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Brian is a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV) and President of Patchell Brook Equity Analytics Inc. whose flagship product is Stockcalc.com. Stockcalc is a collaborative website for retail investors focused on fundamental valuation.
Upgraded Stocks

Merck & Co (MRK:NYS) and General Motors (GM: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
MRK Merck & Co Inc 4 1 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
GM General Motors Co 2 1 4 0 0 0 3.7143 3.5714 Outperform
S Sprint Corp 0 0 8 0 1 0 2.7778 2.7500 Hold
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp 4 1 0 0 0 0 4.8000 4.4000 Buy
AVB AvalonBay Communities Inc 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
PH Parker Hannifin Corp 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 3.5714 Outperform
MMP Magellan Midstream Partners LP 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.6000 Buy
MJN Mead Johnson Nutrition Co 0 1 3 0 0 0 3.2500 3.0000 Hold
TECK Teck Resources Ltd 7 2 1 0 1 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
OLN Olin Corp 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
USG USG Corp 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GMM.U General Motors Co 2 1 4 0 0 0 3.7143 3.5714 Outperform
TECK.A Teck Resources Ltd 7 2 1 0 1 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
TECK.B Teck Resources Ltd 7 2 1 0 1 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
FM First Quantum Minerals Ltd 7 2 1 0 0 0 4.6000 4.5556 Buy
NVA NuVista Energy Ltd 7 5 1 0 0 0 4.4615 4.3077 Outperform
ATH Athabasca Oil Corp 3 2 2 0 1 0 3.7500 3.5714 Outperform
AZ Arizona Mining Inc 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
CS Capstone Mining Corp 4 4 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.9091 Outperform
TV Trevali Mining Corp 2 3 0 0 0 0 4.4000 4.2500 Outperform
PHX PHX Energy Services Corp 0 2 1 0 0 0 3.6667 3.0000 Outperform
IBG IBI Group Inc 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
SOX Stuart Olson Inc 2 0 4 0 1 0 3.2857 3.0000 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MAT Mattel Inc 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.3333 Buy
BIVV Bioverativ Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
MSTR MicroStrategy Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
CHUBK CommerceHub Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
CHUBA CommerceHub 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.

MRK:NYS Merck & Co

http://www.merck.com
Merck & Co has 68000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Merck & Co Inc is a health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and animal health.

GM:NYS General Motors

https://www.gm.com
General Motors has 215000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
General Motors Company designs, builds and sells cars, trucks and automobile parts. The Company also provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc.

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Undervalued Stocks

Aphria (APH:TSX) and Aurora Cannabis (ACB:TSX) Are Undervalued

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Undervalued Stocks on TSX

Today we are looking at companies that are considered undervalued based on the Analyst data in the StockCalc database.

In the table below we can see the close price and target price for these companies along with the number of analysts covering the stock. We also have included the fiscal year for the target price as sometimes these analyst targets are not for the current or even the next fiscal year.

There can be a number of reasons why a company would be on this list. What is particularly interesting are companies with a large analyst following that make this list. We need to dig deeper into these companies to understand why the difference in price versus target.

