Is B of A Securities a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 62.7% of B of A Securities's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +18.4% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +5.0% vs its sector, across 3046 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.

62.7%profitable calls

+18.4%avg gain / call

+5.0%vs sector

3046scored calls

In which sectors is B of A Securities reliable?

Sector

Calls

% profitable

Avg gain 2015+

Avg gain 2020+

Last 12 months

▸ Tech

689

68.8%

+47.9%

+55.3%

+39.7% (135)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CRM	▲ Buy	Oct 12, 26	Oct 12, 27	$233.92	🎯$285	$238.01	+22%	+2% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	Sep 25, 26	Sep 25, 27	$630.63	🎯$720	$605.53	+14%	-4% so far
AKAM	▲ Buy	Sep 25, 26	Sep 25, 27	$113.94	🎯$185	$99.93	+62%	-12% so far
AAPL	▲ Buy	Sep 23, 26	Sep 23, 27	$335.92	🎯$370	$341.27	+10%	+2% so far
AAPL	▲ Buy	Sep 17, 26	Sep 17, 27	$336.13	🎯$370	$341.27	+10%	+2% so far
AAPL	▲ Buy	Sep 10, 26	Sep 10, 27	$326.57	🎯$370	$341.27	+13%	+5% so far
DELL	▲ Buy	Sep 2, 26	Sep 2, 27	$492.2	🎯$600	$572.47	+22%	+16% so far
MSFT	▲ Buy	Sep 1, 26	Sep 1, 27	$496.82	🎯$600	$543.45	+21%	+9% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 689 calls.

▸ Energy

104

62.5%

+18.0%

+31.8%

+8.4% (6)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CVX	▲ Buy	Jul 28, 26	Jul 28, 27	$191.86	🎯$227	$217.73	+18%	+13% so far
XOM	▲ Buy	Jun 16, 26	Jun 16, 27	$141.86	🎯$154	$174.08	+9%	+23% so far
CVX	▲ Buy	Mar 2, 26	Mar 2, 27	$189.6	🎯$206	$217.73	+9%	+15% so far
SLB	▲ Buy	Jan 26, 26	Jan 26, 27	$49.7	🎯$55	$48.77	+11%	-2% so far
COP	▼ Underperform	Jan 16, 26	Jan 16, 27	$98.19	🎯$102	$140.9	+4%	+43% so far
CVX	▲ Buy	Dec 11, 25	Dec 11, 26	$150.72	🎯$180	$217.73	+19%	+44% so far
CVX	▲ Buy	Sep 10, 25	Sep 10, 26	$158.25	🎯$185	$213.64	+17%	+35.3%
VLO	▲ Buy	Sep 3, 25	Sep 3, 26	$155.39	🎯$179	$371.38	+15%	+138.6%

Sample (2 recent finished + 6 in progress) of 104 calls.

▸ Comm.

172

68%

+24.8%

+29.0%

-0.8% (20)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
META	▲ Buy	Sep 22, 26	Sep 22, 27	$736.6	🎯$810	$762.5	+10%	+4% so far
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Sep 16, 26	Sep 16, 27	$22.91	🎯$35	$20.88	+53%	-9% so far
META	▲ Buy	Jul 30, 26	Jul 30, 27	$539.03	🎯$810	$762.5	+50%	+41% so far
TMUS	▲ Buy	Jul 6, 26	Jul 6, 27	$181.79	🎯$220	$153.73	+21%	-15% so far
CHTR	▲ Buy	Jul 1, 26	Jul 1, 27	$139.84	🎯$200	$106.95	+43%	-24% so far
TTWO	▲ Buy	Jun 23, 26	Jun 23, 27	$242.64	🎯$368	$200.32	+52%	-17% so far
NFLX	▲ Buy	May 18, 26	May 18, 27	$89.33	🎯$125	$70.46	+40%	-21% so far
META	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 26	Apr 20, 27	$670.91	🎯$820	$762.5	+22%	+14% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 172 calls.

▸ Finance

407

62.2%

+15.3%

+17.7%

+0.6% (62)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
SCHW	▼ Underperform	Oct 5, 26	Oct 5, 27	$96.8	🎯$95	$95.94	-2%	-1% so far
IBKR	▲ Buy	Oct 5, 26	Oct 5, 27	$90.58	🎯$116	$87.49	+28%	-3% so far
HOOD	▲ Buy	Oct 5, 26	Oct 5, 27	$112	🎯$156	$110.52	+39%	-1% so far
ACGL	▲ Buy	Jul 29, 26	Jul 29, 27	$104.55	🎯$134	$96.85	+28%	-7% so far
PFG	▼ Underperform	Jul 28, 26	Jul 28, 27	$113.18	🎯$104	$107.64	-8%	-5% so far
CME	▼ Underperform	Jul 23, 26	Jul 23, 27	$255.31	🎯$230	$278.03	-10%	+9% so far
BNY	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 26	Jul 20, 27	$158.89	🎯$175	$141.03	+10%	-11% so far
FITB	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 26	Jul 20, 27	$57.66	🎯$65	$50.22	+13%	-13% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 407 calls.

