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Aug 12, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	3.23%	Gavin ParsonsGoldman Sachs 63%	132 152	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 11, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	25.91%	John GodynCitigroup 48%	138 161	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	5.58%	Gautam KhannaTD Cowen 73%	115 135	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	7.92%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	124 138	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	36.86%	Matt AkersBNP Paribas 27%	165 175	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	32.95%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	170 180	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 14, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	18.87%	Gavin ParsonsGoldman Sachs 63%	152 171	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 13, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	25.13%	Seth SeifmanJP Morgan 82%	160 210	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	25.13%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	160 195	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 7, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-10.06%	Gautam KhannaTD Cowen 73%	115 160	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Jul 1, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-13.98%	Sheila KahyaogluJefferies 70%	110 140	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Jul 1, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	7.92%	John GodynCitigroup 48%	138 178	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 17, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-2.24%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	125 200	Previous Buy Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jun 3, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	9.49%	Sheila KahyaogluJefferies 70%	140 185	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
May 7, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	39.2%	John GodynCitigroup 48%	178 232	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	50.93%	Jonathan SiegmannStifel 44%	193 205	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	40.77%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	180 215	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 21, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	56.41%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	200 235	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 20, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	52.5%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	195 220	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 1, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	David StraussWells Fargo 74%	165	Previous Initiates Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 18, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	68.14%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	215 230	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 18, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	60.32%	Jonathan SiegmannStifel 44%	205 220	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Feb 18, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	52.5%	Peter ArmentBaird 83%	195 215	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 15, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	59.54%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	204 216	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 13, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	81.43%	John GodynCitigroup 48%	218 232	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 8, 2026	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	72.05%	Jonathan SiegmannStifel 44%	220 220	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Dec 12, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	70.49%	John GodynCitigroup 48%	218	Previous Initiates Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 7, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	83.78%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	200 235	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 5, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	68.92%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	209 216	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Nov 5, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	72.05%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	200 220	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	75.96%	Colin CanfieldCantor Fitzgerald 70%	185 225	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 24, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	64.23%	Kristina RuggeriArgus Research 43%	185 210	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 4, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	56.41%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	185 200	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 4, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	64.23%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	180 210	Previous Sector Perform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	43.9%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	168 184	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	60.32%	Sheila KahyaogluJefferies 70%	185 205	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 14, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	48.59%	Jason GurskyCitigroup 84%	186 190	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 24, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	39.2%	Jonathan SiegmannStifel 44%	178	Previous Current Buy	Get Alert
May 8, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	56.41%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	173 200	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	25.13%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	150 160	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
May 7, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	31.38%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	149 168	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 17, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	44.68%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	185 220	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 14, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	21.22%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	155 165	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	35.29%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	173 191	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 26, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	49.37%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	191 197	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 21, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	—	Louie DiPalmaWilliam Blair 73%	—	Previous Outperform Current Market Perform	Get Alert
Feb 12, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	165 185	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 12, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	22%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	156 162	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 12, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	54.06%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	197 199	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 15, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	26.69%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	160 162	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 8, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	Gautam KhannaTD Cowen 73%	165 200	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Jan 8, 2025	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	55.63%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	199 205	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Dec 12, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	19.65%	Gavin ParsonsGoldman Sachs 63%	153 228	Previous Buy Current Neutral	Get Alert
Dec 2, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	42.33%	Gavin ParsonsUBS 63%	182	Previous Initiates Current Neutral	Get Alert
Nov 26, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	60.32%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	205 230	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 22, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	44.68%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	185 205	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 4, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	64.23%	David StraussBarclays 74%	165 210	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	79.87%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	183 230	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	72.05%	Jason GurskyCitigroup 84%	194 220	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	56.41%	Cai von RumohrTD Cowen 69%	175 200	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	40.77%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	145 180	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	60.32%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	175 205	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	78.31%	Gavin ParsonsGoldman Sachs 63%	205 228	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 30, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	70.49%	Peter ArmentBaird 83%	180 218	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	51.72%	Jason GurskyCitigroup 84%	169 194	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 2, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	44.68%	Seth SeifmanJP Morgan 82%	175 185	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 1, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	43.11%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	172 183	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 5, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	36.86%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	165 175	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	160 165	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	David StraussBarclays 74%	160 165	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 1, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	34.51%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	168 172	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.82%	Cai von RumohrTD Cowen 69%	155 166	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	32.17%	Jason GurskyCitigroup 84%	165 169	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	36.86%	Seth SeifmanJP Morgan 82%	165 175	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	13.4%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	140 145	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	Seth SeifmanJP Morgan 82%	135 165	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jun 24, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	Bert SubinStifel 62%	160 165	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 6, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	25.13%	David StraussBarclays 74%	145 160	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	9.49%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	120 140	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	25.13%	Joseph DeNardiStifel 71%	138 160	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	29.04%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	150 165	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	40.77%	Peter ArmentBaird 83%	145 180	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	5.58%	Sheila KahyaogluJefferies 70%	130 135	Previous Hold Current Hold	Get Alert
Apr 9, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	17.31%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	135 150	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 4, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	14.96%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	137 147	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 27, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	13.4%	Mariana PerezB of A Securities 73%	125 145	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Mar 20, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	13.4%	John EadeArgus Research 71%	120 145	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 14, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	7.14%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	129 137	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 14, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	13.4%	Peter ArmentBaird 83%	133 145	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 14, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-6.15%	Ken HerbertRBC Capital 75%	105 120	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Feb 14, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	5.58%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	115 135	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 5, 2024	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	—	David StraussBarclays 74%	—	Previous Equal-Weight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 17, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-6.15%	John EadeArgus Research 71%	120	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 1, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-2.24%	Joseph DeNardiStifel 71%	120 125	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Nov 1, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-10.06%	Tobey SommerTruist Securities 69%	110 115	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 3, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-6.15%	Joseph DeNardiStifel 71%	119 120	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 18, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-5.37%	Matthew AkersWells Fargo 76%	121 129	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 18, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-6.94%	Joseph DeNardiStifel 71%	116 119	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 8, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-17.1%	David StraussBarclays 74%	90 106	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 3, 2023	LDOSLeidos Holdings	$127.87	-0.68%	Gavin ParsonsGoldman Sachs 63%	114 127	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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