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Oct 8, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	73.69%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	103 106	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 5, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	26.48%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	75 85	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 25, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	26.48%	John StaszakArgus Research 62%	75 85	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 14, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	9.61%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	65 73	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 13, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	51.77%	Sabahat KhanRBC Capital 58%	90 105	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	41.65%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	84 97	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	43.34%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	85 102	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	33.22%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	79 101	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	23.1%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	73 90	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 11, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	23.1%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	73 87	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 22, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	77.07%	Sabahat KhanRBC Capital 58%	105 111	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 2, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	72.01%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	102 109	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 19, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	51.77%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	90 110	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 13, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	65.26%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	98 130	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 13, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	87.18%	Sabahat KhanRBC Capital 58%	111 142	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 13, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	83.81%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	109 116	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 13, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	70.32%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	101 115	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 12, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	53.46%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	91 98	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 27, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	119.22%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	130 131	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 20, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	100.67%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	119 132	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 11, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	139.46%	Sabahat KhanRBC Capital 58%	139 142	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 11, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	122.6%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	126 132	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 11, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	85.5%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	100 110	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 10, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	144.52%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	143 145	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 10, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	98.99%	Michael FenigerB of A Securities 64%	117 118	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 28, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	114.17%	Adam BubesGoldman Sachs 57%	127 148	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 26, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	120.91%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	131 152	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 21, 2026	ACMAECOM	$59.30	141.15%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	143 148	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Dec 22, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	68.63%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	100 135	Previous Overweight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Dec 18, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	112.48%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	126 148	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 21, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	149.58%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	146 148	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 21, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	141.15%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	143 143	Previous Outperform Current Neutral	Get Alert
Nov 20, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	127.66%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	135 145	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 20, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	134.4%	Sabahat KhanRBC Capital 58%	139 142	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Nov 20, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	127.66%	John StaszakArgus Research 62%	135 155	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 19, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	156.32%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	150 152	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 19, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	149.58%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	148 153	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 19, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	141.15%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	143 144	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 20, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	152.95%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	140 150	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 20, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	144.52%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	130 145	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 20, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	142.83%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	131 144	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 8, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	146.21%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	128 146	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 12, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	119.22%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	120 130	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	134.4%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	126 139	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	120.91%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	129 131	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	109.11%	Michael FenigerB of A Securities 64%	112.5 124	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 28, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	131.03%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	122 137	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 16, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	117.54%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	120 129	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	112.48%	Sabahat KhanRBC Capital 58%	123 126	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	105.73%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	116 122	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 6, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	98.99%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	108 118	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 25, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	95.62%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	116 127	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 16, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	83.81%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	109 121	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	104.05%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	121 129	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 6, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	102.36%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	105 120	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 4, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	97.3%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	117 125	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 29, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	114.17%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	127 128	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 8, 2025	ACMAECOM	$59.30	104.05%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	121 122	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Dec 19, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	110.79%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	122 125	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Nov 22, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	117.54%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	119 129	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 22, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	119.22%	Adam BubesGoldman Sachs 57%	130	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 19, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	105.73%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	113 122	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Nov 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	105.73%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	115 122	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 22, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	115.85%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	110 128	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	93.93%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	99 115	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 4, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	100.67%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	108 119	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 8, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	77.07%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	100 105	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	66.95%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	94 99	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	68.63%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	96 100	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	90.56%	Arthur NagornyRBC Capital 77%	112 113	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	82.12%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	107 108	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 22, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	75.38%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	104 116	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 17, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	58.52%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	94 105	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 8, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	61.89%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	96 110	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 2, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	80.44%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	107 113	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 23, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	78.75%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	105 106	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 8, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	90.56%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	106 113	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	85.5%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	104 110	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 22, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	95.62%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	107 116	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 19, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	77.07%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	104 105	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 14, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	78.75%	Jamie CookTruist Securities 73%	106	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 13, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	68.63%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	90 100	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	83.81%	Arthur NagornyRBC Capital 77%	109 109	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 7, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	80.44%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	106 107	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 6, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	77.07%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	105 107	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 6, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	73.69%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	100 103	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 10, 2024	ACMAECOM	$59.30	75.38%	Sangita JainKeybanc 65%	104	Previous Initiates Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 15, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	83.81%	Arthur NagornyRBC Capital 77%	102 109	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Nov 9, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	70.32%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	101 102	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 23, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	56.83%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	93 105	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 9, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	66.95%	Jamie CookCredit Suisse 73%	99 101	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 16, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	72.01%	Steven FisherUBS 69%	102 103	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 10, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	72.01%	Arthur NagornyRBC Capital 77%	102	Previous Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 9, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	68.63%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	100 103	Previous Current Performer	Get Alert
Feb 8, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	77.07%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	100 105	Previous Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 7, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	73.69%	Andrew WittmannBaird 74%	90 103	Previous Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 23, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	68.63%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 80%	92 100	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 17, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	68.63%	Sean EastmanKeybanc 84%	91 100	Previous Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 13, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	58.52%	Adam SeidenBarclays 52%	90 94	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 12, 2023	ACMAECOM	$59.30	65.26%	Jamie CookCredit Suisse 73%	95 98	Previous Neutral Current Outperform	Get Alert

