Is Craig-Hallum a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 73.9% of Craig-Hallum's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +37.3% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +9.2% vs its sector, across 92 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.

73.9%profitable calls

+37.3%avg gain / call

+9.2%vs sector

92scored calls

In which sectors is Craig-Hallum reliable?

Sector

Calls

% profitable

Avg gain 2015+

Avg gain 2020+

Last 12 months

▸ Tech

71.4%

+32.1%

+30.5%

+60.5% (3)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AMAT	▲ Buy	Aug 14, 26	Aug 14, 27	$535.31	🎯$585	$482.36	+9%	-10% so far
MRVL	▲ Buy	Mar 6, 26	Mar 6, 27	$92.65	🎯$164	$241.45	+77%	+161% so far
NVDA	▲ Buy	Aug 28, 25	Aug 28, 26	$174.18	🎯$245	$227.98	+41%	+31% so far
MRVL	▲ Buy	Jan 6, 25	Jan 6, 26	$116.23	🎯$149	$84.85	+28%	-27.2%
MRVL	▲ Buy	Dec 4, 24	Dec 4, 25	$113.37	🎯$132	$98.63	+16%	-12.7%
NVDA	▲ Buy	Nov 21, 24	Nov 21, 25	$146.67	🎯$175	$178.94	+19%	+22%
SWKS	▲ Buy	Nov 13, 24	Nov 13, 25	$84	🎯$105	$66.36	+25%	-20.7%
COHR	▲ Buy	Nov 7, 24	Nov 7, 25	$110.02	🎯$120	$167.23	+9%	+51.5%

Sample (5 recent finished + 3 in progress) of 77 calls.

The 25 stocks Craig-Hallum performed best on

Stock

Calls

% profitable

Avg gain 2015+

Avg gain 2020+

Last 12 months

▸ HUT HUT

100%

+107.3%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
HUT	▲ Buy	Nov 14, 24	Nov 14, 25	$25.26	🎯$32	$37.64	+27%	+49.3%
HUT	▲ Buy	Oct 2, 24	Oct 2, 25	$11.73	🎯$15	$40.12	+28%	+241.9%
HUT	▲ Buy	Jun 14, 24	Jun 14, 25	$12.24	🎯$14	$18.48	+14%	+50.8%
HUT	▲ Buy	May 16, 24	May 16, 25	$9.16	🎯$12	$17.13	+31%	+87.5%

▸ NVDA Nvidia

100%

+93.0%

+85.0%

+30.9% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
NVDA	▲ Buy	Aug 28, 25	Aug 28, 26	$174.18	🎯$245	$227.98	+41%	+31% so far
NVDA	▲ Buy	Nov 21, 24	Nov 21, 25	$146.67	🎯$175	$178.94	+19%	+22%
NVDA	▲ Buy	Aug 29, 24	Aug 29, 25	$117.59	🎯$165	$174.03	+40%	+48.1%
NVDA	▲ Buy	May 23, 24	May 23, 25	$106.47	🎯$1250	$135.22	+1074%	+27.3%
NVDA	▲ Buy	Feb 22, 24	Feb 21, 25	$78.82	🎯$850	$130.05	+978%	+65.3%
NVDA	▲ Buy	Aug 24, 23	Aug 23, 24	$46.02	🎯$700	$126.56	+1421%	+174.8%
NVDA	▲ Buy	May 25, 23	May 24, 24	$37.98	🎯$500	$106.34	+1216%	+180.3%
NVDA	▲ Buy	May 27, 21	May 27, 22	$15.49	🎯$750	$18.74	+4742%	+21.5%

Sample (7 recent finished + 1 in progress) of 10 calls.

▸ COHR Coherent Corp.

100%

+69.6%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
COHR	▲ Buy	Nov 7, 24	Nov 7, 25	$110.02	🎯$120	$167.23	+9%	+51.5%
COHR	▲ Buy	Aug 16, 24	Aug 16, 25	$76.63	🎯$85	$90.42	+11%	+18.1%
COHR	▲ Buy	Aug 17, 23	Aug 16, 24	$34.45	🎯$43	$77.51	+25%	+124.9%
COHR	▲ Buy	May 11, 23	May 10, 24	$29.16	🎯$38	$53.65	+30%	+84.1%

