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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
259 14.31% 9.08% -24.00% 38.31%
2
 CIBC
125 17.31% 19.92% -15.58% 32.89%
3
 Northland Capital Markets
160 21.11% 11.57% -10.16% 31.27%
4
 TD Securities
808 18.78% 12.89% -9.29% 28.07%
5
 Exane BNP Paribas
328 16.88% 14.68% -0.56% 17.44%
6
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
294 20.23% 13.02% 4.29% 15.94%
7
 Deutsche Bank
1,013 16.34% 11.85% 4.19% 12.15%
8
 Goldman Sachs
1,216 16.85% 15.11% 4.98% 11.87%
9
 Nomura Securities
251 26.41% 17.43% 17.71% 8.70%
10
 Maxim Group LLC
170 7.05% -7.08%
11
 Morgan Stanley
1,277 17.94% 11.32% 11.46% 6.48%
12
 CFRA Research
839 21.29% 15.19% 15.49% 5.80%
13
 Piper Sandler
1,113 15.15% 51.85% 9.46% 5.69%
14
 Merrill Lynch
1,537 17.72% 9.55% 12.80% 4.92%
15
 UBS
1,255 19.01% 13.93% 15.33% 3.68%
16
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,130 18.33% 12.85% 14.95% 3.38%
17
 JP Morgan
1,385 17.42% 38.84% 14.27% 3.15%
18
 HSBC
307 10.65% 12.64% 9.33% 1.32%
19
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,383 16.51% 37.87% 15.41% 1.10%
20
 Credit Suisse
1,118 16.96% 13.93% 16.39% 0.57%
21
 CLSA
30 9.17% -10.84% 10.89% -1.72%
22
 Macquarie Group
346 18.50% 15.77% 20.27% -1.77%
23
 BMO Capital Markets
874 15.05% 53.35% 22.96% -7.91%
24
 Societe Generale
102 3.58% 14.05% 13.49% -9.91%
25
 Argus Research Co
469 21.64% 13.31% 47.47% -25.83%