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Equity Research Coverage February 19, 2021

COMPANY TICKER Mkt. Cap ($M) RATING PRICE TARGET COMPANY TICKER Mkt. Cap ($M) RATING PRICE TARGET China Fawne Jiang 212-312-6712 Enterprise Mark Schappel 212-312-6749 Holdings Ltd. BABA $727,003 Buy $315 Altair Engineering Inc. Class A ALTR $4,495 Buy $60 Autohome, Inc. ATHM $16,050 Buy $135 , Inc. ANSS $33,478 Buy $345 , Inc. BIDU $102,714 Buy $385 Aspen Technology, Inc. AZPN $10,534 Buy $175 iClick Interactive Asia Group Ltd. ICLK $1,454 Buy $24 Blackbaud, Inc. BLKB $3,519 Buy $88 JD.com, Inc. JD $165,365 Buy $114 E2open, Inc. ETWO $2,304 Buy $15 Class B 3690-HKG $2,520,209 Buy HKD 350 eGain Corp. EGAN $373 Buy $17 Momo, Inc. MOMO $3,838 Buy $27 LivePerson, Inc. LPSN $4,560 Buy $75 NetEase, Inc. NTES $84,764 Buy $105 Manhattan Associates, Inc MANH $8,512 Buy $137 Inc. PDD $240,090 Buy $150 Mitek Systems, Inc. MITK $694 Buy $22 Holdings, Inc. 700-HKG HKD 7,171,907 Buy HKD 625 Open Text Corp. OTEX $12,743 Buy $56 Vipshops Holdings, Inc. VIPS $23,273 Buy $28 Pegasystems, Inc. PEGA $11,578 Buy $160 Weibo Corp. WB $13,284 Buy $50 Powerbridge Technologies Co. PBTS $46 Speculative Buy $10 WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc. WIMI $672 Buy $8 Progress Software Corp. PRGS $1,986 Buy $55 JOYY, Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A YY $10,976 Buy $165 Real Page, Inc. RP $8,875 Hold NA Rimini Street Inc Class A RMNI $619 Buy $10 China Consumer Fawne Jiang 212-312-6712 SPS Commerce, Inc. SPSC $3,869 Buy $120 China Online Education Group COE $512 Buy $38 Tyler Technologies TYL $18,994 Buy $520 Huazhu Group Ltd. HTHT $18,331 Buy $76 Varonis Systems, Inc. VRNS $6,995 Buy $205 New Oriental Edu. & Tech. Group EDU $32,923 Buy $195 TAL Education TAL $51,977 Buy $95 Internet Daniel Kurnos, CFA 561-939-8262 Trip.com Group Ltd. TCOM $22,531 Buy $52 1-800-FLOWERS FLWS $2,035 Buy $42 .com AMZN $1,675,979 Buy $4,400 Entertainment Software & Med. Mike Hickey 720-236-0207 ANGI Homeservices Inc ANGI $7,633 Buy $16 , Inc. ATVI $79,025 Buy $114 , Inc. BCOR $761 Buy $21 AMC Entertainment AMC $2,113 Hold NA Inc. BKNG $92,549 Hold NA Cinemark Holdings CNK $2,483 Buy $21 Car Gurus, Inc. CARG $3,467 Buy $40 DraftKings Inc Class A DKNG $45,734 Buy $66 Cars.com, Inc. CARS $867 Hold NA , Inc EA $42,399 Buy $177 Cinedigm Corp CIDM $311 Speculative Buy $3.50 DeNA Company Limited 2432-TKS ¥287,506 Buy ¥2700 eBay Inc. EBAY $42,732 Buy $80 Glu Mobile GLUU $2,200 Hold NA , Inc. EXPE $22,548 Buy $175 GameStop Corp. GME $2,838 Sell $5 Grubhub, Inc. GRUB $6,527 Hold NA Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. GNOG $1,158 Buy $27 IAC/InterActiveCorp IAC $21,756 Buy $265 Imax Corp. IMAX $1,176 Buy $22 NCR Corp. NCR $4,419 Buy $44 Marcus Corp. MCS $530 Buy $21 Porch Group, Inc. PRCH $1,669 Buy $24 Motorsport Games, Inc. MSGM $506 Buy $42 Roku, Inc. Class A ROKU $57,499 Buy $600 National CineMedia, Inc. NCMI $732 Hold NA TrueCar, Inc. TRUE $528 Hold NA Rush Street Interactive RSI $957 Buy $30 Waitr Holdings Inc. WTRH $428 Buy $5 Take Two Interactive TTWO $22,601 Buy $250 Zillow Inc. ZG $43,980 Buy $230 Ubisoft Entertainment, SA UBI-PAR € 9,093 Hold NA World Wrestling Entertainment WWE $3,679 