▸ Utilities

175

61.1%

+9.9%

+16.4%

-6.2% (11)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
PPL	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 26	Jul 20, 27	$35.41	🎯$39	$34.63	+10%	-2% so far
CMS	▲ Buy	Apr 21, 26	Apr 21, 27	$75.58	🎯$88	$66.3	+16%	-12% so far
EIX	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 26	Apr 20, 27	$69.73	🎯$78	$55.48	+12%	-20% so far
EVRG	▲ Buy	Apr 14, 26	Apr 14, 27	$81.92	🎯$88	$82.13	+7%	+0% so far
ES	▲ Buy	Mar 27, 26	Mar 27, 27	$68.41	🎯$73	$65.75	+7%	-4% so far
CEG	▲ Buy	Mar 27, 26	Mar 27, 27	$298.61	🎯$401	$295.79	+34%	-1% so far
VST	▲ Buy	Jan 12, 26	Jan 12, 27	$171.42	🎯$218	$162.36	+27%	-5% so far
DTE	▲ Buy	Nov 5, 25	Nov 5, 26	$134	🎯$154	$128.33	+15%	-4% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 175 calls.

▸ Industry

436

62.2%

+11.9%

+15.2%

+1.1% (58)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
JCI	▲ Buy	Oct 8, 26	Oct 8, 27	$157.44	🎯$175	$156.47	+11%	-1% so far
FDXF	▲ Buy	Sep 29, 26	Sep 29, 27	$112.06	🎯$140	$110.09	+25%	-2% so far
CSX	▲ Buy	Sep 18, 26	Sep 18, 27	$45.99	🎯$55	$47.76	+20%	+4% so far
BA	▲ Buy	Sep 18, 26	Sep 18, 27	$201.15	🎯$270	$186.49	+34%	-7% so far
JBHT	▲ Buy	Sep 16, 26	Sep 16, 27	$236.8	🎯$302	$229.04	+28%	-3% so far
UBER	▲ Buy	Jul 28, 26	Jul 28, 27	$71.2	🎯$103	$71.32	+45%	+0% so far
URI	▲ Buy	Jul 23, 26	Jul 23, 27	$1141.59	🎯$1300	$1060.58	+14%	-7% so far
UNP	▲ Buy	Jul 23, 26	Jul 23, 27	$307.32	🎯$334	$282.36	+9%	-8% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 436 calls.

▸ Cons. disc.

333

60.4%

+4.8%

+7.4%

-4.5% (38)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
NKE	▼ Underperform	Oct 2, 26	Oct 2, 27	$33.87	🎯$24	$35.33	-29%	+4% so far
NKE	▼ Underperform	Sep 25, 26	Sep 25, 27	$35.75	🎯$30	$35.33	-16%	-1% so far
LEN	▼ Underperform	Sep 14, 26	Sep 14, 27	$80.07	🎯$70	$74.92	-13%	-6% so far
CMG	▲ Buy	Sep 1, 26	Sep 1, 27	$38.52	🎯$53	$30.35	+38%	-21% so far
ULTA	▲ Buy	Aug 28, 26	Aug 28, 27	$517.5	🎯$650	$579	+26%	+12% so far
WSM	▲ Buy	Aug 24, 26	Aug 24, 27	$234.74	🎯$261	$239.98	+11%	+2% so far
NVR	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 26	Jul 20, 27	$6325.4	🎯$7200	$5797.61	+14%	-8% so far
HAS	▲ Buy	Jul 16, 26	Jul 16, 27	$81.55	🎯$105	$95.94	+29%	+18% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 333 calls.

▸ Health

268

62.3%

+7.1%

+5.4%

-28.5% (39)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
MDT	▲ Buy	Sep 2, 26	Sep 2, 27	$92.18	🎯$110	$93.01	+19%	+1% so far
A	▲ Buy	Aug 27, 26	Aug 27, 27	$153.84	🎯$180	$171.6	+17%	+12% so far
AMGN	▼ Underperform	Aug 5, 26	Aug 5, 27	$404.85	🎯$317	$412.84	-22%	+2% so far
AMGN	▼ Underperform	Jul 13, 26	Jul 13, 27	$355.25	🎯$312	$412.84	-12%	+16% so far
LH	▲ Buy	Jul 13, 26	Jul 13, 27	$275.68	🎯$320	$313.64	+16%	+14% so far
LLY	▲ Buy	Jul 10, 26	Jul 10, 27	$1181.87	🎯$1334	$1166.51	+13%	-1% so far
BMY	▲ Buy	Jul 10, 26	Jul 10, 27	$59.34	🎯$66	$56.67	+11%	-4% so far
ABBV	▲ Buy	Jul 10, 26	Jul 10, 27	$248	🎯$276	$274.36	+11%	+11% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 268 calls.

