Linde (LIN:NYS) and HCA Healthcare (HCA:NYS) 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
LIN Linde PLC 3 0 3 0 1 0 3.5714 3.8571 Outperform
HCA HCA Healthcare Inc 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.5000 4.5556 Outperform
AEG Aegon NV 1 0 4 0 2 0 2.7143 2.8750 Hold
HUN Huntsman Corp 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 5.0000 Outperform
ANF Abercrombie & Fitch Co 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MX Methanex Corp 3 2 3 0 2 0 3.4000 3.6000 Hold
APHA Aphria Inc 3 3 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.6000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AMAT Applied Materials Inc 4 1 3 0 0 0 4.1250 4.2222 Outperform
LRCX Lam Research Corp 5 1 3 0 0 0 4.2222 4.3000 Outperform
KLAC KLA-Tencor Corp 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.5714 Outperform
MEOH Methanex Corp 3 2 3 0 2 0 3.4000 3.6000 Hold
SMTC Semtech Corp 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.7500 Buy
IPAR Inter Parfums Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 4.5000 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.

LIN:NYS Linde

http://www.lindepraxairmerger.com
Linde has 26714 employees and is headquartered in United Kingdom.
Praxair Inc is a supplier of gas in the United States. It produces, distributes and sells atmospheric and process gases and surface coatings in North America, Europe, South America, and Asia. Its products are oxygen, helium, nitrogen and specialty gases.

HCA:NYS HCA Healthcare

http://www.hcahealthcare.com
HCA Healthcare has 253000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
HCA Healthcare Inc is a health care services company. It operates general acute care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and rehabilitation hospitals. The company also operates freestanding surgery centers.

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