| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silvercrest Mines Inc | TSX | SVL | 2.66 | 8 | Upgrade to outperform from market perform | Chris Thompson | Raymond James | 3.25 | 22.2% |
| Quebecor Inc | TSX | QBR/B | 25.29 | 17 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Maher Yaghi | Desjardins Securities | 29.00 | 14.7% |
| Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd | TSX | OXC | 14.54 | 11 | Initiate with speculative buy | Shahin Amini | TD Securities | 19.00 | 30.7% |
| WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust | TSX | WIR/U | 9.47 | 5 | Initiate with outperform | Troy Maclean | BMO Capital Markets | 10.50 | 10.9% |
| Kirkland Lake Gold Inc | TSX | KGI | 4.51 | 10 | Downgrade to sell from hold | Adam Melnyk | Desjardins Securities | 3.50 | -22.4% |
Raymond James upgraded Silvercrest Mines Inc (TSX: SVL), engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties, to outperform from market perform increasing its price target to C$3.25 from C$2.30, indicating an upside of 22.2% from current levels.
Quebecor Inc (TSX: QBR/B), a media company engaged in cable and mobile telecommunications and publishing print media products, was upgraded to buy from hold at Desjardins Securities with a price target of C$29.00, indicating an upside of 14.7% from current levels.
TD Securities initiated coverage on Oryx Petroleum Corp Ltd (TSX: OXC), an international oil exploration company, with a speculative buy assigning a 12-month price target of C$19.00, indicating an upside of 30.7% from current levels.
Coverage on WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: WIR/U), an open-ended real estate investment trust with a particular focus on warehouse and distribution real estate, was initiated with outperform rating at BMO Capital Markets with a price target of C$10.50, indicating an upside of 10.9% from current levels.
Desjardins Securities downgraded Kirkland Lake Gold Inc (TSX: KGI), a Canada-based gold mining company, to sell from hold with a price target of C$3.50, indicating a downside of 22.4% from current levels.
| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price |
Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuStar Energy LP | NYSE | NS | 53.89 | 14 | Upgrade to buy/attractive from neutral/attractive | Steven Sherowski | Goldman Sachs | 62.00 | 15.0% |
| Staar Surgical Co | NASDAQ | STAA | 15.37 | 6 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Jason R Mills | Canaccord Genuity Corp | 20.00 | 30.1% |
| Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc | NYSE | AHT | 10.77 | 15 | Upgrade to market outperform | Robert A Lafleur | JMP Securities | 14.00 | 30.0% |
| WidePoint Corp | NYSE | WYY | 1.61 | 3 | Initiate with buy | Michael Crawford | B Riley & Co | 2.80 | 73.9% |
| United States Steel Corp | NYSE | X | 24.05 | 23 | Downgrade to underperform from neutral | Nathan Littlewood | Credit Suisse | 19.00 | -21.0% |
Goldman Sachs upgraded NuStar Energy LP (NYSE: NS), engaged in the terminalling and storage of petroleum products, the transportation of petroleum products and anhydrous ammonia, and petroleum refining and marketing, to buy/attractive from neutral/attractive increasing its price target of $62.00 from $49.00, indicating an upside of 15% from current levels.
Staar Surgical Co (NASDAQ: STAA), engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing and selling implantable lenses for the eye, was upgraded to buy from hold at Canaccord Genuity Corp raising its price target to $20.00 from $14.00, indicating an upside of 30.1% from current levels.
JMP Securities upgraded Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc (NYSE: AHT), a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in the hospitality industry, to market outperform with a price target of $14.00, indicating an upside of 30% from current levels.
B Riley & Co initiated coverage on WidePoint Corp (NYSE: WYY), a provider of customized technology-based products and solutions to both the government sector and commercial markets, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of $2.80, indicating an upside of 73.9% from current levels.
Credit Suisse downgraded United States Steel Corp (NYSE: X), an integrated steel producer of flat-rolled and tubular products, to underperform from neutral with a price target of $19.00, indicating a downside of 21% from current levels.
