BHP Billiton (BHP:NYS) and Gilead Sciences (GILD:NAS) 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
BHP BHP Billiton Ltd 1 0 1 1 0 0 3.3333 3.2500 Hold
ECA Encana Corp 11 2 5 1 0 0 4.2105 4.1053 Outperform
PII Polaris Industries Inc 1 0 5 0 2 0 2.7500 2.7143 Hold
TRQ Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
TAHO Tahoe Resources Inc 4 1 6 0 0 0 3.8182 3.6364 Outperform
HSC Harsco Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy
APRN Blue Apron Holdings Inc 2 0 1 0 1 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ECA Encana Corp 11 2 5 1 0 0 4.2105 4.1053 Outperform
TRQ Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
LUN Lundin Mining Corp 9 3 1 0 0 0 4.6154 4.5833 Buy
EMP.A Empire Co Ltd 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.4286 Outperform
CG Centerra Gold Inc 2 2 5 0 0 0 3.6667 3.4444 Outperform
THO Tahoe Resources Inc 4 1 6 0 0 0 3.8182 3.6364 Outperform
SUM Solium Capital Inc 3 2 2 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
CS Capstone Mining Corp 5 3 3 0 0 0 4.1818 4.1000 Outperform
ER Eastmain Resources Inc 1 4 0 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
EMAN eMagin Corp 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
GILD Gilead Sciences Inc 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2857 4.1667 Outperform
AABA Altaba Inc 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
HSIC Henry Schein Inc 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.3333 Buy
KITE Kite Pharma Inc 1 0 2 1 0 0 3.2500 2.8000 Hold
EXEL Exelixis Inc 1 0 2 1 0 0 3.2500 2.6667 Hold
SSNC SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.5000 Buy
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 4 0 1 0 3.3750 3.1111 Hold
DISCB Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 4 0 1 0 3.3750 3.1111 Hold
DISCA Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 4 0 1 0 3.3750 3.1111 Hold
SGEN Seattle Genetics Inc 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.8000 3.5000 Outperform
GLPG Galapagos NV 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 0.0000 Hold
FSLR First Solar Inc 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 3.5714 Outperform
JUNO Juno Therapeutics Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
PDCO Patterson Companies Inc 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.6000 3.5000 Outperform
ICPT Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc 4 1 0 0 1 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
SAGE Sage Therapeutics Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
MNRO Monro Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
DVAX Dynavax Technologies Corp 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy
WEB Web.com Group Inc 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.0000 Outperform
IMGN Immunogen Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
ALDR Alder BioPharmaceuticals Inc 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
RARX Ra Pharmaceuticals Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
IMDZ Immune Design Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
ESDI Eastside Distilling 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.

BHP:NYS BHP Billiton

http://www.bhpbilliton.com
BHP Billiton has 65000 employees and is headquartered in Australia.
BHP Billiton Ltd is a natural resources company. It is engaged in producing commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical and energy coal, conventional and unconventional oil and gas, copper, aluminium, manganese, uranium, nickel and silver.

GILD:NAS Gilead Sciences

http://www.gilead.com
Gilead Sciences has 9000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Gilead Sciences Inc is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes new medicines in areas of unmet medical need. Its products target a number of areas, such as HIV, liver diseases, cardiovascular and other diseases.

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