Buy $62 Publishing & Broadcasting Daniel Kurnos, CFA 561-939-8262 Zynga, Inc. ZNGA $13,056 Buy $12 ViacomCBS Inc VIAC $38,364 Buy $35 Chicken Soup for the Soul CSSE $443 Buy $25 Cannabis Mike Hickey 720-236-0207 CuriosityStream, Inc. CURI $1,085 Buy $22 Canopy Growth Corp. WEED-TSE CAD 17,444 Hold NA Gray Television, Inc. GTN $1,760 Buy $25 Charlotte's Web Holdings, Inc. CWEB-TSE $933 Speculative Buy $4 Meredith Corp. MDP $1,197 Hold NA Green Thumb Industries GTII-CNQ $10,195 Buy $29 Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. NXST $5,488 Buy $145 KushCo Holdings, Inc. KSHB $223 Speculative Buy $2 Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc. SBGI $2,428 Buy $35 Tilray, Inc. TLRY $4,294 Hold NA The E.W. Scripps Company SSP $1,543 Buy $21 TEGNA, Inc. TGNA $3,920 Buy $20

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COMPANY TICKER Mkt. Cap ($M) RATING PRICE TARGET COMPANY TICKER Mkt. Cap ($M) RATING PRICE TARGET Automotive Michael Ward 203-632-6202 Aerospace & Defense Josh Sullivan 212-312-6775 Adient plc ADNT $3,324 Buy $47 AAR Corporation AIR $1,364 Buy $40 Aptiv plc APTV $40,328 Hold NA Allegheny Technologies Inc. ATI $2,335 Buy $21 AutoNation, Inc. AN $6,407 Hold NA Inc. ARNC $2,732 Buy $34 Carvana Co. CVNA $50,743 Hold NA Boeing Company BA $121,543 Buy $270 Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. CPS $552 Buy $46 CACI International Inc CACI $5,984 Buy $300 Ford Motor Company F $45,476 Buy $14 Carpenter Technology Corporation CRS $1,772 Hold NA General Motors Company GM $75,158 Buy $64 Constellium N.V. CSTM $1,866 Buy € 19 Group 1 Automotive GPI $2,637 Buy $190 Desktop Metal, Inc. DM $6,149 Buy $28 Lear Corporation LEA $9,723 Buy $186 Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure InvestorsFTAI LLC $2,277 Buy $37 Lithia Motors, inc. LAD $9,834 Buy $380 HEICO Corporation HEI $16,455 Buy $120 Inc. LYFT $18,476 Hold NA Inc. HWM $12,059 Hold NA Magna International Inc. MGA $22,515 Buy $67 Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. J $14,636 Buy $120 Penske Automotive Group, Inc. PAG $5,109 Buy $90 Kaiser Aluminum Corporation KALU $1,699 Buy $120 Shift Technologies, Inc. SFT $847 Hold NA Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS $3,673 Buy $30 Sonic Automotive, Inc. Class A SAH $1,656 Buy $54 L3Harris Technologies Inc LHX $39,755 Buy $250 Superior Industries Int, Inc. SUP $154 Hold NA PAE Incorporated Class A PAE $834 Buy $14 =FDS(C71,"FG_COMPANY_NAME") VRM $6,343 Hold NA Parsons Corporation PSN $3,965 Buy $45 Raytheon Technologies Corporation RTX $110,740 Hold NA Coal & Transportation Nate Martin 804-822-1364 Science Applications International Corp. SAIC $5,436 Buy $105 Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ARLP $787 Buy $7 Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A SPR $4,164 Hold NA Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. AMR $251 Hold NA VSE Corporation VSEC $472 Buy $55 Arch Resources, Inc. Class A ARCH $748 Buy $54 CSX Corporation CSX $68,641 Buy $100 Semiconductor & Related Ruben Roy 212-312-6702 Canadian National Railway Co. CNI $76,430 Hold NA , Inc. AMD $107,368 Hold NA Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. CP $47,774 Hold NA , Inc. CDNS $38,919 