Is DA Davidson a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 67% of DA Davidson's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +17.9% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +5.4% vs its sector, across 445 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
67%profitable calls
+17.9%avg gain / call
+5.4%vs sector
445scored calls

In which sectors is DA Davidson reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Industry5875.9%+37.8%+43.0%+12.4% (29)
Finance4381.4%+28.0%+28.7%+12.0% (30)
Materials1861.1%+16.3%+25.1%+0.9% (2)
Tech11770.9%+25.2%+22.8%+22.4% (63)
Cons. disc.9864.3%+9.3%+11.0%-3.6% (46)
Real estate1090%+13.8%-1.0%-4.7% (7)
Cons. staples7546.7%-0.5%-1.2%+12.8% (7)
Comm.2161.9%+2.5%-2.0%-6.3% (6)

The stocks DA Davidson covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
BLDR Builders FirstSource3100%+112.8%+157.8%
FIX Comfort Systems USA8100%+123.0%+137.9%+78.8% (3)
APP AppLovin366.7%+97.6%+97.6%
LRCX Lam Research366.7%+45.8%+68.2%
CRWD CrowdStrike1392.3%+61.1%+61.1%+57.4% (6)
COIN Coinbase560%+60.3%+60.3%
MS Morgan Stanley3100%+58.6%+58.6%
EME Emcor5100%+45.7%+50.1%+13.5% (3)
USB U.S. Bancorp3100%+39.5%+39.5%+23.3% (4)
FTNT Fortinet3100%+39.5%+39.5%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials560%+26.3%+33.3%-3.5% (1)
CFG Citizens Financial Group683.3%+32.1%+32.1%+29.4% (4)
BKNG Booking Holdings580%+31.7%+31.7%-0.8% (5)
NTAP NetApp475%+30.6%
PANW Palo Alto Networks5100%+28.8%+30.6%+85.0% (6)
DDOG Datadog580%+30.2%+30.2%+83.5% (7)
AAPL Apple Inc.2085%+31.4%+28.8%+52.8% (1)
CRH CRH plc3100%+27.8%+27.8%
AOS A. O. Smith540%+2.5%+27.7%
UBER Uber1566.7%+25.6%+25.6%-3.2% (4)
CRM Salesforce3100%+23.4%+23.4%
MSFT Microsoft966.7%+22.0%+22.0%-13.7% (4)
AMAT Applied Materials475%+20.7%+20.7%
AMZN Amazon1776.5%+20.3%+20.3%+8.5% (2)
VMC Vulcan Materials Company771.4%+19.3%+19.3%+5.2% (1)
% 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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