Is Bernstein a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 64.9% of Bernstein's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +13.4% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +3.1% vs its sector, across 499 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
64.9%profitable calls
+13.4%avg gain / call
+3.1%vs sector
499scored calls

In which sectors is Bernstein reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Comm.4870.8%+28.5%+30.1%-12.2% (8)
Finance3565.7%+15.4%+29.6%+25.4% (4)
Tech11064.5%+18.9%+23.9%+79.8% (43)
Energy3363.6%+15.6%+16.8%+1.7% (9)
Industry6570.8%+11.5%+12.1%+6.6% (27)
Health5865.5%+10.2%+6.7%+9.1% (33)
Cons. staples5360.4%+6.1%+4.7%-7.4% (24)
Cons. disc.8757.5%+4.1%-3.2%-2.2% (22)

The stocks Bernstein covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
NVDA Nvidia9100%+111.9%+115.9%+8.2% (4)
HOOD Robinhood Markets3100%+112.9%+112.9%+51.3% (2)
META Meta Platforms6100%+85.2%+85.2%
MU Micron Technology450%+39.3%+65.0%+103.2% (1)
PYPL PayPal3100%+56.1%+55.7%
SLB Schlumberger3100%+37.9%+55.4%+0.8% (3)
UBER Uber3100%+50.7%+50.7%-18.9% (2)
CRWD CrowdStrike4100%+48.1%+48.1%
NFLX Netflix475%+32.2%+46.1%-40.2% (1)
ORCL Oracle Corporation3100%+45.8%+45.8%-36.6% (4)
AVGO Broadcom4100%+41.8%+43.1%+2.6% (3)
UAL United Airlines Holdings3100%+35.1%+38.3%-3.8% (1)
LHX L3Harris366.7%+23.2%+37.1%-2.4% (1)
TTWO Take-Two Interactive580%+26.0%+32.4%
NOW ServiceNow580%+39.2%+31.4%
AMZN Amazon2080%+28.5%+28.5%-5.7% (2)
DAL Delta Air Lines4100%+23.2%+27.6%+29.1% (3)
ISRG Intuitive Surgical3100%+21.0%+27.1%-21.9% (2)
TJX TJX Companies366.7%+25.0%+25.3%+8.5% (2)
WMT Walmart3100%+23.7%+24.9%-1.7% (3)
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals580%+23.7%+23.7%+17.8% (2)
MSFT Microsoft977.8%+23.1%+23.1%-15.5% (2)
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. (Class A)1266.7%+22.9%+22.9%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. (Class C)1163.6%+22.5%+22.5%
TRMB Trimble Inc.450%+20.6%+20.6%
% 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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