U.S. stocks settled higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points during the session as Wall Street shrugged off credit concerns that battered bank stocks recently.
Wall Street analysts make new stock picks on a daily basis. Unfortunately for investors, not all analysts have particularly impressive track records at predicting market movements. Even when it comes to one single stock, analyst ratings and price targets can vary widely, leaving investors confused about which analyst’s opinion to trust.
Benzinga’s Analyst Ratings API is a collection of the highest-quality stock ratings curated by the Benzinga news desk via direct partnerships with major sell-side banks. Benzinga displays overnight ratings changes on a daily basis three hours prior to the U.S. equity market opening. Data specialists at investment dashboard provider Toggle.ai recently uncovered that the analyst insights Benzinga Pro subscribers and Benzinga readers regularly receive can successfully be used as trading indicators to outperform the stock market.
Top Analyst Picks: Fortunately, any Benzinga reader can access the latest analyst ratings on the Analyst Stock Ratings page. One of the ways traders can sort through Benzinga’s extensive database of analyst ratings is by analyst accuracy. Here’s a look at the most recent stock picks from each of the five most accurate Wall Street analysts, according to Benzinga Analyst Stock Ratings.
Analyst: John Todaro
- Analyst Firm: Needham
- Ratings Accuracy: 90%
- Latest Rating: Maintained a Buy rating on Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ:BTDR) and increased the price target from $17 to $30 on Oct. 16. This analyst sees around 23% upside in the stock.
- Recent News: On Oct. 14, Bitdeer Technology Group reported a month-over-month increase in September self-mining results.
Analyst: Heiko F. Ihle
- Analyst Firm: HC Wainwright & Co.
- Ratings Accuracy: 89%
- Latest Rating: Maintained a Buy rating on DRDGOLD Ltd (NYSE:DRD) and boosted the price target from $30.5 to $36.25 on Oct. 17. This analyst sees around 26% upside in the stock.
Analyst: Asiya Merchant
- Analyst Firm: Citigroup
- Ratings Accuracy: 88%
- Latest Rating: Maintained a Neutral rating on NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) and boosted the price target from $115 to $130 on Oct. 16. This analyst expects around 9% surge in the stock.
- Recent News: On Oct. 14, NetApp introduced comprehensive enterprise-grade data platform for AI.
Analyst: Peter Arment
- Analyst Firm: Baird
- Ratings Accuracy: 86%
- Latest Rating: Initiated coverage on Rocket Lab Corp (NASDAQ:RKLB) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $83 on Oct. 16. This analyst expects around 24% gain in the stock.
- Recent News: On Oct. 15, Rocket Lab announced the successful completion of its 15th mission of 2025. The mission, named "Owl New World," marked the deployment of the seventh StriX satellite for Synspective, a Japanese company specializing in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data and analytics.
Analyst: Aaron Rakers
- Analyst Firm: Wells Fargo
- Ratings Accuracy: 86%
- Latest Rating: Maintained an Equal-Weight rating on Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) and raised price target from $22 to $30 on Oct. 16. This analyst expects a 19% decline in the stock.
- Recent News: Intel is making a renewed push into the artificial intelligence chip market with the launch of its new “Crescent Island” GPU, a data center processor set to debut next year.
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