The Top 11 Analysts On TipRanks And What They Cover

Some investors put their financial livelihoods in the hands of analysts researching their relevant stocks. Upgrades and downgrades determine how they play their portfolios — when to sell, when to buy, when to hold.

Some analysts have better foresight than others do, though, and their assessments carry a bit more weight.

TipRanks is a service that "lets you see the track record and measured performance of any analyst or blogger you come across."

Here are the top 11 analysts on TipRanks, the stocks they cover and their accuracy in judging future performance.

1. Gerard Cassidy, RBC Capital

Sector: Financial

Stocks: Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS, JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN, Fifth Third Bancorp FITB, Bank of America Corp BAC, Wells Fargo & Co WFC, Morgan Stanley MS, Citigroup Inc C, American Express Company AXP, among others.

Success rate: 224 out of 264, 85 percent

Average return: 30.2 percent

2. Mark Miller, Benchmark Co.

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Nanometrics Incorporated NANO, Energy Focus Inc EFOI, Intevac, Inc. IVAC, Western Digital WDC, Veeco Instruments Inc. VECO, IPG Photonics Corporation IPGP, Coherent, Inc. COHR, Ultratech, Inc. UTEK, Amtech Systems, Inc. ASYS, among others.

Success rate: 176 out of 206, 85 percent

Average return: 33.6 percent

3. Ross MacMillan, RBC Capital

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Microsoft Corporation MSFT, Intuit Inc. INTU, Oracle Corporation ORCL, salesforce.com, inc. CRM, Nutanix Inc NTNX, Symantec Corporation SYMC, Adobe Systems Incorporated ADBE, ANSYS, Inc. ANSS, HubSpot Inc HUBS, among others.

Success rate: 192 out of 224, 86 percent

Average return: 22.7 percent

4. Richard Davis, Canaccord Genuity

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, salesforce.com, Splunk Inc SPLK, Twilio Inc TWLO, Okta Inc OKTA, Shopify Inc (US) SHOP, Atlassian Corporation PLC TEAM, among others.

Success rate: 280 out of 373, 75 percent

Average return: 22.3 percent

5. Glenn Greene, Oppenheimer

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Mastercard Inc MA, Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. FLT, Paypal Holdings Inc PYPL, Visa Inc V, The Western Union Company WU, Vantiv Inc VNTV, Infosys Ltd ADR INFY, WEX Inc WEX, Fidelity National Information Servcs Inc FIS, among others.

Success rate: 230 out of 279, 82 percent

Average return: 17.8 percent

6. Jonathan Atkin, RBC Capital

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Comcast Corporation CMCSA, AT&T Inc. T, Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR, Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, T-Mobile US Inc TMUS, Frontier Communications Corp FTR, DISH Network Corp DISH, Equinix, Inc. EQIX, SBA Communications Corporation SBAC, among others.

Success rate: 244 out of 295, 83 percent

Average return: 14.8 percent

7. Robert Wetenhall, RBC Capital

Sector: Industrial Goods

Stocks: Whirlpool Corporation WHR, Mohawk Industries, Inc. MHK, Vulcan Materials Company VMC, Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc FBHS, Masonite International Corp DOOR, Owens Corning OC, Lennar Corporation LEN, CalAtlantic Group Inc CAA, Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. BECN, among others.

Success rate: 254 out of 313, 81 percent

Average return: 15.2 percent

8. Ross Seymore, Deutsche Bank

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Ambarella Inc AMBA, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD, NVIDIA Corporation NVDA, Intel Corporation INTC, Xilinx, Inc. XLNX, Match Group Inc MTCH, Texas Instruments Incorporated TXN, NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI, Broadcom Ltd AVGO, among others.

Success rate: 135 out of 157, 86 percent

Average return: 30.1 percent

9. Brian Schwartz, Oppenheimer

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Adobe, salesforce.com, Oracle, Paycom Software Inc PAYC, Ellie Mae Inc ELLI, SAP SE (ADR) SAP, Workday Inc WDAY, 2U Inc TWOU, Carbonite Inc CARB, among others.

Success rate: 233 out of 309, 75 percent

Average return: 21.4 percent

10. Ken Usdin, Jefferies

Sector: Financial

Stocks: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Fifth Third Bancorp, Citigroup, PNC Financial Services Group Inc PNC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Huntington Bancshares Incorporated HBAN, Western Alliance Bancorporation WAL, M&T Bank Corporation MTB, among others.

Success rate: 193 out of 240, 80 percent

Average return: 21.9 percent

11. Matthew Hedberg, RBC Capital

Sector: Technology

Stocks: Splunk Inc, Nutanix, HubSpot, Oracle, Microsoft, Intuit, Adobe, salesforce.com, Symantec, among others.

Success rate: 221 out of 292, 76 percent

Average return: 20.9 percent

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