| Rank | Firm | Stocks | Buy | Neutral | Sell | Buy-Sell | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxim Group LLC | 191 | 26.67 % | 19.62 % | -10.65 % | 37.32 % | |
| 2 | CIBC | 102 | 18.38 % | 11.54 % | -2.59 % | 20.97 % | |
| 3 | Sidoti & Co | 352 | 19.47 % | 27.09 % | |||
| 4 | Citigroup Investment Research | 1,396 | 20.04 % | 17.76 % | 10.26 % | 9.78 % | |
| 5 | Northland Capital Markets | 187 | 25.43 % | 23.47 % | 22.03 % | 3.40 % | |
| 6 | BMO Capital Markets | 822 | 19.90 % | 17.19 % | 16.78 % | 3.12 % | |
| 7 | Goldman Sachs | 1,179 | 21.54 % | 17.89 % | 20.21 % | 1.33 % | |
| 8 | HSBC | 207 | 12.38 % | 10.08 % | 11.29 % | 1.09 % | |
| 9 | Societe Generale | 162 | 15.74 % | 17.39 % | 15.04 % | 0.70 % | |
| 10 | Piper Jaffray | 770 | 29.06 % | 26.06 % | 29.27 % | -0.21 % | |
| 11 | CLSA | 266 | 24.69 % | 20.53 % | 25.24 % | -0.55 % | |
| 12 | Exane BNP Paribas | 75 | 11.41 % | 9.08 % | 12.25 % | -0.84 % | |
| 13 | JP Morgan | 1,533 | 19.95 % | 19.76 % | 21.04 % | -1.09 % | |
| 14 | Morgan Stanley | 1,154 | 19.25 % | 18.62 % | 20.42 % | -1.17 % | |
| 15 | CFRA Research | 1,073 | 14.20 % | 18.21 % | 16.22 % | -2.02 % | |
| 16 | Barclays Bank PLC | 995 | 18.78 % | 15.98 % | 21.00 % | -2.22 % | |
| 17 | Credit Suisse | 1,279 | 20.07 % | 16.91 % | 22.36 % | -2.29 % | |
| 18 | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 273 | 18.03 % | 13.92 % | 20.64 % | -2.61 % | |
| 19 | AllianceBernstein L.P. | 370 | 20.18 % | 13.47 % | 23.51 % | -3.33 % | |
| 20 | Merrill Lynch | 1,645 | 16.93 % | 13.97 % | 20.58 % | -3.65 % | |
| 21 | Argus Research Co | 460 | 12.82 % | 14.44 % | 16.82 % | -4.00 % | |
| 22 | Nomura Securities | 511 | 20.80 % | 22.26 % | 28.00 % | -7.20 % | |
| 23 | TD Securities | 94 | 4.71 % | 9.80 % | 11.93 % | -7.22 % | |
| 24 | Deutsche Bank | 1,206 | 19.65 % | 17.25 % | 27.75 % | -8.10 % | |
| 25 | Macquarie Group | 763 | 17.81 % | 19.53 % | 26.43 % | -8.62 % | |
| 26 | UBS | 1,140 | 13.64 % | 16.57 % | 22.51 % | -8.87 % | |
| 27 | McLean Capital Management (Short Model) | 38 | 16.19 % |