S&P/TSX Stocks With Highest and Lowest Average Analyst Rating

By Wendy Soong

June 11 (Bloomberg) -- The following tables show the highest and lowest average analyst ratings for stocks in the Standard & Poor's/Toronto Stock Exchange Composite Index as of June 11.

Bloomberg assigns a number to each rating that ranges from 1 to 5, with 5 being the highest recommendation. To calculate the average, these numbers are added together and the total is divided by how many recommendations were made during the past 12 months. The target price is the average of analysts' 6 - 18 months predicted price. Only companies that have at least four analyst ratings are included.

For a spreadsheet with this data, click here.

HIGHEST AVERAGE RATING
                                                          Average
                                Average   Total #  Price   Target  1 Year
Tkr      Company Name            Rating   Analyst   6/10    Price %Return
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CLL      CONNACHER OIL & GAS LI   5.000       4     4.81     6.25    34.4
DAY-U    DAYLIGHT RESOURCES TRU   5.000       9    11.25    13.67    22.5
ELR      EASTERN PLATINUM LTD     5.000       5     2.57     4.10    11.7
OCX      ONEX CORPORATION         5.000       5    32.87    44.27   -13.8
RBI      RED BACK MINING INC      5.000       8     7.65    10.38    52.4
SCL/A    SHAWCOR LTD              5.000       4    35.29    41.75    30.2
TCM      THOMPSON CREEK METALS    5.000       9    20.39    27.82    16.2
VET-U    VERMILION ENERGY TRUST   5.000      13    42.50    48.54    27.6
CCA      COGECO CABLE INC         4.917      12    39.74    56.16    -7.7
ARE      AECON GROUP INC          4.875       8    15.57    22.36    43.5
S        SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL   4.875       8    14.30    19.56     0.6
TOG      TRISTAR OIL & GAS LTD    4.875      16    19.91    23.80    93.9
BTE-U    BAYTEX ENERGY TRUST-UN   4.833      12    31.86    33.04    70.1
FES      FLINT ENERGY SERVICES    4.833      12    24.50    28.12   -14.0
BNP-U    BONAVISTA ENERGY TRUST   4.818      11    34.44    36.91    25.1
CJR/B    CORUS ENTERTAINMENT IN   4.818      11    20.00    25.00   -17.0
CGX-U    CINEPLEX GALAXY INCOME   4.778       9    15.97    20.04    -5.4
IPL-U    INTER PIPELINE FUND LP   4.750       8    10.04    10.53    17.8
NAE-U    NAL OIL & GAS TRUST-UT   4.750       8    15.63    17.36    34.6
HPX      HIGHPINE OIL & GAS LTD   4.692      13    13.82    15.94   -10.6
LUN      LUNDIN MINING CORP       4.692      13     7.21    10.75   -42.6
DDV      DUVERNAY OIL CORP        4.667      12    62.91    68.57    57.0
CAE      CAE INC                  4.647      17    12.63    16.17    -7.5
RCI/B    ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS    4.647      17    41.39    53.79    -3.6
COM      CARDIOME PHARMA CORP     4.625      15     9.75    15.95    -9.9
EGU      EUROPEAN GOLDFIELDS LI   4.625       8     4.49     8.64   -11.4
ACM/A    ASTRAL MEDIA INC         4.600      10    33.68    45.28   -19.5
CLC-U    CML HEALTHCARE INCOME    4.600       5    15.29    17.85     2.4
OIL      OILEXCO INCORPORATED     4.600      10    17.24    21.80    43.1
STN      STANTEC INC              4.583      12    28.29    38.12   -18.7
POT      POTASH CORP OF SASKATC   4.571      14   224.88   254.69   187.7
SU       SUNCOR ENERGY INC        4.565      23    67.33    74.92    45.8
CAS      CASCADES INC             4.556       9     6.80     9.32   -39.5
GO/A     GALLEON ENERGY INC-A     4.556       9    17.93    24.14     2.5
MDI      MAJOR DRILLING GROUP I   4.556       9    54.93    67.61    51.3
PBG      PETROBANK ENERGY & RES   4.556       9    52.98    71.06   114.2
CPG-U    CRESCENT POINT ENERGY    4.538      13    38.65    41.83   114.7
SC       SHOPPERS DRUG MART COR   4.538      13    55.92    60.04    14.5
NVA      NUVISTA ENERGY LTD       4.529      17    19.50    22.84    26.3
OPC      OPTI CANADA INC          4.529      17    23.48    27.67     4.7
ATD/B    ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TA   4.500       8    13.30    18.88   -40.1
HR-U     H&R REAL ESTATE INVSTM   4.500       8    19.59    21.71   -12.5
KHD      CAN HYDRO DEVELOPERS I   4.500      12     5.50     7.41   -14.6
POW      POWER CORP OF CANADA     4.500       4    33.81    39.88   -11.8
SNC      SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC    4.500       8    54.79    59.75    44.6
TCK/B    TECK COMINCO LTD-CL B    4.500      20    47.49    55.88     7.5
TRE      SINO-FOREST CORPORATIO   4.500       8    18.80    25.67    36.6
VRS      ALLEN-VANGUARD CORP      4.500       4     2.70     6.72   -56.8
ELD      ELDORADO GOLD CORPORAT   4.474      19     8.43     9.27    42.9
YRI      YAMANA GOLD INC          4.474      19   145.90    20.02     4.2

