Is Baird a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 65.7% of Baird's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +17.6% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +2.9% vs its sector, across 1714 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
65.7%profitable calls
+17.6%avg gain / call
+2.9%vs sector
1714scored calls

In which sectors is Baird reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Tech38270.4%+28.4%+29.8%+14.2% (61)
Comm.6773.1%+20.6%+21.9%+9.0% (6)
Industry33865.4%+17.1%+18.4%+9.5% (44)
Cons. staples6071.7%+16.9%+17.0%+8.0% (2)
Utilities11100%+19.3%+16.2%
Cons. disc.32663.8%+16.9%+15.3%-2.7% (48)
Finance14971.8%+13.7%+13.1%-0.4% (17)
Health28159.8%+12.1%+8.4%+1.0% (44)
Real estate6256.5%+3.2%+0.5%+1.2% (10)
Materials3043.3%+0.1%-3.6%-18.6% (7)
Energy825%-20.7%-30.5%

The stocks Baird covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
MU Micron Technology1258.3%+140.7%+228.8%
GEV GE Vernova3100%+178.5%+178.5%+33.2% (2)
AMD Advanced Micro Devices5100%+105.7%+126.0%+22.5% (1)
NVDA Nvidia8100%+97.5%+97.5%+2.9% (4)
HWM Howmet Aerospace6100%+88.7%+88.7%
WDC Western Digital966.7%+56.0%+77.3%+20.3% (1)
TPR Tapestry, Inc.977.8%+58.1%+69.3%+3.3% (1)
META Meta Platforms5100%+68.6%+68.6%
AVGO Broadcom9100%+56.8%+68.4%
APH Amphenol11100%+63.5%+63.5%+42.7% (3)
PH Parker Hannifin683.3%+49.7%+60.9%+13.8% (2)
GNRC Generac450%+61.7%+58.0%+54.3% (1)
AXON Axon Enterprise1080%+54.0%+57.4%
CRWD CrowdStrike1090%+54.6%+54.6%
DDOG Datadog366.7%+50.3%+50.3%
TRMB Trimble Inc.1384.6%+39.6%+47.1%-14.1% (1)
PWR Quanta Services10100%+42.6%+46.6%+19.6% (1)
HON Honeywell366.7%+38.3%+45.3%
TER Teradyne1080%+45.1%+41.5%+2.9% (2)
FAST Fastenal4100%+37.4%+40.5%+2.1% (3)
TFC Truist Financial5100%+38.8%+38.8%+9.9% (1)
HBAN Huntington Bancshares3100%+48.7%+38.2%
BAC Bank of America4100%+28.4%+37.6%
TEL TE Connectivity785.7%+28.4%+35.7%-5.8% (2)
EBAY eBay Inc.10100%+31.1%+35.6%+38.5% (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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