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Scratching My Data Itch: Analysts at Earnings Calls

I hate to tell you this but I strongly suspect your time was wasted. The curve looks "normal" to me (when you're bounded by zero on the downside). Further, I'm 95 or 98.6% sure the correlation to the number of analysts following the stock would be close to 1. There should also be a high correlation to the stock's market cap. Both of the two factors I mention are monitored by "quants" and can be a factor in stock performance (ie, "neglect" and "small cap")...

but will you're study help you pick winning stocks? No, not really.