Most Watched by Wall Street

Stocks with the most analyst coverage — 20+ professionals tracking every earnings call and SEC filing. Maximum institutional attention.

200 stocks Updated Nov 7, 2026
$1,514.20T Total Market Cap
— Avg P/E Ratio
$213.60 Avg Share Price
+0.00% Avg Daily Change

Stocks with the most analyst coverage attract the highest level of professional scrutiny on Wall Street. Companies on this list are tracked by 20 or more sell-side analysts, each maintaining detailed financial models, attending earnings calls, and publishing regular research reports with ratings and price targets.

Heavy analyst coverage correlates with institutional investor interest, higher trading liquidity, and more efficient pricing. These are the stocks that every major fund manager, hedge fund, and pension fund is monitoring. The consensus opinions of many analysts provide a more reliable signal than any single view, making these stocks among the most thoroughly researched in the market.

This list shows the number of covering analysts, consensus rating, buy/hold/sell breakdown, and average price target. Companies with $1 billion or more in market cap that have 20+ analysts are included. Data is updated weekly from aggregated analyst coverage databases.

# Symbol Name Price Analysts Consensus Buy Hold Sell Target Market Cap
1 AMZN Amazon.com Inc $259.30 70 Strong Buy 67 3 0 $237.29 2.81T
2 NVDA NVIDIA Corp $186.64 69 Strong Buy 66 2 1 $219.93 4.38T
3 META Meta Platforms Inc $610.15 69 Strong Buy 61 7 1 $798.07 1.55T
4 GOOGL Alphabet Inc $284.78 67 Strong Buy 61 6 0 $408.93 3.51T
5 GOOG Alphabet Inc-Cl C $283.93 67 Strong Buy 61 6 0 $381.73 3.51T
6 MSFT Microsoft Corp $530.61 65 Strong Buy 62 3 0 $495.69 3.98T
7 PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc $313.84 62 Strong Buy 48 13 1 $303.67 257.64B
8 CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A $216.90 61 Buy 45 14 2 $135.28 224.27B
9 AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc $449.04 60 Strong Buy 50 10 0 $246.42 726.99B
10 UBER Uber Technologies Inc. $68.59 59 Strong Buy 51 7 1 $300.06 146.16B
11 NFLX Netflix Inc $63.41 57 Strong Buy 43 13 1 $90.30 262.39B
12 MU Micron Technology Inc $690.00 57 Strong Buy 53 4 0 $369.89 773.08B
13 SHOP Shopify Inc. $148.91 57 Strong Buy 44 12 1 $258.37 192.23B
14 SNOW Snowflake Inc. $275.88 57 Strong Buy 49 7 1 $278.95 97.72B
15 ZS Zscaler Inc $197.66 57 Strong Buy 45 12 0 $129.97 33.06B
16 AVGO Broadcom Inc. $293.69 56 Strong Buy 52 4 0 $428.68 1.40T
17 CRM Salesforce Inc $213.65 56 Buy 40 14 2 $226.12 183.04B
18 LYFT Lyft Inc-A $16.71 56 Hold 22 33 1 $76.18 6.33B
19 INTC Intel Corp $56.28 55 Hold 20 33 2 $66.49 294.05B
20 DDOG Datadog Inc - Class A $179.04 55 Strong Buy 50 4 1 $102.98 65.52B
21 TSLA Tesla Inc $358.22 54 Hold 27 22 5 $426.18 1.38T
22 DASH Doordash Inc - A $179.67 54 Strong Buy 42 12 0 $255.10 78.34B
23 MA Mastercard Inc $652.70 53 Strong Buy 49 4 0 $603.01 571.42B
24 XYZ Block Inc $85.48 53 Strong Buy 43 10 0 $123.92 51.61B
25 NOW Servicenow Inc $101.97 52 Strong Buy 47 3 2 $269.74 106.25B
26 ABNB Airbnb Inc-Class A $189.99 51 Buy 31 19 1 $69.16 113.76B
27 MRVL Marvell Technology Inc $141.20 51 Strong Buy 45 6 0 $287.06 123.82B
28 FTNT Fortinet Inc $118.84 51 Hold 14 31 6 $186.42 90.01B
29 PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $59.24 51 Hold 14 34 3 $79.73 49.58B
30 OKTA Okta Inc $168.69 51 Strong Buy 41 10 0 $93.83 30.15B
31 CRWV Coreweave Inc-Cl A $46.40 50 Buy 37 11 2 $152.13 24.08B
32 SNAP Snap Inc - A $4.96 50 Hold 15 32 3 $45.48 8.39B
33 AAPL Apple Inc $342.37 49 Buy 31 14 4 $333.87 5.00T
34 V Visa Inc $422.65 49 Strong Buy 44 5 0 $362.68 792.50B
35 WDAY Workday Inc-Class A $192.90 49 Hold 26 21 2 $180.57 50.09B
36 TCEHY Tencent Holdings $54.13 49 Strong Buy 45 3 1 — 4.68T
37 WMT Walmart Inc $125.52 48 Strong Buy 42 6 0 $138.51 1.01T
38 ORCL Oracle Corporation $116.10 48 Strong Buy 39 8 1 $156.16 348.21B
39 NKE Nike Inc. $38.59 48 Hold 16 26 6 $86.23 57.76B
40 INFY Infosys Limited $12.41 48 Hold 24 20 4 — 5.40T
41 HDB HDFC Bank Limited $25.12 48 Strong Buy 45 3 0 — 12.27T
