Is Pivotal Research a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 66.3% of Pivotal Research's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +18.3% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +6.9% vs its sector, across 80 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.

66.3%profitable calls

+18.3%avg gain / call

+6.9%vs sector

80scored calls

In which sectors is Pivotal Research reliable?

Sector

Calls

% profitable

Avg gain 2015+

Avg gain 2020+

Last 12 months

▸ Comm.

63%

+19.5%

+21.0%

+13.2% (2)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Feb 5, 26	Feb 5, 27	$331.25	🎯$420	$367.03	+27%	+11% so far
GOOG	▲ Buy	Dec 5, 25	Dec 5, 26	$314.45	🎯$400	$363.62	+27%	+16% so far
NFLX	▲ Buy	Jun 20, 25	Jun 20, 26	$125.35	🎯$1600	$72.7	+1176%	-41.9%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Apr 21, 25	Apr 21, 26	$98.79	🎯$1350	$92.86	+1267%	-6.3%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Jan 31, 25	Jan 31, 26	$31.55	🎯$40	$29.66	+27%	-6.2%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Jan 22, 25	Jan 22, 26	$95.4	🎯$1250	$83.95	+1210%	-12.4%
TKO	▲ Buy	Nov 26, 24	Nov 26, 25	$138.21	🎯$165	$193.49	+19%	+40.3%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Nov 20, 24	Nov 20, 25	$88.39	🎯$1100	$106.07	+1144%	+19.6%

Sample (6 recent finished + 2 in progress) of 54 calls.

▸ Cons. disc.

81.8%

+28.2%

+17.9%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AMZN	▲ Buy	Oct 11, 24	Oct 11, 25	$188.82	🎯$260	$220.92	+38%	+16.6%
NKE	▲ Buy	Jun 25, 21	Jun 25, 22	$154.35	🎯$175	$111.13	+13%	-28.4%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Feb 3, 21	Feb 3, 22	$165.63	🎯$4650	$139.13	+2707%	-16.2%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Oct 1, 20	Oct 1, 21	$161.06	🎯$4500	$164.28	+2694%	+1.9%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Jun 5, 20	Jun 5, 21	$124.15	🎯$2700	$160.15	+2075%	+28.8%
AMZN	▲ Buy	May 1, 20	May 1, 21	$114.3	🎯$2700	$169.16	+2262%	+48.1%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Jan 22, 20	Jan 21, 21	$94.23	🎯$2250	$164.9	+2288%	+74.7%
NKE	▲ Buy	Sep 25, 19	Sep 24, 20	$90.81	🎯$104	$124.41	+15%	+37.4%

Sample (8 recent finished + 0 in progress) of 11 calls.

▸ Tech

66.7%

+1.1%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CRM	▲ Buy	Jan 7, 19	Jan 7, 20	$142.22	🎯$164	$176.35	+15%	+23.8%
ADBE	▲ Buy	Jan 7, 19	Jan 7, 20	$229.26	🎯$262	$332.43	+14%	+45.4%
NTAP	▲ Buy	Apr 4, 18	Apr 4, 19	$62.11	—	$71.43	—	+15.1%
CTSH	▲ Buy	Nov 8, 17	Nov 8, 18	$74.38	🎯$93	$71.4	+25%	-4.2%
ACN	▲ Buy	Nov 8, 17	Nov 8, 18	$144.89	🎯$165	$165.17	+14%	+13.5%
IBM	▲ Buy	Oct 27, 17	Oct 27, 18	$146.92	🎯$180	$114.6	+23%	-22.1%
ADBE	▼ Sell	Jun 12, 17	Jun 12, 18	$137.25	—	$252.54	—	-84%
CRM	▲ Buy	Aug 21, 15	Aug 20, 16	$69.15	🎯$82	$77.45	+19%	+11.7%

Sample (8 recent finished + 0 in progress) of 9 calls.