Buy $130 Inc CEIX $366 Buy $11 Cirus Logic, Inc. CRUS $5,047 Buy $105 Coronado Global Resources Inc. Shs Chess DepositoryCRN Interests$1,451 Repr 10 Sh Hold NA Diodes Incorporated DIOD $3,555 Buy $95 Kansas City Southern Railway KSU $18,760 Hold NA Ideal Power Inc. IPWR $102 Buy $28 =FDS(C83,"FG_COMPANY_NAME") NRP $224 Buy $15 Corp. INTC $250,260 Hold NA Norfolk Southern Corporation NSC $63,409 Buy $260 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation LSCC $6,323 Buy $55 Peabody Energy Corporation BTU $380 Hold NA MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.MTSI $4,387 Buy $72 Ramaco Resources, Inc. METC $184 Buy $5 Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. MRVL $33,823 Buy $52 SunCoke Energy, Inc. SXC $497 Buy $7 Products MXIM $25,351 Hold NA Teck Resources Limited Class B TECK $11,330 Buy CAD 24 Corp. NVDA $367,166 Buy $600 Union Pacific Corporation UNP $139,531 Buy $230 ON Semiconductor ON $16,422 Buy $45 Warrior Met Coal, Inc. HCC $1,115 Hold NA One Stop Systems, Inc. OSS $121 Speculative Buy $3.50 Qorvo, Inc. QRVO $19,383 Buy $200 Construction Reuben Garner 703-472-7473 Silicon Laboratories, Inc. SLAB $6,477 Buy $155 Belden Inc. BDC $1,995 Buy $59 SWKS $30,986 Buy $215 BlueLinx Holdings, Inc. BXC $423 Buy $61 , Inc. SNPS $41,464 Buy $320 Boise Cascade Co. BCC $1,946 Buy $47 , Inc. XLNX $33,740 Hold NA Builders FirstSource, Inc. BLDR $8,216 Buy $53 Velodyne Lidar, Inc. VLDR $3,614 Buy $32 Ceasarstone Ltd. CSTE $457 Buy $16 Herman Miller, Inc. MLHR $2,202 Buy $44 Technology, Hardware Mark Miller 703-360-6203 HNI Corporation HNI $1,471 Buy $43 ACM Research, Inc. ACMR $2,198 Hold NA Installed Building Products, Inc. IBP $3,564 Hold NA Amtech Systems ASYS $149 Buy $10 JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. JELD $2,723 Hold NA Axcelis Technologies ACLS $1,293 Buy $45 Masonite International Corp. DOOR $2,566 Buy $125 Coherent Inc. COHR $6,173 Hold NA Owens Corning OC $8,640 Buy $107 II-VI Incorporated IIVI $9,181 Buy $105 Quanex Building Products Corporation NX $791 Buy $30 IPG Photonics IPGP $12,402 Hold NA Steelcase Inc. Class A SCS $1,490 Hold NA Intevac, Inc. IVAC $155 Buy $9 TopBuild Corp. BLD $6,919 Hold NA MKS Instruments, Inc. MKSI $8,761 Buy $190 Trex Company, Inc. TREX $11,851 Hold NA nLight, Inc. LASR $1,584 Hold NA UFP Industries, Inc. UFPI $3,633 Buy $74 Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. NVMI $2,354 Buy $92 Onto Innovation, Inc. ONTO $3,069 Buy $70 Seagate Technology plc STX $17,152 Buy $70 Veeco Instruments VECO $1,083 Buy $25 Western Digital WDC $21,032 Buy $66

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COMPANY TICKER Mkt. Cap ($M) RATING PRICE TARGET COMPANY TICKER Mkt. Cap ($M) RATING PRICE TARGET Healthcare Technology Bruce Jackson 651-315-2260 Healthcare Services Bill Sutherland 215-380-0276 Biofrontera AG BFRA $179 Buy $13 Amedisys, Inc AMED $9,628 Buy $275 BIOLASE, Inc. BIOL $162 Speculative Buy $2 AMN Healthcare Services AMN $3,527 Buy $95 ChemBio Diagnostics, Inc. CEMI $130 Hold NA Cross Country Healthcare CCRN $347 Buy $12 CNS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. CNSP $77 Buy $8 Cynergistek, Inc. CTEK $29 Hold NA Exact Sciences Corporation EXAS $23,952 Buy $165 Healthcare