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What Are Analyst Stock Ratings?

Analyst ratings measure the expected performance of a stock during a given time period. Analysts and brokerage firms often use ratings when they issue stock recommendations to stock traders.

Analysts arrive at stock ratings after they research companies’ public financial statements, communicate with executives and customers and interact with companies in other ways.

Most analysts issue ratings 4 times a year, usually at 3-month intervals.

How to Use Analyst Ratings

As an investor or trader, you want to be able to use analyst ratings effectively. Here are steps you can take to understand how to synthesize all the information analysts report about a particular company and how to apply it to your own trades.

Step 1: Check Ratings History

In the short term, look to see whether analysts suggest an initiation, upgrade or downgrade for a particular stock. Understand how the rating changed compared to the previous rating and whether a price target gets announced or changed.

Sometimes the rating stays the same and only the price target changes, which could cause the stock to move in either direction, depending on the significance of the change between the 2 price targets.

Step 2: Check for Other News

In the short term, check to see how the stock reacts to positive or negative news. This will be an indication of the company’s outlook because analyst ratings usually come out after the company announces news (it’ll typically be earnings news).

Step 3: Look at the Sector for News

Check to see if other stocks in the sector also received similar ratings. This could indicate micro news, which refers to when the whole sector or specific company trades in a specific way due to news outside of one company.

Step 4: Look at the Note

If available, look over the analyst note itself. The beginning of the note has the main information of the rating and price target. Investors should also take a look at the summary of the note, which you can find in the first couple pages and give you a concrete overview of the company. This can help you get an understanding of how analysts arrived at their thesis on the stock.

An example of an analyst note. Source: Needham

Step 5: Make a Decision

After reviewing the analyst ratings (and whether the analyst proposes a change or initiation) and find the reason for that note. Make a decision based on the analyst thesis on the company. This should give you guidance on how to make your thesis. Analyst ratings are a good indication of what professionals believe the company or sector will do, helping you get a better understanding of the companies you’re interested in.

Analyst Rating Accuracy

Analyst ratings are not set in stone and nobody knows indefinitely what a stock will do. Therefore, analyst ratings should be taken as an educated guess made by professionals who carefully study the specific company and sector in question. It's not a surprise that the accuracy of each rating can vary by each individual analyst and specific ratings on companies.

In other words, there’s no hard number or percentage on how accurate analyst ratings are because they are like educated guesses on what they think the stock will do based on their research, within that particular sector. In addition, each firm has so many analysts and so many different companies to review that you can compare ratings to glean what you believe is the truth.

Where Analyst Ratings Come From

Analyst ratings come from stock analysts. Analysts “go deep” on companies within a particular industry or sector. Some analysts employ a top-down approach (they start with an industry or sector and look for excellent companies within that industry or sector) and other stock analysts choose a bottom-up approach, which means they start with the company first and connect the dots within that company’s sector or industry. Analysts evaluate:

Financial statements
Economic fundamentals
Suppliers, customers and competitors
Management quality
Business model
Revenue
Expenses
Assets
Liabilities

While these evaluations are done using facts and figures that any investor can access, they come down to a conclusion the analyst must draw. While this isn’t an unqualified opinion, analysts will disagree because their interpretations of the data could vary.