The stocks Pivotal Research covers (track record per stock)

Stock

Calls

% profitable

Avg gain 2015+

Avg gain 2020+

Last 12 months

▸ TTD Trade Desk (The)

66.7%

+27.6%

+189.9%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
TTD	▲ Buy	Jan 22, 20	Jan 21, 21	$28.04	🎯$320	$81.32	+1041%	+189.9%
TTD	▲ Buy	May 29, 19	May 28, 20	$20.15	🎯$255	$29.82	+1166%	+48%
TTD	▼ Sell	Jul 9, 18	Jul 9, 19	$9.45	🎯$58	$24.1	+514%	-155.1%

▸ GOOGL Alphabet Inc. (Class A)

100%

+46.5%

+49.8%

+10.8% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Feb 5, 26	Feb 5, 27	$331.25	🎯$420	$367.03	+27%	+11% so far
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Oct 30, 24	Oct 30, 25	$171.11	🎯$225	$280.62	+31%	+64.3%
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Feb 3, 21	Feb 3, 22	$102.68	🎯$2750	$143.75	+2578%	+39.6%
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Apr 28, 20	Apr 28, 21	$67.11	🎯$1575	$119.46	+2247%	+78.3%
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Feb 4, 20	Feb 3, 21	$72.27	🎯$1700	$102.62	+2252%	+42.4%
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Jan 6, 20	Jan 5, 21	$69.89	🎯$1650	$86.66	+2261%	+24.5%
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Jan 7, 19	Jan 7, 20	$53.8	🎯$1240	$69.94	+2205%	+29.7%
GOOGL	▲ Buy	Apr 9, 12	Apr 9, 13	$15.79	🎯$820	$19.42	+5093%	+23.3%

▸ GOOG Alphabet Inc. (Class C)

100%

+48.8%

+15.6% (1)

Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
GOOG	▲ Buy	Dec 5, 25	Dec 5, 26	$314.45	🎯$400	$363.62	+27%	+16% so far
GOOG	▲ Buy	Oct 30, 24	Oct 30, 25	$176.14	🎯$225	$281.82	+28%	+60%
GOOG	▲ Buy	Oct 1, 24	Oct 1, 25	$168.42	🎯$215	$245.89	+28%	+45.8%
GOOG	▲ Buy	Feb 3, 21	Feb 3, 22	$103.5	🎯$2750	$142.83	+2557%	+37.8%
GOOG	▲ Buy	Apr 28, 20	Apr 28, 21	$67.07	🎯$1575	$121.4	+2248%	+81.1%
GOOG	▲ Buy	Feb 4, 20	Feb 3, 21	$72.35	🎯$1700	$103.46	+2250%	+43.1%
GOOG	▲ Buy	Jan 6, 20	Jan 5, 21	$69.71	🎯$1650	$87.14	+2267%	+24.9%
GOOG	▲ Buy	Jan 7, 13	Jan 7, 14	$18.26	🎯$840	$28.49	+4500%	+55.6%

▸ KR Kroger

100%

+44.7%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
KR	▲ Buy	Aug 2, 19	Aug 1, 20	$22.24	🎯$26	$35.14	+17%	+57.8%
KR	▲ Buy	Oct 12, 17	Oct 12, 18	$21.3	—	$27.48	—	+29.1%
KR	▲ Buy	Sep 12, 17	Sep 12, 18	$21.58	🎯$25	$31.72	+16%	+47%

▸ AMZN Amazon

83.3%

+25.7%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
AMZN	▲ Buy	Oct 11, 24	Oct 11, 25	$188.82	🎯$260	$220.92	+38%	+16.6%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Feb 3, 21	Feb 3, 22	$165.63	🎯$4650	$139.13	+2707%	-16.2%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Oct 1, 20	Oct 1, 21	$161.06	🎯$4500	$164.28	+2694%	+1.9%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Jun 5, 20	Jun 5, 21	$124.15	🎯$2700	$160.15	+2075%	+28.8%
AMZN	▲ Buy	May 1, 20	May 1, 21	$114.3	🎯$2700	$169.16	+2262%	+48.1%
AMZN	▲ Buy	Jan 22, 20	Jan 21, 21	$94.23	🎯$2250	$164.9	+2288%	+74.7%

