| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Resources Ltd | TSXV | SLG | 0.60 | 185.5 | Upgrade to speculative buy from market perform | Stephane Foucaud | FirstEnergy Capital Corp | 1.00 | 66.7% |
| NovaCopper Inc | TSX | NCQ | 1.03 | 55.2 | Initiate with buy | Heiko F Ihle | HC Wainwright & Co LLC | 2.17 | 110.7% |
| Absolute Software Corp | TSX | ABT | 6.80 | 296.9 | Initiate with outperform | Michael W Kim | Imperial Capital LLC | 8.95 | 31.6% |
| Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd | TSX | AEM | 36.29 | 6,330.8 | Re-initiate with outperform | David Haughton | BMO Capital Markets | 47.74 | 31.6% |
| Silver Standard Resources Inc | TSX | SSO | 8.31 | 671.1 | downgrade to sell from hold | EVA Dimensions | EVA Dimensions | NA | NA |
FirstEnergy Capital Corp upgraded Sterling Resources Ltd (TSXV: SLG), an energy company engaged in the acquisition of petroleum and natural gas rights, and the exploration for, and the development and production of, crude oil and natural gas, to speculative buy from market perform increasing its price target to C$1.00 from C$0.85, indicating an upside of 66.7% from current levels.
HC Wainwright & Co LLC initiated coverage on NovaCopper Inc (TSX: NCQ), a base metals exploration company engaged in the exploration and development of mineral properties, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$2.17, indicating an upside of 110.7% from current levels.
Coverage on Absolute Software Corp (TSX: ABT), a provider of endpoint firmware-persistent security and management solutions for computing devices such as computers, tablets and smart-phones, was initiated with an outperform at Imperial Capital LLC with a 12-month price target of C$8.95, indicating an upside of 31.6% from current levels.
BMO Capital Markets re-initiated coverage on Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (TSX: AEM), a Canada-based international gold producer, with an outperform rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$47.74, indicating upside of 31.6% from current levels.
EVA Dimensions downgraded Silver Standard Resources Inc (TSX: SSO), a silver resource company, to sell from hold. The rating firm did not assign any price target to the stock.
| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price |
Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MidWestOne Financial Group Inc | NASDAQ | MOFG | 23.38 | 198.2 | Upgrade to outperform from market perform | Daniel Cardenas | Raymond James | 29.00 | 24.0% |
| Inter Parfums Inc | NASDAQ | IPAR | 29.64 | 916.8 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Frank A Camma | Sidoti & Company LLC | 36.00 | 21.5% |
| Exterran Holdings Inc | NYSE | EXH | 43.47 | 2,897.9 | Upgrade to sector outperform from sector perform | Blake A Hutchinson | Howard Weil Inc | 52.00 | 19.6% |
| Global Eagle Entertainment Inc | NASDAQ | ENT | 10.98 | 790.4 | Initiate with outperform | Andrew Degasperi | Macquarie | 18.00 | 63.9% |
| Ply Gem Holdings Inc | NYSE | PGEM | 11.28 | 765.2 | Downgrade to sell/attractive from neutral/neutral | Eli Hackel | Goldman Sachs | 11.00 | -2.5% |
Raymond James upgraded MidWestOne Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ: MOFG), a bank holding company providing full banking services, to outperform from market perform with a price target of $29.00, indicating an upside of 24% from current levels.
Inter Parfums Inc (NASDAQ: IPAR), engaged in operating fragrance business and manufactures, markets and distributes an array of fragrances and fragrance related products, was upgraded to buy from hold at Sidoti & Company LLC with a price target of $36.00, indicating an upside of 21.5% from current levels.
Howard Weil Inc upgraded Exterran Holdings Inc (NYSE: EXH), engaged in the full-service natural gas compression business, to sector outperform from sector perform, with a price target of $52.00, indicating an upside of 19.6% from current levels. The rating firm notes that EXH is leveraged to a turn in industry fundamentals.
Macquarie initiated coverage on Global Eagle Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: ENT), engaged in offering airline content and connectivity services, with an outperform rating assigning a 12-month price target of $18.00, indicating an upside of 63.9% from current levels. Recently, ENT announced that it has been selected to equip Nok Air, Thailand’s premium low cost airline, with satellite-based connectivity and content services across its entire fleet.
Goldman Sachs downgraded Ply Gem Holdings Inc (NYSE: PGEM), a manufacturer of residential exterior building products, to sell/attractive from neutral/neutral with a price target of $11.00, indicating a downside of 2.5% from current levels.
