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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
263 1.50% 3.43% -67.60% 69.10%
2
 Argus Research Co
480 0.40% -2.42% -50.45% 50.85%
3
 CIBC
119 -3.82% -1.99% -33.52% 29.70%
4
 Piper Sandler
1,067 3.82% -4.40% -15.56% 19.38%
5
 Exane BNP Paribas
225 7.77% 0.27% -6.21% 13.98%
6
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,308 7.27% -2.50% -6.45% 13.72%
7
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
264 -9.26% -13.60% -21.67% 12.41%
8
 Macquarie Group
336 0.90% -6.48% -11.08% 11.98%
9
 BMO Capital Markets
833 1.16% -3.51% -10.69% 11.85%
10
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,040 2.34% -0.63% -7.54% 9.88%
11
 UBS
1,072 2.34% 0.74% -6.28% 8.62%
12
 Deutsche Bank
928 1.51% -1.77% -6.65% 8.16%
13
 CFRA Research
875 -0.10% -0.49% -4.37% 4.27%
14
 Merrill Lynch
1,479 2.18% -0.81% -1.92% 4.10%
15
 Goldman Sachs
1,168 2.58% 1.71% -0.91% 3.49%
16
 Credit Suisse
1,127 0.83% -0.42% -2.08% 2.91%
17
 JP Morgan
1,375 3.56% -0.39% 4.63% -1.07%
18
 Morgan Stanley
1,234 1.72% -0.36% 7.45% -5.73%
19
 TD Securities
219 -4.79% -2.46% 2.70% -7.49%
20
 HSBC
148 -0.86% 4.82% 7.21% -8.07%
21
 Northland Capital Markets
144 -9.73% -8.71% 0.89% -10.62%
22
 Maxim Group LLC
160 -20.39% -31.70% 0.00% -20.39%
23
 Nomura Securities
250 2.31% 1.16% 24.32% -22.01%
24
 CLSA
26 -5.53% 26.96% -32.49%
25
 Societe Generale
100 0.23% 0.26% 34.60% -34.37%