Applied Materials (AMAT:NAS) and Canadian Natural Res (CNQ: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
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 14 2 1 0 0 0 4.7647 4.7222 Buy
SCG SCANA Corp 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.7500 3.5000 Outperform
KORS Michael Kors Holdings Ltd 3 0 2 0 1 0 3.6667 3.3333 Outperform
ESV Ensco PLC 3 1 1 0 1 0 3.8333 3.7143 Outperform
BIOA BioAmber Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.5000 Buy
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Ltd 14 2 1 0 0 0 4.7647 4.7222 Buy
POU Paramount Resources Ltd 6 0 5 0 0 0 4.0909 4.0000 Outperform
TDG Trinidad Drilling Ltd 7 4 2 0 0 0 4.3846 4.2308 Outperform
CWX CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd 3 2 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2500 Outperform
INV INV Metals Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.5000 Buy
BIOA BioAmber Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.5000 Buy
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AMAT Applied Materials Inc 6 0 0 1 0 0 4.5714 4.2857 Buy
EBAY eBay Inc 6 0 4 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0909 Outperform
ESRX Express Scripts Holding Co 0 1 5 0 1 0 2.8571 2.8333 Hold
CA CA Inc 1 0 5 0 1 0 3.0000 2.7143 Hold
AKBA Akebia Therapeutics 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.

AMAT:NAS Applied Materials

http://www.appliedmaterials.com
Applied Materials has 16700 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Applied Materials Inc is a supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. It provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic and related industries.

CNQ:TSE Canadian Natural Res

http://www.cnrl.com
Canadian Natural Res has 7270 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd is an oil and natural gas producers in Western Canada. Its portfolio includes light and medium oil, heavy oil, bitumen, synthetic oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas.

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