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Sep 25, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	15.54%	Stephen TusaWells Fargo 70%	536	Previous Initiates Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 14, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	23.95%	Varun GovindarajBernstein 38%	555 575	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	6.92%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	496 501	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	22.01%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	566 570	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 14, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	2.61%	Patrick BaumannJP Morgan 51%	460 476	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 1, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	22.87%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	525 570	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 1, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	8%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	440 501	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
May 1, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	26.1%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	507 585	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
May 1, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	20.71%	Alexander VirgoEvercore ISI Group 42%	535 560	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
May 1, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	19.64%	Jeffrey HammondKeybanc 76%	525 555	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 21, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	13.17%	Jeffrey HammondKeybanc 76%	500 525	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Apr 14, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	18.56%	Andrew BuscagliaBNP Paribas 55%	550	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Apr 13, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	15.32%	Alexander VirgoEvercore ISI Group 42%	535	Previous Initiates Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 30, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-0.84%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	434 460	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 30, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	13.17%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	513 525	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 30, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	1.31%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	469 470	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Jan 30, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	0.88%	Noah KayeOppenheimer 76%	460 468	Previous Outperform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 30, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	9.29%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	505 507	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 30, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-13.78%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	375 400	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Jan 20, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-0.84%	Noah KayeOppenheimer 76%	460	Previous Perform Current Outperform	Get Alert
Jan 13, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	15.32%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 78%	535 550	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 7, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	8.86%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	505 506	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 5, 2026	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	12.09%	Amit MehrotraUBS 75%	520 544	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Dec 19, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-19.17%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	375 415	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Dec 15, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	7.78%	Jeffrey HammondKeybanc 76%	500	Previous Sector Weight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 13, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	18.56%	Andrew ObinB of A Securities 75%	490 550	Previous Neutral Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	6.7%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	485 495	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	10.58%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	494 513	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	1.1%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	467 469	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Oct 15, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-6.45%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	407 434	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 6, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-10.54%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 62%	410 415	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Sep 17, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	6.49%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	494 499	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Sep 16, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	4.55%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	485 495	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	17.26%	Amit MehrotraUBS 75%	500 544	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	6.7%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	480 495	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-0.84%	Wesley BrooksHSBC 59%	415 460	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	0.67%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	463 467	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Jul 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	12.09%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 78%	445 520	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 17, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-3%	Timothy WojsBaird 59%	396 450	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 14, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	8.21%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	445 502	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jul 9, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	3.47%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	476 480	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 8, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-0.84%	Joe RitchieGoldman Sachs 75%	416 460	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 1, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-11.62%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 62%	370 410	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
May 22, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	7.78%	Amit MehrotraUBS 75%	470 500	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 16, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-13.78%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	334 400	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 1, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-4.08%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	415 445	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 1, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-12.05%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	363 408	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
May 1, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-28%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	323 334	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 1, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-20.24%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 62%	330 370	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
May 1, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-14.64%	Timothy WojsBaird 59%	360 396	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 25, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-10.54%	Wesley BrooksHSBC 59%	405 415	Previous Hold Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 14, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-10.54%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	415 476	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-30.37%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	323 396	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Mar 10, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	2.39%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	475 500	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jan 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	1.31%	Amit MehrotraUBS 75%	470 500	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-14.64%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	387 396	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 31, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-22.4%	Joseph O'DeaWells Fargo 62%	360 380	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Jan 28, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-14.21%	Scott DavisMelius Research 70%	398	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Jan 15, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-16.58%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	387 390	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jan 13, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	2.61%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	476 478	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Jan 7, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-18.09%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	380 390	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Jan 3, 2025	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-14.85%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	390 395	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Dec 9, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	3.04%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	457 478	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Dec 5, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	7.78%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	440 500	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Nov 18, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-15.93%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	364 390	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Nov 13, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	7.78%	Amit MehrotraUBS 75%	375 500	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-21.54%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	360 364	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-12.7%	Wesley BrooksHSBC 59%	405	Previous Buy Current Hold	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-5.15%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	425 440	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Oct 31, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-12.91%	Timothy WojsBaird 59%	404 408	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 17, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-13.78%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 70%	325 400	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 9, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-12.27%	Joe RitchieGoldman Sachs 75%	364 407	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Oct 7, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-22.4%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	320 360	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Oct 2, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-8.39%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	394 425	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 6, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-8.39%	Chris SnyderMorgan Stanley 78%	425	Previous Initiates Current Overweight	Get Alert
Sep 6, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-31.02%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	315 320	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Aug 5, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-24.55%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 79%	350 350	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Aug 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-15.07%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	385 394	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Aug 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-24.55%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	334 350	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Aug 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-32.1%	Gabe HajdeWells Fargo 77%	310 315	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Aug 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-21.32%	Timothy WojsBaird 59%	360 365	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 15, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-22.4%	Timothy WojsBaird 59%	344 360	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-17.01%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	380 385	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jul 10, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-33.18%	Gabe HajdeWells Fargo 77%	295 310	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
Jun 4, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-18.09%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	354 380	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Jun 3, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-19.17%	Markus MittermaierUBS 77%	330 375	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 2, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-35.33%	Stephen TusaJP Morgan 70%	247 300	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 2, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-36.41%	Gabe HajdeWells Fargo 77%	281 295	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-21.11%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	355 366	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-22.4%	Gautam KhannaTD Cowen 70%	325 360	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-29.73%	Joe RitchieGoldman Sachs 75%	287 326	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-31.02%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 79%	310 320	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-29.94%	Brett LinzeyMizuho 70%	280 325	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
May 1, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-25.85%	Timothy WojsBaird 59%	315 344	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Apr 8, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-23.48%	Andrew KaplowitzCitigroup 79%	309 355	Previous Buy Current Buy	Get Alert
Apr 2, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-29.94%	Julian MitchellBarclays 76%	286 325	Previous Overweight Current Overweight	Get Alert
Feb 6, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-39.64%	Tommy MollStephens & Co. 79%	235 280	Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight	Get Alert
Feb 5, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-38.13%	Joe RitchieGoldman Sachs 75%	253 287	Previous Neutral Current Neutral	Get Alert
Feb 2, 2024	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-46.97%	Deane DrayRBC Capital 69%	231 246	Previous Sector Perform Current Sector Perform	Get Alert
Dec 19, 2023	TTTrane Technologies	$463.91	-46.97%	Joe O'DeaWells Fargo 66%	200 246	Previous Underweight Current Underweight	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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