Is B. Riley Securities a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 69.5% of B. Riley Securities's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +34.9% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +13.6% vs its sector, across 243 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
69.5%profitable calls
+34.9%avg gain / call
+13.6%vs sector
243scored calls

In which sectors is B. Riley Securities reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Industry1566.7%+47.9%+74.4%
Materials1275%+45.8%+67.5%-1.4% (2)
Tech15872.2%+38.9%+49.7%+61.3% (20)
Real estate8100%+45.2%+39.6%
Cons. disc.3366.7%+23.6%+37.6%+5.6% (7)
Finance1030%-8.4%-10.7%

The stocks B. Riley Securities covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
FCX Freeport-McMoRan540%+72.4%+352.2%
CVNA Carvana580%+84.6%+180.7%
CIEN Ciena1586.7%+84.6%+130.5%
LRCX Lam Research1978.9%+73.1%+110.6%+119.6% (3)
PWR Quanta Services771.4%+74.8%+106.2%
COHR Coherent Corp.4100%+96.0%+96.0%
CSGP CoStar Group6100%+48.5%+43.9%
GDDY GoDaddy875%+41.2%+41.4%-33.8% (1)
AVGO Broadcom5100%+37.8%
BLDR Builders FirstSource666.7%+32.5%+34.7%
ON ON Semiconductor1361.5%+25.2%+31.2%+2.9% (1)
SWKS Skyworks Solutions1662.5%+32.2%+30.7%
AMAT Applied Materials1861.1%+28.9%+27.0%+74.9% (7)
NEM Newmont7100%+26.8%+26.8%
EXPE Expedia Group3100%+26.1%+26.1%+13.2% (3)
LULU Lululemon Athletica977.8%+25.9%+25.9%
NVDA Nvidia450%+25.1%
LITE Lumentum6100%+41.9%+20.8%+50.1% (1)
MRVL Marvell Technology1040%+19.6%+19.6%+82.8% (4)
ADI Analog Devices580%+16.8%
BKNG Booking Holdings666.7%+15.2%+15.2%-2.5% (3)
MCHP Microchip Technology1758.8%+11.2%+12.5%+13.6% (1)
AKAM Akamai Technologies8100%+18.7%+7.7%
INTC Intel333.3%+7.4%
HAS Hasbro450%+4.2%
% 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.
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