| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allana Potash Corp | TSX | AAA | 0.45 | 3 | Upgrade to outperform from market perform | Steven P Hansen | Raymond James | 0.80 | 79.8% |
| Home Capital Group Inc | TSX | HCG | 83.13 | 12 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Graham Ryding | TD Securities | 92.00 | 10.7% |
| Birchcliff Energy Ltd | TSX | BIR | 9.36 | 10 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Travis Wood | TD Securities | 10.00 | 6.8% |
| Goldquest Mining Corp | TSXV | GQC | 0.35 | 2 | Initiate with speculative buy | Jamie Spratt | Clarus Securities | 0.60 | 71.4% |
| Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd | TSX | AEM | 36.77 | 26 | Downgrade to market perform from outperform | David Haughton | BMO Capital Markets | 39.50 | 7.4% |
Raymond James upgraded Allana Potash Corp (TSX: AAA), a junior mining company with a focus on the acquisition and development of potash assets, to outperform from market perform increasing its price target to C$0.80 from C$0.65, indicating an upside of 79.8% from current levels.
TD Securities upgraded Home Capital Group Inc (TSX: HCG), a diversified technology and financial services company and Birchcliff Energy Ltd (TSX: BIR), an intermediate oil and gas exploration, development and production company, to buy from hold. The rating firm increased the price target of HCG to C$92.00 from $87.00 and BIR to C$10.00 from C$8.50, indicating an upside of 10.7% and 6.8% from the current levels.
Clarus Securities initiated coverage on Goldquest Mining Corp (TSXV: GQC), a Canada-based mineral exploration company engaged in exploring and developing its portfolio of gold-copper assets, with a speculative buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$0.60, an upside of 71.4% from current levels.
BMO Capital Markets downgraded Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (TSX: AEM), a Canada-based international gold producer with mining operations, to market perform from outperform with a price target of C$39.50, indicating an upside of 7.4% from current levels.
| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price |
Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Corp | NYSE | CBT | 50.49 | 8 | Upgrade to overweight from neutral | Jeffrey J Zekauskas | JPMorgan | 55.00 | 8.9% |
| Innophos Holdings Inc | NASDAQ | IPHS | 50.16 | 6 | Upgrade to buy from neutral | Christopher W Butler | Sidoti & Company LLC | 62.00 | 23.6% |
| Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc | NYSE | HLX | 22.15 | 9 | Upgrade to outperform from market perform | J Marshall Adkins | Raymond James | 27.00 | 21.9% |
| Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc | NASDAQ | MDRX | 16.68 | 26 | Initiate with outperform | David K Francis | RBC Capital Markets | 20.00 | 19.9% |
| Foster Wheeler AG | NASDAQ | CSPI | 31.63 | 16 | Downgrade to neutral from outperform | Sameer Rathod | Macquarie | 33.00 | 4.3% |
JPMorgan upgraded Cabot Corp (NYSE: CBT), a global specialty chemicals and performance materials company, to overweight from neutral increasing its price target to $55.00 from the earlier target of $49.00, indicating an upside of 8.9% from current levels.
Innophos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: IPHS), a producer of mineral-based specialty ingredients with applications in food, beverage, pharmaceutical, oral care and industrial end markets, was upgraded to buy from neutral at Sidoti & Company LLC raising its price target to C$62.00 from $53.00, indicating an upside of 23.6% from current levels.
Raymond James upgraded Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (NYSE: HLX), an international offshore energy company providing specialty services to the offshore energy industry, to outperform from market perform with a price target of $27.00, indicating an upside of 21.9% from current levels.
RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage on Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: MDRX), a provider of clinical, financial, connectivity and information solutions and related professional services, with an outperform rating assigning a 12-month price target of $20.00, indicating an upside of 19.9% from current levels.
Macquarie downgraded Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ: FWLT), a supplier of engineering, construction and project management contractor and power equipment, to neutral from outperform lowering its price target to $33.00 from $38.00, indicating an upside of 4.3% from current levels.
