{"id":308,"date":"2021-07-06T06:23:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T06:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wallstreetzen.com\/blog\/?p=308"},"modified":"2024-08-29T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T17:24:28","slug":"stock-analyst-performance-methodology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wallstreetzen.com\/blog\/stock-analyst-performance-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"How WallStreetZen Tracks and Analyzes Stock Analyst Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Investors are bombarded with stock recommendations from stock analysts and other so-called experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But who are these analysts and how do you know who you should listen to?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do they have a proven track record &#8211; or are they just making a prediction, then<strong> loudly reminding <\/strong>you when they were right, and just <strong>quietly ignoring<\/strong> the times they were wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Introducing WallStreetzen\u2019s Analyst Performance Database<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WallStreetZen helps investors filter out the noise by analyzing public stock recommendations made by Wall Street analysts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our proprietary algorithm analyzes each analyst\u2019s recommendations for quality based on average returns, win-rate, and consistency, and ranks each analyst accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We make it easy for you to identify the analysts who have been right for years, so you can follow them with confidence, while ignoring analysts who consistently make losing recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Methodology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We take each analyst\u2019s buy\/hold\/sell recommendations and turn them into entry\/exit signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buy and sell recommendations open a trade (sells are treated a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/s\/shortselling.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">short trade<\/a>). 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