Today’s Data on TSX

Today’s data is for companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Symbol Name Target Year Close Price Target Price Mean Currency Target Price # of Estimates
APH Aphria Inc 2018 5.460000 6.4000 CAD 6
ACB Aurora Cannabis Inc 2017 2.300000 3.1500 CAD 1
SRX Storm Resources Ltd 2017 4.170000 6.4546 CAD 11
FF First Mining Finance Corp 2017 0.800000 1.7000 CAD 1
WED Westaim Corp 2017 2.780000 4.0333 CAD 3
OGI OrganiGram Holdings Inc 2017 2.790000 4.0300 CAD 5
PEO People Corp 2017 4.300000 5.2500 CAD 3
MJN PharmaCan Capital Corp 2017 1.800000 3.0000 CAD 1
CKG Chesapeake Gold Corp 2017 4.080000 6.0000 CAD 2
LLG Mason Graphite Inc 2017 1.240000 2.3000 CAD 2
FCF Founders Advantage Capital Corp 2017 3.610000 5.0000 CAD 3
PRB Probe Metals Inc 2017 1.410000 2.5000 CAD 1
RX Biosyent Inc 2017 7.150000 10.2500 CAD 1
AT AcuityAds Holdings Inc 2017 3.600000 4.4667 CAD 3
M Mosaic Capital Corp 2017 9.400000 11.3750 CAD 2
DAN Arianne Phosphate Inc 2017 0.820000 1.8750 CAD 2
POE Pan Orient Energy Corp 2017 1.300000 3.4000 CAD 1
HEO H2O Innovation Inc 2017 1.770000 2.7500 CAD 1
TTR Titanium Transportation Group Inc 2017 1.450000 2.6250 CAD 4
OLA Orla Mining Ltd 2017 1.280000 2.1500 CAD 2
PRN Profound Medical Corp 2017 0.990000 5.0000 CAD 2
CBX Cortex Business Solutions Inc 2017 3.970000 6.0833 CAD 3
ATM Atacama Pacific Gold Corp 2018 0.380000 1.3250 CAD 2
ACST Acasti Pharma Inc 2018 1.680000 10.0000 CAD 1
ICC ICC International Cannabis Corp 2018 0.950000 2.1000 CAD 1

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.

APH:TSX Aphria

http://www.aphria.com
Aphria has 57 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Aphria Inc is engaged in the business of producing and selling medical marijuana.

ACB:TSX Aurora Cannabis

http://www.auroramj.com
Aurora Cannabis has 78 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Aurora Cannabis Inc is a medical marijuana company. The Company is engaged in producing and distributing medical marijuana pursuant to the Marijuana for Medical Purposes Regulations.

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Overvalued Stocks

Canadian Tire Corp (CTC:TSE) and Finning International (FTT:TSE) Are Fully Valued

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Fully Valued Stocks on TSE

Today we are looking at companies that are considered fully valued based on the Analyst data in the StockCalc database.

In this table we can see the close price and target price for these companies along with the number of analysts covering the stock. We also have included the fiscal year for the target price as sometimes these analyst targets are not for the current or even the next fiscal year.

There can be a number of reasons why a company would be on this list. What is particularly interesting are companies with a large analyst following that make this list. We need to dig deeper into these companies to understand why the difference in price versus target.

Today’s Data on TSE

Today’s data is for companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Symbol Name Target Year Close Price Target Price Mean Currency Target Price # of Estimates
CTC Canadian Tire Corp Ltd 2017 195.140000 159.6000 CAD 10
FTT Finning International Inc 2017 26.450000 25.9375 CAD 8
PJC.A The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc 2018 20.310000 19.2500 CAD 8
D.UN Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust 2017 19.690000 18.5714 CAD 7
FN First National Financial Corp 2017 28.790000 28.0000 CAD 4
RUS Russel Metals Inc 2017 27.080000 25.6667 CAD 6
LNF Leon’s Furniture Ltd 2017 18.790000 18.5000 CAD 1
BAD Badger Daylighting Ltd 2017 34.020000 33.6667 CAD 6
ATA ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc 2018 13.310000 12.2000 CAD 5
NVU.UN Northview Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust 2017 20.820000 20.5714 CAD 7
EXE Extendicare Inc 2017 10.230000 9.8750 CAD 4
XSR Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc 2017 5.130000 4.8000 CAD 4
WJX Wajax Corp 2017 24.590000 22.6000 CAD 5
AW.UN A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund 2017 38.680000 33.7500 CAD 1
BPF.UN Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund 2017 23.100000 18.5000 CAD 1
TKO Taseko Mines Ltd 2017 1.880000 1.3250 CAD 8
RET.A Reitmans (Canada) Ltd 2017 6.250000 6.0000 CAD 1
MKP MCAN Mortgage Corp 2017 14.750000 14.5000 CAD 2
FC Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp 2017 14.020000 13.5000 CAD 1
TMB Tembec Inc 2017 3.000000 2.6667 CAD 3
GH Gamehost Inc 2017 11.600000 10.8000 CAD 1
RME Rocky Mountain Dealerships Inc 2017 11.100000 10.6786 CAD 7
SRV.UN SIR Royalty Income Fund 2017 14.600000 13.5000 CAD 1
NXJ NexJ Systems Inc 2017 3.440000 3.2500 CAD 1
DCF Difference Capital Financial Inc 2017 4.500000 2.1000 CAD 1

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.

