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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
264 -7.36% -4.67% -68.40% 61.04%
2
 CIBC
119 -10.90% -12.29% -46.28% 35.38%
3
 Argus Research Co
480 -7.87% -10.01% -30.91% 23.04%
4
 Piper Sandler
1,079 -13.41% -10.33% -28.47% 15.06%
5
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
363 -19.64% -15.97% -34.61% 14.97%
6
 Macquarie Group
337 -9.63% -10.34% -22.43% 12.80%
7
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,323 -6.90% -9.76% -16.76% 9.86%
8
 UBS
1,057 -7.40% -7.90% -14.96% 7.56%
9
 BMO Capital Markets
843 -11.27% -10.14% -18.64% 7.37%
10
 Exane BNP Paribas
223 -6.50% -7.17% -13.26% 6.76%
11
 TD Securities
141 -10.05% -9.03% -16.08% 6.03%
12
 JP Morgan
1,394 -8.44% -9.68% -11.50% 3.06%
13
 Merrill Lynch
1,493 -9.81% -8.84% -12.69% 2.88%
14
 Goldman Sachs
1,179 -8.16% -9.82% -10.93% 2.77%
15
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,045 -10.52% -8.10% -11.77% 1.25%
16
 Nomura Securities
251 -11.07% -11.77% -12.04% 0.97%
17
 Morgan Stanley
1,244 -9.01% -9.60% -7.97% -1.04%
18
 CFRA Research
878 -10.39% -8.59% -8.08% -2.31%
19
 Credit Suisse
1,140 -9.97% -7.26% -7.07% -2.90%
20
 Deutsche Bank
937 -10.42% -10.28% -4.68% -5.74%
21
 HSBC
145 -11.06% -3.12% 0.95% -12.01%
22
 Northland Capital Markets
267 -24.38% -15.63% -10.87% -13.51%
23
 CLSA
26 -12.80% 1.67% -14.47%
24
 Societe Generale
100 -4.24% -3.47% 17.17% -21.41%
25
 Maxim Group LLC
160 -40.85% -43.93% 0.00% -40.85%