Is Mizuho a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 61% of Mizuho's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +17.6% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +2.8% vs its sector, across 1807 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
61%profitable calls
+17.6%avg gain / call
+2.8%vs sector
1807scored calls

In which sectors is Mizuho reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Comm.5278.8%+43.6%+45.4%+15.9% (4)
Tech57263.5%+36.5%+38.6%+87.1% (154)
Industry11671.6%+19.5%+19.8%+18.5% (20)
Cons. disc.13263.6%+14.2%+18.0%-3.8% (51)
Energy19762.9%+12.5%+14.1%+3.5% (34)
Health20365%+11.4%+11.1%+6.7% (58)
Utilities18659.1%+3.3%+3.7%+7.9% (24)
Cons. staples1656.3%+3.4%+3.6%+1.3% (9)
Real estate16247.5%+1.6%+1.5%+5.1% (29)
Materials8949.4%+1.1%+1.1%+11.2% (27)
Finance8243.9%-16.1%-17.9%+4.7% (41)

The stocks Mizuho covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
GEV GE Vernova3100%+194.5%+194.5%
STX Seagate Technology771.4%+136.6%+136.6%+135.0% (6)
META Meta Platforms1291.7%+92.3%+92.3%
NVDA Nvidia3789.2%+92.4%+91.8%+9.8% (5)
DELL Dell Technologies5100%+79.5%+79.5%+96.6% (9)
HOOD Robinhood Markets1369.2%+75.2%+75.2%+17.3% (8)
LRCX Lam Research2272.7%+64.6%+68.2%+130.5% (8)
WDC Western Digital2138.1%+58.9%+67.6%+250.6% (7)
MU Micron Technology3250%+55.7%+63.4%+221.9% (12)
RCL Royal Caribbean Group4100%+62.9%+62.9%-6.0% (2)
VRT Vertiv4100%+62.5%+62.5%+82.8% (3)
AMD Advanced Micro Devices3070%+58.5%+61.8%+116.0% (9)
AMAT Applied Materials2382.6%+57.2%+57.2%+98.3% (6)
PANW Palo Alto Networks1794.1%+44.7%+49.4%+64.3% (3)
AVGO Broadcom2889.3%+43.5%+49.4%+5.9% (8)
DASH DoorDash683.3%+49.0%+49.0%-5.2% (3)
GM General Motors7100%+46.1%+46.1%+6.1% (3)
MPC Marathon Petroleum475%+26.4%+46.1%
BSX Boston Scientific4100%+39.9%+39.9%-35.3% (2)
ON ON Semiconductor2360.9%+32.8%+38.6%-4.1% (5)
LLY Lilly (Eli)6100%+36.8%+36.8%
TRGP Targa Resources1283.3%+36.0%+36.0%+28.0% (3)
UBER Uber1384.6%+32.2%+36.0%-12.1% (2)
FSLR First Solar683.3%+35.0%+35.0%+10.8% (3)
ORCL Oracle Corporation1190.9%+31.1%+31.1%-36.4% (3)
% 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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