CTC:TSE Canadian Tire Corp

http://www.canadiantire.ca
Canadian Tire Corp has 27772 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd is engaged in the retail business. Its business is conducted through a number of banners, including Canadian Tire, Canadian Tire Gas, Mark’s, PartSource, and various FGL Sports banners.

FTT:TSE Finning International

http://www.finning.com
Finning International has 14495 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Finning International Inc is engaged in the sale of equipment, power & energy systems, rental of equipment & providing product support including sales of parts & servicing of equipment in three continents including Canada, South America and UK & Ireland.

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Downgraded Stocks

Facebook (FB:NAS) and Wells Fargo (WFC: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
WFC Wells Fargo & Co 3 0 5 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8750 Outperform
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S 0 0 2 0 1 0 2.3333 2.6667 Underperform
NGG National Grid PLC 1 0 4 0 1 0 3.0000 3.2857 Hold
ANTM Anthem Inc 4 0 2 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1429 Outperform
JCI Johnson Controls International PLC 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.2857 4.5714 Outperform
MMC Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc 3 0 0 1 0 0 4.2500 4.5000 Outperform
BSX Boston Scientific Corp 4 0 3 1 0 0 3.8750 4.0000 Outperform
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc 4 0 3 0 1 0 3.7500 3.8750 Outperform
WEC WEC Energy Group Inc 3 0 2 1 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
GIB CGI Group Inc 7 5 1 1 1 0 4.0667 4.1333 Outperform
ANTX Anthem Inc 4 0 2 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1429 Outperform
CE Celanese Corp 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.2000 3.4000 Hold
URI United Rentals Inc 2 0 8 0 0 0 3.4000 3.6000 Hold
CCJ Cameco Corp 2 2 4 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8750 Outperform
SBH Sally Beauty Holdings Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold
EVR Evercore Partners Inc 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.5000 3.0000 Underperform
P Pandora Media Inc 4 0 2 0 0 0 4.3333 4.6667 Outperform
HBM Hudbay Minerals Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.2500 Outperform
FIT Fitbit Inc 0 0 4 0 0 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
TSQ Townsquare Media Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
MIXT MiX Telematics Ltd 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 5.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
GIB.A CGI Group Inc 7 5 1 1 1 0 4.0667 4.1333 Outperform
CCO Cameco Corp 2 2 4 0 0 0 3.7500 3.8750 Outperform
HBM Hudbay Minerals Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.2500 Outperform
SMF Semafo Inc 6 3 2 0 0 0 4.3636 4.4545 Outperform
NSU Nevsun Resources Ltd 2 3 4 0 0 0 3.7778 3.8750 Outperform
XSR Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc 0 0 4 0 1 0 2.6000 3.0000 Hold
ACQ AutoCanada Inc 1 1 3 0 1 0 3.1667 3.3333 Hold
DML Denison Mines Corp 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
TKO Taseko Mines Ltd 0 2 5 0 0 0 3.2857 3.3333 Hold
PNE Pine Cliff Energy Ltd 3 3 4 0 0 0 3.9000 4.1000 Outperform
CMMC Copper Mountain Mining Corp 1 1 2 0 1 0 3.2000 3.7500 Hold
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MQX Marquee Energy Ltd 1 4 2 0 0 0 3.8571 4.1429 Outperform
PNE.R Pine Cliff Energy Ltd 3 3 4 0 0 0 3.9000 4.1000 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NSU Nevsun Resources Ltd 2 3 4 0 0 0 3.7778 3.8750 Outperform
DNN Denison Mines Corp 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
TGB Taseko Mines Ltd 0 2 5 0 0 0 3.2857 3.3333 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
FB Facebook Inc 10 0 3 0 1 0 4.2857 4.4286 Outperform
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc 3 0 3 1 0 0 3.7143 3.8333 Outperform
CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc 2 0 5 1 1 0 3.1111 3.2222 Hold
TSCO Tractor Supply Co 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1250 Outperform
QRVO Qorvo Inc 3 0 1 1 0 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
GOLD Randgold Resources Ltd 2 1 2 0 0 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
QGEN Qiagen NV 0 0 1 1 0 0 2.5000 3.3333 Underperform
KITE Kite Pharma Inc 5 1 1 0 0 0 4.5714 4.8333 Buy
JUNO Juno Therapeutics Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
EGOV NIC Inc 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0000 3.0000 Underperform
FFIC Flushing Financial Corp 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 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.

