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Oct 20, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	11.66%	Julian MitchellJP Morgan 75%	485	Previous Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 15, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	28.93%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	560 575	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 25, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	22.25%	Stephen TusaWells Fargo 68%	531	Previous Initiates Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Sep 2, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	32.38%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 77%	565 575	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 21, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	26.63%	Luke JunkBaird 64%	550	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 4, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	15.81%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	481 503	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 4, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	38.14%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 78%	550 600	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 1, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	28.93%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	530 560	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 1, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	22.02%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	530 550	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 11, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	30.08%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 77%	515 565	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 4, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	22.48%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	478 532	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 4, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	26.63%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	515 550	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 4, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	34.68%	Alexander VirgoEvercore ISI Group 39%	575 585	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 4, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	10.74%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	465 481	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 7, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	18.57%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	500 515	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 7, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	7.06%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	456 465	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 5, 2026	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	15.11%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	480 500	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Dec 15, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	32.38%	Alexander VirgoEvercore ISI Group 39%	575	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Nov 20, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	3.6%	Neal BurkUBS 21%	450	Previous Initiates Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 29, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	15.11%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	490 500	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 29, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	4.98%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	431 456	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 17, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	10.51%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	475 480	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 15, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	5.44%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	417 458	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Sep 11, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	15.11%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 78%	500 500	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 2, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	12.81%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	445 490	Previous Equal-Weight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 1, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-0.77%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	420 431	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 30, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	2.45%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	420 445	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 9, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-3.3%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	414 420	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 1, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-3.3%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	363 420	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jun 9, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-4.69%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	400 414	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 16, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-3.99%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	352 417	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-18.96%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	352 430	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 26, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-7.91%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	400 422	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Mar 3, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-2.84%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	422 475	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 7, 2025	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	3.6%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	450 455	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Dec 5, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	9.36%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	402 475	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Nov 26, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	8.9%	Nicole DeblaseDeutsche Bank 79%	473 493	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Nov 5, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	23.17%	Chad DillardBernstein 53%	535	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-7.45%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	400 402	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	2.45%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 77%	407 445	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	4.75%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	445 455	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 17, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	12.81%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	450 490	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	4.52%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	385 454	Previous Overweight Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 7, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	2.45%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	400 445	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 2, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-7.91%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	368 400	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Sep 6, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-6.3%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 77%	407	Previous Initiates Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Sep 6, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	1.53%	Nicole DeblaseDeutsche Bank 79%	431 441	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 2, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	3.6%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 78%	450 450	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-15.28%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	368 384	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-11.36%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	383 385	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-7.91%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	397 400	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 2, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-11.59%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	384 400	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-8.6%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	397 435	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 2, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-7.91%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	340 400	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Mar 20, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	3.6%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	370 450	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Mar 11, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-1.69%	Nicole DeblaseDeutsche Bank 79%	427	Previous Initiates Current Hold	Get Alert
Jan 31, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-17.12%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	351 360	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 31, 2024	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-21.72%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	330 340	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Dec 19, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-19.19%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	300 351	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Dec 8, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-22.18%	Nick AmicucciTD Cowen 69%	338	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Dec 4, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-25.18%	Julian MitchellBarclays 75%	325	Previous Initiates Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Nov 17, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-22.87%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	333 335	Previous Neutral Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 8, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-25.18%	Scott GrahamSeaport Global 71%	325	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 1, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-13.66%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 78%	375 375	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 11, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	—	Nigel CoeWolfe Research 63%	—	Previous Underperform Current Peer Perform	Get Alert
Jul 26, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-13.66%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 78%	375 375	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 26, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-17.12%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	330 360	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 12, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-24.02%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	275 330	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-26.79%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	287 318	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 16, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-42.44%	Chris SnyderUBS 77%	215 250	Previous Sell Current Sell	Get Alert
Apr 26, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-36.69%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	238 275	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 26, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-30.93%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	252 300	Previous Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 13, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-49.12%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	221 225	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 1, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-45.21%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	226 238	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 1, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-48.2%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 67%	221 225	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 1, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-52.8%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	205	Previous Underweight Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 19, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-49.12%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 67%	221 222	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 5, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-48.89%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 67%	215 222	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jan 4, 2023	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-48.2%	Chris SnyderUBS 77%	225 254	Previous Neutral Current Sell	Get Alert
Dec 1, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-45.9%	Nigel CoeWolfe Research 63%	235	Previous Peer Perform Current Underperform	Get Alert
Nov 17, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-41.52%	Chris SnyderUBS 77%	200 254	Previous Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 27, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-50.5%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	196 215	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 26, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-47.97%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	219 226	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 26, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-41.98%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	220 252	Previous Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 19, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	—	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 68%	—	Previous Overweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Oct 12, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-49.58%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	206 219	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 27, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-52.57%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	190 206	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jun 29, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-56.72%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	188 200	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 31, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-56.26%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	190 200	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 28, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-53.95%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	181 200	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 7, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-53.95%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	198 200	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Mar 1, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-54.41%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	198 207	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 7, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-49.35%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	220 240	Previous Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 14, 2022	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-52.34%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	207 209	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Dec 17, 2021	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-44.75%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 68%	240	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 8, 2021	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-55.8%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 61%	192	Previous Initiates Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 7, 2021	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-51.88%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	209 211	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 28, 2021	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-51.42%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	203 211	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 28, 2021	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-53.26%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	197 203	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 12, 2021	HUBBHubbell	$434.35	-54.64%	Joshua PokrzywinskiMorgan Stanley 73%	180 197	Previous Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert

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Compass Point Downgrades UWM Holdings to Neutral, Announces $1.5 Price Target

Compass Point analyst Jason Stewart downgrades UWM Holdings (NYSE:UWMC) from Buy to Neutral and announces $1.5 price target.

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CIBC Maintains Outperformer on Weyerhaeuser, Lowers Price Target to $25

CIBC analyst Hamir Patel maintains Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) with a Outperformer and lowers the price target from $30 to $25.

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CIBC Downgrades Mercer International to Underperformer, Lowers Price Target to $0.15

CIBC analyst Hamir Patel downgrades Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) from Neutral to Underperformer and lowers the price target from $0.75 to $0.15.

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B of A Securities Maintains Underperform on Greenbrier Companies, Lowers Price Target to $38

B of A Securities analyst Ken Hoexter maintains Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) with a Underperform and lowers the price target from $42 to $38.

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B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Burlington Stores, Lowers Price Target to $344

B of A Securities analyst Lorraine Hutchinson maintains Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $365 to $344.

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B of A Securities Maintains Buy on Ross Stores, Lowers Price Target to $258

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BMO Capital Maintains Outperform on TPG, Lowers Price Target to $52

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BMO Capital Maintains Outperform on StepStone Group, Lowers Price Target to $48

BMO Capital analyst Brennan Hawken maintains StepStone Group (NASDAQ:STEP) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $58 to $48.

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BMO Capital Maintains Outperform on KKR, Lowers Price Target to $109

BMO Capital analyst Brennan Hawken maintains KKR (NYSE:KKR) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $118 to $109.

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BMO Capital Maintains Outperform on Hamilton Lane, Lowers Price Target to $95

BMO Capital analyst Brennan Hawken maintains Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $116 to $95.

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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.

Visit Benzinga News for more guidance on how to research companies and make decisions about research, trading and investing.

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