Verizon Communications (VZ:NYS) and Automatic Data Processing (ADP:NAS) 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
VZ Verizon Communications Inc 1 0 7 0 0 0 3.2500 3.2857 Hold
TJX TJX Companies Inc 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2857 4.3750 Outperform
ORAN Orange SA 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
AEP American Electric Power Co Inc 3 0 2 1 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
FIS Fidelity National Information Services Inc 5 0 3 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1000 Outperform
MT ArcelorMittal SA 4 0 0 1 0 0 4.4000 4.6000 Outperform
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc 3 0 5 0 1 0 3.4444 3.6667 Hold
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc 6 5 5 0 1 0 3.8824 3.9412 Outperform
ALLE Allegion PLC 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
AGCO AGCO Corp 1 0 3 1 0 0 3.2000 3.4000 Hold
ATR AptarGroup Inc 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.3333 3.6667 Hold
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc 0 1 4 0 0 0 3.2000 3.2500 Hold
VC Visteon Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 4.2000 Hold
ELLI Ellie Mae Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.3333 Outperform
CRS Carpenter Technology Corp 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.8000 4.0000 Outperform
SCL Stepan Co 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp 2 2 6 0 1 0 3.3636 3.4545 Hold
CSTM Constellium NV 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 5.0000 Outperform
QHC Quorum Health Corp 0 0 2 0 1 0 2.3333 2.5000 Underperform
FE FirstEnergy Corp 0 0 6 0 0 0 3.0000 3.1667 Hold
EMN Eastman Chemical Co 2 0 1 1 0 0 3.7500 4.0000 Outperform
BIG Big Lots Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.3333 Outperform
LAZ Lazard Ltd 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.6667 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CVE Cenovus Energy Inc 6 5 5 0 1 0 3.8824 3.9412 Outperform
CU.X Canadian Utilities Ltd 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.4286 Hold
CU Canadian Utilities Ltd 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.4286 Hold
CPX Capital Power Corp 2 1 5 0 1 0 3.3333 3.4000 Hold
OGC OceanaGold Corp 4 3 6 0 0 0 3.8462 4.0000 Outperform
ELD Eldorado Gold Corp 2 2 6 0 1 0 3.3636 3.4545 Hold
AAR.UN Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.1429 4.2500 Outperform
ADN Acadian Timber Corp 1 0 3 0 1 0 3.0000 3.2000 Hold
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MQX Marquee Energy Ltd 1 2 3 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc 3 0 3 1 2 0 3.1111 3.2500 Hold
EXPE Expedia Inc 7 0 1 0 0 0 4.7500 4.8750 Buy
CERN Cerner Corp 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 4.0000 Outperform
LKQ LKQ Corp 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.7500 4.2500 Outperform
CSGP CoStar Group Inc 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.0000 3.0000 Underperform
GT Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 5.0000 Outperform
MAT Mattel Inc 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.7500 4.0000 Outperform
ICLR Icon PLC 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.3333 3.6667 Hold
MSTR MicroStrategy Inc 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
SNC State National Companies Inc 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0000 5.0000 Sell
ECHO Echo Global Logistics Inc 2 1 0 0 1 0 3.7500 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.

VZ:NYS Verizon Communications

http://www.verizon.com
Verizon Communications has 161000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Verizon Communications Inc is a provider of communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies. It offers voice, data and video services and solutions to wireless and wireline networks.

ADP:NAS Automatic Data Processing

http://www.adp.com
Automatic Data Processing has 57000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Automatic Data Processing Inc is a provider of miscellaneous business solutions. Its business includes provision of technology-based outsourcing solutions to employers, vehicle retailers and manufacturers.

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