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 Sean Laaman’s price targets were reached, how fast, and what the stocks did after each call: a 7‑year backtest of 447 ratings, compared with the average Wall Street analyst.
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Sean Laaman of Morgan Stanley ranks #756 of the 1,000 analysts Exent scores, with a 4.6★ rating and a focus on healthcare. Over a 7‑year lookback, 51.8% of Sean’s price targets were reached, 0.6 points below the 52.4% average across all analysts.
| Metric | Sean Laaman | All analysts |
|---|---|---|
| Price‑target hit rate | 51.8% | 52.4% |
| Median days to hit target | 94 days | 91 days |
| Calls up after 12 months | 92.0% | 64.0% |
| Median 12‑month return of calls | +44.0% | +13.4% |
| Hit rate, last 2 years | 51.1% | — |
| Average worst drop after a call | −14.1% | — |
| Ratings in the sample | 447 | — |
| Stocks covered | 43 | — |
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| Time to reach the target | Sean Laaman |
|---|---|
| Under 30 days | 16.0% |
| 30–90 days | 32.1% |
| 90–180 days | 25.5% |
| Over 180 days | 26.4% |
Share of the targets that were reached, by how long they took. Targets are usually set for 12 months.
| Stock | Ratings in the sample |
|---|---|
| NBIX | 32 |
| EXEL | 31 |
| JAZZ | 28 |
| IRON | 26 |
| ARGX | 25 |
| HALO | 25 |
| BBIO | 19 |
| ACAD | 18 |
In the past year Sean’s ratings were 66% Buy, 32% Hold and 2% Sell.
| Date | Stock | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | BMRN | Rated: Buy | Buy | $124.00 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | CGEM | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $30.00 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | NBIX | Rated: Hold | Hold | $183.00 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | RVMD | Initiated Coverage: Buy | Buy | $255.00 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | BMRN | Rated: Buy | Buy | $124.00 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | ARGX | Rated: Buy | Buy | $1250.00 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | JAZZ | Rated: Buy | Buy | $322.00 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | ACAD | Rated: Hold | Hold | $28.00 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | NBIX | Reiterated: Hold | Hold | $182.00 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | ARGX | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $1230.00 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | CGEM | Rated: Buy | Buy | $30.00 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | IRON | Rated: Buy | Buy | $90.00 |
Sean’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 Sean Laaman ranks #756 of 1,000 with a 4.6★ rating. 51.8% of price targets were reached over a 7-year lookback (all analysts: 52.4%), and 92.0% of calls were up 12 months later. Past accuracy does not guarantee future accuracy.
Sean Laaman’s success rate is 56.8% by the ranking source and 51.8% by Exent’s price-target hit-rate backtest, with a median of 94 days to reach a target.
Sean Laaman (Morgan Stanley) covers 43 stocks, mostly in healthcare. The most frequently rated are NBIX, EXEL, JAZZ, IRON, ARGX.
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