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Aug 21, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	13.24%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	133 138	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 17, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	Richard SunderlandTruist Securities 47%	135 138	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	12.39%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	132 134	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	12.39%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	132 140	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 23, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	18.35%	Mike GuoKeybanc 20%	139	Previous Sector Weight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 20, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.09%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	134 138	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 17, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	17.5%	Richard SunderlandTruist Securities 47%	137 138	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 16, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	20.05%	Jeremy TonetJP Morgan 64%	136 141	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jun 18, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.09%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	134 143	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jun 18, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	Anthony CrowdellMizuho 65%	135 139	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 18, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	16.65%	Richard SunderlandTruist Securities 47%	137 142	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 13, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	15.79%	Jeremy TonetJP Morgan 64%	136 139	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	18.35%	Anthony CrowdellMizuho 65%	130 139	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 21, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	20.05%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	141 142	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 21, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	20.9%	Richard SunderlandTruist Securities 47%	142	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 13, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	21.75%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	136 143	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	21.75%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	127 143	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 5, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	18.35%	Nicholas AmicucciEvercore ISI Group 36%	139 143	Previous Outperform Current In-Line	Get Alert
Mar 4, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	Shahriar PourrezaWells Fargo 63%	115 135	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 20, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-2.09%	Shahriar PourrezaWells Fargo 63%	115 126	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 15, 2026	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.13%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	127 135	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Dec 17, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	7.28%	Ross FowlerUBS 62%	126 135	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Dec 11, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	7.28%	Jeremy TonetJP Morgan 64%	126 136	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 28, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	7.28%	Shahriar PourrezaWells Fargo 63%	126	Previous Initiates Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 28, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	21.75%	Stephen D'AmbrisiRBC Capital 43%	143	Previous Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Oct 27, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	19.2%	Anthony CrowdellMizuho 65%	132 140	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 22, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	15.79%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	127 136	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 14, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	131 135	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	132 135	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	16.65%	Ross FowlerUBS 62%	131 137	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 7, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	21.75%	Nicholas AmicucciEvercore ISI Group 36%	143	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 3, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	16.65%	Andrew WeiselScotiabank 62%	128 137	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 26, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.09%	Julien Dumoulin-SmithJefferies 67%	134 141	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Sep 25, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.13%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	127 129	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 21, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	11.54%	Jeremy TonetJP Morgan 64%	127 131	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 13, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	11.54%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	122 131	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.98%	Andrew WeiselScotiabank 62%	120 128	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	12.39%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	131 132	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 15, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.13%	Jeremy TonetJP Morgan 64%	122 127	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 11, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.13%	Ross FowlerUBS 62%	124 127	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 1, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	3.87%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	122 123	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	12.39%	Carly DavenportGoldman Sachs 33%	125 132	Previous Neutral Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 18, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	5.58%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	124 125	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jun 13, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	—	J.R. WestonRaymond James 69%	—	Previous Initiates Current Market Perform	Get Alert
Jun 2, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.13%	Ross FowlerUBS 62%	126 127	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 22, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	6.43%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	125 126	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	11.54%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	123 131	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	20.9%	Ryan LevineCitigroup 70%	130 142	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	17.5%	Neil KaltonWells Fargo 75%	127 138	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 23, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	7.28%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	126 128	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	4.73%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	123 128	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	4.73%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	111 123	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 21, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.13%	Ross FowlerUBS 62%	123 127	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 20, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.98%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	123 128	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Mar 11, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	8.98%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	123 128	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Mar 11, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	3.02%	Jeremy TonetJP Morgan 64%	114 121	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 5, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	Shahriar PourrezaGuggenheim 63%	132 135	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 21, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	12.39%	Julien Dumoulin-SmithJefferies 67%	129 132	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 18, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	4.73%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	123 124	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 3, 2025	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	5.58%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	119 124	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Dec 12, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	2.17%	Andrew WeiselScotiabank 62%	113 120	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Nov 22, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	0.47%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	118 122	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Nov 11, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	5.58%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	124 128	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 22, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	—	Sophie KarpKeybanc 60%	—	Previous Overweight Current Sector Weight	Get Alert
Oct 15, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	3.02%	Anthony CrowdellMizuho 65%	116 121	Previous Neutral Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 1, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	0.47%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	102 118	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 30, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	6.43%	Sophie KarpKeybanc 60%	121 125	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 25, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	2.17%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	114 120	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Sep 19, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	17.5%	Julien Dumoulin-SmithJefferies 67%	138	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 18, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	7.28%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	120 126	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 16, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	3.02%	Sophie KarpKeybanc 60%	117 121	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 29, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	0.47%	Julien Dumoulin-SmithB of A Securities 67%	116 118	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 29, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	14.94%	Shelby TuckerRBC Capital 64%	135 135	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 20, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-3.79%	Andrew WeiselScotiabank 62%	104 113	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Aug 15, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-2.94%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	99 114	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 14, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-0.38%	Sophie KarpKeybanc 60%	114 117	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-3.79%	Carly DavenportGoldman Sachs 33%	102 113	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	2.17%	Christopher TurnureJP Morgan 58%	111 120	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-11.45%	Andrew WeiselScotiabank 62%	94 104	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	2.17%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	114 120	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	3.87%	Neil KaltonWells Fargo 75%	110 122	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-2.09%	Durgesh ChopraEvercore ISI Group 73%	108 115	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 22, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-2.94%	Sophie KarpKeybanc 60%	112 114	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 16, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-4.64%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	109 112	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 11, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-13.15%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	99 102	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 11, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-7.19%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	109 110	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 24, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-16.56%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	98 103	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 28, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-12.3%	Stephen ByrdMorgan Stanley 60%	95 103	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 20, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-6.34%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	108 110	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 20, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-4.64%	Sophie KarpKeybanc 60%	107 112	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 8, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-8.05%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	104 108	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 22, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-19.97%	Andrew WeiselScotiabank 62%	94 101	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Apr 16, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-15.71%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	99 101	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 15, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-14.86%	Nicholas CampanellaBarclays 62%	99 100	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 11, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-14.86%	Julien Dumoulin-SmithB of A Securities 67%	96 100	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 5, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-15.71%	Anthony CrowdellMizuho 65%	89 99	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 11, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-14.01%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	100 101	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 12, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-14.86%	James ThalackerBMO Capital 71%	100 101	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 12, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-18.26%	Julien Dumoulin-SmithB of A Securities 67%	96 105	Previous Buy Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 9, 2024	DUKDuke Energy	$117.45	-14.86%	Neil KaltonWells Fargo 75%	100 103	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert

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What Are Analyst Stock Ratings?

Analyst ratings measure the expected performance of a stock during a given time period. Analysts and brokerage firms often use ratings when they issue stock recommendations to stock traders.

Analysts arrive at stock ratings after they research companies’ public financial statements, communicate with executives and customers and interact with companies in other ways.

Most analysts issue ratings 4 times a year, usually at 3-month intervals.

How to Use Analyst Ratings

As an investor or trader, you want to be able to use analyst ratings effectively. Here are steps you can take to understand how to synthesize all the information analysts report about a particular company and how to apply it to your own trades.

Step 1: Check Ratings History

In the short term, look to see whether analysts suggest an initiation, upgrade or downgrade for a particular stock. Understand how the rating changed compared to the previous rating and whether a price target gets announced or changed.

Sometimes the rating stays the same and only the price target changes, which could cause the stock to move in either direction, depending on the significance of the change between the 2 price targets.

Step 2: Check for Other News

In the short term, check to see how the stock reacts to positive or negative news. This will be an indication of the company’s outlook because analyst ratings usually come out after the company announces news (it’ll typically be earnings news).

Step 3: Look at the Sector for News

Check to see if other stocks in the sector also received similar ratings. This could indicate micro news, which refers to when the whole sector or specific company trades in a specific way due to news outside of one company.

Step 4: Look at the Note

If available, look over the analyst note itself. The beginning of the note has the main information of the rating and price target. Investors should also take a look at the summary of the note, which you can find in the first couple pages and give you a concrete overview of the company. This can help you get an understanding of how analysts arrived at their thesis on the stock.

An example of an analyst note. Source: Needham

Step 5: Make a Decision

After reviewing the analyst ratings (and whether the analyst proposes a change or initiation) and find the reason for that note. Make a decision based on the analyst thesis on the company. This should give you guidance on how to make your thesis. Analyst ratings are a good indication of what professionals believe the company or sector will do, helping you get a better understanding of the companies you’re interested in.

Analyst Rating Accuracy

Analyst ratings are not set in stone and nobody knows indefinitely what a stock will do. Therefore, analyst ratings should be taken as an educated guess made by professionals who carefully study the specific company and sector in question. It's not a surprise that the accuracy of each rating can vary by each individual analyst and specific ratings on companies.

In other words, there’s no hard number or percentage on how accurate analyst ratings are because they are like educated guesses on what they think the stock will do based on their research, within that particular sector. In addition, each firm has so many analysts and so many different companies to review that you can compare ratings to glean what you believe is the truth.

