Is RBC Capital a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 61.4% of RBC Capital's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +9.0% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. -1.9% vs its sector, across 2806 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: mixed reliability. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
61.4%profitable calls
+9.0%avg gain / call
-1.9%vs sector
2806scored calls

In which sectors is RBC Capital reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Energy15164.9%+16.5%+21.4%+14.3% (24)
Comm.9863.3%+21.0%+18.3%-18.0% (12)
Industry42968.1%+17.4%+18.3%+7.8% (86)
Finance45172.9%+13.3%+14.3%+4.2% (75)
Utilities7265.3%+10.0%+11.4%+6.7% (3)
Tech41766.2%+12.9%+11.0%+14.5% (100)
Cons. staples15654.5%+4.1%+3.0%+6.5% (27)
Materials17256.4%+1.5%+1.9%+3.5% (47)
Health37750.4%+2.1%+1.9%+2.4% (70)
Cons. disc.29255.8%-1.7%+1.2%-0.5% (56)
Real estate19144.5%-0.6%-1.8%+2.3% (17)

The stocks RBC Capital covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
GEV GE Vernova12100%+149.9%+149.9%+33.1% (3)
EXPE Expedia Group3100%+50.5%+118.2%
NVDA Nvidia8100%+101.6%+80.9%+0.9% (5)
DE Deere & Company366.7%+25.4%+79.1%+13.6% (5)
HWM Howmet Aerospace6100%+77.8%+77.8%+23.1% (2)
LRCX Lam Research580%+39.4%+68.4%+37.1% (3)
META Meta Platforms1392.3%+63.7%+63.7%
CRWD CrowdStrike2669.2%+59.3%+59.3%+55.9% (6)
GE GE Aerospace2195.2%+57.0%+57.0%+27.7% (4)
DLTR Dollar Tree887.5%+23.0%+49.9%
AMD Advanced Micro Devices475%+47.3%+44.3%
TRGP Targa Resources1573.3%+38.5%+43.6%+45.1% (6)
ORCL Oracle Corporation366.7%+20.3%+42.9%
C Citigroup887.5%+40.4%+40.4%+13.1% (2)
AAPL Apple Inc.8100%+45.0%+39.9%
BKR Baker Hughes1190.9%+39.9%+39.9%-19.5% (1)
MPC Marathon Petroleum771.4%+20.2%+39.3%
UBER Uber2281.8%+35.0%+36.9%-8.8% (2)
MET MetLife785.7%+26.8%+36.2%
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc.1675%+36.0%+36.0%+20.4% (6)
VLO Valero Energy2391.3%+35.6%+35.6%
AVGO Broadcom5100%+31.2%+35.5%
CTAS Cintas15100%+33.6%+33.9%
EQT EQT Corporation966.7%+31.6%+33.6%
VST Vistra Corp.3100%+29.1%+32.5%
% 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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