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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 TD Securities
810 2.16% -3.02% -25.61% 27.77%
2
 CIBC
125 7.59% 11.14% -16.52% 24.11%
3
 Sidoti & Co
258 -1.20% -3.62% -22.27% 21.07%
4
 Exane BNP Paribas
329 3.51% 5.87% -12.19% 15.70%
5
 Nomura Securities
251 9.91% 0.70% -4.77% 14.68%
6
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
295 17.15% 9.86% 4.29% 12.86%
7
 Goldman Sachs
1,217 4.09% 2.30% -4.98% 9.07%
8
 Deutsche Bank
1,023 4.25% 2.53% -4.25% 8.50%
9
 Northland Capital Markets
160 -3.88% -8.69% -11.93% 8.05%
10
 Morgan Stanley
1,278 5.16% 0.71% -0.40% 5.56%
11
 JP Morgan
1,387 5.70% 23.84% 0.30% 5.40%
12
 CFRA Research
837 7.23% 4.26% 2.29% 4.94%
13
 Merrill Lynch
1,540 5.28% 0.41% 0.84% 4.44%
14
 CLSA
32 0.64% -14.42% -3.06% 3.70%
15
 Credit Suisse
1,118 4.88% 2.77% 1.36% 3.52%
16
 Piper Sandler
1,114 1.45% 37.41% -1.24% 2.69%
17
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,132 3.84% 3.15% 2.85% 0.99%
18
 BMO Capital Markets
886 4.22% 35.23% 3.71% 0.51%
19
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,386 2.86% 26.25% 2.56% 0.30%
20
 HSBC
307 2.14% 5.68% 1.86% 0.28%
21
 UBS
1,259 4.34% 2.08% 5.65% -1.31%
22
 Macquarie Group
345 5.59% 6.66% 7.08% -1.49%
23
 Maxim Group LLC
170 -2.74% -22.37%
24
 Argus Research Co
470 9.44% 6.66% 19.42% -9.98%
25
 Societe Generale
102 -6.94% 9.56% 7.69% -14.63%