FB:NAS Facebook

http://www.facebook.com
Facebook has 15724 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Facebook Inc operates a social networking website. The Company’s products are Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Its products enable people to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers.

WFC:NYS Wells Fargo

http://www.wellsfargo.com
Wells Fargo has 268800 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Wells Fargo & Co is a diversified financial services company. It provides retail, corporate and commercial banking services through banking stores and offices, the internet and other distribution channels to individuals, businesses and institutions.

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Stocks Trading at Less than Cash Value

Infosys (INFY:NYS) and Dynegy (DYN:NYS) Trading at Less than Cash Value

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Trading at Less than Cash Value

Today we are looking at companies trading at less than cash value meaning companies whose current share price is less than the cash per share on the balance sheet. We also show the value of cash net debt per share to show how much cash per share would be left if the debt was paid off.

What this Means…

Companies can have more cash per share than the actual share price for a number of reasons including they just raised capital, are in industries that experience high burn rates and will eat through the cash quickly or if there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of the company. Companies earning a positive net income will have a P/E greater than 0 and are worth exploring in more detail.

Today’s Data on NYSE

Today’s data is for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Symbol Name Close Price Shares Outstanding P/E P/B Cash per Share Net Cash per Share
INFY Infosys Ltd 13.880000 2285651730 14.7092 3.2586 114.25 1.98
DYN Dynegy Inc 9.620000 117293478 None 0.6231 12.43 -68.76
SDRL Seadrill Ltd 1.850000 504444280 None 0.1010 2.48 -17.74
SD SandRidge Energy Inc 21.010000 20575551 None None 31.72 30.82
I Intelsat SA 3.580000 117800000 None None 8.13 -120.43
SDLP Seadrill Partners LLC 4.500000 91821600 1.4995 0.3762 8.11 -31.51
XIN Xinyuan Real Estate Co Ltd 5.480000 66708803 4.8070 0.3893 13.91 -20.29
JP Jupai Holdings Ltd 8.740000 29931126 17.3216 1.2352 31.81 None
CGG CGG 10.210000 22133149 0.1595 0.1641 27.27 -110.86
MFCB MFC Bancorp Ltd 2.170000 63142272 1.3794 0.5273 3.78 -3.09
MN Manning & Napier Inc 7.100000 15003880 10.5970 0.6378 8.25 5.41
BCEI Bonanza Creek Energy Inc 2.040000 49669026 None 1.1955 2.69 -17.90
TDW Tidewater Inc 2.060000 47068079 None 0.0476 14.34 -29.03
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc 3.420000 24681754 None 0.6293 4.17 2.39
PACD Pacific Drilling SA 3.400000 21183000 1.8012 0.0268 17.52 -125.08
NADL North Atlantic Drilling Ltd 2.390000 24114232 None 0.1473 3.57 -93.59
CGA China Green Agriculture Inc 1.300000 37648605 1.9403 0.1299 2.87 2.57
SGY Stone Energy Corp 6.940000 5690253 None None 32.05 -216.75
KEG Key Energy Services Inc 33.740000 819676 None None 69.68 -1082.25
WMLP Westmoreland Resource Partners LP 5.397100 1221060 None None 7.26 -251.46

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.

INFY:NYS Infosys

http://www.infosys.com
Infosys has 194044 employees and is headquartered in India.
Infosys Ltd provides end-to-end business solutions, including consulting, design, development, software re-engineering, maintenance, systems integration, package evaluation and implementation and infrastructure management services.

DYN:NYS Dynegy

http://www.dynegy.com
Dynegy has 2799 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Dynegy Inc, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the production and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services in three segments Coal, IPH and Gas. Its sells electric energy from its power generation facilities.

