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 Jun 24, 2026
$1,516.01T Total Market Cap
Avg P/E Ratio
$213.00 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 $234.11 76 Strong Buy 71 5 0 $237.29 2.63T
2 META Meta Platforms Inc $562.20 72 Strong Buy 63 9 0 $798.07 1.47T
3 GOOGL Alphabet Inc $346.13 70 Strong Buy 61 9 0 $408.93 4.48T
4 GOOG Alphabet Inc-Cl C $346.08 70 Strong Buy 61 9 0 $381.73 4.48T
5 NVDA NVIDIA Corp $200.04 68 Strong Buy 63 4 1 $219.93 5.10T
6 MSFT Microsoft Corp $373.94 66 Strong Buy 61 5 0 $495.69 2.82T
7 PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc $290.92 64 Strong Buy 51 12 1 $303.67 234.54B
8 UBER Uber Technologies Inc. $69.67 61 Strong Buy 52 8 1 $300.06 145.83B
9 CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A $680.92 61 Strong Buy 48 11 2 $135.28 174.34B
10 TSLA Tesla Inc $381.61 60 Hold 29 23 8 $426.18 1.50T
11 NFLX Netflix Inc $72.82 58 Strong Buy 45 13 0 $90.30 325.83B
12 CRM Salesforce Inc $153.42 58 Buy 43 13 2 $226.12 124.31B
13 SNOW Snowflake Inc. $230.41 58 Strong Buy 51 6 1 $278.95 80.51B
14 ZS Zscaler Inc $126.17 58 Strong Buy 45 13 0 $129.97 20.19B
15 AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc $519.85 57 Strong Buy 46 11 0 $246.42 876.24B
16 AVGO Broadcom Inc. $380.15 56 Strong Buy 52 4 0 $428.68 1.96T
17 DDOG Datadog Inc - Class A $220.57 56 Strong Buy 52 3 1 $102.98 79.38B
18 AAPL Apple Inc $294.30 55 Buy 38 15 2 $333.87 4.38T
19 MU Micron Technology Inc $1,051.77 55 Strong Buy 51 3 1 $369.89 1.28T
20 LYFT Lyft Inc-A $13.82 55 Hold 20 33 2 $76.18 5.42B
21 SHOP Shopify Inc. $107.68 54 Strong Buy 42 11 1 $258.37 141.25B
22 NOW Servicenow Inc $95.94 54 Strong Buy 48 5 1 $269.74 98.02B
23 INTC Intel Corp $132.28 53 Hold 17 32 4 $66.49 673.43B
24 DASH Doordash Inc - A $171.52 53 Strong Buy 42 11 0 $255.10 75.58B
25 OKTA Okta Inc $118.16 53 Strong Buy 40 12 1 $93.83 20.48B
26 FTNT Fortinet Inc $148.00 52 Hold 17 31 4 $186.42 106.04B
27 PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $41.70 52 Hold 14 34 4 $79.73 37.50B
28 MA Mastercard Inc $488.07 51 Strong Buy 46 5 0 $603.01 432.77B
29 TCEHY Tencent Holdings $55.31 51 Strong Buy 46 4 1 4.68T
30 SNAP Snap Inc - A $4.46 50 Hold 15 32 3 $45.48 7.72B
31 INFY Infosys Limited $10.88 50 Buy 33 15 2 5.40T
32 ORCL Oracle Corporation $165.16 49 Strong Buy 40 8 1 $156.16 530.03B
33 QCOM Qualcomm Inc $204.13 49 Hold 18 27 4 $247.40 238.32B
34 ABNB Airbnb Inc-Class A $138.85 49 Buy 27 20 2 $69.16 85.83B
35 MRVL Marvell Technology Inc $279.04 49 Strong Buy 42 7 0 $287.06 271.70B
36 WMT Walmart Inc $119.42 48 Strong Buy 43 5 0 $138.51 932.53B
37 V Visa Inc $328.48 48 Strong Buy 44 4 0 $362.68 616.56B
38 SPOT Spotify Technology $455.50 48 Strong Buy 40 8 0 $144.79 96.35B
39 WDAY Workday Inc-Class A $115.13 48 Buy 28 20 0 $180.57 28.88B
40 XYZ Block Inc $72.37 48 Strong Buy 40 7 1 $123.92 44.51B
41 SBUX Starbucks Corp $101.05 47 Hold 23 19 5 $298.57 114.71B
42 FSLR First Solar Inc $249.24 47 Buy 30 15 2 $160.59 27.69B
43 BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited $102.60 47 Strong Buy 42 4 1 292.44B
44 WIT Wipro Limited $2.32 47 Strong Sell 7 21 19 2.13T
45 HD Home Depot Inc $324.45 46 Buy 29 16 1 $492.08 333.32B
46 AMAT Applied Materials Inc $585.88 46 Strong Buy 39 7 0 $228.15 489.96B
47 BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $168.94 46 Strong Buy 38 8 0 $426.00 133.11B
48 HDB HDFC Bank Limited $24.95 46 Strong Buy 44 2 0 12.27T
49 ADBE Adobe Inc $197.43 45 Hold 19 22 4 $325.78 77.58B
