The Top 25 Analysts On Wall Street

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The data analytics company, which tracks analyst performance based on the action on their stock calls, recently ranked the best 25.

1. Gene Munster

Piper Jaffray

161 out of 228 Successful Ratings (71 percent)

Gene Munster has made a lot of recent calls within the tech center, including initiating a Buy rating on Facebook Inc FB with a price target of $82 just two weeks ago. Munster also recently also put Buy ratings on Apple Inc. AAPL and Google Inc GOOGL with price targets of $120 and $630, respectively. He has a 71 percent success rate.

2. Youssef Squali

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Cantor Fitzgerald

119 out of 160 Successful Ratings (74 percent)

An analyst with Cantor Fitzgerald, Youssef Squali has initiated quite a few Buy ratings in the past few weeks, including for Twitter Inc TWTR, AOL, Inc. AOL, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd BABA and LinkedIn Corp LNKD. The only Hold rating he’s released in the past month is for VistaPrint. Squali’s success rate is 74 percent, according to TipRanks.

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3. Liana Moussatos

Wedbush

38 out of 56 Successful Ratings (68 percent)

Liana Moussatos has also initiated a lot of Buy ratings over the past few months, mostly in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Her three most recent ones include La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company LJPC, Omeros Corporation OMER and Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc ICPT.

4. Michael Walkley

Canaccord Genuity

151 out of 206 Successful Ratings (72 percent)

Most of Michael Walkley’s recent coverage has been on the telecom and semiconductor industry. While he has Buy ratings on Skyworks Solutions Inc SWKS, QUALCOMM, Inc. QCOM and TriQuint Semiconductor TQNT, he initiated Hold ratings on Ericsson ERIC, Blackberry Ltd BBRY and Peregrine Semiconductor Corp PSMI within the past three months.

5. Bob McAdoo

Imperial Capital

63 out of 71 Successful Ratings (89 percent)

Bob McAdoo covers airlines and aircraft manufacturers. Within the past month, he’s initiated a Buy rating on Spirit Airlines Incorporated SAVE with a price target of $92, a Buy rating for Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL with a price target at $55 and a Hold rating on United Continental Holdings Inc UAL with a price target of $7.

6. Elaine Kwei

Jefferies

23 out of 31 Successful Ratings (74 percent)

Elaine Kwei covers the automotive industry. She has a Buy rating on Tesla Motors Inc TSLA with a price target of $220 and a Buy rating on Ford Motor Company F with no price target.

7. Alan Carr

Needham

63 out of 93 Successful Ratings (68 percent)

Alan Carr focuses on biopharmaceutical companies. In the past six months, he’s initiated nine Buy ratings on companies including Hyperion Therapeutics Inc HPTX, Gilead Sciences, Inc. GILD and Cara Therapeutics Inc CARA, but only one Hold rating on Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd CHTP.

8. Helane Becker

Cowen & Co.

71 out of 87 Successful Ratings (82 percent)

Helane Becker also covers the airline industry. She has Buy ratings on Southwest Airlines Co LUV, Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK and JetBlue Airways Corporation JBLU, but Hold ratings for Spirit Airlines, SkyWest, Inc. SKYW and Republic Airways Holdings Inc. RJET.

9. Mark Mahaney

RBC Capital

120 out of 186 Successful Ratings (65 percent)

Mark Mahaney covers a large part of the tech business, but has done a lot with the ecommerce sector as of late. Within the past two weeks, he has initiated a Buy rating on Alibaba, but put Hold ratings on RetailMeNot Inc SALE, Zulily Inc ZU and Groupon Inc GRPN.

10. Ronnie Moas

Standpoint Research

297 out of 401 Successful Ratings (74 percent)

Ronnie Moas doesn’t seem to focus on any particular sector, but he does make a lot of calls. In the past year, he has initiated a Sell rating on Apple, Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN, Philip Morris International Inc. PM, CVS Health Corp CVS, McDonald’s Corporation MCD, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT and Starbucks Corporation SBUX. He has Buy ratings for Fossil Group Inc FOSL, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd TEVA and Vera Bradley, Inc. VRA.

11. Vijay Rakesh

Sterne Agee

69 out of 92 Successful Ratings (75 percent)

Vijay Rakesh has been watching technology and semiconductor companies over the past six months. He has a Buy rating on Micron, a Hold rating on Intel Corp and a Sell rating on Texas Instruments.

12. Jim Birchenough

BMO Capital

42 out of 65 Successful Ratings (65 percent)

Biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals are on Jim Birchenough’s radar. This week, he initiated a Buy rating on Intercept Pharma with a price target of $515. Three months ago, he put a Sell rating on Regado Biosciences Inc RGDO with a price target of $1.

