| Rank | Firm | Stocks | Buy | Neutral | Sell | Buy-Sell | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIBC | 104 | 16.04 % | 6.64 % | -11.40 % | 27.44 % | |
| 2 | Maxim Group LLC | 199 | 15.90 % | 18.99 % | -7.79 % | 23.69 % | |
| 3 | Sidoti & Co | 362 | 12.46 % | 20.52 % | |||
| 4 | Goldman Sachs | 1,223 | 18.19 % | 13.27 % | 11.05 % | 7.14 % | |
| 5 | Argus Research Co | 462 | 11.90 % | 9.56 % | 4.97 % | 6.93 % | |
| 6 | Citigroup Investment Research | 1,411 | 16.44 % | 12.82 % | 9.78 % | 6.66 % | |
| 7 | HSBC | 211 | 18.57 % | 15.35 % | 12.82 % | 5.75 % | |
| 8 | Merrill Lynch | 1,647 | 15.86 % | 10.09 % | 10.20 % | 5.66 % | |
| 9 | JP Morgan | 1,535 | 17.20 % | 14.92 % | 12.46 % | 4.74 % | |
| 10 | Morgan Stanley | 1,180 | 17.45 % | 13.00 % | 13.69 % | 3.76 % | |
| 11 | Barclays Bank PLC | 1,020 | 16.28 % | 10.89 % | 12.69 % | 3.59 % | |
| 12 | CFRA Research | 1,086 | 10.79 % | 12.53 % | 7.91 % | 2.88 % | |
| 13 | CLSA | 272 | 22.67 % | 16.19 % | 20.37 % | 2.30 % | |
| 14 | Credit Suisse | 1,292 | 16.77 % | 12.10 % | 14.81 % | 1.96 % | |
| 15 | AllianceBernstein L.P. | 379 | 18.44 % | 10.06 % | 16.79 % | 1.65 % | |
| 16 | TD Securities | 96 | 2.45 % | 9.88 % | 1.47 % | 0.98 % | |
| 17 | BMO Capital Markets | 832 | 14.52 % | 9.81 % | 13.59 % | 0.93 % | |
| 18 | Piper Jaffray | 766 | 22.33 % | 15.00 % | 22.41 % | -0.08 % | |
| 19 | UBS | 1,151 | 13.12 % | 12.76 % | 14.11 % | -0.99 % | |
| 20 | Deutsche Bank | 1,220 | 16.95 % | 11.67 % | 18.10 % | -1.15 % | |
| 21 | Macquarie Group | 777 | 14.62 % | 14.16 % | 17.27 % | -2.65 % | |
| 22 | Northland Capital Markets | 230 | 17.67 % | 22.19 % | 20.42 % | -2.75 % | |
| 23 | Nomura Securities | 516 | 16.46 % | 12.99 % | 21.81 % | -5.35 % | |
| 24 | McLean Capital Management (Short Model) | 54 | 5.39 % | ||||
| 25 | Exane BNP Paribas | 76 | 11.89 % | 15.24 % | 19.71 % | -7.82 % | |
| 26 | Societe Generale | 167 | 9.22 % | 14.63 % | 17.71 % | -8.49 % | |
| 27 | Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 319 | 10.58 % | 12.54 % | 24.59 % | -14.01 % |