Is UBS a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 62.7% of UBS's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +17.7% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +5.6% vs its sector, across 2968 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
+17.7%avg gain / call
+5.6%vs sector
2968scored calls

In which sectors is UBS reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
▸ Tech47668.7%+38.6%+44.3%+33.7% (135)
▸ Energy17463.2%+26.0%+35.2%+15.4% (55)
▸ Materials16263%+26.7%+33.0%-1.3% (58)
▸ Industry42862.4%+15.2%+20.7%-3.0% (130)
▸ Cons. disc.38263.4%+15.7%+20.6%-7.6% (99)
▸ Comm.14560.7%+19.1%+18.9%-8.8% (27)
▸ Finance41664.2%+11.3%+14.3%+0.2% (105)
▸ Health29359.7%+9.1%+9.1%+12.6% (88)
▸ Utilities19462.9%+8.0%+7.9%-4.2% (30)
▸ Cons. staples22759.5%+4.7%+6.3%+2.6% (58)
▸ Real estate7135.2%-1.3%-4.3%-3.5% (30)

The 25 stocks UBS performed best on

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
▸ DVN Devon Energy771.4%+37.5%+201.8%+13.2% (7)
▸ MU Micron Technology3375.8%+149.3%+168.1%+198.2% (8)
▸ FCX Freeport-McMoRan6100%+120.5%+155.9%+23.0% (6)
▸ TRGP Targa Resources1471.4%+107.3%+143.3%+19.4% (1)
▸ EXPE Expedia Group785.7%+55.9%+120.2%—
▸ FIX Comfort Systems USA4100%+117.5%+117.5%+12.3% (4)
▸ DOW Dow Inc.475%+55.0%+108.8%—
▸ AMD Advanced Micro Devices1266.7%+54.3%+106.2%+83.5% (4)
▸ NVDA Nvidia2696.2%+94.8%+88.3%+6.3% (4)
▸ PANW Palo Alto Networks450%+19.7%+87.7%—
▸ DELL Dell Technologies1478.6%+87.5%+87.5%+329.3% (1)
▸ ALB Albemarle Corporation1369.2%+68.1%+80.2%-33.0% (6)
▸ PWR Quanta Services683.3%+65.9%+79.5%+7.4% (2)
▸ STLD Steel Dynamics4100%+61.7%+78.7%—
▸ IBKR Interactive Brokers10100%+77.6%+77.6%—
▸ LRCX Lam Research1668.8%+60.8%+73.5%+45.9% (7)
▸ VLO Valero Energy683.3%+71.8%+71.8%+50.6% (3)
▸ OKE Oneok1478.6%+41.1%+68.9%+19.7% (1)
▸ META Meta Platforms1384.6%+68.6%+68.6%+22.6% (4)
▸ RCL Royal Caribbean Group1291.7%+68.3%+68.3%+4.5% (4)
▸ MPC Marathon Petroleum580%+39.1%+67.0%+58.5% (2)
▸ DDOG Datadog6100%+66.8%+66.8%+25.0% (4)
▸ AVGO Broadcom1693.8%+52.1%+65.9%-4.4% (6)
▸ FTNT Fortinet3100%+65.8%——
▸ LLY Lilly (Eli)6100%+50.2%+61.9%+10.9% (2)
% 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.

❓ UBS: frequently asked questions

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

Over 12 months, 62.7% of UBS's targets were profitable, averaging +17.7% per call (+5.6% vs their sector), across 2968 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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