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Top 25 Stock Decliners Year to Date

GVIC Communications (GCT.C:TSE) and DragonWave (DWI:TSE) Are Biggest Stock Decliners YTD on TSE

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Biggest Stock Decliners Year to Date on TSE

Today we are looking at companies that have had the greatest percentage decrease in share price year to date.

Bottom 25 Companies

Lists like these are always interesting to look at as they tell more than one story. Companies that are experiencing dramatic decreases in share price can do so for a variety of reasons including, the sector they are in has turned (such as companies in an unfavorable commodities space or a sector that has been disrupted), or the company is experiencing financial difficulties generally due to an inability to service its debt.

In this list we have selected the top 25 companies based on their percentage decrease in share price year to date.

Today’s Data on TSE

Today’s data is for companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Symbol Name Total Return Period
GCT.C GVIC Communications Corp -50.000000 YTD
DWI DragonWave Inc -39.884393 YTD
NIF.UN Noranda Income Fund -35.178285 YTD
OXC Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd -33.962264 YTD
YMI Yellowhead Mining Inc -30.769231 YTD
MEG MEG Energy Corp -27.302275 YTD
APS Aptose Biosciences Inc -27.071823 YTD
ENDP Endo International PLC -24.636364 YTD
HBC Hudson’s Bay Co -21.228203 YTD
CTU Le Chateau Inc -20.833333 YTD
BTE Baytex Energy Corp -20.274390 YTD
YRB.A Yorbeau Resources Inc -20.000000 YTD
HZM Horizonte Minerals PLC -20.000000 YTD
NGD New Gold Inc -19.745223 YTD
LN Loncor Resources Inc -19.444444 YTD
AEZ AEterna Zentaris Inc -19.214876 YTD
CPG Crescent Point Energy Corp -18.794521 YTD
BXE Bellatrix Exploration Ltd -18.750000 YTD
CJ Cardinal Energy Ltd -17.422096 YTD
FAR Foraco International SA -17.391304 YTD
IGG Innova Gaming Group Inc -16.666667 YTD
GTX Gran Tierra Exchangeco Inc -16.625310 YTD
RFP Resolute Forest Products Inc -16.066482 YTD
SGY Surge Energy Inc -15.823263 YTD
PRK Potash Ridge Corp -15.789474 YTD

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.

GCT.C:TSE GVIC Communications

GVIC Communications has 1968 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
GVIC Communications Corp is an information communications company focused on the provision of essential information and related services through print and digital media.

DWI:TSE DragonWave

http://www.dragonwaveinc.com
DragonWave has 171 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
DragonWave Inc is a provider of high-capacity packet microwave solutions that drive next-generation IP networks. Its customers include Carriers, Service Providers, Utilities, WISP’s and Enterprises.

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Overvalued Stocks

Cheniere Energy (LNG:ASE) and Supreme Industries (STS:ASE) Are Fully Valued

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Fully Valued Stocks on AMEX

Today we are looking at companies that are considered fully valued based on the Analyst data in the StockCalc database.

In this table we can see the close price and target price for these companies along with the number of analysts covering the stock. We also have included the fiscal year for the target price as sometimes these analyst targets are not for the current or even the next fiscal year.

There can be a number of reasons why a company would be on this list. What is particularly interesting are companies with a large analyst following that make this list. We need to dig deeper into these companies to understand why the difference in price versus target.

Today’s Data on AMEX

Today’s data is for companies listed on the American Stock Exchange.

Symbol Name Target Year Close Price Target Price Mean Currency Target Price # of Estimates
LNG Cheniere Energy Inc 2017 47.650000 45.0000 USD 1
STS Supreme Industries Inc 2017 18.360000 18.0000 USD 1
NOG Northern Oil & Gas Inc 2017 3.600000 3.5000 USD 2
AINC Ashford Inc 2017 52.880000 50.0000 USD 1
NTN NTN Buzztime Inc 2017 7.830000 6.6500 USD 1
AFCO American Farmland Co 2017 8.380000 8.0000 USD 1

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.

LNG:ASE Cheniere Energy

http://www.cheniere.com
Cheniere Energy has 888 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Cheniere Energy Inc is engaged in LNG-related businesses. It owns and operates the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana through its ownership interest in and management agreements with Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.

