Stock Analyst Recommendations by Research Firm This page lists brokerages and sell-side research firms that have issued at least ten buy, hold and sell recommendations in the last twelve months. MarketBeat and its parent company are in no way affiliated with or endorsed by any firm on this list. FirmTotal Ratings Issued(Last 12 Months)Sell Ratings Issued(Last 12 Months)Hold Ratings Issued(Last 12 Months)Buy Ratings Issued(Last 12 Months)Strong Ratings Issued(Last 12 Months)Aegis631 (1.6%)10 (15.9%)52 (82.5%)0 (0.0%)Alembic Global Advisors292 (6.9%)7 (24.1%)20 (69.0%)0 (0.0%)Alliance Global Partners321 (3.1%)9 (28.1%)20 (62.5%)0 (0.0%)AltaCorp Capital10212 (11.8%)35 (34.3%)48 (47.1%)0 (0.0%)Argus3306 (1.8%)85 (25.8%)235 (71.2%)1 (0.3%)Ascendiant Capital Markets190 (0.0%)1 (5.3%)18 (94.7%)0 (0.0%)Atlantic Securities8111 (13.6%)41 (50.6%)29 (35.8%)0 (0.0%)B. Riley10607 (0.7%)266 (25.1%)780 (73.6%)0 (0.0%)Baader Bank56444 (7.8%)179 (31.7%)341 (60.5%)0 (0.0%)Bank of America2051460 (22.4%)608 (29.6%)974 (47.5%)0 (0.0%)Bankhaus Lampe121 (8.3%)4 (33.3%)7 (58.3%)0 (0.0%)Barclays3920608 (15.5%)1388 (35.4%)1890 (48.2%)4 (0.1%)Barrington Research4141 (0.2%)54 (13.0%)356 (86.0%)0 (0.0%)Beacon Securities470 (0.0%)17 (36.2%)30 (63.8%)0 (0.0%)Benchmark2418 (3.3%)30 (12.4%)202 (83.8%)0 (0.0%)Berenberg Bank2111165 (7.8%)735 (34.8%)1204 (57.0%)0 (0.0%)BidaskClub175686208 (35.3%)5922 (33.7%)4161 (23.7%)1276 (7.3%)Bloom Burton260 (0.0%)10 (38.5%)16 (61.5%)0 (0.0%)BMO Capital Markets200540 (2.0%)779 (38.9%)761 (38.0%)1 (0.0%)BNP Paribas18736 (19.3%)71 (38.0%)79 (42.2%)0 (0.0%)Boenning Scattergood1660 (0.0%)86 (51.8%)80 (48.2%)0 (0.0%)Bradesco Corretora100 (0.0%)5 (50.0%)5 (50.0%)0 (0.0%)Brean Capital310 (0.0%)13 (41.9%)18 (58.1%)0 (0.0%)Brookline Capital Management170 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)17 (100.0%)0 (0.0%)Bryan, Garnier & Co243 (12.5%)17 (70.8%)4 (16.7%)0 (0.0%)BTIG Research4008 (2.0%)99 (24.8%)290 (72.5%)0 (0.0%)Buckingham Research36313 (3.6%)198 (54.5%)152 (41.9%)0 (0.0%)BWS Financial202 (10.0%)6 (30.0%)12 (60.0%)0 (0.0%)Canaccord Genuity159626 (1.6%)361 (22.6%)847 (53.1%)0 (0.0%)Cantor Fitzgerald6975 (0.7%)139 (19.9%)542 (77.8%)0 (0.0%)Capital One Financial12713 (10.2%)68 (53.5%)46 (36.2%)0 (0.0%)Cascend Securities330 (0.0%)6 (18.2%)27 (81.8%)0 (0.0%)Cfra6814 (20.6%)32 (47.1%)19 (27.9%)1 (1.5%)Chardan Capital2090 (0.0%)42 (20.1%)167 (79.9%)0 (0.0%)China Renaissance Securities271 (3.7%)13 (48.1%)13 (48.1%)0 (0.0%)CIBC129534 (2.6%)276 (21.3%)227 (17.5%)0 (0.0%)CICC Research131 (7.7%)2 (15.4%)10 (76.9%)0 (0.0%)Citigroup2078183 (8.8%)812 (39.1%)1043 (50.2%)3 (0.1%)CJS Securities120 (0.0%)5 (41.7%)7 (58.3%)0 (0.0%)CL King260 (0.0%)10 (38.5%)14 (53.8%)2 (7.7%)Clarkson Capital260 (0.0%)11 (42.3%)15 (57.7%)0 (0.0%)Clarus Securities260 (0.0%)9 (34.6%)17 (65.4%)0 (0.0%)Cleveland Research391 (2.6%)27 (69.2%)11 (28.2%)0 (0.0%)CLSA3711 (29.7%)0 (0.0%)26 (70.3%)0 (0.0%)Commerzbank463 (6.5%)20 (43.5%)23 (50.0%)0 (0.0%)Compass Point20916 (7.7%)97 (46.4%)96 (45.9%)0 (0.0%)Consumer Edge294 (13.8%)13 (44.8%)12 (41.4%)0 (0.0%)Cormark1830 (0.0%)16 (8.7%)12 (6.6%)2 (1.1%)Cowen124113 (1.0%)372 (30.0%)838 (67.5%)3 (0.2%)Craig Hallum3751 (0.3%)103 (27.5%)268 (71.5%)0 (0.0%)Credit Suisse Group2836327 (11.5%)1024 (36.1%)1474 (52.0%)0 (0.0%)Cross Research150 (0.0%)9 (60.0%)6 (40.0%)0 (0.0%)CSFB987 (7.1%)26 (26.5%)22 (22.4%)0 (0.0%)DA Davidson63312 (1.9%)268 (42.3%)348 (55.0%)0 (0.0%)Daiwa Capital Markets694 (5.8%)29 (42.0%)36 (52.2%)0 (0.0%)Dawson James330 (0.0%)2 (6.1%)31 (93.9%)0 (0.0%)Desjardins3872 (0.5%)173 (44.7%)120 (31.0%)0 (0.0%)Deutsche Bank3247147 (4.5%)1402 (43.2%)1691 (52.1%)1 (0.0%)DNB Markets277 (25.9%)7 (25.9%)13 (48.1%)0 (0.0%)Dougherty & Co1002 (2.0%)30 (30.0%)68 (68.0%)0 (0.0%)Drexel Hamilton150 (0.0%)2 (13.3%)13 (86.7%)0 (0.0%)DZ Bank73499 (13.5%)360 (49.0%)275 (37.5%)0 (0.0%)Echelon Wealth Partners1341 (0.7%)44 (32.8%)89 (66.4%)0 (0.0%)Edward Jones373 (8.1%)21 (56.8%)13 (35.1%)0 (0.0%)Eight Capital1733 (1.7%)22 (12.7%)18 (10.4%)0 (0.0%)Evercore ISI48839 (8.0%)141 (28.9%)285 (58.4%)0 (0.0%)Exane BNP Paribas6916 (23.2%)23 (33.3%)30 (43.5%)0 (0.0%)FBN Securities220 (0.0%)2 (9.1%)19 (86.4%)0 (0.0%)Fearnley Fonds102 (20.0%)6 (60.0%)2 (20.0%)0 (0.0%)FIG Partners620 (0.0%)14 (22.6%)38 (61.3%)0 (0.0%)FinnCap6550 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)First Analysis410 (0.0%)7 (17.1%)22 (53.7%)12 (29.3%)Fundamental Research1720 (0.0%)10 (5.8%)112 (65.1%)50 (29.1%)G.Research210 (0.0%)9 (42.9%)12 (57.1%)0 (0.0%)Gabelli1007 (7.0%)37 (37.0%)56 (56.0%)0 (0.0%)GMP Securities2066 (2.9%)64 (31.1%)37 (18.0%)0 (0.0%)Goldman Sachs Group3327487 (14.6%)1170 (35.2%)1589 (47.8%)67 (2.0%)Gordon Haskett456 (13.3%)29 (64.4%)10 (22.2%)0 (0.0%)Guggenheim49723 (4.6%)157 (31.6%)310 (62.4%)0 (0.0%)Hauck & Aufhaeuser44471 (16.0%)76 (17.1%)297 (66.9%)0 (0.0%)Haywood Securities371 (2.7%)5 (13.5%)12 (32.4%)0 (0.0%)HC Wainwright14871 (0.1%)120 (8.1%)1339 (90.0%)0 (0.0%)Hovde Group362 (5.6%)18 (50.0%)16 (44.4%)0 (0.0%)HSBC1434106 (7.4%)596 (41.6%)731 (51.0%)1 (0.1%)Ifs Securities260 (0.0%)12 (46.2%)7 (26.9%)7 (26.9%)Imperial Capital27510 (3.6%)59 (21.5%)197 (71.6%)0 (0.0%)Independent Research57798 (17.0%)437 (75.7%)42 (7.3%)0 (0.0%)Industrial Alliance Securities371 (2.7%)13 (35.1%)15 (40.5%)7 (18.9%)Investec5010 (20.0%)20 (40.0%)20 (40.0%)0 (0.0%)Itau BBA Securities144 (28.6%)5 (35.7%)5 (35.7%)0 (0.0%)Janney Montgomery Scott1263 (2.4%)46 (36.5%)77 (61.1%)0 (0.0%)Jefferies Financial Group2447167 (6.8%)922 (37.7%)1311 (53.6%)2 (0.1%)JMP Securities3172 (0.6%)68 (21.5%)239 (75.4%)0 (0.0%)Johnson Rice390 (0.0%)27 (69.2%)12 (30.8%)0 (0.0%)JPMorgan Chase & Co.4561704 (15.4%)1702 (37.3%)2046 (44.9%)6 (0.1%)Keefe, Bruyette & Woods20923 (11.0%)112 (53.6%)66 (31.6%)0 (0.0%)Kepler Capital Markets881169 (19.2%)245 (27.8%)467 (53.0%)0 (0.0%)KeyCorp76423 (3.0%)136 (17.8%)601 (78.7%)0 (0.0%)LADENBURG THALM/SH SH1400 (0.0%)41 (29.3%)97 (69.3%)0 (0.0%)Laidlaw250 (0.0%)4 (16.0%)21 (84.0%)0 (0.0%)Lake Street Capital1570 (0.0%)31 (19.7%)121 (77.1%)0 (0.0%)Laurentian590 (0.0%)3 (5.1%)11 (18.6%)0 (0.0%)Leerink Swann1910 (0.0%)60 (31.4%)127 (66.5%)0 (0.0%)Liberum Capital1867110 (5.9%)446 (23.9%)1299 (69.6%)0 (0.0%)Longbow Research1268 (6.3%)61 (48.4%)57 (45.2%)0 (0.0%)Loop Capital34512 (3.5%)130 (37.7%)194 (56.2%)0 (0.0%)Mackie130 (0.0%)7 (53.8%)6 (46.2%)0 (0.0%)Macquarie47038 (8.1%)188 (40.0%)243 (51.7%)0 (0.0%)Main First Bank100 (0.0%)3 (30.0%)7 (70.0%)0 (0.0%)Maxim Group8349 (1.1%)131 (15.7%)690 (82.7%)0 (0.0%)Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group560 (0.0%)25 (44.6%)28 (50.0%)0 (0.0%)Mizuho59016 (2.7%)202 (34.2%)366 (62.0%)1 (0.2%)MKM Partners2453 (1.2%)100 (40.8%)134 (54.7%)1 (0.4%)Moffett Nathanson243 (12.5%)11 (45.8%)10 (41.7%)0 (0.0%)Monness Crespi & Hardt861 (1.2%)9 (10.5%)76 (88.4%)0 (0.0%)Morgan Stanley3225437 (13.6%)1528 (47.4%)1158 (35.9%)3 (0.1%)National Bank Financial164030 (1.8%)593 (36.2%)795 (48.5%)0 (0.0%)National Securities15011 (7.3%)27 (18.0%)112 (74.7%)0 (0.0%)Needham & Company LLC87912 (1.4%)164 (18.7%)661 (75.2%)39 (4.4%)New Street Research347 (20.6%)14 (41.2%)13 (38.2%)0 (0.0%)Noble Financial1700 (0.0%)22 (12.9%)145 (85.3%)0 (0.0%)Nomura48634 (7.0%)196 (40.3%)250 (51.4%)0 (0.0%)Nord/LB42921 (4.9%)282 (65.7%)126 (29.4%)0 (0.0%)Nordea Equity Research211 (4.8%)12 (57.1%)8 (38.1%)0 (0.0%)Northcoast Research954 (4.2%)52 (54.7%)39 (41.1%)0 (0.0%)Northland Securities59220 (3.4%)118 (19.9%)444 (75.0%)0 (0.0%)Numis Securities63020 (3.2%)230 (36.5%)368 (58.4%)1 (0.2%)Oddo Bhf15024 (16.0%)72 (48.0%)54 (36.0%)0 (0.0%)Oddo Securities163 (18.8%)9 (56.3%)4 (25.0%)0 (0.0%)Odeon Capital Group213 (14.3%)11 (52.4%)7 (33.3%)0 (0.0%)Oppenheimer8224 (0.5%)142 (17.3%)630 (76.6%)1 (0.1%)OTR Global567 (12.5%)1 (1.8%)46 (82.1%)0 (0.0%)Panmure Gordon143 (21.4%)4 (28.6%)6 (42.9%)0 (0.0%)Pareto Securities392 (5.1%)24 (61.5%)13 (33.3%)0 (0.0%)Peel Hunt4571219 (4.8%)1745 (38.2%)2511 (54.9%)1 (0.0%)Peel Hunt29418 (6.1%)91 (31.0%)183 (62.2%)0 (0.0%)Pi Financial880 (0.0%)12 (13.6%)34 (38.6%)0 (0.0%)Piper Jaffray Companies109516 (1.5%)275 (25.1%)789 (72.1%)1 (0.1%)Pivotal Research17012 (7.1%)50 (29.4%)103 (60.6%)0 (0.0%)R. F. Lafferty120 (0.0%)5 (41.7%)7 (58.3%)0 (0.0%)Raymond James281065 (2.3%)748 (26.6%)1478 (52.6%)417 (14.8%)Redburn Partners233 (13.0%)13 (56.5%)7 (30.4%)0 (0.0%)Robert W. Baird81915 (1.8%)269 (32.8%)524 (64.0%)2 (0.2%)Rosenblatt Securities18713 (7.0%)69 (36.9%)105 (56.1%)0 (0.0%)Roth Capital47011 (2.3%)107 (22.8%)331 (70.4%)0 (0.0%)Royal Bank of Canada3496246 (7.0%)1379 (39.4%)1548 (44.3%)120 (3.4%)Sandler O'Neill1220 (0.0%)63 (51.6%)59 (48.4%)0 (0.0%)Sanford C. Bernstein72094 (13.1%)318 (44.2%)294 (40.8%)0 (0.0%)Santander416 (14.6%)21 (51.2%)14 (34.1%)0 (0.0%)Scotiabank23824 (10.1%)117 (49.2%)74 (31.1%)0 (0.0%)Seaport Global Securities2013 (1.5%)84 (41.8%)113 (56.2%)0 (0.0%)Shore Capital117965 (5.5%)299 (25.4%)533 (45.2%)4 (0.3%)Sidoti1930 (0.0%)83 (43.0%)110 (57.0%)0 (0.0%)Societe Generale21342 (19.7%)91 (42.7%)80 (37.6%)0 (0.0%)Standpoint Research550 (0.0%)30 (54.5%)25 (45.5%)0 (0.0%)Stephens6806 (0.9%)281 (41.3%)370 (54.4%)0 (0.0%)Stifel Nicolaus106217 (1.6%)430 (40.5%)605 (57.0%)0 (0.0%)Summit Insights212 (9.5%)8 (38.1%)11 (52.4%)0 (0.0%)SunTrust Banks112716 (1.4%)429 (38.1%)672 (59.6%)0 (0.0%)Susquehanna Bancshares1857 (3.8%)81 (43.8%)90 (48.6%)0 (0.0%)Svb Leerink1361 (0.7%)40 (29.4%)93 (68.4%)0 (0.0%)Taglich Brothers110 (0.0%)11 (100.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)TD Securities113012 (1.1%)456 (40.4%)560 (49.6%)36 (3.2%)Telsey Advisory Group2062 (1.0%)123 (59.7%)81 (39.3%)0 (0.0%)TheStreet26720 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)Tigress Financial410 (0.0%)4 (9.8%)36 (87.8%)1 (2.4%)Tudor Pickering526 (11.5%)26 (50.0%)20 (38.5%)0 (0.0%)Tudor Pickering & Holt130 (0.0%)8 (61.5%)5 (38.5%)0 (0.0%)UBS Group4183450 (10.8%)1757 (42.0%)1946 (46.5%)2 (0.0%)US Capital Advisors121 (8.3%)8 (66.7%)3 (25.0%)0 (0.0%)ValuEngine211647611 (36.0%)8650 (40.9%)4291 (20.3%)612 (2.9%)Vertical Group265 (19.2%)6 (23.1%)12 (46.2%)0 (0.0%)Vertical Research689 (13.2%)37 (54.4%)21 (30.9%)1 (1.5%)VSA Capital530 (0.0%)2 (3.8%)51 (96.2%)0 (0.0%)Warburg Research70223 (3.3%)248 (35.3%)431 (61.4%)0 (0.0%)Wedbush110730 (2.7%)371 (33.5%)697 (63.0%)1 (0.1%)Wellington Shields160 (0.0%)7 (43.8%)2 (12.5%)0 (0.0%)Wells Fargo & Co164961 (3.7%)761 (46.1%)814 (49.4%)0 (0.0%)William Blair4487 (1.6%)136 (30.4%)305 (68.1%)0 (0.0%)Williams Capital1044 (3.8%)36 (34.6%)64 (61.5%)0 (0.0%)Wolfe Research27034 (12.6%)58 (21.5%)117 (43.3%)0 (0.0%)Wood & Company154 (26.7%)9 (60.0%)2 (13.3%)0 (0.0%)Zacks Investment Research4377212439 (28.4%)21560 (49.3%)8708 (19.9%)1057 (2.4%)Zelman & Associates252 (8.0%)14 (56.0%)9 (36.0%)0 (0.0%) See Also: U.S. Analyst Ratings U.K. Analyst Ratings Canadian Analyst Ratings European Analyst Ratings Analyst Ratings by Company Analyst Ratings by Issuer
