathering, processing, storage and liquids extraction.

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