STS:ASE Supreme Industries

http://www.supremecorp.com
Supreme Industries has 1400 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Supreme Industries Inc is a manufacturer of vehicles including truck bodies, buses, and armored and specialty vehicles. The Company has two operating segments: specialized vehicles and fiberglass products.

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Undervalued Stocks

Allergan (AGN:NYS) and BlackRock (BLK:NYS) Are Undervalued

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Undervalued Stocks on NYSE

Today we are looking at companies that are considered undervalued based on the Analyst data in the StockCalc database.

In the table below we can see the close price and target price for these companies along with the number of analysts covering the stock. We also have included the fiscal year for the target price as sometimes these analyst targets are not for the current or even the next fiscal year.

There can be a number of reasons why a company would be on this list. What is particularly interesting are companies with a large analyst following that make this list. We need to dig deeper into these companies to understand why the difference in price versus target.

Today’s Data on NYSE

Today’s data is for companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Symbol Name Target Year Close Price Target Price Mean Currency Target Price # of Estimates
AGN Allergan PLC 2017 218.890000 267.4000 USD 5
BLK BlackRock Inc 2017 373.980000 425.6667 USD 3
SPG Simon Property Group Inc 2017 183.770000 216.0000 USD 6
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp 2017 229.080000 260.2500 USD 4
PXD Pioneer Natural Resources Co 2017 180.230000 212.1111 USD 9
STZ Constellation Brands Inc 2018 149.760000 179.8333 USD 6
AZO AutoZone Inc 2017 724.980000 873.0000 USD 5
HLT Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 2017 57.580000 101.7500 USD 4
MHK Mohawk Industries Inc 2017 215.840000 250.0000 USD 3
BAP Credicorp Ltd 2017 163.680000 586.8000 USD 1
AGU Agrium Inc 2017 102.910000 133.9229 CAD 8
FLT Fleetcor Technologies Inc 2017 147.490000 178.2500 USD 4
ANTX Anthem Inc 2017 48.440000 163.1667 USD 6
WHR Whirlpool Corp 2017 174.890000 215.0000 USD 1
TDG TransDigm Group Inc 2017 216.400000 306.4000 USD 5
FNV Franco-Nevada Corp 2017 65.040000 99.6179 CAD 10
GSPRN Goldman Sachs Group Inc 2017 26.255400 249.0000 USD 6
AMG Affiliated Managers Group Inc 2017 152.360000 181.5000 USD 2
HLF Herbalife Ltd 2017 56.200000 90.0000 USD 1
HHC The Howard Hughes Corp 2017 106.610000 195.0000 USD 1
MSG The Madison Square Garden Co 2017 175.670000 210.0000 USD 1
VMI Valmont Industries Inc 2017 144.000000 175.0000 USD 1
ELLI Ellie Mae Inc 2017 82.740000 113.6667 USD 3
BAS Basic Energy Services Inc 2017 40.870000 1140.2510 USD 1
XXXX The WhiteWave Foods Co 2017 20.180000 56.1250 USD 4

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.

AGN:NYS Allergan

http://www.allergan.com
Allergan has 31200 employees and is headquartered in Ireland.
Allergan PLC is a specialty pharmaceutical company. The Company is engaged in developing, manufacturing and distributing generic, brand and biosimilar products.

BLK:NYS BlackRock

http://www.blackrock.com
BlackRock has 13000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
BlackRock Inc along with its subsidiaries, provides investment management services to institutional clients and to individual investors through various investment vehicles.

