Is Barclays a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 59.8% of Barclays's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +10.4% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +2.4% vs its sector, across 5130 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
59.8%profitable calls
+10.4%avg gain / call
+2.4%vs sector
5130scored calls

In which sectors is Barclays reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Tech86565.8%+24.3%+27.1%+37.1% (195)
Comm.13662.5%+16.4%+19.3%+20.2% (14)
Energy33155.3%+10.1%+18.4%+6.1% (51)
Cons. disc.61062.1%+10.1%+15.6%+2.4% (128)
Industry77259.6%+11.4%+13.4%+7.7% (172)
Utilities27572.7%+10.3%+11.1%+4.2% (75)
Materials12960.5%+7.6%+7.7%+3.7% (29)
Finance83662%+6.9%+6.9%-0.4% (194)
Health55755.7%+4.7%+3.8%+5.5% (152)
Cons. staples31649.4%-0.5%-1.1%+1.0% (60)
Real estate30342.6%-1.4%-5.1%+2.8% (72)

The stocks Barclays covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
MU Micron Technology2491.7%+121.5%+151.7%+238.6% (7)
COHR Coherent Corp.977.8%+118.5%+118.5%+101.5% (6)
GEV GE Vernova8100%+109.7%+109.7%+58.4% (7)
WDC Western Digital1163.6%+54.1%+99.4%+202.1% (7)
NVDA Nvidia2982.8%+72.5%+97.8%+10.3% (2)
FLEX Flex Ltd.6100%+90.9%+90.9%+74.8% (6)
HWM Howmet Aerospace8100%+90.6%+90.6%+53.6% (1)
FCX Freeport-McMoRan666.7%+70.6%+89.1%-7.8% (1)
META Meta Platforms1291.7%+84.9%+84.9%
LITE Lumentum2123.8%+47.7%+84.8%+421.0% (2)
LH Labcorp966.7%+17.1%+80.4%
GE GE Aerospace1894.4%+74.1%+74.1%+39.4% (1)
RCL Royal Caribbean Group2290.9%+63.0%+72.0%-4.4% (6)
AXON Axon Enterprise1090%+67.6%+67.6%+29.3% (3)
CIEN Ciena1776.5%+55.2%+62.7%+93.5% (4)
AMD Advanced Micro Devices1764.7%+34.4%+61.6%+92.2% (4)
IBKR Interactive Brokers22100%+55.8%+55.8%+38.5% (9)
TRGP Targa Resources2360.9%+23.8%+55.5%+18.5% (4)
ANET Arista Networks1794.1%+47.0%+55.1%+19.5% (5)
BX Blackstone Inc.1464.3%+10.4%+54.4%
CEG Constellation Energy6100%+51.7%+51.7%-16.8% (2)
JBL Jabil1080%+50.2%+50.2%+24.1% (4)
DVN Devon Energy1650%+23.4%+49.0%-4.8% (4)
HAS Hasbro650%+1.3%+47.9%
RL Ralph Lauren Corporation1675%+16.8%+46.2%+21.1% (6)
% 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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