▸ Cons. staples

220

56.8%

+4.6%

+4.5%

+3.6% (26)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
KMB	▲ Buy	Sep 25, 26	Sep 25, 27	$98.43	🎯$120	$98.29	+22%	+0% so far
COST	▲ Buy	Sep 16, 26	Sep 16, 27	$893.93	🎯$1095	$954.63	+22%	+7% so far
KO	▲ Buy	Jul 10, 26	Jul 10, 27	$84.25	🎯$95	$90.11	+13%	+7% so far
PG	▲ Buy	Jul 10, 26	Jul 10, 27	$147.04	🎯$166	$153.04	+13%	+4% so far
STZ	▼ Underperform	Jul 2, 26	Jul 2, 27	$130.68	🎯$145	$127.06	+11%	-3% so far
SJM	▲ Buy	Jun 10, 26	Jun 10, 27	$117.05	🎯$132	$121.33	+13%	+4% so far
COST	▲ Buy	May 29, 26	May 29, 27	$946.11	🎯$1200	$954.63	+27%	+1% so far
STZ	▼ Underperform	May 28, 26	May 28, 27	$142.13	🎯$152	$127.06	+7%	-11% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 220 calls.

▸ Materials

150

52%

+0.8%

+0.3%

-0.4% (24)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
PKG	▲ Buy	Sep 11, 26	Sep 11, 27	$233.26	🎯$260	$231.65	+11%	-1% so far
ALB	▲ Buy	Aug 7, 26	Aug 7, 27	$131.11	🎯$155	$97.65	+18%	-26% so far
CTVA	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 26	Jul 20, 27	$13.04	🎯$96	$13.36	+636%	+2% so far
PPG	▲ Buy	Jul 17, 26	Jul 17, 27	$117.36	🎯$134	$104.55	+14%	-11% so far
PKG	▲ Buy	Jul 14, 26	Jul 14, 27	$227.86	🎯$263	$231.65	+15%	+2% so far
BALL	▲ Buy	Jul 14, 26	Jul 14, 27	$60.8	🎯$73	$59.56	+20%	-2% so far
AVY	▲ Buy	Jul 14, 26	Jul 14, 27	$156.79	🎯$210	$170.72	+34%	+9% so far
AMCR	▲ Buy	Jul 14, 26	Jul 14, 27	$43.4	🎯$51	$41.77	+18%	-4% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 150 calls.

▸ Real estate

58.8%

+2.2%

-5.2%

-9.5% (5)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
SPG	▲ Buy	Jun 29, 26	Jun 29, 27	$223.65	🎯$236	$200.65	+6%	-10% so far
FRT	▲ Buy	Jun 29, 26	Jun 29, 27	$125.42	🎯$131	$105.75	+4%	-16% so far
FRT	▲ Buy	May 29, 26	May 29, 27	$118.76	🎯$128	$105.75	+8%	-11% so far
PLD	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 26	Apr 20, 27	$141.92	🎯$162	$133.55	+14%	-6% so far
CPT	▲ Buy	Nov 12, 25	Nov 12, 26	$102.69	🎯$137	$98	+33%	-5% so far
PLD	▲ Buy	Sep 16, 25	Sep 16, 26	$113.89	🎯$130	$135.53	+14%	+18.7%
EQIX	▲ Buy	Jun 26, 25	Jun 26, 26	$745.53	🎯$950	$1088.47	+27%	+46.4%
PSA	▲ Buy	May 13, 25	May 13, 26	$298.19	🎯$380	$304.15	+27%	+1.6%

Sample (3 recent finished + 5 in progress) of 85 calls.

The 25 stocks B of A Securities performed best on

Stock

Calls

% profitable

Avg gain 2015+

Avg gain 2020+

Last 12 months

▸ STX Seagate Technology

93.8%

+266.0%

+61.0% (6)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
STX	▲ Buy	Jul 1, 26	Jul 1, 27	$915.19	🎯$1150	$747.2	+26%	-18% so far
STX	▲ Buy	May 26, 26	May 26, 27	$870.66	🎯$900	$747.2	+3%	-14% so far
STX	▲ Buy	Apr 27, 26	Apr 27, 27	$595.86	🎯$700	$747.2	+17%	+25% so far
STX	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 26	Apr 20, 27	$559.9	🎯$605	$747.2	+8%	+33% so far
STX	▲ Buy	Jan 20, 26	Jan 20, 27	$325.99	🎯$400	$747.2	+23%	+129% so far
STX	▲ Buy	Nov 20, 25	Nov 20, 26	$240.5	🎯$320	$747.2	+33%	+211% so far
STX	▲ Buy	Sep 24, 25	Sep 24, 26	$223.7	🎯$255	$905.98	+14%	+305%
STX	▲ Buy	Sep 15, 25	Sep 15, 26	$211.13	🎯$215	$783.29	+2%	+271%

Sample (2 recent finished + 6 in progress) of 16 calls.

