| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Market Cap | Recommendation | Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutoCanada Inc | TSX | ACQ | 74.88 | 1,641.8 | Upgrade to outperform from sector perform | Steven Arthur | RBC Capital Markets | 92.00 | 22.9% |
| Athabasca Oil Corp | TSX | ATH | 7.10 | 2,850.1 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Philip R Skolnick | Canaccord Genuity Corp | 9.75 | 37.3% |
| Silver Standard Resources Inc | TSX | SSO | 9.53 | 769.6 | Upgrade to outperform from market perform | Andrew Kaip | BMO Capital Markets | 13.39 | 40.5% |
| Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp | TSXV | GRC | 0.64 | 25.1 | Initiate with buy | Jeff Fenwick | Cormark Securities Inc. | 0.90 | 40.6% |
| SEMAFO Inc | TSX | SMF | 4.63 | 1,278.2 | Downgrade to market perform from outperform | Chris Thompson | Raymond James | 5.00 | 8.0% |
RBC Capital Markets upgraded AutoCanada Inc (TSX: ACQ), a multi-location automobile dealership groups, to outperform from sector perform increasing its price target to C$92.00 from C$91.00, indicating an upside of 22.9% from current levels.
Athabasca Oil Corp (TSX: ATH), focused on the exploration and development of unconventional oil resource play, was upgraded to buy from hold at Canaccord Genuity Corp with a price target of C$9.75, indicating an upside of 37.3% from current levels.
BMO Capital Markets upgraded Silver Standard Resources Inc (TSX: SSO), a silver producer, to outperform from market perform with a 12-month price target of C$13.39, indicating an upside of 40.5% from current levels.
Cormark Securities Inc. initiated coverage on Grenville Strategic Royalty Corp (TSXV: GRC), a provider of investment exposure in the supply chains, technologies, commodity resources and financial structures markets, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$0.90, indicating n upside of 40.6% from current levels.
Raymond James downgraded SEMAFO Inc (TSX: SMF), a Canadian-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa, to market perform from outperform with a price target of C$5.00, indicating an upside of 8% from current levels.
| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Market Cap | Recommendation | Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordson Corp | NASDAQ | NDSN | 78.52 | 4,998.9 | Upgrade to accumulate from neutral | Walter S Liptak | Global Hunter Securities | 85.00 | 8.3% |
| Aruba Networks Inc | NASDAQ | ARUN | 17.51 | 1,904.0 | Upgrade to outperform from neutral | Rajesh Ghai | Macquarie | 24.00 | 37.1% |
| WhiteHorse Finance Inc | NASDAQ | WHF | 14.19 | 212.5 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Merrill Ross | Wunderlich Securities | 15.50 | 9.2% |
| QIWI plc | NASDAQ | QIWI | 43.90 | 2,379.3 | Initiate with buy | Bob Kommers | Deutsche Bank | 60.00 | 36.7% |
| Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp | NYSE | KOG | 14.91 | 3,973.8 | Downgrade to market perform from outperform | Dan McSpirit | BMO Capital Markets | 15.00 | 0.6% |
Global Hunter Securities upgraded Nordson Corp (NASDAQ: NDSN), a manufacturer of equipment used for precision material dispensing, testing and inspection, surface preparation and curing, to accumulate from neutral increasing its price target to $85.00 from $80.00, indicating an upside of 8.3% from current levels.
Aruba Networks Inc (NASDAQ: ARUN), a provider of next-generation network access solutions for mobile enterprise networks, was upgraded to outperform from neutral at Macquarie increasing its price target to $24.00 from $22.00, indicating an upside of 37.1% from current levels.
Wunderlich Securities upgraded WhiteHorse Finance Inc (NASDAQ: WHF), a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, to buy from hold with a 12-montn price target of $15.50, indicating an upside of 9.2% from current levels.
Deutsche Bank initiated coverage on QIWI plc (NASDAQ: QIWI), a provider of payment services in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of $60.00, indicating an upside of 36.7% from current levels.
BMO Capital Markets downgraded Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp (NYSE: KOG), an independent energy company focused on the exploration, exploitation, acquisition and production of crude oil and natural gas, to market perform from outperform lowering its price target to $15.00 from $16.00, indicating an upside of 0.6% from current levels.
