| Rank | Firm | Stocks | Buy | Neutral | Sell | Buy-Sell | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxim Group LLC | 218 | 22.94 % | 19.59 % | -15.95 % | 38.89 % | |
| 2 | Sidoti & Co | 350 | 26.78 % | 33.39 % | |||
| 3 | Northland Capital Markets | 188 | 37.16 % | 24.98 % | 18.93 % | 18.23 % | |
| 4 | Citigroup Investment Research | 1,411 | 20.22 % | 20.80 % | 10.21 % | 10.01 % | |
| 5 | Societe Generale | 162 | 15.17 % | 15.40 % | 10.67 % | 4.50 % | |
| 6 | Piper Jaffray | 773 | 36.17 % | 30.97 % | 31.95 % | 4.22 % | |
| 7 | Exane BNP Paribas | 75 | 5.91 % | 7.55 % | 4.77 % | 1.14 % | |
| 8 | AllianceBernstein L.P. | 375 | 21.33 % | 17.02 % | 20.91 % | 0.42 % | |
| 9 | JP Morgan | 1,542 | 19.46 % | 22.79 % | 19.61 % | -0.15 % | |
| 10 | Nomura Securities | 520 | 21.97 % | 24.86 % | 22.13 % | -0.16 % | |
| 11 | Deutsche Bank | 1,215 | 21.32 % | 20.18 % | 22.79 % | -1.47 % | |
| 12 | CLSA | 265 | 20.79 % | 10.25 % | 22.49 % | -1.70 % | |
| 13 | Morgan Stanley | 1,164 | 18.35 % | 21.07 % | 20.75 % | -2.40 % | |
| 14 | CFRA Research | 1,080 | 16.28 % | 22.76 % | 18.78 % | -2.50 % | |
| 15 | Goldman Sachs | 1,151 | 22.13 % | 20.15 % | 24.74 % | -2.61 % | |
| 16 | BMO Capital Markets | 827 | 21.96 % | 20.21 % | 24.85 % | -2.89 % | |
| 17 | Argus Research Co | 466 | 17.30 % | 19.21 % | 20.75 % | -3.45 % | |
| 18 | HSBC | 211 | 0.76 % | 3.58 % | 5.15 % | -4.39 % | |
| 19 | Credit Suisse | 1,307 | 20.20 % | 18.33 % | 24.79 % | -4.59 % | |
| 20 | UBS | 1,142 | 16.29 % | 17.64 % | 22.90 % | -6.61 % | |
| 21 | CIBC | 103 | 9.64 % | 7.04 % | 17.16 % | -7.52 % | |
| 22 | Merrill Lynch | 1,646 | 17.29 % | 16.27 % | 24.83 % | -7.54 % | |
| 23 | Barclays Bank PLC | 1,013 | 20.09 % | 21.04 % | 27.80 % | -7.71 % | |
| 24 | Macquarie Group | 755 | 16.67 % | 18.83 % | 30.99 % | -14.32 % | |
| 25 | McLean Capital Management (Short Model) | 47 | 14.55 % | ||||
| 26 | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 278 | 20.72 % | 16.51 % | 38.25 % | -17.53 % | |
| 27 | TD Securities | 109 | 2.37 % | 4.87 % | 21.35 % | -18.98 % |