▸ NFLX Netflix

58.3%

+15.9%

+4.7%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
NFLX	▲ Buy	Jun 20, 25	Jun 20, 26	$125.35	🎯$1600	$72.7	+1176%	-41.9%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Apr 21, 25	Apr 21, 26	$98.79	🎯$1350	$92.86	+1267%	-6.3%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Jan 22, 25	Jan 22, 26	$95.4	🎯$1250	$83.95	+1210%	-12.4%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Nov 20, 24	Nov 20, 25	$88.39	🎯$1100	$106.07	+1144%	+19.6%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Oct 18, 24	Oct 18, 25	$76.39	🎯$925	$123.75	+1111%	+62.1%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Aug 30, 24	Aug 30, 25	$67.53	🎯$900	$121.55	+1233%	+79.8%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Apr 19, 24	Apr 19, 25	$55.5	🎯$800	$98.79	+1341%	+78%
NFLX	▲ Buy	Apr 5, 24	Apr 5, 25	$63.62	🎯$765	$86.52	+1102%	+36.4%

Sample (8 recent finished + 0 in progress) of 24 calls.

▸ CMCSA Comcast

40%

-2.4%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Jan 31, 25	Jan 31, 26	$31.55	🎯$40	$29.66	+27%	-6.2%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Nov 1, 24	Nov 1, 25	$39.86	🎯$54	$25.11	+35%	-36.6%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Apr 28, 23	Apr 27, 24	$38.77	🎯$48	$36.44	+24%	-6.1%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Jan 27, 23	Jan 27, 24	$37.11	🎯$47	$43.05	+27%	+16.4%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Jul 29, 22	Jul 29, 23	$35.16	🎯$47	$42.54	+34%	+20.6%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	May 1, 13	May 1, 14	$19.73	🎯$50	$24.47	+153%	+23.6%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Feb 13, 13	Feb 13, 14	$18.9	🎯$48	$25.14	+154%	+33.1%
CMCSA	▲ Buy	Oct 26, 12	Oct 26, 13	$17.59	🎯$47	$22.69	+167%	+28.5%

▸ DIS Walt Disney Company (The)

33.3%

-7.4%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
DIS	▼ Sell	Jun 18, 18	Jun 18, 19	$107.06	—	$139.18	—	-30.1%
DIS	▼ Sell	Jan 12, 17	Jan 12, 18	$107.53	🎯$85	$112.91	-21%	-4.6%
DIS	▲ Buy	Apr 18, 16	Apr 18, 17	$101.48	🎯$121	$114.67	+19%	+12.5%

▸ ADBE Adobe Inc.

66.7%

-9.2%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
ADBE	▲ Buy	Jan 7, 19	Jan 7, 20	$229.26	🎯$262	$332.43	+14%	+45.4%
ADBE	▼ Sell	Jun 12, 17	Jun 12, 18	$137.25	—	$252.54	—	-84%
ADBE	▲ Buy	Feb 25, 15	Feb 25, 16	$78.07	🎯$98	$86.66	+26%	+11%

▸ CHTR Charter Communications

25%

-14.9%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
CHTR	▲ Buy	Jul 29, 24	Jul 29, 25	$377.36	🎯$435	$279.25	+15%	-25.6%
CHTR	▲ Buy	May 2, 23	May 1, 24	$357.23	🎯$500	$260.78	+40%	-27.3%
CHTR	▲ Buy	Oct 31, 22	Oct 31, 23	$367.62	🎯$475	$404.38	+29%	+9.6%
CHTR	▲ Buy	May 3, 22	May 3, 23	$425.62	🎯$585	$357.52	+37%	-16.1%
CHTR	▲ Buy	Feb 25, 13	Feb 25, 14	$83.3	🎯$107	$121.62	+28%	+45.7%
CHTR	▲ Buy	Nov 6, 12	Nov 6, 13	$69.47	🎯$104	$127.13	+50%	+83.5%

▸ NKE Nike, Inc.

66.7%

+15.7%

-28.4%

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Stock	Rating	Issued	Matures (1yr)	Price at call	Target	End price	Targeted	Result
NKE	▲ Buy	Jun 25, 21	Jun 25, 22	$154.35	🎯$175	$111.13	+13%	-28.4%
NKE	▲ Buy	Sep 25, 19	Sep 24, 20	$90.81	🎯$104	$124.41	+15%	+37.4%
NKE	▲ Buy	Dec 21, 18	Dec 21, 19	$72.37	🎯$80	$99.87	+11%	+38.2%

% 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.