LOWEST AVERAGE RATING
                                                          Average
                                Average   Total #  Price   Target  1 Year
Tkr      Company Name            Rating   Analyst   6/10    Price %Return
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CFP      CANFOR CORPORATION       1.800      10     8.65     7.91   -34.6
TS/B     TORSTAR CORP - CL B      2.000       8    13.57    16.68   -35.3
KFS      KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SER   2.111       9     8.79    12.28   -55.2
WFT      WEST FRASER TIMBER CO    2.273      11    34.58    32.97   -15.6
APF-U    ALGONQUIN POWER INC FU   2.333       6     8.16     7.71     6.5
BLD      BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS    2.333       9     4.13     4.74   -12.3
LB       LAURENTIAN BANK OF CAN   2.429       7    43.50    44.00    29.2
BMO      BANK OF MONTREAL         2.467      15    46.65    51.20   -29.6
BCE      BCE INC                  2.500      12    34.44    37.25    -9.8
SYN      SYNENCO ENERGY INC-CL    2.600       5     9.00     9.00   -42.3
CLS      CELESTICA INC            2.647      17     8.73     9.41    23.1
PGF-U    PENGROWTH ENERGY TRUST   2.714      14    20.75    20.69    20.7
EP-U     EPCOR POWER LP           2.778       9    24.10    24.14     1.9
TA       TRANSALTA CORP           2.818      11    35.70    35.36    35.7
HTE-U    HARVEST ENERGY TRUST-U   2.833      12    25.33    24.66    -8.7
CM       CAN IMPERIAL BK OF COM   2.857      14    64.75    75.42   -31.4
TCW      TRICAN WELL SERVICE LT   2.875      16    23.80    23.53     0.3
ACO/X    ATCO LTD -CL 'I'         3.000       5    53.19    55.50     1.2
BA-U     BELL ALIANT REGIONAL C   3.000      12    29.40    30.59     2.9
EMP/A    EMPIRE CO LTD 'A'        3.000       4    39.98    41.62    -3.3
GMP-U    GMP CAPITAL TRUST        3.000       5    16.00    18.50   -23.8
L        LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD     3.000      10    32.90    32.83   -30.9
MRU/A    METRO INC -A             3.000       9    27.00    25.81   -26.2
NB       NORTHBRIDGE FINANCIAL    3.000       4    33.64    36.75     2.8
PEY-U    PEYTO ENERGY TRUST       3.000       6    20.77    21.10    14.4
POU      PARAMOUNT RESOURCES LT   3.000      12    18.00    19.92   -22.8
RON      RONA INC                 3.000       8    12.60    15.00   -43.9
TCL/A    TRANSCONTINENTAL INC-C   3.000       9    17.88    20.19   -12.1

@ -- There is only one price target given.

To contact the reporter on this story: Wendy Soong in New York at at csoong@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: June 11, 2008 14:13 EDT