▸ WDC Western Digital

45%

+140.4%

+204.4%

+70.9% (5)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
WDC	▲ Buy	Jul 1, 26	Jul 1, 27	$598.37	🎯$732	$380.71	+22%	-36% so far
WDC	▲ Buy	Apr 27, 26	Apr 27, 27	$400.73	🎯$495	$380.71	+24%	-5% so far
WDC	▲ Buy	Jan 20, 26	Jan 20, 27	$222.97	🎯$257	$380.71	+15%	+71% so far
WDC	▲ Buy	Nov 20, 25	Nov 20, 26	$140.23	🎯$197	$380.71	+40%	+171% so far
WDC	▲ Buy	Oct 31, 25	Oct 31, 26	$150.21	🎯$170	$380.71	+13%	+153% so far
WDC	▲ Buy	Sep 24, 25	Sep 24, 26	$109.69	🎯$141	$450.83	+29%	+310.5%
WDC	▲ Buy	Sep 15, 25	Sep 15, 26	$103.09	🎯$123	$416.48	+19%	+304.5%
WDC	▲ Buy	Jun 9, 25	Jun 9, 26	$55.95	🎯$71	$490.12	+27%	+775.9%

Sample (3 recent finished + 5 in progress) of 20 calls.

▸ COHR Coherent Corp.

83.3%

+185.1%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
COHR	▲ Buy	May 29, 25	May 29, 26	$75.63	🎯$92	$363.02	+22%	+379.8%
COHR	▲ Buy	Apr 16, 25	Apr 16, 26	$55.29	🎯$70	$345.01	+27%	+524%
COHR	▲ Buy	Feb 6, 25	Feb 6, 26	$100.46	🎯$125	$228.04	+24%	+126.6%
COHR	▲ Buy	Aug 16, 24	Aug 16, 25	$76.63	🎯$90	$90.42	+17%	+18.1%
COHR	▲ Buy	Aug 12, 24	Aug 12, 25	$66.7	🎯$75	$116.73	+12%	+74.8%
COHR	▲ Buy	Nov 11, 22	Nov 11, 23	$38.74	🎯$45	$33.7	+16%	-12.6%

▸ FLEX Flex Ltd.

100%

+152.6%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
FLEX	▲ Buy	Oct 8, 25	Oct 8, 26	$59.84	🎯$65	$114.89	+9%	+91.7%
FLEX	▲ Buy	Jul 10, 25	Jul 10, 26	$52.19	🎯$58	$129.43	+11%	+148.1%
FLEX	▲ Buy	Jun 9, 25	Jun 9, 26	$43.86	🎯$50	$139.47	+14%	+218%
FLEX	▲ Buy	May 15, 12	May 15, 13	$5.08	🎯$8.5	$5.49	+67%	+8.2%

▸ DVN Devon Energy

80%

+110.0%

+147.8%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
DVN	▲ Buy	Apr 29, 25	Apr 29, 26	$30.41	🎯$42	$51.39	+38%	+68.9%
DVN	▲ Buy	Sep 28, 20	Sep 28, 21	$9.57	🎯$18	$35.79	+88%	+273.6%
DVN	▲ Buy	May 6, 20	May 6, 21	$11.49	🎯$16	$25.28	+39%	+119.9%
DVN	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 20	Apr 20, 21	$9.16	🎯$15	$20.98	+64%	+128.9%
DVN	▲ Buy	Jul 16, 18	Jul 16, 19	$44.08	🎯$65	$26.01	+47%	-41.2%
DVN	▲ Buy	Feb 14, 13	Feb 14, 14	$59.25	🎯$90	$62.81	+52%	+6.2%

▸ CRWD CrowdStrike

88.9%

+129.3%

+141.5%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CRWD	▲ Buy	Feb 26, 25	Feb 26, 26	$98.64	🎯$420	$95.68	+326%	-3.4%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Nov 27, 24	Nov 27, 25	$86.9	🎯$400	$126.87	+360%	+46.5%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Jun 1, 23	May 31, 24	$39.39	🎯$162	$78.39	+311%	+99.1%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Apr 5, 23	Apr 4, 24	$31.95	🎯$150	$78.92	+369%	+146.8%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Jun 3, 20	Jun 3, 21	$24	🎯$114	$51.84	+375%	+115.6%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Mar 11, 20	Mar 11, 21	$9.45	🎯$75	$51.41	+694%	+444.2%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Dec 6, 19	Dec 5, 20	$12.25	🎯$86	$42.63	+602%	+248.4%
CRWD	▲ Buy	Aug 13, 19	Aug 12, 20	$23.5	🎯$103	$25.15	+338%	+7.3%

Sample (8 recent finished + 0 in progress) of 9 calls.