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Downgraded Stocks

Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B:NYS) and McCormick & Co (MKC.V: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
RDS.B Royal Dutch Shell PLC 6 0 3 0 1 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
RDS.A Royal Dutch Shell PLC 6 0 3 0 1 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
MKC McCormick & Co Inc 0 0 3 0 1 0 2.5000 2.6000 Underperform
MKC.V McCormick & Co Inc 0 0 3 0 1 0 2.5000 2.6000 Underperform
RHI Robert Half International Inc 1 0 3 0 1 0 3.0000 3.2000 Hold
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc 2 0 10 0 1 0 3.1538 3.1667 Hold
VVV Valvoline Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 4.0000 Hold
CR Crane Co 3 0 5 0 0 0 3.7500 4.0000 Outperform
SJI South Jersey Industries Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold
JNS Janus Capital Group Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 1 1 4 0 0 0 3.5000 3.7500 Hold
JE Just Energy Group Inc 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 4.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
VRX Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc 2 0 10 0 1 0 3.1538 3.1667 Hold
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 1 1 4 0 0 0 3.5000 3.7500 Hold
NGD New Gold Inc 2 1 8 0 2 0 3.0769 3.3077 Hold
MAG MAG Silver Corp 4 2 3 0 0 0 4.1111 4.2000 Outperform
MEG MEG Energy Corp 0 3 5 0 0 0 3.3750 3.4286 Hold
JE Just Energy Group Inc 3 0 4 0 0 0 3.8571 4.0000 Outperform
NAL Newalta Corp 0 2 3 0 0 0 3.4000 3.8000 Hold
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AGI.WT Alamos Gold Inc 1 1 4 0 0 0 3.5000 3.7500 Hold
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NGD New Gold Inc 2 1 8 0 2 0 3.0769 3.3077 Hold
MAG MAG Silver Corp 4 2 3 0 0 0 4.1111 4.2000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NAVI Navient Corp 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
WIX Wix.com Ltd 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 5.0000 Outperform
WERN Werner Enterprises Inc 1 0 5 1 1 0 2.8750 3.0000 Hold
IRBT iRobot Corp 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
SALE RetailMeNot Inc 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.0000 3.0000 Sell

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.

RDS.B:NYS Royal Dutch Shell

http://www.shell.com
Royal Dutch Shell has 93000 employees and is headquartered in Netherlands.
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is an integrated oil & gas company. The Company explores for & extracts crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids. It also liquefies and transports gas.

MKC.V:NYS McCormick & Co

http://www.mccormickcorporation.com
McCormick & Co has 10500 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McCormick & Co Inc manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry retail outlets, food manufacturers and food service businesses.

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Upgraded Stocks

TransCanada (TRP:TSE) and PACCAR (PCAR: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
BP BP PLC 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.2500 4.0000 Outperform
MS Morgan Stanley 4 0 3 0 1 0 3.7500 3.6250 Outperform
TRP TransCanada Corp 5 2 3 0 0 0 4.2000 4.1111 Outperform
ABC AmerisourceBergen Corp 3 1 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7143 Outperform
PBA Pembina Pipeline Corp 7 4 3 1 0 0 4.1333 4.0714 Outperform
CMS CMS Energy Corp 2 0 3 1 0 0 3.5000 3.1667 Hold
UDR UDR Inc 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
BHLB Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc 0 0 2 0 0 0 3.0000 2.0000 Hold
FSM Fortuna Silver Mines Inc 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
TRP TransCanada Corp 5 2 3 0 0 0 4.2000 4.1111 Outperform
PPL Pembina Pipeline Corp 7 4 3 1 0 0 4.1333 4.0714 Outperform
ALA AltaGas Ltd 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
SSO Silver Standard Resources Inc 3 1 5 0 0 0 3.7778 3.6250 Outperform
GC Great Canadian Gaming Corp 2 3 1 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0000 Outperform
FVI Fortuna Silver Mines Inc 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
SRT.UN Slate Retail REIT 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.0000 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
NHK Nighthawk Gold Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
PCAR PACCAR Inc 4 0 4 1 0 0 3.7778 3.3333 Outperform
GRPN Groupon Inc 1 0 2 1 1 0 2.8000 2.4000 Hold
MNRO Monro Muffler Brake Inc 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.5000 Outperform
SSRI Silver Standard Resources Inc 3 1 5 0 0 0 3.7778 3.6250 Outperform
KRNY Kearny Financial Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 3.0000 Buy
XGTI xG Technology 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.

TRP:TSE TransCanada

http://www.transcanada.com
TransCanada has 5512 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
TransCanada Corp is an energy infrastructure company. The Company operates in three business segments: Natural Gas Pipelines, Liquid Pipelines and Energy.

PCAR:NAS PACCAR

http://www.paccar.com
PACCAR has 23000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
PACCAR Inc designs, manufactures and distributes light, medium and heavy duty trucks and related aftermarket parts.

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