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Research Team
Recommendation Distribution
| Recommendation | Number of Recommendations | % of Total Recommendations |
| Buy | 43 | 83 |
| Spec Buy | 4 | 8 |
| Hold | 3 | 6 |
| Reduce | 0 | 0 |
| Under Review | 2 | 4 |
| Tender | 0 | 0 |
| Restricted | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 52 | 100 |
| Current January 1, 2025 | ||
Understanding the Research
Glossary of Terms
- Buy
Good fundamentals and quantifiable business opportunity all packaged at a reasonable valuation with good upside.
- Reduce
Poor fundamentals or questionable business opportunity and trading at an unwarranted valuation.
- Hold
Company performance is at a crossroads in terms of fundamentals or business operations with an identifiable degree of risk and reward in place. Certain future non-financial or financial performance could create attractive longer-term opportunity for investors. Near term risk exists and stock ownership should be dependent on tolerance of risk.
- Speculative Buy
An identifiable business advantage evident at a valuation justifying buying at current prices. Certain non-financial or financial performance, however, may be either lacking or still developing, creating relatively increased volatility or risk. Buy at current prices but oriented to more speculative investors.
- Tender
Analyst recommends investors tender shares to the current offer based on the information provided in the offering document.
- Under Review
Under review for various reasons that will be explained.
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