Consensus

A consensus estimate is a forecast of a public company's projected earnings based on the combined estimates of all equity analysts that cover the stock and participates in the consensus.

Generally, analysts predict a company's earnings per share (EPS) and profit and loss for the quarter and coming years.

Consensus from Infront, October 17 (pdf)

Recommendations

Buy/add: 5
Hold/neutral: 8
Sell/reduce: 5

Contributors

ABG Sundal Collier
Arctic Securities
Autonomous Research
Barclays Capital
BofA Securities
Carnegie
Citi Investment Research
Danske Bank Markets
Deutsche Bank
DNB Markets
Exane BNP Paribas
Goldman Sachs
Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Jefferies International
Keefe Bruyette & Woods
Kepler Cheuvreux
Mediobanca
Morgan Stanley