42 SPOT Spotify Technology $603.01 47 Strong Buy 37 10 0 $144.79 124.87B
43 MDB Mongodb Inc $312.83 47 Strong Buy 38 9 0 $154.76 25.14B
44 FSLR First Solar Inc $201.14 47 Buy 34 11 2 $160.59 21.04B
45 BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited $109.45 47 Strong Buy 43 3 1 — 292.44B
46 ARM Arm Holdings plc $170.11 47 Buy 29 16 2 — 169.22B
47 SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp $134.27 47 Strong Buy 37 7 3 — 1.68T
48 HD Home Depot Inc $343.47 46 Buy 28 17 1 $492.08 349.13B
49 QCOM Qualcomm Inc $165.41 46 Hold 19 24 3 $247.40 175.85B
50 BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $160.67 46 Strong Buy 38 8 0 $426.00 122.20B
51 COIN Coinbase Global Inc. $134.76 46 Buy 31 13 2 $160.62 35.68B
52 DKNG Draftkings Inc-Cl A $18.51 46 Strong Buy 36 9 1 $78.84 9.19B
53 COST Costco Wholesale Corp. $1,053.56 45 Buy 30 14 1 $1,292.44 472.19B
54 ADBE Adobe Inc $239.30 45 Hold 17 23 5 $325.78 95.91B
55 SBUX Starbucks Corp $105.41 45 Hold 20 21 4 $298.57 120.73B
56 EXPE Expedia Group Inc $259.24 45 Hold 21 23 1 $60.08 31.49B
57 CHKP Check Point Software Tech $144.17 45 Hold 18 27 0 $191.72 14.88B
58 PINS Pinterest Inc- Class A $18.96 45 Hold 24 21 0 $203.00 10.97B
59 TTD Trade Desk Inc/The -Class A $12.93 45 Sell 5 28 12 $97.73 6.01B
60 DT Dynatrace Inc $43.44 45 Strong Buy 35 10 0 $190.45 12.43B
61 WIT Wipro Limited $2.15 45 Strong Sell 6 16 23 — 2.13T
62 AMAT Applied Materials Inc $332.72 44 Strong Buy 39 5 0 $228.15 253.36B
63 ADSK Autodesk Inc $261.72 44 Strong Buy 37 7 0 $68.98 56.25B
64 RBLX Roblox Corp -Class A $49.30 44 Hold 22 19 3 $92.50 35.28B
65 FISV Fiserv Inc $62.88 44 Hold 14 28 2 $162.94 33.16B
66 TGT Target Corp $158.41 43 Hold 16 24 3 $117.01 71.78B
67 BIIB Biogen Inc $248.35 43 Buy 29 13 1 $91.45 36.60B
68 HUBS Hubspot Inc $200.61 43 Hold 20 22 1 $84.43 10.22B
69 S Sentinelone Inc -Class A $21.77 43 Buy 25 18 0 $64.90 7.58B
70 IBN ICICI Bank Limited $33.85 43 Strong Buy 42 1 0 — 9.17T
71 GEV Ge Vernova Inc $774.11 42 Strong Buy 34 7 1 $313.61 203.94B
72 AMGN Amgen Inc $460.42 42 Hold 18 20 4 $190.87 248.84B
73 AFRM Affirm Holdings Inc $68.11 42 Strong Buy 35 7 0 $154.46 23.09B
74 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing $375.44 42 Strong Buy 40 2 0 — 54.07T
75 SSNLF Samsung Electronics $140.00 42 Strong Buy 40 2 0 — 1,371.15T
76 ASML ASML Holding N.V. $1,414.06 42 Strong Buy 36 4 2 — 467.01B
77 RDY Dr. Reddy's Laboratories $14.82 42 Sell 19 10 13 — 1.01T
78 MCD McDonalds Corp. $276.52 41 Buy 25 15 1 $387.45 196.75B
79 INTU Intuit Inc $341.50 41 Buy 24 15 2 $356.76 94.83B
80 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc $34.43 41 Buy 28 13 0 $289.73 44.78B
81 LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc $110.79 41 Hold 2 31 8 $207.32 12.95B
82 GPN Global Payments Inc $97.40 41 Hold 18 21 2 $106.03 25.66B
83 W Wayfair Inc- Class A $111.74 41 Buy 27 14 0 $43.05 15.78B
84 LRCX Lam Research Corp $200.44 40 Strong Buy 35 5 0 $279.69 231.35B
85 TXN Texas Instruments Inc $277.36 40 Buy 22 15 3 $362.64 263.50B
86 ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc $452.80 40 Buy 29 10 1 $219.77 162.41B
87 LOW Lowe'S Cos Inc $224.55 40 Buy 28 11 1 $198.38 126.15B
88 DG Dollar General Corp $133.75 40 Hold 19 20 1 $107.81 30.45B
89 RDDT Reddit Inc-Cl A $95.10 40 Buy 26 13 1 $135.78 18.11B
90 TEAM Atlassian Corp-Cl A $153.68 40 Strong Buy 34 6 0 $106.31 38.70B
91 CART Maplebear Inc $58.12 40 Buy 24 16 0 $34.35 13.75B
92 ENPH Enphase Energy Inc $28.17 40 Hold 17 20 3 $46.19 3.83B
93 EQIX Equinix Inc $1,012.71 40 Strong Buy 34 6 0 — 99.94B
94 DIS Walt Disney Co $116.75 39 Strong Buy 34 4 1 $133.16 201.51B
95 ABBV Abbvie Inc $291.31 39 Strong Buy 32 7 0 $257.58 509.50B
96 PLTR Palantir Technologies $160.38 39 Buy 28 9 2 $225.80 387.83B
97 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc $547.09 39 Strong Buy 32 6 1 $438.34 137.12B
98 NET Cloudflare Inc - Class A $268.75 39 Buy 27 9 3 $176.04 96.93B
99 EBAY Ebay Inc $121.96 39 Hold 17 20 2 $157.48 53.73B
100 TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre $214.87 39 Strong Buy 36 3 0 $155.27 39.89B