13. Doug Anmuth

J.P. Morgan

91 out of 134 Successful Ratings (68 percent)

Doug Anmuth covers a myriad of companies in technology and entertainment. He has placed Buy ratings on social media companies like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn Corp LNKD in the past month, but put Sell ratings on ecommerce companies, including eBay Inc EBAY, Amazon.com and Groupon inc GRPN.

14. Kevin Cassidy

Stifel Nicolaus

62 out of 83 Successful Ratings (75 percent)

Semiconductors and technology hardware are in Kevin Cassidy’s range of coverage. In the past two months, he has initiated Buy ratings on SanDisk Corporation SNDK, Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. MLNX and Microchip Technology Inc. MCHP with no price targets.

15. Laura Martin

Needham

74 out of 101 Successful Ratings (73 percent)

Laura Martin has looked at a number of entertainment and media companies over the past year. Within that time, she has initiated Buy ratings on CBS Corporation CBS with a price target of $83, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc FOXA with a price target of $36 and Pandora Media Inc P with a price target of $41.

16. Brian White

Cantor Fitzgerald

120 out of 163 Successful Ratings (74 percent)

Software companies have been at the center of Brian White’s analyses within the past month, although his overall coverage spans across all technology sectors. He recently initiated Buy ratings on Juniper Networks, Inc. JNPR, F5 Networks, Inc. FFIV, Tableau Software Inc DATA and Workday Inc WDAY.

17. Amir Rozwadowski

Barclays

22 out of 26 Successful Ratings (85 percent)

Amir Rozwadowski’s coverage focuses on wireless and telecommunications companies. In the past three months, he has put Hold ratings on Sprint Corporation S and AT&T Inc. T, but a Buy rating on SBA Communications Corporation SBAC.

18. Justin Yagerman

Deutsche Bank

63 out of 97 Successful Ratings (65 percent)

Transportation is the forte of Justin Yagerman’s coverage, but he may not be too bullish on the sector. He has Hold ratings for Knight Transportation KNX, Heartland Express, Inc. HTLD, Con-Way Inc CNW, Scorpio Bulkers Inc SALT and Old Dominion Freight Line ODFL all initiated within the past month.

19. Andy Yeung

Oppenheimer

15 out of 25 Successful Ratings (60 percent)

Andy Yeung doesn’t seem to have specific sectors that he keeps track of. In the past year, he has initiated one Hold rating on Lightinthebox Holding Co Ltd LITB and three Buy ratings on Ctrip.com International, Ltd. CTRP, Bitauto Hldg Ltd BITA and NetEase, Inc NTES.

20. Keith Bachman

BMO Capital

67 out of 93 Successful Ratings (72 percent)

While Keith Bachman doesn’t limit his analysis to specific sectors, the companies he does cover are geared toward or could be used by businesses. He has Hold ratings for Xerox Corp XRX, VMware, Inc. VMW, NetApp Inc. NTAP, Hewlett-Packard Company HPQ and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. BRCD.

21. John Tysseland

Citigroup

14 out of 21 Successful Ratings (67 percent)

John Tysseland focuses mainly on the energy sector. In the past year, he has initiated Buy ratings for Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP BWP, EQT Midstream Partners LP EQM, Emerge Energy Services LP EMES and Markwest Energy Partners LP MWE.

22. William Plovanic

Canaccord Genuity

78 out of 111 Successful Ratings (69 percent)

William Plovanic focuses on medical technology. He has placed a Buy rating on Stryker Corporation SYK with a price target of $84 and a Hold rating on Rewalk Robotics Ltd RWLK with a price target of $26.

23. David Fintzen

Barclays

42 out of 51 Successful Ratings (82 percent)

Travel takes the center stage for David Fintzen’s industry coverage. In the past month, he has initiated a Sell rating for United Continental Holding Inc UAL and Buy ratings on Delta Air Lines, Inc. DAL, Southwest Airlines, Allegiant Travel Company ALGT and Spirit Airlines.

24. Sundeep Bajikar

Jeffries

45 out of 57 Successful Ratings (79 percent)

Sundeep Bajikar looks at a few different industries within the technology sector. Within the past month, he’s initiated Buy ratings for SanDisk and Cavium Inc CAVM with price targets of $110 and $60, respectively, as well as Hold Ratings on Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), with a price target of $12.50, and Apple with no price target.

25. Arvind Bhatia

Sterne Agee

39 out of 55 Successful Ratings

Arvind Bhatia looks at companies in the technology, gaming and entertainment sectors. He has initiated Hold ratings for Netflix, Inc. NFLX and Zynga Inc ZNGA with no price targets and a Buy ratings for Activision Blizzard, Inc. ATVI with a price target of $24 within the past month.

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