This leaderboard ranks 6,976 Wall Street stock analysts by their real 12-month track record, scoring every call against actual stock performance to identify the most accurate stock analysts by Q Score, win rate, and price target accuracy. We score every rating by how far the stock beat its own sector in the 12 months after the call, then we shrink the result toward the average and correct for testing thousands of analysts at once, so the board rewards repeatable skill instead of a few lucky picks. Right now Luca Issi of RBC Capital leads with a Q Score of 100, built on 20 scored calls.
Ranked Analysts
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About Wall Street analyst ratings
Quantellect scores the track record of 6,976 Wall Street equity research analysts matched to their disclosed stock ratings. 449 have enough fully-resolved 12-month calls to carry a published Q Score, drawn from 34,348 scored ratings, led by Luca Issi of RBC Capital at the #1 spot. This page ranks every scored analyst by the Q Score, a 0–100 measure of rating accuracy, not how often they publish. Search for an analyst or firm, choose a time range, or open any analyst for their full track record. You can also compare research shops on the analyst firm leaderboard.
Frequently asked questions
What does an analyst rating like "Overweight" or "Strong Buy" mean?
Overweight (also shown as Buy or Outperform) means the analyst expects the stock to beat its sector or the broader market over roughly the next 12 months. Underweight (Sell or Underperform) means they expect it to lag, and Equal Weight, Hold or Neutral means about in line. Strong Buy is the most bullish call. Firms use different labels for the same idea, so this leaderboard ignores the wording and scores every rating by what the stock actually did next.
How accurate are analyst price targets?
Not very, on a 12-month clock. Across every price target we score, the stock reaches the analyst's target within a year only about 43% of the time. The better analysts sustain a much higher hit rate, which is exactly what the PT Hit % column lets you compare, analyst by analyst.
Who are the most accurate Wall Street analysts?
The analysts at the top of this leaderboard. We rank 6,976 analysts by a track record scored on real price outcomes, not opinion: how far each rated stock beat its own sector over the 12 months after the call, then shrunk toward the average and corrected for testing thousands of analysts at once, so the ranking reflects repeatable skill rather than a few lucky calls. Right now that is Luca Issi of RBC Capital.
How often are Wall Street analysts right?
Across every scored call in our data, an analyst's rated stock beats its sector about 38% of the time over the next 12 months. Beating your own sector is genuinely hard, so a win rate well above 38% is a strong signal, and only a minority of analysts clear our statistical bar for real, repeatable skill.
Are analyst ratings worth following?
Some analysts have a real, repeatable edge and many do not, and telling them apart is the whole point of this page. Follow the track record rather than any single rating, sort by Win % or PT Hit % to see who has actually delivered, and treat everything here as education, not investment advice.
How is this leaderboard scored?
Every rating is entered at the closing price on or after the call date, with no look-ahead, and measured by the stock's 12-month return in excess of its sector ETF. Per-analyst results are shrunk toward the population average and corrected for multiple testing, so a hot streak on a handful of calls cannot top the board. The Q Score column recentres that result onto a 0 to 100 scale where 50 means the analyst matched their stocks' sector.
Education only, not investment advice. Every score, Win %, PT Hit % and rank on this page is an estimate we calculate from our own data, analyst ratings and price targets matched against end-of-day prices, and may not be 100% accurate or complete. Coverage gaps, data delays, mis-attributed ratings, revisions and modelling choices all mean these numbers are our best approximation of an analyst's track record, not a definitive or official record. Returns are measured in excess of each rated stock's own sector over the 12 months after each call. Past performance does not guarantee future results, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Use it for education and research only, and consult a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.