Gilead Sciences (GILD:NAS) and Qualcomm (QCOM: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
BOX Box Inc 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.6667 Buy
ESV Ensco PLC 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 3.6667 Outperform
NE Noble Corp PLC 2 0 6 0 0 0 3.5000 3.4444 Hold
PAR PAR Technology Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
FM First Quantum Minerals Ltd 8 4 3 0 0 0 4.3333 4.2857 Outperform
BYD.UN Boyd Group Income Fund 4 6 1 0 0 0 4.2727 4.1667 Outperform
LAS.A Lassonde Industries Inc 0 1 0 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
DIR.UN Dream Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust 5 2 0 0 0 0 4.7143 4.6250 Buy
UNS Uni-Select Inc 0 2 3 0 0 0 3.4000 3.3333 Hold
BCI New Look Vision Group Inc 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 5 1 2 0 0 0 4.3750 4.2857 Outperform
QCOM Qualcomm Inc 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8750 Outperform
STX Seagate Technology PLC 1 0 4 0 1 0 3.0000 2.6000 Hold
TREE LendingTree Inc 3 0 1 0 1 0 3.8000 3.6667 Outperform
ICPT Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.4000 Outperform
MLCO Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd 4 0 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.5000 Buy
PROV Provident Financial Holdings Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 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.

GILD:NAS Gilead Sciences

http://www.gilead.com
Gilead Sciences has 10000 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.

QCOM:NAS Qualcomm

http://www.qualcomm.com
Qualcomm has 35400 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Qualcomm Inc develops and licenses wireless technology. It also engages in designing chips for mobile phones. The company is also the world’s largest wireless chip vendor, supplying many premier handset makers with leading-edge processors.

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