Benzinga - by Avi Kapoor, Benzinga Staff Writer.
The Dow Jones index closed higher on Friday, with all three major indices recording gains for the seventh straight week. As of Friday, the Dow is higher by around 3.8% for the month, while the S&P 500 has added 3.3% during the period.
Wall Street analysts make new stock picks on a daily basis. Unfortunately for investors, not all analysts have particularly impressive track records at predicting market movements. Even when it comes to one single stock, analyst ratings and price targets can vary widely, leaving investors confused about which analyst's opinion to trust.
Benzinga's Analyst Ratings API is a collection of the highest-quality stock ratings curated by the Benzinga news desk via direct partnerships with major sell-side banks. Benzinga displays overnight ratings changes on a daily basis three hours prior to the U.S. equity market opening. Data specialists at investment dashboard provider Toggle.ai recently uncovered that the analyst insights Benzinga Pro subscribers and Benzinga readers regularly receive can successfully be used as trading indicators to outperform the stock market.
Top Analyst Picks: Fortunately, any Benzinga reader can access the latest analyst ratings on the Analyst Stock Ratings page. One of the ways traders can sort through Benzinga's extensive database of analyst ratings is by analyst accuracy. Here's a look at the most recent stock picks from each of the five most accurate Wall Street analysts, according to Benzinga Analyst Stock Ratings.
Analyst: Eric Gonzalez
- Analyst Firm: Keybanc
- Ratings Accuracy: 85%
- Latest Rating: Maintained an Overweight rating on Dine Brands Global, Inc. (NYSE: DIN) and raised the price target from $55 to $57 on Dec. 15, 2023. This analysts sees around 16% surge in the stock.
- Recent News: On Nov. 1, Dine Brands Global reported a third-quarter FY23 revenue decline of 13.1% year-on-year to $202.58 million, missing the consensus of $203.23 million.
- Analyst Firm: Truist Securities
- Ratings Accuracy: 84%
- Latest Rating: Maintained a Buy rating on Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) and raised the price target from $97 to $109 on Dec. 15, 2023. This analyst sees around 10% upside in the stock.
- Recent News: On Oct. 25, Amphenol reported a third-quarter FY23 sales decline of 1% year-on-year to $3.199 billion, beating the consensus of $3.098 billion.
- Analyst Firm: B. Riley Securities
- Ratings Accuracy: 84%
- Latest Rating: Maintained a Buy rating on Amkor Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMKR) and increased the price target from $35 to $40 on Dec. 12, 2023. This analyst sees around 20% upside in the stock.
- Recent News: The company recently announced plans to build an advanced facility that will package and test chips produced for Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL).
- Analyst Firm: Wolfe Research
- Ratings Accuracy: 84%
- Latest Rating: Downgraded rating on Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) from Peer Perform to Underperform with a price target of $450 on Dec. 14, 2023. This analyst sees over 2% downside in the stock.
- Recent News: Northrop Grumman recently conducted a full-scale static test fire of a new solid rocket motor that was developed in less than a year as part of its Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo).
- Analyst Firm: B of A Securities
- Ratings Accuracy: 83%
- Latest Rating: Upgraded rating on Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) from Neutral to Buy and raised the price target from $77 to $95 on Dec. 15, 2023. This analyst sees around 17% surge in the stock.
- Recent News: Micron Technology recently updated its first-quarter guidance.
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