Is Stifel a reliable analyst?

In short — Over 1 year, 64.1% of Stifel's targets proved profitable, for an average gain of +21.0% per call (all calls, winners and losers) — i.e. +6.2% vs its sector, across 1923 timestamped calls replayed against real prices. JPI verdict: fairly reliable. An analyst can be good in one sector and poor in another — details below.
64.1%profitable calls
+21.0%avg gain / call
+6.2%vs sector
1923scored calls

In which sectors is Stifel reliable?

SectorCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
Tech52866.5%+35.0%+40.4%+55.3% (129)
Energy9353.8%+14.3%+25.0%+9.6% (19)
Industry34864.9%+18.6%+24.5%+19.4% (67)
Comm.13064.6%+22.4%+18.4%+4.2% (11)
Cons. disc.25461.4%+14.6%+18.1%-4.6% (44)
Real estate11866.9%+12.3%+15.9%+6.6% (11)
Cons. staples14967.8%+13.2%+15.1%+8.4% (13)
Health24961.4%+15.3%+11.2%+1.3% (41)
Materials3855.3%+2.7%+8.2%+14.4% (6)
Finance1668.8%+13.1%+4.0%+4.8% (4)

The stocks Stifel covers (track record per stock)

StockCalls % profitable Avg gain 2015+ Avg gain 2020+ Last 12 months
LITE Lumentum1190.9%+288.1%+379.7%+133.9% (6)
FIX Comfort Systems USA4100%+217.1%+217.1%+113.0% (4)
APP AppLovin1181.8%+208.5%+208.5%
MU Micron Technology1637.5%+62.4%+143.7%+253.9% (6)
AMD Advanced Micro Devices1392.3%+113.0%+116.9%+107.0% (4)
CIEN Ciena11100%+69.0%+94.4%+124.2% (8)
NVDA Nvidia8100%+92.3%+92.3%+3.3% (4)
META Meta Platforms8100%+91.0%+91.0%
PWR Quanta Services11100%+71.9%+78.7%+58.8% (4)
KLAC KLA Corporation1776.5%+49.0%+73.9%+85.3% (4)
FLEX Flex Ltd.650%+10.6%+71.8%+108.3% (2)
IDXX Idexx Laboratories988.9%+42.3%+69.0%-4.2% (2)
LRCX Lam Research1573.3%+55.5%+65.4%+118.6% (7)
DECK Deckers Brands1190.9%+55.3%+62.0%+7.8% (2)
RCL Royal Caribbean Group3073.3%+38.4%+61.5%-9.0% (5)
WMB Williams Companies540%+28.4%+61.4%+3.4% (2)
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems1573.3%+42.4%+58.8%+19.8% (4)
TECH Bio-Techne5100%+55.2%+58.4%
CHRW C.H. Robinson475%+28.9%+57.6%+31.4% (5)
EXR Extra Space Storage580%+42.9%+57.5%
OKE Oneok5100%+56.7%+56.7%
BLDR Builders FirstSource837.5%+33.6%+56.7%
EME Emcor683.3%+38.8%+56.4%+16.1% (4)
GNRC Generac683.3%+53.6%+53.6%+21.8% (1)
COHR Coherent Corp.11100%+51.4%+51.4%+73.0% (6)
% 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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