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Jul 31, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	9.19%	Brendan DiganCitigroup 37%	165 180	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	26.78%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	207 209	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 30, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	25.57%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	159 207	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 26, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	15.26%	Ann HynesMizuho 74%	180 190	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	0.09%	Patrick DonnellyCitigroup 64%	140 165	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	13.44%	Sean DodgeBMO Capital 50%	160 187	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	6.16%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	160 175	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	12.22%	Ryan HalstedRBC Capital 52%	126 185	Previous Sector Perform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	19.5%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	164 197	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-5.98%	Casey WoodringJP Morgan 68%	130 155	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	9.19%	Ross MukenEvercore ISI Group 65%	150 180	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-9.01%	Michael RyskinB of A Securities 50%	125 150	Previous Underperform Current Underperform	Get Alert
Jun 25, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	12.83%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	168 186	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 24, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-2.94%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	150 160	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jun 1, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-0.52%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	120 164	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 1, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-24.17%	Michael RyskinB of A Securities 50%	105 125	Previous Underperform Current Underperform	Get Alert
May 29, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-15.07%	Patrick DonnellyCitigroup 64%	120 140	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 29, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-3.55%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	139 159	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
May 29, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-23.57%	Ryan HalstedRBC Capital 52%	123 126	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
May 29, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-21.14%	Casey WoodringJP Morgan 68%	120 130	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 29, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-9.01%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	120 150	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 29, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-2.94%	Sean DodgeBMO Capital 50%	130 160	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 18, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-27.21%	Casey WoodringJP Morgan 68%	120 175	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 18, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-25.39%	Ryan HalstedRBC Capital 52%	123	Previous Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Mar 26, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-21.14%	Sean DodgeBMO Capital 50%	100 130	Previous Market Perform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Mar 11, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-27.21%	Patrick DonnellyCitigroup 64%	120 200	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 9, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-27.21%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	120 200	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 23, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-18.11%	David WindleyJefferies 77%	135 175	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 18, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-27.21%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	120 183	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 22, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	11.01%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	172 183	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Jan 8, 2026	ICLRIcon	$164.85	34.67%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	222 231	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Dec 15, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	21.32%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	185 200	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Nov 13, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	6.16%	Sean DodgeBMO Capital 50%	175	Previous Initiates Current Market Perform	Get Alert
Oct 24, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	4.34%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	172 183	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Oct 24, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	12.22%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	185 190	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Oct 2, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	15.26%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	180 190	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Sep 9, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	6.16%	David WindleyJefferies 77%	175 220	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Sep 3, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	43.16%	Jamie ClarkRothschild & Co 60%	184 236	Previous Neutral Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 2, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	35.88%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	222 224	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 21, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	21.32%	Patrick DonnellyCitigroup 64%	200 225	Previous Buy Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 25, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	36.49%	Ann HynesMizuho 74%	173 225	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 25, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	45.59%	John SourbeerUBS 40%	170 240	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 25, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	41.95%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	187 234	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 25, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	9.19%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	155 180	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Jul 25, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	45.59%	Ross MukenEvercore ISI Group 65%	170 240	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 24, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	35.88%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	150 224	Previous Neutral Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 9, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	3.12%	Ross MukenEvercore ISI Group 65%	155 170	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 15, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	4.94%	Ann HynesMizuho 74%	173 200	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 2, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-5.98%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	155 165	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 2, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-2.94%	Matthew SykesGoldman Sachs 65%	160 180	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 2, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-2.94%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	160 192	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 29, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-9.01%	Casey WoodringJP Morgan 68%	150 265	Previous Overweight Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 14, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	-4.76%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	157 254	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	26.18%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	208 262	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	0.09%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	165 240	Previous Overweight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Apr 9, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	21.32%	Ann HynesMizuho 74%	200 238	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 7, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	30.42%	Patrick DonnellyCitigroup 64%	215 290	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Mar 21, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	21.32%	Matthew SykesGoldman Sachs 65%	200 250	Previous Buy Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 4, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	23.14%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	203 221	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 21, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	45.59%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	240 275	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 13, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	58.93%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	262 284	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 3, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	60.75%	Casey WoodringJP Morgan 68%	265 280	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 15, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	59.54%	Sean DodgeRBC Capital 50%	263 263	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 14, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	—	Max SmockWilliam Blair 44%	—	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 7, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	59.54%	Sean DodgeRBC Capital 50%	263	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 6, 2025	ICLRIcon	$164.85	75.92%	Patrick DonnellyCitigroup 64%	290 300	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Dec 18, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	72.28%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	284 295	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 20, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	36.49%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	225 249	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Nov 19, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	54.69%	Michael ChernyLeerink Partners 65%	255 270	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 28, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	78.95%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	295 363	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 25, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	72.88%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	285 369	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 25, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	66.82%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	275 330	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 25, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	69.85%	Matthew SykesGoldman Sachs 65%	280 370	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 25, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	69.85%	Casey WoodringJP Morgan 68%	280 375	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 25, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	63.79%	Michael ChernyLeerink Partners 65%	270 376	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 25, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	51.05%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	249 340	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 24, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	106.25%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	340	Previous Outperform Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 15, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	100.18%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	330 350	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 14, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	88.66%	—	311	Previous Initiates Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 14, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	120.2%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	363 383	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 8, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	112.31%	Ross MukenEvercore ISI Group 65%	350 360	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 20, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	106.25%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	340 368	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 18, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	129.91%	Michael ChernyLeerink Partners 65%	379	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 11, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	132.33%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	383 383	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 11, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	123.23%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	368 368	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 26, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	112.31%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	350 355	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 26, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	132.33%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	367 383	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 8, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	128.09%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	367 376	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jun 6, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	124.45%	Matthew SykesGoldman Sachs 65%	370	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
May 31, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	126.27%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	349 373	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 31, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	122.63%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	363 367	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 26, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	111.71%	Charles RhyeeTD Cowen 73%	343 349	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 26, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	100.18%	Ross MukenEvercore ISI Group 65%	330 350	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 26, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	120.2%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	362 363	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 4, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	119.59%	Eric ColdwellBaird 65%	345 362	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 4, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	109.89%	Ann HynesMizuho 74%	346 346	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 23, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	112.31%	Ross MukenEvercore ISI Group 65%	325 350	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 23, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	109.89%	Ann HynesMizuho 74%	315 346	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 23, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	115.35%	Luke SergottBarclays 67%	325 355	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 23, 2024	ICLRIcon	$164.85	122.63%	Jailendra SinghTruist Securities 41%	357 367	Previous Buy Current Buy	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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