▸ FCX Freeport-McMoRan

75%

+68.0%

+140.0%

+19.6% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
FCX	▲ Buy	Jul 9, 26	Jul 9, 27	$60.53	🎯$80	$72.42	+32%	+20% so far
FCX	▲ Buy	Sep 30, 25	Sep 30, 26	$39.22	🎯$42	$69.81	+7%	+78.5%
FCX	▲ Buy	Apr 9, 24	Apr 9, 25	$51.3	🎯$59	$33.86	+15%	-34.2%
FCX	▲ Buy	May 21, 20	May 21, 21	$8.74	🎯$12	$41.6	+37%	+375.6%
FCX	▲ Buy	Nov 13, 19	Nov 12, 20	$10.84	—	$19.51	—	+80.1%
FCX	▼ Underperform	Jan 26, 18	Jan 26, 19	$19.63	🎯$16	$10.21	-18%	+47.6%
FCX	▼ Underperform	Oct 4, 17	Oct 4, 18	$14.75	🎯$29	$13.28	+97%	+10%
FCX	▼ Underperform	Oct 17, 16	Oct 17, 17	$9.52	—	$14.95	—	-56.8%

▸ HOOD Robinhood Markets

83.3%

+128.2%

-5.9% (2)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
HOOD	▲ Buy	Oct 5, 26	Oct 5, 27	$112	🎯$156	$110.52	+39%	-1% so far
HOOD	▲ Buy	Dec 10, 25	Dec 10, 26	$123.38	🎯$154	$110.52	+25%	-10% so far
HOOD	▲ Buy	Oct 2, 25	Oct 2, 26	$148.67	🎯$157	$114.48	+6%	-23.2%
HOOD	▲ Buy	Jun 30, 25	Jun 30, 26	$93.63	🎯$95	$100.18	+1%	+7.1%
HOOD	▲ Buy	May 13, 25	May 13, 26	$62.57	🎯$65	$76.96	+4%	+22.7%
HOOD	▲ Buy	Aug 12, 24	Aug 12, 25	$18.41	🎯$32	$108.62	+74%	+490%
HOOD	▲ Buy	May 17, 24	May 17, 25	$20.09	🎯$24	$64.29	+19%	+219.9%
HOOD	▼ Underperform	Dec 16, 21	Dec 16, 22	$18.14	🎯$22	$8.53	+21%	+52.5%

▸ TPR Tapestry, Inc.

33.3%

+11.8%

+127.8%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
TPR	▲ Buy	Oct 25, 24	Oct 25, 25	$50.47	🎯$60	$115.07	+19%	+127.8%
TPR	▲ Buy	Aug 15, 18	Aug 15, 19	$52.07	🎯$60	$19.27	+15%	-62.6%
TPR	▲ Buy	May 10, 18	May 10, 19	$45.95	—	$32.17	—	-29.8%

▸ CIEN Ciena

100%

+110.2%

+126.2%

+17.3% (4)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CIEN	▲ Buy	May 26, 26	May 26, 27	$582.08	🎯$660	$400.4	+13%	-31% so far
CIEN	▲ Buy	Apr 16, 26	Apr 16, 27	$495.17	🎯$550	$400.4	+11%	-19% so far
CIEN	▲ Buy	Mar 6, 26	Mar 6, 27	$294.17	🎯$355	$400.4	+21%	+36% so far
CIEN	▲ Buy	Dec 12, 25	Dec 12, 26	$218.44	🎯$260	$400.4	+19%	+83% so far
CIEN	▲ Buy	Sep 17, 25	Sep 17, 26	$136.38	🎯$155	$343.68	+14%	+152.4%
CIEN	▲ Buy	Sep 5, 25	Sep 5, 26	$116.69	🎯$135	$340.73	+16%	+192.5%
CIEN	▲ Buy	Dec 13, 24	Dec 13, 25	$89.72	🎯$95	$216.23	+6%	+141%
CIEN	▲ Buy	Jan 21, 21	Jan 21, 22	$54.6	🎯$65	$64.97	+19%	+18.9%

▸ LRCX Lam Research

87.5%

+89.1%

+122.8%

+12.7% (3)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
LRCX	▲ Buy	Jun 23, 26	Jun 23, 27	$371.33	🎯$480	$301.11	+29%	-19% so far
LRCX	▲ Buy	Apr 23, 26	Apr 23, 27	$258.56	🎯$330	$301.11	+28%	+16% so far
LRCX	▲ Buy	Jan 13, 26	Jan 13, 27	$214.38	🎯$245	$301.11	+14%	+40% so far
LRCX	▲ Buy	Apr 16, 25	Apr 16, 26	$65.14	🎯$90	$261.21	+38%	+300.6%
LRCX	▲ Buy	Feb 20, 25	Feb 20, 26	$89.02	🎯$110	$244.8	+24%	+175.1%
LRCX	▲ Buy	Oct 7, 22	Oct 7, 23	$37.48	🎯$460	$62.59	+1127%	+67.5%
LRCX	▲ Buy	Jun 29, 22	Jun 29, 23	$42.71	🎯$540	$64.07	+1164%	+50%
LRCX	▲ Buy	Jan 30, 20	Jan 29, 21	$29.82	🎯$380	$50.1	+1174%	+68.2%

