Is Barclays a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 59.5% of Barclays's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +10.6% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +2.4% vs its sector, across 5352 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
59.5%profitable calls
+10.6%avg gain / call
+2.4%vs sector
5352scored calls

In which sectors is Barclays reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Tech89165.1%+25.5%+28.5%+36.5% (189)
Comm.14161%+17.0%+20.0%+3.6% (16)
Energy33855.9%+10.5%+18.8%+15.9% (60)
Cons. disc.64461.8%+10.2%+15.0%-1.5% (121)
Industry81760.1%+11.6%+13.4%-0.4% (142)
Utilities28672.7%+10.2%+11.0%-1.8% (78)
Materials13461.2%+7.5%+7.6%+9.1% (34)
Finance87261.1%+7.0%+7.1%+5.1% (214)
Health56956.4%+5.0%+4.4%+8.9% (158)
Cons. staples32749.2%-0.5%-1.1%+1.0% (60)
Real estate31940.8%-1.8%-5.4%+12.7% (66)
Crypto1442.9%-17.4%-17.4%+7.3% (6)

The 25 stocks Barclays performed best on

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
WDC Western Digital1266.7%+98.1%+179.8%+106.3% (6)
MU Micron Technology2491.7%+121.5%+151.7%+237.5% (7)
COHR Coherent Corp.1080%+132.2%+132.2%+63.0% (5)
LITE Lumentum2227.3%+74.3%+123.9%+272.2% (2)
GEV GE Vernova10100%+104.3%+104.3%+30.5% (5)
NVDA Nvidia2982.8%+72.5%+97.8%+27.7% (2)
FLEX Flex Ltd.7100%+96.5%+96.5%+32.4% (6)
FCX Freeport-McMoRan666.7%+70.6%+89.1%+26.9% (3)
HWM Howmet Aerospace9100%+87.5%+87.5%
META Meta Platforms1291.7%+84.9%+84.9%
LH Labcorp966.7%+17.1%+80.4%
GE GE Aerospace1994.7%+71.9%+71.9%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices1866.7%+42.5%+69.5%+44.5% (3)
RCL Royal Caribbean Group2387%+59.5%+67.8%-0.9% (5)
AXON Axon Enterprise1090%+67.6%+67.6%+21.8% (4)
AXP American Express3100%+65.7%+65.7%
CIEN Ciena1776.5%+55.2%+62.7%+84.7% (4)
INCY Incyte666.7%+22.9%+56.7%+20.6% (6)
TRGP Targa Resources2462.5%+25.4%+56.0%+8.8% (5)
IBKR Interactive Brokers24100%+55.7%+55.7%+28.7% (9)
BX Blackstone Inc.1464.3%+10.4%+54.4%
ANET Arista Networks1894.4%+46.4%+53.7%+36.3% (5)
CEG Constellation Energy6100%+51.7%+51.7%+1.6% (3)
JBL Jabil1080%+50.2%+50.2%+20.7% (4)
DVN Devon Energy1650%+23.4%+49.0%+4.4% (5)
% 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, 59.5% of Barclays's targets were profitable, averaging +10.6% per call (+2.4% vs their sector), across 5352 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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