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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
256 26.53% 29.91% -68.30% 94.83%
2
 Northland Capital Markets
273 68.24% 46.88% -12.88% 81.12%
3
 Argus Research Co
502 23.86% 16.26% -36.71% 60.57%
4
 TD Securities
1,212 37.34% 29.45% -3.11% 40.45%
5
 CIBC
146 33.77% 37.72% -3.88% 37.65%
6
 Maxim Group LLC
170 32.72% 10.36%
7
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
317 23.17% 14.68% 0.00% 23.17%
8
 Societe Generale
111 42.55% 22.25% 21.65% 20.90%
9
 UBS
1,674 25.41% 21.49% 8.71% 16.70%
10
 Deutsche Bank
1,238 26.78% 18.06% 18.49% 8.29%
11
 Macquarie Group
428 18.44% 25.32% 10.66% 7.78%
12
 Exane BNP Paribas
415 27.26% 24.97% 19.87% 7.39%
13
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,515 23.13% 22.48% 25.45% -2.32%
14
 Goldman Sachs
1,702 22.05% 24.85% 24.64% -2.59%
15
 Credit Suisse
1,402 23.75% 20.01% 28.05% -4.30%
16
 Morgan Stanley
1,752 21.86% 19.16% 29.54% -7.68%
17
 Nomura Securities
297 19.98% 21.92% 28.08% -8.10%
18
 CFRA Research
876 18.64% 21.58% 27.97% -9.33%
19
 Merrill Lynch
2,076 20.76% 24.27% 30.13% -9.37%
20
 HSBC
432 25.14% 23.66% 34.88% -9.74%
21
 JP Morgan
1,880 26.96% 24.28% 36.81% -9.85%
22
 Piper Sandler
1,421 29.07% 20.89% 41.24% -12.17%
23
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,820 26.78% 19.33% 46.07% -19.29%
24
 BMO Capital Markets
1,101 27.11% 24.37% 60.33% -33.22%
25
 CLSA
89 11.00% -18.94% 53.96% -42.96%