▸ PLTR Palantir Technologies

87.5%

+112.1%

+9.4% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
PLTR	▲ Buy	Nov 4, 25	Nov 4, 26	$190.74	🎯$255	$208.67	+34%	+9% so far
PLTR	▲ Buy	Sep 23, 25	Sep 23, 26	$182.55	🎯$215	$191.68	+18%	+5.1%
PLTR	▲ Buy	Aug 5, 25	Aug 5, 26	$179.54	🎯$180	$156.2	+0%	-13.2%
PLTR	▲ Buy	Feb 4, 25	Feb 4, 26	$103.83	🎯$125	$139.13	+20%	+34.4%
PLTR	▲ Buy	Nov 25, 24	Nov 25, 25	$64.65	🎯$75	$163.56	+16%	+153%
PLTR	▲ Buy	Sep 10, 24	Sep 10, 25	$34.76	🎯$50	$166.85	+44%	+379.7%
PLTR	▲ Buy	Mar 6, 24	Mar 6, 25	$26.46	🎯$28	$84.94	+6%	+220.9%
PLTR	▲ Buy	Jun 12, 23	Jun 11, 24	$16	🎯$18	$23.84	+13%	+48.6%

▸ OXY Occidental Petroleum

50%

+26.0%

+111.5%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
OXY	▲ Buy	Sep 28, 20	Sep 28, 21	$9.99	🎯$29	$30.07	+190%	+200.6%
OXY	▲ Buy	Jun 9, 20	Jun 9, 21	$23.18	—	$28.28	—	+22.3%
OXY	▲ Buy	Aug 17, 18	Aug 17, 19	$79.01	🎯$105	$45.83	+33%	-42.3%
OXY	▲ Buy	May 10, 18	May 10, 19	$83.86	—	$55.35	—	-34.4%
OXY	▲ Buy	Oct 13, 17	Oct 13, 18	$64.77	🎯$76	$72.54	+17%	+11.5%
OXY	▲ Buy	Mar 15, 17	Mar 15, 18	$65.06	—	$63.76	—	-1.8%

▸ MPC Marathon Petroleum

75%

+28.9%

+101.4%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
MPC	▲ Buy	May 6, 20	May 6, 21	$29.53	🎯$56	$59.36	+90%	+101.4%
MPC	▲ Buy	May 10, 18	May 10, 19	$77.54	—	$53.5	—	-31.4%
MPC	▲ Buy	Mar 3, 16	Mar 3, 17	$37.32	—	$51.13	—	+37.4%
MPC	▼ Underperform	Aug 24, 15	Aug 23, 16	$45.82	🎯$56	$42.15	+22%	+8.5%

▸ APP AppLovin

50%

+101.0%

-18.9% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
APP	▲ Buy	Aug 6, 26	Aug 6, 27	$335.67	🎯$430	$272.28	+28%	-19% so far
APP	▲ Buy	Oct 1, 25	Oct 1, 26	$683.64	🎯$860	$266.62	+26%	-60.8%
APP	▲ Buy	Feb 13, 25	Feb 13, 26	$471.67	🎯$580	$391.49	+23%	-17.2%
APP	▲ Buy	Nov 25, 24	Nov 25, 25	$329.77	🎯$375	$586.99	+14%	+77.8%
APP	▲ Buy	Sep 11, 24	Sep 11, 25	$97.57	🎯$120	$571.76	+23%	+485.5%
APP	▲ Buy	Sep 14, 23	Sep 13, 24	$42.82	🎯$57	$116.04	+33%	+171.5%
APP	▲ Buy	May 17, 23	May 16, 24	$24.38	🎯$27	$83.14	+11%	+241.4%
APP	▲ Buy	May 12, 22	May 12, 23	$39.46	🎯$43	$22.49	+9%	-42.6%

▸ AES AES Corporation

75%

+29.2%

+96.8%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AES	▲ Buy	Mar 30, 20	Mar 30, 21	$13.66	—	$26.91	—	+96.8%
AES	▼ Underperform	Jul 2, 18	Jul 2, 19	$13.14	🎯$12.5	$16.95	-5%	-29%
AES	▲ Buy	Nov 13, 17	Nov 13, 18	$10.82	—	$15.36	—	+42.4%
AES	▼ Underperform	Nov 22, 16	Nov 22, 17	$11.41	—	$10.73	—	+6.4%