Types of Stock Ratings

Stock ratings can range from simple “buy” and “sell” ratings to “equal weight” and “outperform” ratings. Here’s a quick overview of how analysts rate stocks.

Buy Rating

A “buy” rating indicates that an analyst is optimistic about a stock’s short-term or mid-term growth and recommends that traders purchase the stock. An analyst may even go so far as to indicate that a stock is a “strong buy.” At the same time, you may choose to swing trade the asset for a profit and come back later to start the process all over again.

Sell Rating

A “sell” rating means that an analyst believes the stock will trend downward in a particular time frame. Analysts might even refer to a security as a “strong sell.” Remember, though, you may want to swing trade and come back to this asset in the future even though you just chose to sell, just as you would under a “buy” rating.

Hold

A “hold” rating suggests that investors should not buy more of or sell the specified stock because they believe the stock should perform in a way that’s consistent with the market or will perform similarly to comparable companies within that particular sector. This is akin to the value investing approach that Warren Buffett uses, looking to gain long-term value from a single stock rather than flipping it because of a bad week. As many have said, it’s not a loss until you sell.

Underperform

An “underperform” rating means an analyst indicates that a stock is expected to perform below the market or sector average. And yes, while the underperform rating may not bode well for an asset in the next few weeks, it may not stay that way. Continue to carefully monitor your portfolio to ensure that an underperforming asset hasn’t turned itself around. As companies are faced with the Herculean task of pleasing shareholders, they will push to fix their underperforming stocks, meaning that a stock you wrote off could rise again.

Outperform

An “outperform” rating means that an analyst expects a stock to outperform the market or sector average. While the stock may look to outperform the market or a sector’s average, that doesn’t mean it will continue to soar forever. You must look at an outperform rating as what that asset will do in recent times, but it may not maintain that trajectory.

Equal-Weight

An equal weight rating means that an analyst believes that an individual stock's performance will tie to the average of all the stocks that an analyst covers in that particular sector. This type of rating helps investors get a true comparison of stocks to each other within a particular sector or industry. At the same time, equal-weight ratings could change at any time.

Price Target

A price target is an analyst’s projection of a stock’s future price. A price target is generally set up in a general trade or area where the asset might land. This means that the analyst could get close without hitting the figure on the head. Even so, the analyst wants to get close and better predict the movement of the marketplace and the asset.

Understanding Stock Ratings

Stock ratings are assessments of the investment potential of a particular stock. They are typically created by financial analysts who evaluate a company's financial performance, competitive positioning, and market outlook to provide guidance on the stock's expected future performance.

Ratings typically range from "buy" to "sell," with variations in between, such as "hold," "accumulate," or "neutral." A "buy" rating suggests that the stock is likely to perform well in the future, and investors should consider purchasing it. Conversely, a "sell" rating indicates that the stock is expected to underperform, and investors should consider selling it.

It's important to note that ratings are not guarantees of performance and should not be relied upon solely when making investment decisions. Ratings are just one factor to consider when evaluating a stock's potential, and investors should also conduct their own research and analysis to make informed decisions.

Another thing to keep in mind is that different analysts may have different opinions on a stock, so it's a good idea to consider multiple ratings before making an investment decision.

In addition to analyst ratings, investors can also consider other factors when evaluating a stock, such as its financial statements, management team, industry trends, and overall market conditions. By combining all of these factors, investors can make informed decisions about which stocks to buy or sell.

In summary, stock ratings are an important tool for investors to consider when evaluating a stock's potential, but they should not be the only factor used in investment decision-making. It's important to conduct your own research, consider multiple ratings, and take into account other factors before making an investment decision.

Should You Use Analyst Ratings to Inform Your Own Trades?

You can definitely use analyst ratings to inform your own trades and inform your own thesis but it’s a good idea to do your own research. However, analyst ratings are just one step in what should be a much larger investment strategy. Don’t fall in love with just one analyst. Compare notes. Look into how these ratings match with activity on the market and current events. Plus, remember that an analyst rating could easily be incorrect. No one is perfect, but these ratings are a good place to start.

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