Are Analyst Price Targets Accurate? 7 Years of Data
How often Wall Street price targets are reached, how long it takes, and how the promised upside compares with what stocks actually did. From Exent’s backtest of 628,792 analyst ratings.
How often Randy Binner’s price targets were reached, how fast, and what the stocks did after each call: a 7‑year backtest of 603 ratings, compared with the average Wall Street analyst.
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Randy Binner of Texas Capital Securities ranks #354 of the 1,000 analysts Exent scores, with a 4.9★ rating and a focus on financials. Over a 7‑year lookback, 35.1% of Randy’s price targets were reached, 17.3 points below the 52.4% average across all analysts.
| Metric | Randy Binner | All analysts |
|---|---|---|
| Price‑target hit rate | 35.1% | 52.4% |
| Median days to hit target | 137 days | 91 days |
| Calls up after 12 months | 62.1% | 64.0% |
| Median 12‑month return of calls | +14.4% | +13.4% |
| Hit rate, last 2 years | 21.6% | — |
| Average worst drop after a call | −26.1% | — |
| Ratings in the sample | 603 | — |
| Stocks covered | 49 | — |
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| Time to reach the target | Randy Binner |
|---|---|
| Under 30 days | 17.5% |
| 30–90 days | 13.8% |
| 90–180 days | 27.5% |
| Over 180 days | 41.3% |
Share of the targets that were reached, by how long they took. Targets are usually set for 12 months.
| Stock | Ratings in the sample |
|---|---|
| VCTR | 30 |
| CNO | 22 |
| MTG | 21 |
| RLI | 21 |
| DBRG | 19 |
| ECC | 17 |
| NMIH | 17 |
| LNC | 15 |
In the past year Randy’s ratings were 88% Buy, 12% Hold and 0% Sell.
| Date | Stock | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | CNO | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $70.00 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | ATLC | Initiated Coverage: Hold | Hold | $100.00 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | ONIT | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $49.00 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | CNO | Initiated Coverage: Buy | Buy | $70.00 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | OTC-FNMA | Initiated Coverage: Hold | Hold | $7.00 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | GSHD | Initiated Coverage: Hold | Hold | $80.00 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | ATLC | Upgraded: Buy | Buy | $144.00 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | ABX | Initiated Coverage | Buy | $15.00 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | SKWD | Initiated Coverage | Buy | $59.00 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | HIPO | Initiated Coverage: Buy | Buy | $43.00 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | ATLC | Initiated Coverage: Buy | Buy | $100.00 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | HIPO | Initiated Coverage | Buy | $43.00 |
Randy’s ratings are free on Exent 3 days after publication. Exent Gems has them the same day, with the calls of the top‑ranked analysts and the stocks where several of them agree.
Exent replays every rating with a price target over a 7‑year lookback: was the target reached, how long it took, and what the stock returned 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after the call. The star rating and rank combine success rate, average return and the number of ratings, so a few lucky calls do not make a top analyst. Statistics as of Jun 24, 2026; ranking updated Oct 20, 2026. How accurate are analyst price targets overall?
Past performance does not guarantee future results. Historical figures are calculated by Exent from market data and are for education only; they are not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any security.
By Exent’s scoring Randy Binner ranks #354 of 1,000 with a 4.9★ rating. 35.1% of price targets were reached over a 7-year lookback (all analysts: 52.4%), and 62.1% of calls were up 12 months later. Past accuracy does not guarantee future accuracy.
Randy Binner’s success rate is 61.4% by the ranking source and 35.1% by Exent’s price-target hit-rate backtest, with a median of 137 days to reach a target.
Randy Binner (Texas Capital Securities) covers 49 stocks, mostly in financials. The most frequently rated are VCTR, CNO, MTG, RLI, DBRG.
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