Analyst Recommendations
This chart is a recommendation for investors. To provide forecasts, analysts and brokers use companies' public financial reports and speak with their employees and clients. The end result is a solution that's marked on the chart, which shows analysts' opinions at different periods of time. Move your cursor to track on what the dates the recommendations changed.
Investors shouldn't only follow analyst recommendations. Forecasts should be used to supplement existing strategies and plans. Trading based on a recommendation chart is is considered bad practice. Analyst reports should only be used in conjunction with your own analytics.
Also known as strong sell, it's a recommendation to sell a security or to liquidate an asset.
A recommendation that means a stock is expected to do slightly worse than the overall stock market return. Underperform can also be expressed as "moderate sell", "weak hold" and "underweight."
A company with a hold recommendation is expected to perform on par with comparable companies or in line with the market.
Also known as "moderate buy", "accumulate", and "overweight." Outperform is an analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.
Also known as strong buy and "on the recommended list." Needless to say, buy is a recommendation to purchase a specific security.
Also known as strong sell, it's a recommendation to sell a security or to liquidate an asset.
A recommendation that means a stock is expected to do slightly worse than the overall stock market return. Underperform can also be expressed as "moderate sell", "weak hold" and "underweight."
A company with a hold recommendation is expected to perform on par with comparable companies or in line with the market.
Also known as "moderate buy", "accumulate", and "overweight." Outperform is an analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.
Also known as strong buy and "on the recommended list." Needless to say, buy is a recommendation to purchase a specific security.
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