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.
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Best Communication Services Analysts on Wall Street: Track Records Ranked
Exent ranks 50 communication services analysts among Wall Street’s 1,000 by price‑target hit rate, returns after their calls and number of ratings, from a 7‑year backtest. How the sector’s analysts do, and who ranks below the members‑only top 50.
Key takeaways
- 50 of the 1,000 analysts Exent ranks cover communication services mainly; their median price‑target hit rate is 50.7% (all analysts: 52.4%).
- A median 58.8% of their calls were up 12 months later; targets that were hit took a median 82 days.
- Every ranked communication services analyst is in the sector’s top 50, so the whole list is members‑only in Exent Gems.
How accurate are communication services analysts?
| Median across the sector’s analysts | Communication Services | All analysts |
|---|---|---|
| Price‑target hit rate | 50.7% | 52.4% |
| Calls up after 12 months | 58.8% | 64.0% |
| Median 12‑month return of calls | +7.9% | +13.4% |
| Median days to hit target | 82 days | 91 days |
The top‑ranked communication services analysts
The top 50 communication services analysts are the ones Exent Gems follows in this sector. Who they are and what they are rating now is for members; their records are below.
| Sector rank | Analyst | Firm | Stars | Hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 5.0★ | 69.7% | ||
| #2 | 5.0★ | 58.4% | ||
| #3 | 4.9★ | 52.4% | ||
| #4 | 4.9★ | 53.2% | ||
| #5 | 4.9★ | 87.6% | ||
| #6 | 4.9★ | 52.2% | ||
| #7 | 4.9★ | 47.2% | ||
| #8 | 4.9★ | 40.7% | ||
| #9 | 4.9★ | 60.0% | ||
| #10 | 4.9★ | 59.5% |
- #1
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 5.0★
- Hit rate
- 69.7%
- #2
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 5.0★
- Hit rate
- 58.4%
- #3
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 52.4%
- #4
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 53.2%
- #5
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 87.6%
- #6
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 52.2%
- #7
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 47.2%
- #8
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 40.7%
- #9
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 60.0%
- #10
- Analyst
- Firm
- Stars
- 4.9★
- Hit rate
- 59.5%
How analysts are ranked
Every rating with a price target over a 7‑year lookback is replayed: was the target reached, how fast, and what the stock returned 1, 3, 6 and 12 months later. The ranking combines success rate, average return and number of ratings; the sector rank orders the analysts whose main sector is communication services. Sector figures are medians, so one star analyst does not carry the group. All sectors and the overall ranking.
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.
Frequently asked questions
In Exent’s ranking, the top communication services analyst reached 69.7% of price targets over a 7-year lookback, against a 50.7% median for the sector. The names and live calls of the top 50 communication services analysts are members-only in Exent Gems (exent.ai/radar).
Across the 50 communication services analysts in Exent’s ranking, the median price-target hit rate was 50.7% over a 7-year lookback, against 52.4% for all analysts, and a median 58.8% of their calls were up 12 months later.
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Educational content, not investment advice. Examples are illustrative; past performance does not guarantee future results.