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 Shyam Patil’s price targets were reached, how fast, and what the stocks did after each call: a 7‑year backtest of 1,071 ratings, compared with the average Wall Street analyst.
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Shyam Patil of Susquehanna ranks #631 of the 1,000 analysts Exent scores, with a 4.8★ rating and a focus on technology. Over a 7‑year lookback, 53.5% of Shyam’s price targets were reached, 1.1 points above the 52.4% average across all analysts.
| Metric | Shyam Patil | All analysts |
|---|---|---|
| Price‑target hit rate | 53.5% | 52.4% |
| Median days to hit target | 78 days | 91 days |
| Calls up after 12 months | 49.9% | 64.0% |
| Median 12‑month return of calls | −0.1% | +13.4% |
| Hit rate, last 2 years | 59.1% | — |
| Average worst drop after a call | −29.1% | — |
| Ratings in the sample | 1,071 | — |
| Stocks covered | 40 | — |
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| Time to reach the target | Shyam Patil |
|---|---|
| Under 30 days | 33.7% |
| 30–90 days | 21.2% |
| 90–180 days | 23.1% |
| Over 180 days | 22.0% |
Share of the targets that were reached, by how long they took. Targets are usually set for 12 months.
| Stock | Ratings in the sample |
|---|---|
| EXPE | 19 |
| OKTA | 18 |
| LYFT | 16 |
| JD | 15 |
| TTD | 15 |
| ZG | 15 |
| EBAY | 15 |
| BIDU | 13 |
In the past year Shyam’s ratings were 46% Buy, 54% Hold and 0% Sell.
| Date | Stock | Action | Rating | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | PANW | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $415.00 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | S | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $28.00 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | BIDU | Reiterated: Hold | Hold | $105.00 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | BABA | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $190.00 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | CRWD | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $265.00 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | OKTA | Reiterated: Hold | Hold | $185.00 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | JD | Reiterated: Hold | Hold | $30.00 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | AKAM | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $140.00 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | ZD | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $75.00 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | LYFT | Reiterated: Hold | Hold | $18.00 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | NET | Reiterated: Hold | Hold | $300.00 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | DASH | Reiterated: Buy | Buy | $250.00 |
Shyam’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 Shyam Patil ranks #631 of 1,000 with a 4.8★ rating. 53.5% of price targets were reached over a 7-year lookback (all analysts: 52.4%), and 49.9% of calls were up 12 months later. Past accuracy does not guarantee future accuracy.
Shyam Patil’s success rate is 56.4% by the ranking source and 53.5% by Exent’s price-target hit-rate backtest, with a median of 78 days to reach a target.
Shyam Patil (Susquehanna) covers 40 stocks, mostly in technology. The most frequently rated are EXPE, OKTA, LYFT, JD, TTD.
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