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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Northland Capital Markets
162 2.12% 2.04% -49.61% 51.73%
2
 CIBC
125 15.08% 18.31% -34.35% 49.43%
3
 TD Securities
839 7.42% -0.09% -11.24% 18.66%
4
 Deutsche Bank
1,022 6.66% 3.02% -8.58% 15.24%
5
 Exane BNP Paribas
336 6.32% 7.73% -6.70% 13.02%
6
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
296 17.37% 12.77% 4.75% 12.62%
7
 Nomura Securities
251 7.93% 2.66% -2.07% 10.00%
8
 CFRA Research
823 11.46% 7.14% 1.75% 9.71%
9
 BMO Capital Markets
894 9.10% 4.43% -0.28% 9.38%
10
 Credit Suisse
1,116 7.82% 7.72% 1.39% 6.43%
11
 JP Morgan
1,394 10.91% 4.54% 4.76% 6.15%
12
 CLSA
33 13.91% -21.31% 9.31% 4.60%
13
 Goldman Sachs
1,219 7.64% 7.99% 3.37% 4.27%
14
 Merrill Lynch
1,546 9.10% 3.75% 4.93% 4.17%
15
 Maxim Group LLC
170 3.50% -29.85%
16
 Morgan Stanley
1,284 8.56% 5.89% 5.30% 3.26%
17
 Piper Sandler
1,118 7.17% 7.87% 4.68% 2.49%
18
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,397 7.64% 5.29% 6.03% 1.61%
19
 UBS
1,264 7.31% 5.30% 6.17% 1.14%
20
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,138 6.98% 6.87% 6.66% 0.32%
21
 Sidoti & Co
261 -1.11% 1.30% 8.18% -9.29%
22
 Macquarie Group
345 12.12% 12.58% 23.18% -11.06%
23
 HSBC
308 5.99% 8.95% 18.74% -12.75%
24
 Argus Research Co
469 10.98% 3.86% 24.02% -13.04%
25
 Societe Generale
102 -6.63% 11.72% 8.20% -14.83%