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Fundamental Research Providers

Rank Firm Stocks Buy Neutral Sell Buy-Sell Chart
1
 Sidoti & Co
256 28.22% 26.75% -59.63% 87.85%
2
 Northland Capital Markets
276 54.55% 39.35% -20.11% 74.66%
3
 Argus Research Co
501 25.88% 15.60% -35.87% 61.75%
4
 TD Securities
1,212 33.12% 26.45% -11.69% 44.81%
5
 CIBC
146 29.82% 27.89% -1.20% 31.02%
6
 Maxim Group LLC
170 27.63% 7.50%
7
 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
317 26.00% 18.24% 0.00% 26.00%
8
 Societe Generale
110 35.31% 25.21% 18.96% 16.35%
9
 UBS
1,671 24.27% 21.38% 9.32% 14.95%
10
 Deutsche Bank
1,236 25.74% 19.59% 12.05% 13.69%
11
 Exane BNP Paribas
418 25.95% 24.25% 16.34% 9.61%
12
 Macquarie Group
427 17.71% 22.63% 12.38% 5.33%
13
 Nomura Securities
298 20.30% 20.92% 20.40% -0.10%
14
 Barclays Bank PLC
1,516 23.23% 22.17% 24.71% -1.48%
15
 Goldman Sachs
1,701 21.32% 23.28% 23.33% -2.01%
16
 Piper Sandler
1,425 26.41% 20.07% 29.23% -2.82%
17
 Credit Suisse
1,402 21.41% 18.22% 26.86% -5.45%
18
 Morgan Stanley
1,746 21.31% 17.59% 27.64% -6.33%
19
 Merrill Lynch
2,075 19.71% 22.84% 27.01% -7.30%
20
 JP Morgan
1,882 25.84% 22.29% 34.30% -8.46%
21
 CFRA Research
876 19.27% 22.52% 27.81% -8.54%
22
 HSBC
431 23.15% 21.76% 33.48% -10.33%
23
 Citigroup Investment Research
1,820 25.94% 17.77% 39.83% -13.89%
24
 CLSA
89 6.92% -15.08% 37.42% -30.50%
25
 BMO Capital Markets
1,099 25.24% 22.68% 66.74% -41.50%