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Downgraded Stocks

McDonald’s (MCD:NYS) and Canadian National Railway (CNR:TSE) 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
MCD McDonald’s Corp 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
CNI Canadian National Railway Co 3 2 10 2 0 0 3.3529 3.4706 Hold
DG Dollar General Corp 4 0 2 1 0 0 4.0000 4.1429 Outperform
SHOP Shopify Inc 10 4 1 2 0 0 4.2941 4.4118 Outperform
ARNC Arconic Inc 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.4000 Outperform
ECA Encana Corp 9 7 4 0 0 0 4.2500 4.3500 Outperform
UAA Under Armour Inc 0 0 5 1 2 0 2.3750 2.5000 Underperform
UA Under Armour Inc 0 0 5 1 2 0 2.3750 2.5000 Underperform
AOS A.O. Smith Corp 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
WYND Wyndham Destinations Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
AX Axos Financial Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
OR Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd 5 6 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.2857 Outperform
MSL Midsouth Bancorp Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CNR Canadian National Railway Co 3 2 10 2 0 0 3.3529 3.4706 Hold
SHOP Shopify Inc 10 4 1 2 0 0 4.2941 4.4118 Outperform
ECA Encana Corp 9 7 4 0 0 0 4.2500 4.3500 Outperform
TIH Toromont Industries Ltd 2 1 5 0 0 0 3.6250 3.8750 Outperform
OR Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd 5 6 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.2857 Outperform
VNP 5N Plus Inc 1 3 1 0 0 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
SIRI Sirius XM Holdings Inc 3 0 3 0 0 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
DLTR Dollar Tree Inc 4 0 1 1 0 0 4.1667 4.3333 Outperform
WLTW Willis Towers Watson PLC 2 0 0 1 0 0 4.0000 4.3333 Outperform
CHRW C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc 1 0 4 0 1 0 3.0000 3.3333 Hold
IPGP IPG Photonics Corp 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 4.0000 Outperform
CZR Caesars Entertainment Corp 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.6667 Hold
LFUS Littelfuse Inc 1 0 2 0 0 0 3.6667 4.3333 Outperform
MSTR MicroStrategy Inc 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.5000 4.0000 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.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 210000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with approximately 37,200 restaurants in 120 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

CNR:TSE Canadian National Railway

http://www.cn.ca
Canadian National Railway has 27119 employees and is headquartered in Canada.
Canadian National Railway Co is engaged in the transport sector. Its primary occupation is the rail and related transportation business.

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Upgraded Stocks

Mastercard (MA:NYS) and McDonald’s (MCD: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
MA Mastercard Inc 8 0 0 1 0 0 4.6667 4.4444 Buy
MCD McDonald’s Corp 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.1429 4.0000 Outperform
PUK Prudential PLC 3 0 1 0 1 0 3.8000 3.6667 Outperform
STI SunTrust Banks Inc 6 0 2 0 0 0 4.5000 4.3333 Outperform
MGA Magna International Inc 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 3.8750 Outperform
DOV Dover Corp 1 0 5 0 0 0 3.3333 3.0000 Hold
CIT CIT Group Inc 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.0000 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.1429 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MG Magna International Inc 3 3 2 0 0 0 4.1250 3.8750 Outperform
AGI Alamos Gold Inc 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.1429 Outperform
SPB Superior Plus Corp 4 6 1 0 0 0 4.2727 4.0909 Outperform
DPM Dundee Precious Metals Inc 2 4 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.0000 Outperform
DHX DHX Media Ltd 0 1 7 0 2 0 2.7000 2.5000 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 6 3 4 0 0 0 4.1538 4.1429 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
MU Micron Technology Inc 7 0 4 0 0 0 4.2727 4.0909 Outperform
JBHT JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 5 0 2 0 0 0 4.4286 4.2857 Outperform
DHXM DHX Media Ltd 0 1 7 0 2 0 2.7000 2.5000 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.

MA:NYS Mastercard

http://www.mastercard.com
Mastercard has 13400 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Mastercard Inc is a technology company that generates revenue by charging fees to its customers based on both the dollar volume of card activity and the number of transactions processed through the network.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 235000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with approximately 37,200 restaurants in 120 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

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Downgraded Stocks

Mastercard (MA:NYS) and McDonald’s (MCD: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
MA Mastercard Inc 7 0 1 1 0 0 4.4444 4.5000 Outperform
MCD McDonald’s Corp 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 4.2500 Outperform
PM Philip Morris International Inc 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.7143 4.0000 Outperform
TJX TJX Companies Inc 7 0 2 0 1 0 4.2000 4.2727 Outperform
EL The Estee Lauder Companies Inc 7 0 3 0 0 0 4.4000 4.4545 Outperform
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc 4 0 5 0 2 0 3.3636 3.6000 Hold
TPR Tapestry Inc 7 0 2 0 0 0 4.5556 4.6000 Buy
LB L Brands Inc 2 1 5 0 1 0 3.3333 3.5556 Hold
AEO American Eagle Outfitters Inc 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 4.5000 Outperform
CHS Chico’s FAS Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 4.0000 Hold
WFT Weatherford International PLC 6 0 1 0 0 0 4.7143 4.7500 Buy
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CAR.UN Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust 0 2 6 0 0 0 3.2500 3.4000 Hold
TFII TFI International Inc 5 5 3 0 0 0 4.1538 4.3077 Outperform
ITP Intertape Polymer Group Inc 2 3 2 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1667 Outperform
PONY Painted Pony Energy Ltd 2 2 10 0 0 0 3.4286 3.5000 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ADXS Advaxis Inc 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.

