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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Northland Capital Markets
271 13.99% 3.91% -52.50% 66.49%
2
 Sidoti & Co
264 1.46% 0.32% -46.76% 48.22%
3
 CIBC
149 29.03% 35.84% -16.73% 45.76%
4
 Argus Research Co
499 15.57% 3.96% -29.74% 45.31%
5
 Exane BNP Paribas
398 16.74% 11.93% -2.68% 19.42%
6
 TD Securities
1,207 18.54% 10.88% 3.53% 15.01%
7
 CFRA Research
896 14.76% 10.69% 2.11% 12.65%
8
 Deutsche Bank
1,269 13.42% 5.65% 1.95% 11.47%
9
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
330 8.88% 2.39% 0.00% 8.88%
10
 Goldman Sachs
1,757 15.02% 13.43% 8.86% 6.16%
11
 JP Morgan
1,920 19.53% 10.64% 13.50% 6.03%
11
 Credit Suisse
1,447 14.44% 9.56% 8.41% 6.03%
13
 Morgan Stanley
1,804 15.10% 9.39% 10.21% 4.89%
14
 Macquarie Group
437 14.00% 13.59% 10.85% 3.15%
15
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,514 12.53% 10.64% 10.19% 2.34%
16
 Merrill Lynch
2,129 14.05% 14.05% 12.96% 1.09%
17
 Piper Sandler
1,480 12.29% 7.57% 11.21% 1.08%
18
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,874 15.29% 8.27% 15.90% -0.61%
19
 Nomura Securities
301 10.67% 6.47% 13.05% -2.38%
20
 BMO Capital Markets
1,116 19.10% 11.60% 23.15% -4.05%
21
 HSBC
433 19.88% 19.32% 26.10% -6.22%
22
 Societe Generale
114 14.61% 17.80% 23.19% -8.58%
23
 UBS
1,669 15.07% 10.55% 34.11% -19.04%
24
 CLSA
88 20.98% -6.55% 62.92% -41.94%