Is Piper Sandler a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 63% of Piper Sandler's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +20.4% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +6.3% vs its sector, across 1940 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
63%profitable calls
+20.4%avg gain / call
+6.3%vs sector
1940scored calls

In which sectors is Piper Sandler reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Cons. disc.24766.4%+37.3%+37.9%-5.9% (43)
Finance38071.1%+27.8%+30.9%+6.9% (78)
Tech48467.4%+28.0%+27.9%+24.1% (88)
Industry3663.9%+22.1%+26.5%+4.0% (7)
Comm.8172.8%+31.1%+25.0%+6.0% (13)
Energy19662.2%+12.9%+13.3%+14.9% (42)
Health28554.4%+4.4%+2.7%+12.2% (55)
Cons. staples12147.1%-0.2%-0.7%+7.8% (31)
Real estate7038.6%-4.5%-4.4%+15.3% (10)
Materials3946.2%-12.1%-11.9%

The stocks Piper Sandler covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
HOOD Robinhood Markets9100%+293.8%+293.8%+13.3% (5)
CVNA Carvana11100%+225.5%+225.5%-8.3% (1)
COIN Coinbase757.1%+130.0%+130.0%
NVDA Nvidia2692.3%+112.5%+114.8%+8.4% (1)
MU Micron Technology1040%+93.0%+105.6%+320.9% (3)
PWR Quanta Services5100%+88.5%+88.5%
ANET Arista Networks6100%+60.9%+88.1%+20.2% (3)
TSLA Tesla, Inc.3672.2%+105.3%+87.0%-9.0% (2)
META Meta Platforms7100%+79.3%+79.3%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices1586.7%+77.6%+77.6%+128.6% (4)
IBKR Interactive Brokers9100%+66.9%+66.9%+42.6% (3)
MRVL Marvell Technology771.4%+64.0%+64.0%+135.0% (1)
DECK Deckers Brands4100%+62.2%+62.2%+2.9% (2)
NXPI NXP Semiconductors683.3%+51.7%+59.2%
PANW Palo Alto Networks988.9%+48.8%+57.2%+69.6% (4)
PRU Prudential Financial4100%+54.5%+54.5%
CRWD CrowdStrike1681.3%+52.5%+52.1%+59.1% (2)
COF Capital One1346.2%+32.5%+51.3%+1.1% (1)
AVGO Broadcom1392.3%+45.7%+47.8%+15.3% (3)
MPC Marathon Petroleum3100%+46.8%+46.8%
TTWO Take-Two Interactive3100%+41.8%+44.3%+19.5% (1)
PFG Principal Financial Group7100%+44.2%+44.2%+16.6% (2)
ORCL Oracle Corporation2085%+32.2%+41.9%-31.6% (7)
FSLR First Solar1675%+41.1%+41.1%
DRI Darden Restaurants580%+25.3%+39.8%
% 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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