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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Northland Capital Markets
168 25.64% 12.67% -49.61% 75.25%
2
 Argus Research Co
455 11.34% 1.52% -46.00% 57.34%
3
 CIBC
128 18.73% 25.75% -22.40% 41.13%
4
 Sidoti & Co
253 1.38% 1.77% -17.15% 18.53%
5
 TD Securities
861 15.23% 10.06% 1.83% 13.40%
6
 Exane BNP Paribas
332 12.26% 7.15% -0.75% 13.01%
7
 CFRA Research
800 11.21% 9.03% -1.21% 12.42%
8
 Deutsche Bank
1,009 9.06% 3.26% -3.31% 12.37%
9
 Maxim Group LLC
170 11.84% -13.94%
10
 Credit Suisse
1,098 11.71% 7.63% 4.05% 7.66%
11
 UBS
1,251 9.60% 7.87% 5.50% 4.10%
12
 Macquarie Group
339 12.93% 13.17% 9.09% 3.84%
13
 Nomura Securities
249 12.36% 4.24% 8.71% 3.65%
14
 Goldman Sachs
1,208 10.13% 10.64% 8.20% 1.93%
15
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
289 3.88% 4.19% 2.00% 1.88%
16
 Piper Sandler
1,102 8.56% 7.54% 7.55% 1.01%
17
 Morgan Stanley
1,265 10.83% 6.70% 10.20% 0.63%
18
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,149 8.06% 7.77% 8.24% -0.18%
19
 JP Morgan
1,381 11.67% 7.16% 12.20% -0.53%
20
 Merrill Lynch
1,525 9.88% 9.20% 10.98% -1.10%
21
 BMO Capital Markets
917 14.16% 6.29% 19.83% -5.67%
22
 HSBC
313 12.24% 13.38% 19.35% -7.11%
23
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,377 11.11% 6.94% 18.28% -7.17%
24
 Societe Generale
100 3.10% 13.37% 11.35% -8.25%
25
 CLSA
40 22.30% -14.25% 44.72% -22.42%