| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price | Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shore Gold Corp | TSX | LSG | 0.85 | 9 | Upgrade to buy from hold | Kerry Smith | Haywood Securities Inc. | 1.15 | 35.3% |
| Innovente Inc | TSXV | IGE | 0.40 | 1 | Initiate with outperform | Rupert M Merer | National Bank Financial | 0.65 | 62.5% |
| Castle Mountain Mining Co Ltd | TSXV | CMM | 0.92 | 8 | Initiate with buy | Philip Ker | PI Financial Corp. | 1.75 | 90.2% |
| Donnycreek Energy Inc | TSXV | DCK | 2.05 | 5 | Initiate with buy | Aaron Swanson | GMP | 3.00 | 46.3% |
| Logan International Inc | TSX | LII | 6.27 | 2 | Downgrade to market perform from outperform | Kevin Lo | FirstEnergy Capital Corp | 8.00 | 27.6% |
Haywood Securities Inc. upgraded Lake Shore Gold Corp (TSX: LSG), a gold mining company engaged in operating, exploring and development of three gold complexes located in the Timmins Gold Camp in Timmins, Ontario, to buy from hold raising its price target to C$1.15 from C$1.10, indicating an upside of 35.3% from current levels.
Coverage on Innovente Inc (TSXV: IGE), a Canada-based company that produces electricity from organic wastes and residues, was initiated with an outperform rating at National Bank Financial with a price target of C$0.65, indicating an upside of 62.5% from current levels.
PI Financial Corp. initiated coverage on Castle Mountain Mining Co Ltd (TSXV: CMM), a Canada-based development-stage company engaged in business of exploring and developing base and precious metal mineral properties, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$1.75, indicating an upside of 90.2% from current levels.
GMP initiated coverage on Donnycreek Energy Inc (TSXV: DCK), a Canada-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of C$3.00, indicating an upside of 46.3% from current levels.
FirstEnergy Capital Corp downgraded Logan International Inc (TSX: LII), a manufacturer and seller of down hole tools for the oil and natural gas industry, to market perform from outperform with a price target of C$8.00, indicating an upside of 27.6% from current levels.
| Company Name | Exchange | Ticker | Last Price |
Total Analyst Coverage |
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Analyst Name | Rating Company | Target Price |
Upside/ Downside (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP | NYSE | BWP | 15.04 | 15 | Upgrade to overweight from underweight | Jeremy Tonet | JPMorgan | 18.00 | 19.7% |
| j2 Global Inc | NASDAQ | JCOM | 49.69 | 7 | Upgrade to buy from neutral | Gregory Burns | Sidoti & Company LLC | 59.00 | 18.7% |
| Nimble Storage Inc | NYSE | NMBL | 33.98 | 16 | Upgrade to buy from neutral | Steven M Milunovich | UBS | 45.00 | 32.4% |
| Lpath Inc | NASDAQ | LPTN | 4.57 | 4 | Initiate with buy | John Newman | Canaccord Genuity Corp | 17.00 | 272.0% |
| Fidelity & Guaranty Life | NYSE | FGL | 22.60 | 5 | Downgrade to neutral from outperform | Sean Dargan | Macquarie | 24.00 | 6.2% |
JPMorgan upgraded Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: BWP), a limited partnership company that owns and operates three interstate natural gas pipeline systems including integrated storage facilities, to overweight from underweight increasing its price target to $18.00 from $14.00, indicating an upside of 19.7% from current levels.
j2 Global Inc (NASDAQ: JCOM), a provider of cloud services to businesses of all sizes, from individuals to enterprises through the Internet, was upgraded to buy from neutral at Sidoti & Company LLC raising its price target to $59.00 from $56.00, indicating an upside of 18.7% from current levels.
UBS upgraded Nimble Storage Inc (NYSE: NMBL), a provider of data storage platform for research and development of its technology platform, developing new products and enhancing its cloud-based management services, to buy from neutral with a price target of $45.00, indicating an upside of 32.4% from current levels.
Canaccord Genuity Corp initiated coverage on Lpath Inc (NASDAQ: LPTN), a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of bio-active lipid-targeted monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapeutics, with a buy rating assigning a 12-month price target of $17.00, indicating an upside of 272% from current levels.
Macquarie downgraded Fidelity & Guaranty Life (NYSE: FGL), engaged in offering various types of fixed annuities and life insurance products through its insurance subsidiaries, to neutral from outperform with a price target of $24.00, indicating an upside of 6.2% from current levels.