Services Group, Inc HCSG $2,153 Hold NA Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. FLXN $549 Buy $20 Huron Consulting Group, Inc. HURN $1,246 Buy $64 Invitae Corporation NVTA $8,821 Hold NA LHC Group, Inc. LHCG $6,382 Buy $250 Hoth Therapeutics, Inc. HOTH $36 Speculative Buy $10 MTBC, Inc. MTBC $137 Buy $15 Harvard Biosciences HBIO $177 Speculative Buy $6 Ontrak, Inc. OTRK $1,261 Buy $100 NeoGenomics NEO $6,537 Buy $64 Omnicell, Inc. OMCL $5,490 Buy $140 OncoCyte Corporation OCX $535 Buy $6 Premier, Inc. PINC $4,107 Buy $42 Orgenesis Inc. ORGS $171 Buy $9 RCM Technologies, Inc. RCMT $59 Buy $4 Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. SEEL $246 Speculative Buy $4 Select Medical SEM $3,637 Buy $32 STAAR Surgical Corporation STAA $5,444 Hold NA SOC Telemed TLMD $691 Buy $12 VolitionRx VNRX $232 Buy $6 Surgery Partners, Inc. SGRY $2,142 Buy $44 Tabula Rasa Healthcare, Inc. TRHC $1,158 Buy $55 Healthcare & Biotechnology Robert Wasserman 212-312-6764 BioLife Solutions, Inc. BLFS $1,324 Hold NA Special Situations Bill Sutherland 215-380-0276 Bio-Techne Corporation TECH $15,406 Buy $410 Amesite, Inc. AMST $155 Speculative Buy $7 Champions Oncology, Inc. CSBR $144 Speculative Buy $14 cbdMD, Inc. YCBD $225 Speculative Buy $6 Codexis, Inc. CDXS $1,565 Buy $29 Taronis Fuels Inc TRNF $27 Speculative Buy $0.5 Fortress Biotech, Inc. FBIO $394 Buy $9 Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. HALO $6,501 Buy $59 Communications Matthew Harrigan 303-548-0448 Integer Holdings Corporation ITGR $2,732 Buy $105 Altice USA, Inc. ATUS $22,482 Buy $46 Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated LGND $2,330 Buy $215 Corporation CMCSA $240,759 Buy $70 Nephros, Inc. NEPH $86 Speculative Buy $13 , Inc. CHTR $119,420 Buy $775 Proto Labs, Inc. PRLB $4,694 Buy $235 GCI Liberty, Inc. GLIBA #N/A Buy $104 Liberty Braves Group BATRA $1,455 Buy $33 Biotechnology Aydin Huseynov, M.D., CFA 212-312-6759 Liberty Broadband Corp. LBRDA $35,525 Buy $180 Corporation INCY $17,928 Hold NA Liberty Global plc LBTYA $14,985 Buy $40 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. IONS $8,044 Hold NA Libery Latin America LILA $2,684 Buy $19 Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. INO $2,895 Buy $15 Liberty Sirius XM Group LSXMA $14,663 Buy $67 Nektar Therapeutics NKTR $4,494 Buy $26 , Inc. NFLX $242,804 Sell $485 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. NBIX $10,648 Hold NA Ooma Inc OOMA $358 Buy $24 NextCure, Inc. NXTC $360 Buy $17 Sirius XM Holdings Inc SIRI $24,923 Buy $8 Processa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PCSA $111 Speculative Buy $15 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. REGN $51,105 Buy $590 Emerging Growth Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SLRX $55 Buy $5 GrowGeneration Corp. GRWG $3,062 Buy $8 Scopus BioPharma Inc. SCPS $148 Buy $20 Lakeland Industries, Inc. LAKE $291 Buy $31 Voyager Therapeutics, Inc. VYGR $249 Buy $20 Voyager Digital Ltd. VYGVF $1,639 Speculative Buy $1.0

Semiconductors & Related Technology MaxLinear Inc. MXL $2,698 Buy $25 MOSYS, Inc. MOSY $27 Speculative Buy $1 Quicklogic Inc. QUIK $88 Speculative Buy $2

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