HSBC Holdings (HSBC:NYS) and Unilever (UN:NYS) 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
HSBC HSBC Holdings PLC 0 0 3 0 1 0 2.5000 2.2000 Underperform
UN Unilever NV 2 1 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
UL Unilever PLC 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.0000 Outperform
DEO Diageo PLC 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.1429 Outperform
RBS Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC 0 0 3 0 1 0 2.5000 2.2000 Underperform
TGT Target Corp 2 0 3 1 0 0 3.5000 3.2000 Hold
FMS Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.5000 Outperform
KYO Kyocera Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
MSI Motorola Solutions Inc 5 1 0 0 0 0 4.8333 4.6667 Buy
SNN Smith & Nephew PLC 2 1 4 0 0 0 3.7143 3.6250 Outperform
MFGP Micro Focus International PLC 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.6667 3.5000 Outperform
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd 5 3 7 0 0 0 3.8667 3.7692 Outperform
GIL Gildan Activewear Inc 2 2 9 0 0 0 3.4615 3.3636 Hold
OGE OGE Energy Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
SR Spire Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
FTSI FTS International Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
FRAC Keane Group Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
TAC TransAlta Corp 0 1 7 0 1 0 2.8889 2.7500 Hold
DPLO Diplomat Pharmacy Inc 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.0000 Hold
DDD 3D Systems Corp 1 1 2 0 0 0 3.7500 3.6000 Outperform
FI Frank’s International NV 1 1 3 0 3 0 2.6250 2.5000 Hold
EGO Eldorado Gold Corp 1 2 7 0 3 0 2.8462 2.7273 Hold
OBE Obsidian Energy Ltd 2 3 4 0 4 0 2.9231 2.8182 Hold
PGH Pengrowth Energy Corp 0 0 5 0 7 0 1.8333 1.7273 Underperform
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp 0 1 4 0 1 0 2.8333 2.6000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
WEED Canopy Growth Corp 1 2 3 0 1 0 3.2857 3.1667 Hold
PJC.A The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.6667 1.0000 Underperform
TA TransAlta Corp 0 1 7 0 1 0 2.8889 2.7500 Hold
LAS.A Lassonde Industries Inc 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
PSI Pason Systems Inc 2 0 3 0 1 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
LNF Leon’s Furniture Ltd 0 1 2 0 0 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
ELD Eldorado Gold Corp 1 2 7 0 3 0 2.8462 2.7273 Hold
UNS Uni-Select Inc 3 2 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2000 Outperform
AGF.B AGF Management Ltd 1 2 4 0 0 0 3.5714 3.4000 Outperform
TDG Trinidad Drilling Ltd 3 5 5 0 0 0 3.8462 3.7273 Outperform
GS Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.0000 Hold
EDR Endeavour Silver Corp 0 1 4 0 1 0 2.8333 2.6000 Hold
EXF EXFO Inc 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.0000 Hold
PIF Polaris Infrastructure Inc 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
ISV Information Services Corp 0 1 2 0 0 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
III Imperial Metals Corp 0 0 3 0 2 0 2.2000 2.0000 Underperform
IRG Imvescor Restaurant Group Inc 0 1 1 0 2 0 2.2500 1.6667 Underperform
BOS Airboss of America Corp 0 2 3 0 0 0 3.4000 3.2500 Hold
SRX Storm Resources Ltd 2 4 4 0 0 0 3.8000 3.6250 Outperform
TGL TransGlobe Energy Corp 0 2 2 0 0 0 3.5000 3.3333 Hold
UR UrtheCast Corp 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
ESN Essential Energy Services Ltd 1 2 2 0 0 0 3.8000 3.5000 Outperform
EDT Spectral Medical Inc 0 1 0 0 1 0 2.5000 1.0000 Underperform
CET Cathedral Energy Services Ltd 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 3.0000 Hold
ENT ENTREC Corp 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
LXE Leucrotta Exploration Inc 6 6 3 0 0 0 4.2000 4.1538 Outperform
FCF Founders Advantage Capital Corp 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.3333 Outperform
PRN Profound Medical Corp 3 2 0 0 0 0 4.6000 4.5000 Buy
IKM Ikkuma Resources Corp 1 2 2 0 0 0 3.8000 3.7500 Outperform
PNE.R Pine Cliff Energy Ltd 3 2 6 0 2 0 3.3077 3.2000 Hold
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
IMO Imperial Oil Ltd 1 0 11 0 2 0 2.8571 2.8333 Hold
TGB Taseko Mines Ltd 0 0 6 0 1 0 2.7143 2.6667 Hold
GSS Golden Star Resources Ltd 5 1 4 0 0 0 4.1000 4.0000 Outperform
CRHM CRH Medical Corp 4 3 5 0 0 0 3.9167 3.8182 Outperform
ALO Alio Gold Inc 4 1 5 0 1 0 3.6364 3.5556 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
WPPGY WPP PLC 2 2 1 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
GOLD Randgold Resources Ltd 0 1 2 0 0 0 3.3333 3.2500 Hold
LNCE Snyder’s-Lance Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.3333 Outperform
ETSY Etsy Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
TSRO Tesaro Inc 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.3333 Buy
PRIM Primoris Services Corp 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
HTBI HomeTrust Bancshares Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
SRDX Surmodics Inc 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
DHXM DHX Media Ltd 1 1 8 0 0 0 3.3000 3.2500 Hold
ENPH Enphase Energy Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 3.6667 Outperform
EXFO EXFO Inc 0 1 6 0 0 0 3.1429 3.0000 Hold
TNDM Tandem Diabetes Care Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
TGA TransGlobe Energy Corp 0 2 2 0 0 0 3.5000 3.3333 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.

HSBC:NYS HSBC Holdings

http://www.hsbc.com
HSBC Holdings has 229000 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
HSBC Holdings PLC provides commercial banking, global banking, and wealth management among other services. It operates in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, and North America.

UN:NYS Unilever

http://www.unilever.nl
Unilever has 161000 employees and is headquartered in Netherlands.
Unilever NV is engaged in the household products industry. The company is a supplier of fast moving consumer goods. Its areas of operations are personal care, home care, foods and refreshment.

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