MA:NYS Mastercard

http://www.mastercard.com
Mastercard has 13400 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Mastercard Inc is a technology company that generates revenue by charging fees to its customers based on both the dollar volume of card activity and the number of transactions processed through the network.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 235000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with approximately 37,200 restaurants in 120 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

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Upgraded Stocks

Philip Morris Intl (PM:NYS) and McDonald’s (MCD: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
PM Philip Morris International Inc 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.4000 Outperform
MCD McDonald’s Corp 6 1 4 0 0 0 4.1818 4.0909 Outperform
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc 4 0 6 0 1 0 3.5455 3.4000 Outperform
BBDO Bank Bradesco SA 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.5000 3.3333 Hold
BBD Bank Bradesco SA 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.5000 3.3333 Hold
ENB Enbridge Inc 8 4 1 0 0 0 4.5385 4.5000 Buy
BSBR Banco Santander (Brasil) SA 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
ICE Intercontinental Exchange Inc 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.6667 4.6000 Buy
TRP TransCanada Corp 5 4 2 0 0 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
SYF Synchrony Financial 4 1 1 0 1 0 4.0000 3.8571 Outperform
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc 7 4 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.4167 Outperform
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc 0 0 2 0 1 0 2.3333 2.0000 Underperform
AUY Yamana Gold Inc 4 2 8 0 0 0 3.7143 3.5714 Outperform
PAY VeriFone Systems Inc 0 1 3 0 0 0 3.2500 3.0000 Hold
CVRR CVR Refining LP 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0000 1.0000 Underperform
BLX Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 4.0000 Buy
EXK Endeavour Silver Corp 1 1 3 0 1 0 3.1667 3.1429 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ENB Enbridge Inc 8 4 1 0 0 0 4.5385 4.5000 Buy
TRP TransCanada Corp 5 4 2 0 0 0 4.2727 4.2000 Outperform
QSR Restaurant Brands International Inc 7 4 1 0 0 0 4.5000 4.4167 Outperform
PBH Premium Brands Holdings Corp 4 2 2 0 0 0 4.2500 4.2000 Outperform
YRI Yamana Gold Inc 4 2 8 0 0 0 3.7143 3.5714 Outperform
CG Centerra Gold Inc 3 2 4 0 0 0 3.8889 3.6667 Outperform
FN First National Financial Corp 0 0 4 0 2 0 2.3333 2.2000 Underperform
IIP.UN InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust 5 5 1 0 0 0 4.3636 4.3000 Outperform
EQB Equitable Group Inc 3 3 3 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8750 Outperform
EDR Endeavour Silver Corp 1 1 3 0 1 0 3.1667 3.1429 Hold
TKO Taseko Mines Ltd 1 0 6 0 0 0 3.2857 3.0000 Hold
CMMC Copper Mountain Mining Corp 2 3 3 0 0 0 3.8750 3.6250 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
AGB Atlantic Gold Corp 5 3 1 0 0 0 4.4444 4.3333 Outperform
SRG SRG Graphite Inc 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.0000 0.0000 Buy
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
TGB Taseko Mines Ltd 1 0 6 0 0 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
JD JD.com Inc 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7500 Outperform
CME CME Group Inc 5 0 0 1 0 0 4.5000 4.4000 Outperform
AMTD TD Ameritrade Holding Corp 3 0 2 0 1 0 3.6667 3.4000 Outperform
ZS Zscaler Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 0.0000 Hold
FRTA Forterra Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
SYRS Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 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.

PM:NYS Philip Morris Intl

http://www.pmi.com
Philip Morris Intl has 80600 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Philip Morris International Inc is a holding company. It manufactures and sells cigarettes and other tobacco products in markets outside the United States of America.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 235000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with over 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

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Upgraded Stocks

McDonald’s (MCD:NYS) and Altria Group (MO: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
MCD McDonald’s Corp 5 0 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8000 Outperform
MO Altria Group Inc 1 0 2 1 0 0 3.2500 3.2000 Hold
DEO Diageo PLC 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 3.6667 Outperform
POT Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc 5 3 4 0 1 0 3.8462 3.6923 Outperform
AGU Agrium Inc 5 2 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
EGN Energen Corp 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.2000 4.0000 Outperform
HIFR InfraREIT Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.0000 Outperform
UTI Universal Technical Institute Inc 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.0000 1.0000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
POT Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc 5 3 4 0 1 0 3.8462 3.6923 Outperform
AGU Agrium Inc 5 2 5 0 0 0 4.0000 3.8333 Outperform
RRX Raging River Exploration Inc 5 4 3 0 0 0 4.1667 4.0833 Outperform
SPB Superior Plus Corp 2 2 6 0 0 0 3.6000 3.4444 Outperform
AGF.B AGF Management Ltd 1 0 4 0 0 0 3.4000 3.0000 Hold
WJX Wajax Corp 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 3.7500 Outperform
American Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
OCX OncoCyte Corp 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.0000 5.0000 Buy
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
JACK Jack In The Box 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.

MCD:NYS McDonald’s

http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com
McDonald’s has 375000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
McDonald’s Corp operates a chain of restaurants with over 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. It also receives franchise royalties, and licensing pacts. The company offers a uniform value-priced menu with special additions based on regions.

MO:NYS Altria Group

http://www.altria.com
Altria Group has 8300 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Altria Group Inc along with its subsidiaries is one of the largest producer and distributer of tobacco. Its group comprises of Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, John Middleton, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, Nu Mark, and Philip Morris Capital.

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