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The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Small-Cap Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Motley Fool. This strategy looks for small cap growth stocks with solid fundamentals and strong price performance.

TEEKAY TANKERS LTD (TNK) is a small-cap value stock in the Water Transportation industry. The rating according to our strategy based on Motley Fool changed from 65% to 79% based on the firm’s underlying fundamentals and the stock’s valuation. A score of 80% or above typically indicates that the strategy has some interest in the stock and a score above 90% typically indicates strong interest.

Company Description: Teekay Tankers Ltd. is a Bermuda-based company. The Company is a provider of marine transportation to global oil industries. The Company is engaged in the business of owning and operating crude oil and product tankers. It provides vessel operation services for various vessels under the contracts with the Australian Government. The Company also provide ship-to-ship (STS) support services, along with tanker commercial management, and technical management operations. The Company owns a fleet of approximately 43 double-hull tankers, including 25 Supermax tankers,18 Aframax / long range two (LR2) tankers. The Company also owns a crude carrier (VLCC) through a 50% owned joint venture. The Company owns a ship-to-ship transfer business that performs full-service lightering and lightering support operations in the United States, Gulf, and Caribbean. The Company's subsidiaries are Americas Spirit L.L.C., Axel Spirit L.L.C., Helga Spirit L.L.C., Jiao long Spirit L.L.C., and among others.

The following table summarizes whether the stock meets each of this strategy's tests. Not all criteria in the below table receive equal weighting or are independent, but the table provides a brief overview of the strong and weak points of the security in the context of the strategy's criteria.

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