| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Total Analyst Coverage |
Upgrade/ Downgrade |
Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Metals Inc | TSX | SMT | 1.71 | 272.2 | Upgrade to outperform from sector perform | Patrick Morton | RBC Capital Markets | 3.00 | 75.4% |
| WestJet Airlines Ltd | TSX | WJA | 25.66 | 3,198.5 | Upgrade to outperform from sector perform | Cameron Doerksen | National Bank Financial | 29.00 | 13.0% |
| Curis Resources Ltd | TSX | CUV | 0.77 | 57.6 | Initiate with buy | Jeffrey Woolley | Paradigm Capital Inc | 1.75 | 127.3% |
| Atico Mining Corp | TSXV | ATY | 0.77 | 75.1 | Initiate with buy | Gary Lampard | Canaccord Genuity Corp | 1.25 | 62.3% |
| Elgin Mining Inc | TSX | ELG | 0.33 | 56.2 | Downgrade to neutral from outperform | Michael Gray | Macquarie | 0.37 | 13.8% |
RBC Capital Markets upgraded Sierra Metals Inc (TSX: SMT), a precious and base metals producer, to outperform from sector perform increasing its price target to C$3.00 from C$2.80, indicating an upside of 75.4% from current levels.
WestJet Airlines Ltd (TSX: WJA), an airline service and travel packages provider, was upgraded to outperform from sector perform at National Bank Financial increasing its price target to C$29.00 from C$27.00, indicating an upside of 13% from current levels.
Paradigm Capital Inc initiated coverage on Curis Resources Ltd (TSX: CUV), engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$1.75, indicating an upside of 127.3% from current levels.
Canaccord Genuity Corp initiated coverage on Atico Mining Corp (TSXV: ATY), a copper and gold exploration and development company, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$1.25, indicating an upside of 62.3% from current levels.
Macquarie downgraded Elgin Mining Inc (TSX: ELG), a Canada-based company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of gold projects, to neutral from outperform lowering its price target to C$0.37 from C$0.50, indicating an upside of 13.8% from current levels.
| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price |
Total Analyst Coverage |
Upgrade/ Downgrade |
Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verint Systems Inc | NASDAQ | VRNT | 51.16 | 2,764.7 | Upgrade to outperform from neutral | Michael B Nemeroff | Credit Suisse | 57.00 | 11.4% |
| FARO Technologies Inc | NASDAQ | FARO | 44.90 | 773.8 | Upgrade to buy from hold | James Ricchiuti | Needham & Co | 50.00 | 11.4% |
| Bankrate Inc | NYSE | RATE | 15.66 | 1,640.2 | Upgrade to outperform from sector perform | Rohit Kulkarni | RBC Capital Markets | 21.00 | 34.1% |
| Rouse Properties Inc | NYSE | RSE | 16.19 | 934.8 | Initiate with outperform | Richard C Moore | RBC Capital Markets | 19.00 | 17.4% |
| Life Time Fitness Inc | NYSE | LTM | 45.91 | 1,876.4 | Downgrade to neutral from overweight | Sean Naughton | Piper Jaffray | 54.00 | 17.6% |
Credit Suisse upgraded Verint Systems Inc (NASDAQ: VRNT), engaged in Actionable Intelligence solutions and value-added services, to outperform rating from neutral increasing its price target to $57.00 from $49.00, indicating an upside of 11.4% from current levels.
FARO Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: FARO), engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing, marketing and supporting portable, software driven, three-dimensional (3-D) measurement and imaging systems, was upgraded to buy from hold at Needham & Co with a price target of $50.00, indicating an upside of 11.4% from current levels.
RBC Capital Markets upgraded Bankrate Inc (NYSE: RATE), a publisher, aggregator and distributor of personal finance content on the Internet, to outperform from sector perform with a price target of $21.00, indicating an upside of 34.1% from current levels.
Meanwhile, RBC initiated coverage on Rouse Properties Inc (NYSE: RSE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) company, with an outperform rating assigning a 12-month price target of $19.00, indicating an upside of 17.4% from current levels.
Piper Jaffray downgraded Life Time Fitness Inc (NYSE: LTM), operating multi-use sports and athletic, professional fitness, family recreation and spa centers in a resort-like environment, to neutral from overweight reducing its price target to $54.00 from $59.00, indicating an upside of 17.6% from current levels.
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