Companies With The Most Analyst Attention & Affection

Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Below we show the 20 stocks in the Russell 3,000 stocks index that have the largest amount of analyst coverage, along with the the stocks that have the highest percentage of buy ratings. We limited our list of highest % of buys to those stocks that have at least 10 analysts covering them.

As shown, technology stocks have the largest amount of analyst coverage, with Texas Instruments (TXN) topping them all at 44. These stocks are up an average of 7.73% year to date compared to the S&P 500's YTD return of 7.77%. The 20 stocks with the highest percentage of buys are up an average of 19.53% year to date. There are 3 stocks that have at least 10 analysts covering them with all buy ratings -- United Therapeutics Corp. (UTHR), Williams Scotsman International (WLSC) and Superior Energy Services (SPN).

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Comments

[BFA]

Have you guys run anything on the other side of the list -- the companies with low to no coverage?

[Josh Stern]

When analyst's change their ratings it tends to move stocks. So ideally one would measure stock performance in some window starting just after whatever analyst condition is being measured. In contrast, you give YTD statistics for stocks that are all buys but they were not all buys at the start of the year.

[harrymae]

When good stocks with a good balance sheet and incomestqtement fall, then the quality of the company and the price of theat stock are in disconnect.
The flow of money seems fickle!
H. Sutcliffe