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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Northland Capital Markets
163 8.88% 7.50% -49.61% 58.49%
2
 CIBC
125 15.76% 19.31% -29.38% 45.14%
3
 TD Securities
840 11.51% 4.79% -10.30% 21.81%
4
 Deutsche Bank
1,023 11.49% 8.13% -3.64% 15.13%
5
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
296 19.71% 16.47% 4.60% 15.11%
6
 Exane BNP Paribas
336 12.51% 12.83% -2.46% 14.97%
7
 Nomura Securities
251 13.00% 7.53% 0.41% 12.59%
8
 CFRA Research
823 15.96% 13.05% 7.15% 8.81%
9
 Credit Suisse
1,116 11.70% 11.40% 4.86% 6.84%
10
 JP Morgan
1,400 15.16% 8.41% 9.02% 6.14%
11
 CLSA
34 14.97% -21.70% 10.88% 4.09%
12
 BMO Capital Markets
894 12.45% 7.77% 8.50% 3.95%
13
 Merrill Lynch
1,547 12.99% 8.27% 9.17% 3.82%
14
 Piper Sandler
1,119 10.64% 10.02% 8.01% 2.63%
15
 Goldman Sachs
1,221 11.86% 11.99% 9.26% 2.60%
16
 Morgan Stanley
1,284 12.37% 9.38% 9.90% 2.47%
17
 UBS
1,264 11.07% 9.71% 9.85% 1.22%
18
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,396 12.01% 8.66% 10.91% 1.10%
19
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,142 11.45% 10.95% 11.07% 0.38%
20
 Maxim Group LLC
170 -1.61% -26.07%
21
 Sidoti & Co
261 3.31% 6.87% 11.79% -8.48%
22
 HSBC
309 10.70% 13.81% 19.54% -8.84%
23
 Argus Research Co
468 15.94% 9.75% 25.27% -9.33%
24
 Macquarie Group
345 15.96% 15.36% 28.28% -12.32%
25
 Societe Generale
102 -5.55% 14.30% 11.74% -17.29%