| Rank | Firm | Stocks | Buy | Neutral | Sell | Buy-Sell | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxim Group LLC | 220 | 18.00 % | 10.82 % | -13.76 % | 31.76 % | |
| 2 | Northland Capital Markets | 194 | 34.09 % | 23.70 % | 15.52 % | 18.57 % | |
| 3 | Sidoti & Co | 345 | 17.63 % | 23.30 % | |||
| 4 | Argus Research Co | 465 | 15.59 % | 17.20 % | 4.58 % | 11.01 % | |
| 5 | Citigroup Investment Research | 1,411 | 16.07 % | 14.76 % | 9.93 % | 6.14 % | |
| 6 | BMO Capital Markets | 825 | 19.68 % | 16.14 % | 15.87 % | 3.81 % | |
| 7 | Deutsche Bank | 1,229 | 17.31 % | 16.40 % | 15.02 % | 2.29 % | |
| 8 | Societe Generale | 158 | 10.85 % | 16.57 % | 8.92 % | 1.93 % | |
| 9 | Morgan Stanley | 1,183 | 15.71 % | 18.00 % | 14.33 % | 1.38 % | |
| 10 | AllianceBernstein L.P. | 375 | 19.92 % | 15.37 % | 19.05 % | 0.87 % | |
| 11 | JP Morgan | 1,545 | 16.34 % | 18.36 % | 15.79 % | 0.55 % | |
| 12 | Exane BNP Paribas | 74 | 6.57 % | 3.02 % | 6.58 % | -0.01 % | |
| 13 | Goldman Sachs | 1,176 | 18.24 % | 16.66 % | 18.95 % | -0.71 % | |
| 14 | Piper Jaffray | 776 | 29.64 % | 24.02 % | 30.98 % | -1.34 % | |
| 15 | Credit Suisse | 1,305 | 16.24 % | 13.52 % | 18.35 % | -2.11 % | |
| 16 | Nomura Securities | 517 | 17.26 % | 20.67 % | 19.43 % | -2.17 % | |
| 17 | HSBC | 212 | 1.62 % | 0.46 % | 4.85 % | -3.23 % | |
| 18 | Merrill Lynch | 1,649 | 14.16 % | 12.84 % | 18.18 % | -4.02 % | |
| 19 | CLSA | 267 | 15.64 % | 6.10 % | 20.16 % | -4.52 % | |
| 20 | CFRA Research | 1,082 | 13.59 % | 18.93 % | 18.37 % | -4.78 % | |
| 21 | McLean Capital Management (Short Model) | 59 | 4.97 % | ||||
| 22 | Barclays Bank PLC | 1,002 | 16.95 % | 16.91 % | 22.14 % | -5.19 % | |
| 23 | UBS | 1,140 | 13.38 % | 12.91 % | 18.76 % | -5.38 % | |
| 24 | Macquarie Group | 748 | 12.68 % | 14.66 % | 23.06 % | -10.38 % | |
| 25 | TD Securities | 109 | -3.53 % | 2.06 % | 16.21 % | -19.74 % | |
| 26 | CIBC | 100 | 6.39 % | 1.24 % | 28.55 % | -22.16 % | |
| 27 | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 280 | 16.52 % | 10.61 % | 50.83 % | -34.31 % |