| Rank | Firm | Stocks | Buy | Neutral | Sell | Buy-Sell | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxim Group LLC | 209 | 22.72 % | 20.54 % | -2.44 % | 25.16 % | |
| 2 | Sidoti & Co | 358 | 16.80 % | 27.55 % | |||
| 3 | CIBC | 105 | 18.14 % | 8.78 % | 2.41 % | 15.73 % | |
| 4 | Citigroup Investment Research | 1,410 | 17.90 % | 15.49 % | 10.40 % | 7.50 % | |
| 5 | Piper Jaffray | 771 | 28.45 % | 21.74 % | 21.11 % | 7.34 % | |
| 6 | Goldman Sachs | 1,186 | 18.32 % | 15.38 % | 15.68 % | 2.64 % | |
| 7 | JP Morgan | 1,538 | 18.23 % | 17.66 % | 15.78 % | 2.45 % | |
| 8 | Argus Research Co | 462 | 11.86 % | 12.29 % | 9.51 % | 2.35 % | |
| 9 | Northland Capital Markets | 229 | 22.95 % | 26.60 % | 20.94 % | 2.01 % | |
| 10 | BMO Capital Markets | 827 | 17.55 % | 13.81 % | 15.65 % | 1.90 % | |
| 11 | CFRA Research | 1,086 | 13.07 % | 15.32 % | 11.30 % | 1.77 % | |
| 12 | HSBC | 211 | 10.32 % | 10.91 % | 8.70 % | 1.62 % | |
| 13 | Barclays Bank PLC | 1,000 | 17.81 % | 12.81 % | 16.23 % | 1.58 % | |
| 14 | AllianceBernstein L.P. | 372 | 19.39 % | 11.15 % | 17.89 % | 1.50 % | |
| 15 | Morgan Stanley | 1,170 | 18.08 % | 15.93 % | 17.43 % | 0.65 % | |
| 16 | Merrill Lynch | 1,650 | 16.17 % | 11.44 % | 15.60 % | 0.57 % | |
| 17 | CLSA | 272 | 23.54 % | 23.46 % | 23.14 % | 0.40 % | |
| 18 | TD Securities | 96 | 4.00 % | 12.00 % | 5.76 % | -1.76 % | |
| 19 | Credit Suisse | 1,290 | 17.48 % | 15.27 % | 19.97 % | -2.49 % | |
| 20 | Deutsche Bank | 1,215 | 18.13 % | 14.18 % | 20.94 % | -2.81 % | |
| 21 | Societe Generale | 164 | 9.65 % | 15.47 % | 13.87 % | -4.22 % | |
| 22 | Nomura Securities | 513 | 18.26 % | 18.21 % | 23.28 % | -5.02 % | |
| 23 | UBS | 1,148 | 13.34 % | 13.39 % | 20.21 % | -6.87 % | |
| 24 | Exane BNP Paribas | 76 | 7.06 % | 9.00 % | 13.94 % | -6.88 % | |
| 25 | Macquarie Group | 772 | 16.32 % | 17.62 % | 24.12 % | -7.80 % | |
| 26 | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 321 | 16.20 % | 17.12 % | 27.60 % | -11.40 % | |
| 27 | McLean Capital Management (Short Model) | 47 | 14.90 % |