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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
259 10.10% 4.17% -26.81% 36.91%
2
 CIBC
125 14.26% 16.90% -17.36% 31.62%
3
 TD Securities
810 15.50% 9.27% -14.02% 29.52%
4
 Northland Capital Markets
160 16.55% 3.46% -10.16% 26.71%
5
 Exane BNP Paribas
329 13.61% 12.51% -4.19% 17.80%
6
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
295 22.01% 13.23% 4.29% 17.72%
7
 Goldman Sachs
1,215 14.60% 12.07% 1.05% 13.55%
8
 Nomura Securities
251 22.59% 13.29% 11.49% 11.10%
9
 Deutsche Bank
1,017 13.79% 9.65% 3.64% 10.15%
10
 Piper Sandler
1,111 13.01% 50.83% 3.56% 9.45%
11
 Morgan Stanley
1,279 16.01% 9.21% 7.58% 8.43%
12
 CFRA Research
839 17.80% 13.51% 9.75% 8.05%
13
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,130 16.02% 10.62% 10.47% 5.55%
14
 Merrill Lynch
1,540 15.28% 8.22% 9.98% 5.30%
15
 JP Morgan
1,386 15.71% 35.16% 10.86% 4.85%
16
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,383 13.82% 35.09% 11.62% 2.20%
17
 Credit Suisse
1,118 14.28% 11.40% 12.50% 1.78%
18
 UBS
1,254 16.20% 11.23% 14.64% 1.56%
19
 Macquarie Group
345 15.53% 13.37% 15.87% -0.34%
20
 HSBC
307 7.95% 11.27% 10.81% -2.86%
21
 BMO Capital Markets
886 12.43% 49.03% 16.11% -3.68%
22
 CLSA
31 3.84% -10.84% 10.49% -6.65%
23
 Societe Generale
102 -0.38% 13.19% 11.65% -12.03%
24
 Argus Research Co
469 18.91% 11.06% 58.53% -39.62%