▸ NRG NRG Energy

100%

+71.5%

+96.2%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
NRG	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 23	Jul 19, 24	$38.2	🎯$46	$76.78	+20%	+101.2%
NRG	▲ Buy	Jun 23, 23	Jun 22, 24	$35.91	🎯$43	$81.52	+20%	+127.1%
NRG	▲ Buy	Jun 2, 23	Jun 1, 24	$33.3	🎯$42	$78.26	+26%	+135.3%
NRG	▲ Buy	May 14, 23	May 13, 24	$33.78	🎯$36	$82.42	+7%	+144.1%
NRG	▲ Buy	Apr 27, 23	Apr 26, 24	$34.07	🎯$36	$72.91	+6%	+113.7%
NRG	▲ Buy	Mar 20, 23	Mar 19, 24	$33.63	—	$66.59	—	+98.2%
NRG	▼ Underperform	Jun 7, 22	Jun 7, 23	$46.14	🎯$42	$34.14	-9%	+26.2%
NRG	▲ Buy	Jul 27, 20	Jul 27, 21	$33.74	🎯$40	$41.84	+19%	+23.6%

Sample (8 recent finished + 0 in progress) of 11 calls.

▸ META Meta Platforms

100%

+96.0%

+19.5% (3)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
META	▲ Buy	Sep 22, 26	Sep 22, 27	$736.6	🎯$810	$762.5	+10%	+4% so far
META	▲ Buy	Jul 30, 26	Jul 30, 27	$539.03	🎯$810	$762.5	+50%	+41% so far
META	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 26	Apr 20, 27	$670.91	🎯$820	$762.5	+22%	+14% so far
META	▲ Buy	Sep 26, 24	Sep 26, 25	$567.36	🎯$630	$743.24	+11%	+31%
META	▲ Buy	Aug 1, 24	Aug 1, 25	$497.74	🎯$563	$751.59	+13%	+50.7%
META	▲ Buy	Apr 27, 23	Apr 26, 24	$238.56	🎯$300	$443.72	+26%	+85.8%
META	▲ Buy	Apr 19, 23	Apr 18, 24	$215.7	🎯$250	$502.58	+16%	+132.6%
META	▲ Buy	Feb 2, 23	Feb 2, 24	$188.77	🎯$220	$475.7	+17%	+151.6%

▸ GEV GE Vernova

100%

+93.0%

+38.9% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
GEV	▲ Buy	Dec 10, 25	Dec 10, 26	$723	🎯$804	$1004.04	+11%	+39% so far
GEV	▲ Buy	Jul 17, 25	Jul 17, 26	$570.17	🎯$620	$1060.52	+9%	+85.5%
GEV	▲ Buy	Jun 11, 25	Jun 11, 26	$483.47	🎯$550	$908.92	+14%	+87.6%
GEV	▲ Buy	Jan 21, 25	Jan 21, 26	$416	🎯$520	$669.76	+25%	+60.6%
GEV	▲ Buy	Jan 14, 25	Jan 14, 26	$382.26	🎯$415	$646.02	+9%	+68.5%
GEV	▲ Buy	Oct 24, 24	Oct 24, 25	$297	🎯$320	$585.09	+8%	+96.8%
GEV	▲ Buy	Sep 17, 24	Sep 17, 25	$237.15	🎯$300	$614.22	+27%	+159.2%

▸ VST Vistra Corp.

83.3%

+45.5%

+93.0%

-5.3% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
VST	▲ Buy	Jan 12, 26	Jan 12, 27	$171.42	🎯$218	$162.36	+27%	-5% so far
VST	▲ Buy	Mar 4, 25	Mar 4, 26	$126.94	🎯$152	$163.75	+20%	+28.7%
VST	▲ Buy	Sep 21, 23	Sep 20, 24	$33.22	🎯$37	$111.62	+11%	+236%
VST	▲ Buy	Jul 9, 21	Jul 9, 22	$19.32	🎯$23	$22.02	+19%	+14.3%
VST	▲ Buy	Nov 7, 19	Nov 6, 20	$26.21	🎯$31	$18.35	+18%	-30.3%
VST	▲ Buy	May 8, 18	May 8, 19	$22.99	🎯$27	$24.83	+17%	+8.1%
VST	▲ Buy	Apr 17, 18	Apr 17, 19	$22.34	🎯$27	$25.91	+21%	+16.4%