50 NKE Nike Inc. $42.38 45 Hold 22 21 2 $86.23 66.94B
51 TXN Texas Instruments Inc $304.36 45 Hold 19 23 3 $362.64 293.83B
52 MDB Mongodb Inc $320.97 45 Strong Buy 35 10 0 $154.76 26.76B
53 CHKP Check Point Software Tech $123.89 45 Hold 19 26 0 $191.72 12.75B
54 DKNG Draftkings Inc-Cl A $25.15 45 Strong Buy 35 9 1 $78.84 13.09B
55 PINS Pinterest Inc- Class A $19.53 45 Hold 24 21 0 $203.00 11.35B
56 DT Dynatrace Inc $40.40 45 Buy 32 13 0 $190.45 12.07B
57 S Sentinelone Inc -Class A $15.13 45 Buy 28 17 0 $64.90 5.15B
58 COST Costco Wholesale Corp. $957.68 44 Buy 30 13 1 $1,292.44 421.95B
59 AMGN Amgen Inc $347.01 44 Hold 22 19 3 $190.87 182.21B
60 TGT Target Corp $134.11 44 Hold 15 26 3 $117.01 59.38B
61 RBLX Roblox Corp -Class A $47.11 44 Buy 28 16 0 $92.50 36.89B
62 COIN Coinbase Global Inc. $158.18 44 Buy 30 11 3 $160.62 43.01B
63 BIIB Biogen Inc $197.19 44 Buy 27 16 1 $91.45 29.02B
64 EXPE Expedia Group Inc $245.07 44 Hold 21 23 0 $60.08 28.91B
65 SSNLF Samsung Electronics $140.00 44 Strong Buy 42 2 0 1,371.15T
66 ARM Arm Holdings plc $367.69 44 Buy 28 14 2 169.22B
67 RDY Dr. Reddy's Laboratories $14.13 44 Sell 22 10 12 1.01T
68 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc $30.95 43 Buy 31 12 0 $289.73 41.68B
69 FISV Fiserv Inc $47.30 43 Hold 14 28 1 $162.94 25.52B
70 ON On Semiconductor $117.06 43 Hold 22 21 0 $69.48 47.66B
71 TTD Trade Desk Inc/The -Class A $17.93 43 Hold 18 22 3 $97.73 8.70B
72 LRCX Lam Research Corp $371.33 42 Strong Buy 34 8 0 $279.69 486.52B
73 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $86.95 42 Buy 31 11 0 $104.74 50.30B
74 CRWV Coreweave Inc-Cl A $105.72 42 Buy 27 13 2 $152.13 64.35B
75 HUBS Hubspot Inc $173.29 42 Strong Buy 33 8 1 $84.43 9.02B
76 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing $436.39 42 Strong Buy 40 2 0 54.07T
77 ASML ASML Holding N.V. $1,772.18 42 Strong Buy 34 6 2 467.01B
78 IBN ICICI Bank Limited $28.27 42 Strong Buy 40 2 0 9.17T
79 GEV Ge Vernova Inc $1,034.98 41 Strong Buy 34 7 0 $313.61 298.21B
80 LOW Lowe'S Cos Inc $213.54 41 Buy 28 12 1 $198.38 124.59B
81 INTU Intuit Inc $258.05 41 Strong Buy 31 10 0 $356.76 73.03B
82 SAP SAP SE $153.26 41 Buy 30 8 3 177.07B
83 MCD McDonalds Corp. $271.66 40 Buy 24 15 1 $387.45 197.95B
84 ABBV Abbvie Inc $234.76 40 Strong Buy 31 9 0 $257.58 382.49B
85 ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc $403.18 40 Buy 28 11 1 $219.77 144.07B
86 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc $468.42 40 Strong Buy 33 6 1 $438.34 114.63B
87 BSX Boston Scientific Corp $45.60 40 Strong Buy 32 8 0 $136.36 67.32B
88 NET Cloudflare Inc - Class A $224.94 40 Buy 28 10 2 $176.04 79.57B
89 ADSK Autodesk Inc $188.78 40 Strong Buy 36 4 0 $68.98 40.90B
90 W Wayfair Inc- Class A $84.85 40 Buy 25 15 0 $43.05 11.68B
91 CART Maplebear Inc $46.09 40 Buy 24 14 2 $34.35 10.47B
92 ENPH Enphase Energy Inc $47.22 40 Hold 16 18 6 $46.19 6.89B
93 PDD PDD Holdings Inc $76.57 40 Buy 26 13 1 144.38B
94 LLY Eli Lilly and Co. $1,107.08 39 Strong Buy 31 7 1 $1,330.33 1.03T
95 GILD Gilead Sciences Inc $125.05 39 Strong Buy 32 7 0 $362.68 153.66B
96 ADI Analog Devices Inc $407.26 39 Strong Buy 33 6 0 $335.65 211.62B
97 CMCSA Comcast Corp-Class A $22.80 39 Hold 14 22 3 $267.88 80.13B
98 WM Waste Management Inc $218.84 39 Buy 28 11 0 $82.66 86.18B
99 GM General Motors Co $78.95 39 Buy 29 8 2 $142.76 71.49B
100 NXPI Nxp Semiconductors Nv $299.94 39 Strong Buy 30 7 2 $191.26 79.09B

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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