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 Aug 8, 2026
$1,517.21T Total Market Cap
Avg P/E Ratio
$224.16 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 $274.48 75 Strong Buy 70 5 0 $237.29 2.98T
2 META Meta Platforms Inc $592.10 71 Strong Buy 63 8 0 $798.07 1.50T
3 NVDA NVIDIA Corp $223.96 69 Strong Buy 64 4 1 $219.93 5.38T
4 GOOGL Alphabet Inc $354.30 69 Strong Buy 60 9 0 $408.93 4.34T
5 GOOG Alphabet Inc-Cl C $353.47 69 Strong Buy 60 9 0 $381.73 4.34T
6 MSFT Microsoft Corp $499.99 68 Strong Buy 63 5 0 $495.69 3.74T
7 PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc $363.86 63 Strong Buy 50 12 1 $303.67 292.98B
8 TSLA Tesla Inc $328.58 60 Hold 29 24 7 $426.18 1.30T
9 UBER Uber Technologies Inc. $75.02 60 Strong Buy 51 8 1 $300.06 152.64B
10 CRWD Crowdstrike Holdings Inc - A $214.42 60 Strong Buy 45 13 2 $135.28 216.88B
11 NFLX Netflix Inc $74.14 58 Strong Buy 45 13 0 $90.30 309.65B
12 CRM Salesforce Inc $192.74 58 Strong Buy 44 12 2 $226.12 156.21B
13 SNOW Snowflake Inc. $330.49 58 Strong Buy 51 6 1 $278.95 114.55B
14 AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc $483.36 57 Strong Buy 48 9 0 $246.42 783.26B
15 AVGO Broadcom Inc. $427.76 57 Strong Buy 52 5 0 $428.68 2.02T
16 ZS Zscaler Inc $168.68 57 Strong Buy 46 11 0 $129.97 26.29B
17 MU Micron Technology Inc $877.57 56 Strong Buy 51 4 1 $369.89 985.62B
18 DDOG Datadog Inc - Class A $233.93 56 Strong Buy 53 2 1 $102.98 84.20B
19 LYFT Lyft Inc-A $17.46 56 Hold 22 32 2 $76.18 6.58B
20 INTC Intel Corp $101.65 55 Hold 18 34 3 $66.49 511.36B
21 AAPL Apple Inc $313.33 54 Buy 36 16 2 $333.87 4.57T
22 SHOP Shopify Inc. $151.57 54 Strong Buy 42 11 1 $258.37 194.25B
23 NOW Servicenow Inc $124.88 54 Strong Buy 48 5 1 $269.74 121.34B
24 MA Mastercard Inc $562.95 52 Strong Buy 47 5 0 $603.01 498.79B
25 DASH Doordash Inc - A $216.26 52 Strong Buy 42 10 0 $255.10 93.71B
26 FTNT Fortinet Inc $159.64 52 Hold 17 30 5 $186.42 119.65B
27 OKTA Okta Inc $148.32 52 Buy 38 13 1 $93.83 25.70B
28 PYPL Paypal Holdings Inc $59.07 51 Hold 15 32 4 $79.73 50.62B
29 ABNB Airbnb Inc-Class A $178.07 50 Buy 28 20 2 $69.16 107.32B
30 MRVL Marvell Technology Inc $218.72 50 Strong Buy 43 7 0 $287.06 191.55B
31 TCEHY Tencent Holdings $60.73 50 Strong Buy 45 4 1 4.68T
32 INFY Infosys Limited $12.53 50 Buy 33 15 2 5.40T
33 V Visa Inc $362.50 49 Strong Buy 45 4 0 $362.68 691.69B
34 ORCL Oracle Corporation $147.02 49 Strong Buy 40 8 1 $156.16 417.52B
35 SNAP Snap Inc - A $5.33 49 Hold 14 32 3 $45.48 8.94B
36 WMT Walmart Inc $111.85 48 Strong Buy 43 5 0 $138.51 891.86B
37 QCOM Qualcomm Inc $167.86 48 Hold 19 26 3 $247.40 173.42B
38 SPOT Spotify Technology $488.14 48 Strong Buy 40 8 0 $144.79 101.10B
39 WDAY Workday Inc-Class A $179.64 48 Buy 29 19 0 $180.57 42.05B
40 XYZ Block Inc $79.00 48 Strong Buy 41 7 0 $123.92 47.03B
41 FSLR First Solar Inc $250.05 48 Buy 30 15 3 $160.59 28.55B
42 SBUX Starbucks Corp $105.58 47 Hold 23 19 5 $298.57 121.34B
43 BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited $126.59 47 Strong Buy 43 3 1 292.44B
44 WIT Wipro Limited $2.02 47 Strong Sell 7 21 19 2.13T
45 HD Home Depot Inc $355.62 46 Buy 28 17 1 $492.08 351.52B
46 BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $214.42 46 Strong Buy 38 8 0 $426.00 160.98B
47 MDB Mongodb Inc $398.80 46 Strong Buy 36 10 0 $154.76 31.88B
48 HDB HDFC Bank Limited $23.63 46 Strong Buy 44 2 0 12.27T
49 COST Costco Wholesale Corp. $947.82 45 Buy 30 14 1 $1,292.44 417.29B
50 ADBE Adobe Inc $265.21 45 Hold 17 25 3 $325.78 103.45B
