The average of all analysts’ current recommendations. Recommendations are a translation of a specific analysts’ recommendation to the recommendation scale, which ranges from a rating of 1 (one) to a rating of 5 (five) as follows:
Strong Buy |
1.0 – 1.5 |
Buy |
1.6 – 2.5 |
Hold |
2.6 – 3.5 |
Underperform |
3.6 – 4.5 |
Sell |
4.6 – 5.0 |
A consensus broker recommendation may or may not be a whole number. This is a result of taking the average of all broker recommendations. Please note that each individual broker/analyst recommendation is stated in whole numbers, therefore, 1,2,3,4 or 5. The average of all broker recommendations may then not appear as a whole number, for example, a rating of 2.5.
The total number of analysts contributing recommendations for the stated period.
Updated weekly on Thursday morning.
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