▸ HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise

71.4%

+57.2%

+92.3%

+91.8% (3)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
HPE	▲ Buy	Aug 31, 26	Aug 31, 27	$52.24	🎯$82	$68.81	+57%	+32% so far
HPE	▲ Buy	Jun 2, 26	Jun 2, 27	$56.15	🎯$80	$68.81	+42%	+23% so far
HPE	▲ Buy	Mar 10, 26	Mar 10, 27	$21.43	🎯$32	$68.81	+49%	+221% so far
HPE	▲ Buy	Sep 2, 25	Sep 2, 26	$22.82	🎯$25	$54.54	+10%	+138.6%
HPE	▲ Buy	Jul 11, 25	Jul 11, 26	$20.72	🎯$24	$47.24	+16%	+128%
HPE	▲ Buy	Jun 30, 25	Jun 30, 26	$20.48	🎯$23	$44.03	+12%	+114.6%
HPE	▲ Buy	Mar 7, 25	Mar 7, 26	$15.08	🎯$20	$21.87	+33%	+44.6%
HPE	▲ Buy	Sep 17, 24	Sep 17, 25	$18.2	🎯$24	$24.75	+32%	+35.9%

▸ AMD Advanced Micro Devices

87%

+81.1%

+85.3%

+91.7% (10)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AMD	▲ Buy	Sep 25, 26	Sep 25, 27	$630.63	🎯$720	$605.53	+14%	-4% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	Jul 14, 26	Jul 14, 27	$529.14	🎯$620	$605.53	+17%	+14% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	Jun 11, 26	Jun 11, 27	$488.45	🎯$560	$605.53	+15%	+24% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	May 13, 26	May 13, 27	$445.5	🎯$500	$605.53	+12%	+36% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	May 6, 26	May 6, 27	$421.39	🎯$450	$605.53	+7%	+44% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	Apr 17, 26	Apr 17, 27	$278.39	🎯$310	$605.53	+11%	+118% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	Feb 4, 26	Feb 4, 27	$200.19	🎯$280	$605.53	+40%	+202% so far
AMD	▲ Buy	Dec 16, 25	Dec 16, 26	$209.17	🎯$260	$605.53	+24%	+189% so far

Sample (0 recent finished + 8 in progress) of 23 calls.

▸ IDXX Idexx Laboratories

100%

+48.9%

+84.6%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
IDXX	▲ Buy	Jul 20, 20	Jul 20, 21	$363.32	🎯$390	$672.14	+7%	+84.6%
IDXX	▲ Buy	Nov 2, 18	Nov 2, 19	$201.45	🎯$235	$278	+17%	+38.3%
IDXX	▲ Buy	Feb 2, 18	Feb 2, 19	$180.36	🎯$220	$203.81	+22%	+12.6%
IDXX	▲ Buy	Aug 23, 17	Aug 23, 18	$153.61	—	$245.78	—	+60.1%
IDXX	▲ Buy	Apr 20, 12	Apr 20, 13	$43.22	🎯$94	$44.95	+117%	+4.1%

▸ NVDA Nvidia

88.9%

+80.2%

+78.1%

+14.9% (4)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
NVDA	▲ Buy	May 21, 26	May 21, 27	$219.51	🎯$350	$228.52	+59%	+4% so far
NVDA	▲ Buy	Feb 26, 26	Feb 26, 27	$184.89	🎯$300	$228.52	+62%	+24% so far
NVDA	▲ Buy	Dec 26, 25	Dec 26, 26	$188.22	🎯$275	$228.52	+46%	+21% so far
NVDA	▲ Buy	Oct 29, 25	Oct 29, 26	$207.04	🎯$275	$228.52	+33%	+10% so far
NVDA	▲ Buy	Aug 28, 25	Aug 28, 26	$174.18	🎯$235	$221.21	+35%	+26.8%
NVDA	▲ Buy	Aug 4, 25	Aug 4, 26	$180	🎯$220	$212.4	+22%	+17.7%
NVDA	▲ Buy	Jul 15, 25	Jul 15, 26	$170.7	🎯$220	$211.67	+29%	+24.5%
NVDA	▲ Buy	May 29, 25	May 29, 26	$139.19	🎯$180	$211.57	+29%	+51.7%

Sample (4 recent finished + 4 in progress) of 36 calls.

▸ DECK Deckers Brands

75%

+34.2%

+73.8%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
DECK	▲ Buy	May 22, 20	May 22, 21	$30.01	🎯$215	$56.42	+616%	+88.1%
DECK	▲ Buy	Jan 31, 20	Jan 30, 21	$31.27	🎯$210	$50.03	+572%	+59.6%
DECK	▲ Buy	May 21, 19	May 20, 20	$24.78	🎯$180	$27.01	+626%	+9.3%
DECK	▲ Buy	Apr 2, 15	Apr 1, 16	$12.35	🎯$85	$9.88	+588%	-20.1%

% profitable = share of its calls that made money (1 year). Avg gain / call = average absolute gain per call (winners and losers). Point-in-time, S&P 500 backtest.

❓ B of A Securities: frequently asked questions

Is B of A Securities a reliable analyst? How accurate are their price targets?

Over 12 months, 62.7% of B of A Securities's targets were profitable, averaging +18.4% per call (+5.0% vs their sector), across 3046 timestamped calls. Verdict: fairly reliable. We judge on real results, not reputation — the call-by-call detail is further up this page.