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Sep 3, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	18.16%	John RoyallPiper Sandler 69%	344 462	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 1, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	2.3%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	359 400	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 11, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-22.25%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	284 304	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-12.02%	John RoyallPiper Sandler 69%	343 344	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 6, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-17.9%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	289 321	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-4.09%	Jason GabelmanTD Cowen 70%	357 375	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-18.67%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	303 318	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-8.18%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	344 359	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-15.6%	Stephen RichardsonEvercore ISI Group 69%	300 330	Previous In-Line Current In-Line	Get Alert
Jul 23, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-12.27%	John RoyallPiper Sandler 69%	343	Previous Neutral Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 22, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-3.83%	Neil MehtaGoldman Sachs 73%	291 376	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 21, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-8.69%	Jason GabelmanTD Cowen 70%	315 357	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 14, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-22.5%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	257 303	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 13, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-23.27%	Stephen RichardsonEvercore ISI Group 69%	245 300	Previous In-Line Current In-Line	Get Alert
Jul 13, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-14.32%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	300 335	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 13, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-26.09%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	270 289	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jun 29, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-19.44%	Jason GabelmanTD Cowen 70%	315 320	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jun 12, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-32.22%	Joe LaetschMorgan Stanley 66%	233 265	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 27, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-27.36%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	224 284	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 7, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-25.57%	Neil MehtaGoldman Sachs 73%	264 291	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-34.27%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	243 257	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-18.16%	Jason GabelmanTD Cowen 70%	299 320	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-30.94%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	230 270	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 6, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-14.32%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	331 335	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 24, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-40.41%	Joe LaetschMorgan Stanley 66%	200 233	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 22, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-46.29%	Betty ZhangScotiabank 76%	174 210	Previous Sector Outperform Current Sector Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-37.85%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	210 243	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-41.17%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	194 230	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 9, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-41.69%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	197 228	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 2, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-28.39%	Manav GuptaUBS 75%	221 280	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Mar 31, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-15.34%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	217 331	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 25, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-30.94%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	210 270	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Mar 17, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-42.71%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	205 224	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 12, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-38.87%	Neil MehtaGoldman Sachs 73%	211 239	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Feb 9, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-46.29%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	182 210	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 9, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-42.45%	Phillip JungwirthBMO Capital 67%	200 225	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Feb 4, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-44.5%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	213 217	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 14, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	182 185	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 13, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-50.38%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	194 202	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 13, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-47.57%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	198 205	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 8, 2026	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-52.94%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	184 231	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Nov 17, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-48.34%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	194 202	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 14, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-40.92%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	220 231	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Nov 5, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-45.52%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	213 214	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 17, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-48.08%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	199 203	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 17, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-45.27%	Sam MargolinWells Fargo 80%	214	Previous Initiates Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 13, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-50.38%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	176 194	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 9, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-51.66%	Paul ChengScotiabank 59%	180 189	Previous Sector Outperform Current Sector Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 3, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-48.85%	Connor LynaghMorgan Stanley 56%	182 200	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 26, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-43.73%	Manav GuptaUBS 75%	203 220	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 19, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-46.29%	Stephen RichardsonEvercore ISI Group 69%	170 210	Previous In-Line Current In-Line	Get Alert
Sep 15, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-51.92%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	184 188	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Sep 11, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-43.22%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	184 222	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Sep 9, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-49.1%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	195 199	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Sep 3, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-50.89%	Doug LeggateB of A Securities 66%	184 192	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 22, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	175 182	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 16, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	144 182	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 16, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Connor LynaghMorgan Stanley 56%	160 182	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 15, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-48.85%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	180 200	Previous Strong Buy Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 14, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	—	Doug LeggateWolfe Research 66%	—	Previous Outperform Current Peer Perform	Get Alert
Jul 11, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.96%	Paul ChengScotiabank 59%	147 180	Previous Sector Outperform Current Sector Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 11, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-51.66%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	159 189	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-48.08%	Manav GuptaUBS 75%	175 203	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-55.24%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	157 175	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-47.57%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	182 205	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jun 30, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-51.92%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	183 188	Previous Strong Buy Current Strong Buy	Get Alert
Jun 18, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-56.52%	Stephen RichardsonEvercore ISI Group 69%	170	Previous Initiates Current In-Line	Get Alert
Jun 11, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	180 182	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 13, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.96%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	175 180	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 13, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-52.94%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	168 184	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 12, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-59.33%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	141 159	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 24, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-59.08%	Connor LynaghMorgan Stanley 56%	160 175	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 14, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-63.94%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	141 161	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 11, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-62.4%	Paul ChengScotiabank 59%	147 169	Previous Sector Outperform Current Sector Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 11, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-55.24%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	175 185	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 10, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-57.03%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	168 174	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 9, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.2%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	183 193	Previous Strong Buy Current Strong Buy	Get Alert
Mar 21, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-52.68%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	183 185	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 14, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-58.82%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	159 161	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Mar 7, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-60.1%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	156 160	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 5, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.2%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	182 183	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 17, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-50.89%	Justin JenkinsRaymond James 82%	190 192	Previous Strong Buy Current Strong Buy	Get Alert
Jan 10, 2025	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	182 186	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Dec 16, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-55.5%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	174 175	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Dec 9, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-52.43%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	183 186	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 11, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-59.33%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	159 168	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 6, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-56.52%	Jason GabelmanTD Cowen 70%	170 174	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-57.29%	Vikram BagriCitigroup 41%	167 172	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-56.52%	Paul ChengScotiabank 59%	170 191	Previous Sector Outperform Current Sector Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 10, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-57.03%	Theresa ChenBarclays 80%	168 180	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 9, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-56.26%	John RoyallJP Morgan 69%	171 172	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 9, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.2%	Roger ReadWells Fargo 67%	183 196	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 4, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-51.41%	Phillip JungwirthBMO Capital 67%	190 200	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Oct 2, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-56.01%	John RoyallJP Morgan 69%	172 186	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Sep 20, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-62.91%	Ryan ToddPiper Sandler 77%	145 168	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Sep 16, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-53.45%	Connor LynaghMorgan Stanley 56%	182 196	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 16, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-50.64%	Nitin KumarMizuho 54%	193 198	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Aug 7, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-51.41%	Jason GabelmanTD Cowen 70%	187 190	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 18, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	—	Doug LeggateWolfe Research 66%	—	Previous Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 15, 2024	MPCMarathon Petroleum	$390.99	-40.92%	Lloyd ByrneJefferies 75%	222 231	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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