Frequently Asked Questions

What does analyst coverage mean?
Analyst coverage means that professional research analysts at investment banks and brokerage firms actively follow a stock. They publish research reports, set price targets, and issue buy/hold/sell recommendations. Each analyst covering a stock maintains a financial model and regularly updates their views. More coverage means more professional opinions and research available to investors. Stocks with 20+ analysts are among the most scrutinized securities in the market.
Why does analyst coverage matter?
More analyst coverage leads to more efficient market pricing, as more professionals analyze the company's value. Heavily covered stocks tend to have tighter bid-ask spreads, higher institutional ownership, and less information asymmetry. For individual investors, high coverage provides abundant research and multiple viewpoints to inform decisions. Stocks that lose analyst coverage can become inefficiently priced, creating both risks and opportunities.
What stocks have the most analyst coverage?
The most covered stocks are typically mega-cap companies that every major bank and brokerage tracks: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Alphabet, and Meta frequently have 40-50+ analysts. Large-cap companies in healthcare (UnitedHealth, Pfizer), financials (JPMorgan), and consumer (Tesla, Walmart) also attract extensive coverage. Coverage is concentrated among S&P 500 companies, while smaller firms may have only 1-5 analysts.
What is a consensus rating?
A consensus rating aggregates all individual analyst recommendations into a single summary. Each analyst's buy/hold/sell rating is averaged to produce the consensus. Common labels include Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, and Strong Sell. The consensus is more reliable than any single analyst's opinion because it averages out individual biases. Changes in consensus — upgrades or downgrades by multiple analysts — often move stock prices significantly.
Do stocks with more analysts perform better?
Not necessarily. Heavy analyst coverage means the stock is more efficiently priced, leaving fewer mispricings to exploit. Academic research suggests that less-covered stocks sometimes offer better returns precisely because they are under-analyzed and more likely to be mispriced. However, heavily covered stocks benefit from consistent institutional demand and liquidity. The analyst coverage count is best used as a quality filter rather than a performance predictor.
How do analysts decide their ratings?
Analysts build detailed financial models projecting a company's revenue, expenses, earnings, and cash flow over 3-5 years. They apply valuation methods (DCF, comparable multiples) to estimate fair value. If fair value exceeds the current price by a sufficient margin, they issue a Buy rating. They attend earnings calls, meet management, survey industry contacts, and monitor competitors. Each analyst has sector expertise — a tech analyst covers 10-20 technology companies.
What is the sell-side vs buy-side?
Sell-side analysts work at investment banks and brokerages, publishing research for external clients. They generate the ratings and price targets shown on financial websites. Buy-side analysts work internally at mutual funds, hedge funds, and pension funds, conducting proprietary research for their own firm's investment decisions. Buy-side research is private and often more candid. The consensus ratings displayed publicly are exclusively from sell-side analysts.

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