Is Barclays a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 59.4% of Barclays's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +10.9% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +2.6% vs its sector, across 5459 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
59.4%profitable calls
+10.9%avg gain / call
+2.6%vs sector
5459scored calls

In which sectors is Barclays reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
▸ Tech91565%+27.7%+31.5%+27.5% (184)
▸ Comm.14260.6%+17.0%+20.0%+6.4% (19)
▸ Energy34356%+11.1%+19.5%+19.4% (58)
▸ Cons. disc.65661.9%+10.1%+14.8%-5.1% (120)
▸ Industry83159.6%+11.1%+12.8%-4.4% (140)
▸ Utilities29072.4%+10.0%+10.6%-5.7% (80)
▸ Finance88660.9%+6.9%+6.9%-0.7% (217)
▸ Materials13560.7%+7.1%+6.9%+1.9% (37)
▸ Health58556.9%+5.3%+4.7%+8.1% (164)
▸ Cons. staples33449.4%-0.3%-0.9%+1.2% (60)
▸ Real estate32841.2%-1.7%-5.1%-4.8% (64)
▸ Crypto1442.9%-17.4%-17.4%+12.0% (9)

The 25 stocks Barclays performed best on

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
▸ WDC Western Digital1369.2%+118.6%+206.3%+24.9% (5)
▸ MU Micron Technology2692.3%+154.9%+202.1%+146.4% (5)
▸ LITE Lumentum2330.4%+95.1%+152.4%+18.0% (1)
▸ COHR Coherent Corp.1080%+132.2%+132.2%+60.0% (5)
▸ GEV GE Vernova10100%+104.3%+104.3%+37.3% (5)
▸ FLEX Flex Ltd.7100%+96.5%+96.5%+27.3% (6)
▸ NVDA Nvidia3083.3%+71.0%+94.7%+27.8% (1)
▸ FCX Freeport-McMoRan666.7%+70.6%+89.1%+13.1% (4)
▸ HWM Howmet Aerospace9100%+87.5%+87.5%—
▸ META Meta Platforms1291.7%+84.9%+84.9%+33.4% (2)
▸ LH Labcorp966.7%+17.1%+80.4%—
▸ AMD Advanced Micro Devices1968.4%+51.0%+78.0%+30.0% (3)
▸ GE GE Aerospace1994.7%+71.9%+71.9%—
▸ CIEN Ciena1877.8%+62.8%+71.3%+27.2% (5)
▸ RCL Royal Caribbean Group2387%+59.5%+67.8%-1.7% (6)
▸ AXON Axon Enterprise1090%+67.6%+67.6%-17.6% (4)
▸ AXP American Express3100%+65.7%+65.7%—
▸ CRL Charles River Laboratories333.3%+13.9%+65.5%+58.9% (6)
▸ INCY Incyte666.7%+22.9%+56.7%+2.6% (6)
▸ TRGP Targa Resources2462.5%+25.4%+56.0%+9.0% (6)
▸ BX Blackstone Inc.1464.3%+10.4%+54.4%—
▸ IBKR Interactive Brokers25100%+54.3%+54.3%+14.5% (9)
▸ ANET Arista Networks1994.7%+45.7%+52.5%+36.7% (4)
▸ CEG Constellation Energy6100%+51.7%+51.7%+6.4% (3)
▸ JBL Jabil1181.8%+50.0%+50.0%+12.6% (4)
% 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.

❓ Barclays: frequently asked questions

Is Barclays a reliable analyst? How accurate are their price targets?

Over 12 months, 59.4% of Barclays's targets were profitable, averaging +10.9% per call (+2.6% vs their sector), across 5459 timestamped calls. Verdict: fairly reliable. We judge on real results, not reputation — the call-by-call detail is further up this page.

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