▸ AMD Advanced Micro Devices

100%

+87.7%

+59.4%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AMD	▲ Buy	Jun 14, 23	Jun 13, 24	$124.24	🎯$158	$159.03	+27%	+28.5%
AMD	▲ Buy	May 3, 23	May 2, 24	$81.62	🎯$100	$146.1	+23%	+79.1%
AMD	▲ Buy	Oct 7, 22	Oct 7, 23	$58.44	🎯$76	$106.95	+30%	+83%
AMD	▲ Buy	Oct 28, 20	Oct 28, 21	$78.02	🎯$100	$120.15	+28%	+54.1%
AMD	▲ Buy	Mar 6, 20	Mar 6, 21	$48.59	—	$73.86	—	+52.2%
AMD	▲ Buy	Apr 22, 16	Apr 22, 17	$3.99	—	$13.13	—	+229.1%

▸ AXON Axon Enterprise

75%

+54.2%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AXON	▲ Buy	Aug 5, 25	Aug 5, 26	$863.65	🎯$900	$518.19	+4%	-39.5%
AXON	▲ Buy	Aug 7, 24	Aug 7, 25	$368.46	🎯$376	$843.77	+2%	+128.7%
AXON	▲ Buy	May 7, 24	May 7, 25	$311.86	🎯$370	$686.09	+19%	+120.2%
AXON	▲ Buy	Nov 16, 21	Nov 16, 22	$177.79	🎯$232	$190.24	+30%	+7.5%

▸ LITE Lumentum

66.7%

+25.8%

+33.2%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
LITE	▲ Buy	Aug 15, 24	Aug 15, 25	$52.26	🎯$70	$116.02	+34%	+121.7%
LITE	▲ Buy	Dec 22, 23	Dec 21, 24	$53	—	$83.21	—	+57%
LITE	▲ Buy	Apr 14, 22	Apr 14, 23	$85.5	🎯$115	$46.17	+35%	-45.9%
LITE	▲ Buy	Aug 19, 21	Aug 19, 22	$84.96	🎯$100	$92.61	+18%	+8.8%
LITE	▲ Buy	May 13, 21	May 13, 22	$70.05	🎯$90	$86.86	+28%	+24.5%
LITE	▲ Buy	Nov 1, 17	Nov 1, 18	$58.85	🎯$85	$52.38	+44%	-11.1%

▸ AMAT Applied Materials

85.7%

+26.3%

+28.9%

-9.9% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AMAT	▲ Buy	Aug 14, 26	Aug 14, 27	$535.31	🎯$585	$482.36	+9%	-10% so far
AMAT	▲ Buy	Aug 18, 23	Aug 17, 24	$148.77	🎯$160	$211.25	+8%	+41.8%
AMAT	▲ Buy	Nov 18, 22	Nov 18, 23	$104.7	🎯$126	$152.86	+20%	+45.7%
AMAT	▲ Buy	Aug 19, 22	Aug 19, 23	$100.81	🎯$126	$149.2	+25%	+47.6%
AMAT	▲ Buy	May 20, 22	May 20, 23	$109.93	🎯$145	$126.42	+32%	+15.1%
AMAT	▲ Buy	Apr 7, 21	Apr 7, 22	$139.14	🎯$170	$122.44	+22%	-12%
AMAT	▲ Buy	Feb 4, 21	Feb 4, 22	$100.71	🎯$124	$135.96	+23%	+35.2%
AMAT	▲ Buy	Oct 24, 19	Oct 23, 20	$55.07	—	$61.13	—	+10.7%

▸ WDC Western Digital

44.4%

+1.0%

+16.7%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
WDC	▲ Buy	Feb 1, 23	Feb 1, 24	$32.74	🎯$60	$43.54	+83%	+32.5%
WDC	▲ Buy	Oct 4, 22	Oct 4, 23	$28.1	🎯$50	$34.84	+78%	+24.1%
WDC	▲ Buy	Aug 8, 22	Aug 8, 23	$35	🎯$85	$32.2	+143%	-8%
WDC	▲ Buy	Feb 17, 21	Feb 17, 22	$51.93	🎯$90	$42.06	+73%	-19.2%
WDC	▲ Buy	Sep 23, 20	Sep 23, 21	$28.37	🎯$62	$43.69	+119%	+54.4%
WDC	▲ Buy	Jun 26, 19	Jun 25, 20	$33.33	—	$32.33	—	-3.5%
WDC	▲ Buy	Dec 6, 18	Dec 6, 19	$32.96	—	$37.24	—	+12.6%
WDC	▲ Buy	Jan 26, 18	Jan 26, 19	$66.1	🎯$110	$33.05	+66%	-49.7%