Where Analyst Ratings Come From

Analyst ratings come from stock analysts. Analysts “go deep” on companies within a particular industry or sector. Some analysts employ a top-down approach (they start with an industry or sector and look for excellent companies within that industry or sector) and other stock analysts choose a bottom-up approach, which means they start with the company first and connect the dots within that company’s sector or industry. Analysts evaluate:

Financial statements
Economic fundamentals
Suppliers, customers and competitors
Management quality
Business model
Revenue
Expenses
Assets
Liabilities

While these evaluations are done using facts and figures that any investor can access, they come down to a conclusion the analyst must draw. While this isn’t an unqualified opinion, analysts will disagree because their interpretations of the data could vary.

Types of Stock Ratings

Stock ratings can range from simple “buy” and “sell” ratings to “equal weight” and “outperform” ratings. Here’s a quick overview of how analysts rate stocks.

Buy Rating

A “buy” rating indicates that an analyst is optimistic about a stock’s short-term or mid-term growth and recommends that traders purchase the stock. An analyst may even go so far as to indicate that a stock is a “strong buy.” At the same time, you may choose to swing trade the asset for a profit and come back later to start the process all over again.

Sell Rating

A “sell” rating means that an analyst believes the stock will trend downward in a particular time frame. Analysts might even refer to a security as a “strong sell.” Remember, though, you may want to swing trade and come back to this asset in the future even though you just chose to sell, just as you would under a “buy” rating.

Hold

A “hold” rating suggests that investors should not buy more of or sell the specified stock because they believe the stock should perform in a way that’s consistent with the market or will perform similarly to comparable companies within that particular sector. This is akin to the value investing approach that Warren Buffett uses, looking to gain long-term value from a single stock rather than flipping it because of a bad week. As many have said, it’s not a loss until you sell.

Underperform

An “underperform” rating means an analyst indicates that a stock is expected to perform below the market or sector average. And yes, while the underperform rating may not bode well for an asset in the next few weeks, it may not stay that way. Continue to carefully monitor your portfolio to ensure that an underperforming asset hasn’t turned itself around. As companies are faced with the Herculean task of pleasing shareholders, they will push to fix their underperforming stocks, meaning that a stock you wrote off could rise again.

Outperform

An “outperform” rating means that an analyst expects a stock to outperform the market or sector average. While the stock may look to outperform the market or a sector’s average, that doesn’t mean it will continue to soar forever. You must look at an outperform rating as what that asset will do in recent times, but it may not maintain that trajectory.

Equal-Weight

An equal weight rating means that an analyst believes that an individual stock's performance will tie to the average of all the stocks that an analyst covers in that particular sector. This type of rating helps investors get a true comparison of stocks to each other within a particular sector or industry. At the same time, equal-weight ratings could change at any time.

Price Target

A price target is an analyst’s projection of a stock’s future price. A price target is generally set up in a general trade or area where the asset might land. This means that the analyst could get close without hitting the figure on the head. Even so, the analyst wants to get close and better predict the movement of the marketplace and the asset.

Understanding Stock Ratings

Stock ratings are assessments of the investment potential of a particular stock. They are typically created by financial analysts who evaluate a company's financial performance, competitive positioning, and market outlook to provide guidance on the stock's expected future performance.

Ratings typically range from "buy" to "sell," with variations in between, such as "hold," "accumulate," or "neutral." A "buy" rating suggests that the stock is likely to perform well in the future, and investors should consider purchasing it. Conversely, a "sell" rating indicates that the stock is expected to underperform, and investors should consider selling it.

It's important to note that ratings are not guarantees of performance and should not be relied upon solely when making investment decisions. Ratings are just one factor to consider when evaluating a stock's potential, and investors should also conduct their own research and analysis to make informed decisions.

Another thing to keep in mind is that different analysts may have different opinions on a stock, so it's a good idea to consider multiple ratings before making an investment decision.

In addition to analyst ratings, investors can also consider other factors when evaluating a stock, such as its financial statements, management team, industry trends, and overall market conditions. By combining all of these factors, investors can make informed decisions about which stocks to buy or sell.

In summary, stock ratings are an important tool for investors to consider when evaluating a stock's potential, but they should not be the only factor used in investment decision-making. It's important to conduct your own research, consider multiple ratings, and take into account other factors before making an investment decision.

Should You Use Analyst Ratings to Inform Your Own Trades?

You can definitely use analyst ratings to inform your own trades and inform your own thesis but it’s a good idea to do your own research. However, analyst ratings are just one step in what should be a much larger investment strategy. Don’t fall in love with just one analyst. Compare notes. Look into how these ratings match with activity on the market and current events. Plus, remember that an analyst rating could easily be incorrect. No one is perfect, but these ratings are a good place to start.

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