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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Argus Research Co
482 15.34% 11.50% -48.64% 63.98%
2
 Sidoti & Co
262 20.43% 7.84% -34.52% 54.95%
3
 CIBC
120 13.43% 20.52% -28.13% 41.56%
4
 Macquarie Group
335 22.40% 13.81% 1.34% 21.06%
5
 Exane BNP Paribas
241 26.49% 27.00% 7.51% 18.98%
6
 Northland Capital Markets
148 -1.48% -6.17% -18.36% 16.88%
7
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,320 17.20% 13.95% 4.70% 12.50%
8
 Piper Sandler
1,084 8.73% 0.43% -0.99% 9.72%
9
 Goldman Sachs
1,177 16.39% 18.05% 6.77% 9.62%
10
 CFRA Research
867 17.76% 13.52% 9.79% 7.97%
11
 UBS
1,095 15.61% 15.51% 7.69% 7.92%
12
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,051 15.07% 11.88% 7.83% 7.24%
13
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
268 -3.71% -8.30% -10.14% 6.43%
14
 Merrill Lynch
1,490 14.31% 11.54% 8.62% 5.69%
15
 Credit Suisse
1,124 16.02% 14.08% 11.65% 4.37%
16
 BMO Capital Markets
840 12.33% 11.07% 8.47% 3.86%
17
 Deutsche Bank
933 17.05% 12.52% 16.98% 0.07%
18
 Morgan Stanley
1,236 15.29% 13.77% 18.46% -3.17%
19
 JP Morgan
1,355 15.04% 16.00% 18.83% -3.79%
20
 HSBC
212 20.92% 24.35% 37.17% -16.25%
21
 Societe Generale
100 28.19% 26.58% 44.96% -16.77%
22
 CLSA
26 10.21% 32.20% -21.99%
23
 Maxim Group LLC
160 -22.54% -30.70% 0.00% -22.54%
24
 TD Securities
346 17.41% 12.36% 43.87% -26.46%
25
 Nomura Securities
250 16.09% 15.78% 53.72% -37.63%