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

▸ MRVL Marvell Technology

42.9%

+4.6%

+160.6% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
MRVL	▲ Buy	Mar 6, 26	Mar 6, 27	$92.65	🎯$164	$241.45	+77%	+161% so far
MRVL	▲ Buy	Jan 6, 25	Jan 6, 26	$116.23	🎯$149	$84.85	+28%	-27.2%
MRVL	▲ Buy	Dec 4, 24	Dec 4, 25	$113.37	🎯$132	$98.63	+16%	-12.7%
MRVL	▲ Buy	Mar 8, 24	Mar 8, 25	$72.36	🎯$88	$65.85	+22%	-9.2%
MRVL	▲ Buy	May 26, 23	May 25, 24	$65.51	🎯$67	$78.61	+2%	+19.6%
MRVL	▲ Buy	Mar 3, 23	Mar 2, 24	$44.04	🎯$56	$79.27	+27%	+80.2%
MRVL	▲ Buy	Dec 2, 22	Dec 2, 23	$44.72	🎯$63	$51.88	+41%	+16.3%
MRVL	▲ Buy	Oct 7, 21	Oct 7, 22	$65.15	🎯$85	$42.35	+30%	-35%

▸ TER Teradyne

71.4%

+15.6%

-1.8%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
TER	▲ Buy	Oct 27, 23	Oct 26, 24	$83.46	🎯$115	$111	+38%	+33.4%
TER	▲ Buy	Jan 27, 23	Jan 27, 24	$103.44	🎯$131	$106.54	+27%	+2.5%
TER	▲ Buy	Oct 27, 22	Oct 27, 23	$79.86	🎯$120	$83.85	+50%	+5%
TER	▲ Buy	Jan 28, 22	Jan 28, 23	$112.12	🎯$138	$99.79	+23%	-10.7%
TER	▲ Buy	Oct 28, 21	Oct 28, 22	$137.01	—	$83.58	—	-39.2%
TER	▲ Buy	Oct 25, 18	Oct 25, 19	$32.79	—	$63.61	—	+94%
TER	▲ Buy	Aug 25, 15	Aug 24, 16	$16.78	—	$20.81	—	+24.2%
TER	▲ Buy	Jun 4, 14	Jun 4, 15	$18.41	🎯$25	$20.8	+36%	+12.7%

▸ AKAM Akamai Technologies

85.7%

+8.6%

-2.0%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AKAM	▲ Buy	Aug 9, 24	Aug 9, 25	$101.51	🎯$125	$71.06	+23%	-30.4%
AKAM	▲ Buy	Jul 29, 20	Jul 29, 21	$110.68	🎯$130	$119.53	+17%	+7.9%
AKAM	▲ Buy	Apr 29, 20	Apr 29, 21	$97.87	🎯$120	$109.61	+23%	+12.4%
AKAM	▲ Buy	Feb 12, 20	Feb 11, 21	$99.6	🎯$115	$101.59	+15%	+2%
AKAM	▲ Buy	Oct 29, 19	Oct 28, 20	$87.39	🎯$110	$96.13	+26%	+9.7%
AKAM	▲ Buy	Jul 31, 19	Jul 30, 20	$88.13	🎯$97	$110.16	+10%	+25.4%
AKAM	▲ Buy	Feb 10, 16	Feb 9, 17	$47.96	—	$63.79	—	+33.1%

▸ SWKS Skyworks Solutions

28.6%

-7.2%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
SWKS	▲ Buy	Nov 13, 24	Nov 13, 25	$84	🎯$105	$66.36	+25%	-20.7%
SWKS	▲ Buy	Jul 31, 24	Jul 31, 25	$108.01	🎯$140	$68.05	+30%	-37.3%
SWKS	▲ Buy	May 9, 23	May 8, 24	$99.82	🎯$125	$92.83	+25%	-6.6%
SWKS	▲ Buy	Feb 7, 23	Feb 7, 24	$122.97	🎯$130	$103.29	+6%	-15.7%
SWKS	▲ Buy	Apr 30, 21	Apr 30, 22	$181.33	🎯$210	$117.86	+16%	-34.6%
SWKS	▲ Buy	Nov 3, 20	Nov 3, 21	$139.53	🎯$170	$171.62	+22%	+22.8%
SWKS	▲ Buy	Jan 24, 20	Jan 23, 21	$116.88	🎯$140	$165.97	+20%	+41.8%

% 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.

❓ Craig-Hallum: frequently asked questions

Is Craig-Hallum a reliable analyst? How accurate are their price targets?

Over 12 months, 73.9% of Craig-Hallum's targets were profitable, averaging +37.3% per call (+9.2% vs their sector), across 92 timestamped calls. Verdict: fairly reliable. We judge on real results, not reputation — the call-by-call detail is further up this page.