Is Citigroup a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 65.9% of Citigroup's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +19.8% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +5.3% vs its sector, across 3846 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
65.9%profitable calls
+19.8%avg gain / call
+5.3%vs sector
3846scored calls

In which sectors is Citigroup reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Tech71472%+46.2%+58.8%+86.8% (224)
Industry59770.2%+24.0%+30.1%+13.0% (200)
Comm.19074.2%+29.3%+28.3%+0.8% (31)
Energy20550.2%+6.9%+25.9%+0.1% (35)
Cons. disc.47965.8%+13.9%+18.7%-2.2% (96)
Materials26659.8%+10.9%+13.5%+3.6% (73)
Health41464.7%+10.9%+12.7%+2.7% (74)
Finance52668.1%+10.5%+12.0%+6.6% (63)
Utilities6053.3%+3.7%+11.9%+3.3% (9)
Real estate15163.6%+9.3%+9.4%-1.8% (26)
Cons. staples24452.9%+2.5%+2.8%+7.6% (33)

The stocks Citigroup covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
FCX Freeport-McMoRan616.7%+31.5%+417.7%+13.8% (3)
STX Seagate Technology7100%+369.1%+369.1%+173.7% (11)
WDC Western Digital2161.9%+149.3%+244.6%+247.1% (12)
COHR Coherent Corp.7100%+178.8%+178.8%+18.2% (2)
VRT Vertiv1485.7%+177.6%+177.6%+46.2% (8)
CIEN Ciena1181.8%+118.0%+163.6%+51.1% (4)
EXPE Expedia Group757.1%+40.5%+145.3%
JCI Johnson Controls650%+20.7%+133.7%
NVDA Nvidia2495.8%+121.2%+132.9%+9.5% (6)
MU Micron Technology2470.8%+111.5%+129.6%+212.7% (13)
OXY Occidental Petroleum540%+30.0%+127.5%
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems4100%+120.1%+120.1%+33.6% (4)
APP AppLovin1266.7%+115.3%+115.3%-1.4% (4)
CVNA Carvana1687.5%+101.0%+94.1%-4.8% (5)
FANG Diamondback Energy683.3%+50.6%+92.5%
NRG NRG Energy944.4%+7.7%+87.5%-9.1% (1)
GLW Corning Inc.1275%+45.9%+84.2%+88.7% (8)
META Meta Platforms16100%+77.1%+77.1%
GE GE Aerospace9100%+73.7%+73.7%+23.4% (7)
DELL Dell Technologies2075%+47.6%+66.8%+150.2% (7)
NFLX Netflix966.7%+44.3%+64.9%
AMAT Applied Materials2982.8%+45.9%+64.5%+81.3% (7)
PWR Quanta Services1782.4%+39.8%+63.1%+29.0% (7)
AVGO Broadcom1894.4%+51.2%+62.8%+4.5% (7)
JBL Jabil757.1%+27.3%+60.7%
% 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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