51 NKE Nike Inc. $41.70 45 Hold 18 25 2 $86.23 62.46B
52 AMAT Applied Materials Inc $539.14 45 Strong Buy 39 6 0 $228.15 431.39B
53 CHKP Check Point Software Tech $127.82 45 Hold 19 26 0 $191.72 12.88B
54 DKNG Draftkings Inc-Cl A $24.03 45 Strong Buy 35 9 1 $78.84 11.92B
55 DT Dynatrace Inc $48.97 45 Buy 33 12 0 $190.45 14.14B
56 TXN Texas Instruments Inc $286.08 44 Hold 19 22 3 $362.64 260.37B
57 TGT Target Corp $149.70 44 Hold 16 25 3 $117.01 67.15B
58 CRWV Coreweave Inc-Cl A $90.67 44 Buy 29 13 2 $152.13 49.47B
59 COIN Coinbase Global Inc. $153.60 44 Buy 30 11 3 $160.62 40.53B
60 BIIB Biogen Inc $207.94 44 Buy 28 15 1 $91.45 30.26B
61 EXPE Expedia Group Inc $310.68 44 Hold 21 23 0 $60.08 37.30B
62 PINS Pinterest Inc- Class A $23.68 44 Hold 23 21 0 $203.00 13.47B
63 S Sentinelone Inc -Class A $21.40 44 Buy 27 17 0 $64.90 7.34B
64 SSNLF Samsung Electronics $140.00 44 Strong Buy 42 2 0 1,371.15T
65 ARM Arm Holdings plc $282.46 44 Buy 28 14 2 169.22B
66 RDY Dr. Reddy's Laboratories $12.22 44 Sell 23 10 11 1.01T
67 AMGN Amgen Inc $410.95 43 Hold 21 19 3 $190.87 219.39B
68 RBLX Roblox Corp -Class A $37.79 43 Buy 28 15 0 $92.50 27.00B
69 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing $420.23 43 Strong Buy 41 2 0 54.07T
70 GEV Ge Vernova Inc $990.32 42 Strong Buy 34 8 0 $313.61 263.76B
71 CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc $32.79 42 Buy 30 12 0 $289.73 41.89B
72 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $89.72 42 Buy 30 12 0 $104.74 51.62B
73 FISV Fiserv Inc $52.41 42 Hold 14 26 2 $162.94 27.69B
74 TTD Trade Desk Inc/The -Class A $13.80 42 Hold 18 20 4 $97.73 6.50B
75 HUBS Hubspot Inc $210.45 42 Strong Buy 32 9 1 $84.43 10.09B
76 ASML ASML Holding N.V. $1,733.05 42 Strong Buy 35 5 2 467.01B
77 IBN ICICI Bank Limited $30.22 42 Strong Buy 40 2 0 9.17T
78 MCD McDonalds Corp. $274.48 41 Buy 24 16 1 $387.45 195.50B
79 LRCX Lam Research Corp $311.35 41 Strong Buy 34 7 0 $279.69 391.87B
80 LOW Lowe'S Cos Inc $223.35 41 Buy 28 12 1 $198.38 123.82B
81 INTU Intuit Inc $325.25 41 Buy 30 10 1 $356.76 88.89B
82 ADSK Autodesk Inc $249.08 41 Strong Buy 37 4 0 $68.98 52.01B
83 ENPH Enphase Energy Inc $41.87 41 Hold 16 21 4 $46.19 5.24B
84 PDD PDD Holdings Inc $91.53 41 Buy 25 14 2 144.38B
85 ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc $378.81 40 Buy 28 11 1 $219.77 131.87B
86 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc $496.07 40 Strong Buy 33 6 1 $438.34 124.51B
87 CMCSA Comcast Corp-Class A $25.36 40 Hold 16 21 3 $267.88 89.76B
88 NET Cloudflare Inc - Class A $300.27 40 Buy 29 9 2 $176.04 105.68B
89 DG Dollar General Corp $126.59 40 Hold 18 21 1 $107.81 28.03B
90 ABBV Abbvie Inc $246.04 39 Strong Buy 31 8 0 $257.58 430.95B
91 PLTR Palantir Technologies $172.01 39 Buy 26 11 2 $225.80 413.36B
92 BSX Boston Scientific Corp $49.31 39 Strong Buy 31 8 0 $136.36 71.82B
93 WM Waste Management Inc $227.68 39 Buy 28 11 0 $82.66 91.54B
94 GM General Motors Co $87.58 39 Buy 29 8 2 $142.76 76.29B
95 ON On Semiconductor $81.17 39 Hold 19 20 0 $69.48 31.58B
96 ZM Zoom Communications Inc $104.50 39 Buy 23 15 1 $99.97 29.70B
97 TEAM Atlassian Corp-Cl A $149.07 39 Strong Buy 32 7 0 $106.31 27.96B
98 LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc $128.58 39 Hold 2 32 5 $207.32 14.82B
99 AFRM Affirm Holdings Inc $75.25 39 Buy 29 10 0 $154.46 25.20B
100 W Wayfair Inc- Class A $106.60 39 Buy 25 14 0 $43.05 13.74B

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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