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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
258 21.86% 12.90% -22.01% 43.87%
2
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
290 33.94% 26.97% 2.88% 31.06%
3
 CIBC
125 22.38% 20.06% -6.66% 29.04%
4
 Northland Capital Markets
159 16.86% 15.50% -10.16% 27.02%
5
 TD Securities
791 26.31% 18.46% 1.87% 24.44%
6
 Exane BNP Paribas
324 24.58% 17.95% 5.60% 18.98%
7
 Deutsche Bank
1,004 25.98% 19.55% 12.98% 13.00%
8
 Goldman Sachs
1,207 25.16% 21.07% 14.07% 11.09%
9
 CFRA Research
836 28.53% 22.85% 18.44% 10.09%
10
 Piper Sandler
1,103 25.23% 63.75% 15.50% 9.73%
11
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,124 28.81% 18.68% 20.12% 8.69%
12
 UBS
1,233 27.41% 19.66% 18.74% 8.67%
13
 Morgan Stanley
1,263 24.14% 18.42% 17.73% 6.41%
14
 JP Morgan
1,385 26.20% 47.62% 21.12% 5.08%
15
 Merrill Lynch
1,533 25.28% 18.46% 20.74% 4.54%
16
 Nomura Securities
250 33.45% 30.16% 29.14% 4.31%
17
 Credit Suisse
1,118 24.00% 19.57% 20.30% 3.70%
18
 HSBC
306 15.55% 20.45% 12.37% 3.18%
19
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,376 23.95% 44.45% 28.33% -4.38%
20
 Societe Generale
102 0.87% 19.93% 8.86% -7.99%
21
 BMO Capital Markets
866 23.21% 60.44% 31.64% -8.43%
22
 Macquarie Group
343 23.37% 20.14% 38.69% -15.32%
23
 CLSA
29 11.35% -10.84% 27.99% -16.64%
24
 Argus Research Co
473 30.25% 24.32% 52.55% -22.30%