TipRanks, the world’s leading analyst ranking service, has identified the Top 100 Wall Street analysts of 2018. The number 1 analyst of 2018 was Brent Bracelin of KeyBanc.
The ranking was based on the analysts’ ability to generate return with their stock ratings and price targets. TipRanks’ algorithms calculated the average return and statistical significance of each rating, as well as the overall success rate. Each rating made during 2018 was measured over a time-frame of 3 months.
CEO of TipRanks, Uri Gruenbaum, commented, “While we are not an analyst endorsement platform, we are always excited to see those that generate excess returns and feel obligated to highlight them. Clearly, 2018 was the year of the smaller research firms as most of the top performing analysts came from private research firms.”
Based on TipRanks data, the Top 100 Wall Street Analysts of 2018 are:
| Rank | Analyst | Firm |
| 1 | Brent Bracelin | KeyBanc |
| 2 | Michael Wiederhorn | Oppenheimer |
| 3 | Richard Davis | Canaccord Genuity |
| 4 | Jeff Johnson | Robert W. Baird |
| 5 | Doug Schenkel | Cowen & Co. |
| 6 | Rob Owens | KeyBanc |
| 7 | Richard Close | Canaccord Genuity |
| 8 | Matthew O’Brien | Piper Jaffray |
| 9 | Steve Manaker | Compass Point |
| 10 | Alex Arfaei | BMO Capital |
| 11 | Terry Tillman | SunTrust Robinson |
| 12 | Mohan Naidu | Oppenheimer |
| 13 | Sung Ji Nam | BTIG |
| 14 | Michael Latimore | Northland Securities |
| 15 | Brian Peterson | Raymond James |
| 16 | Mark Massaro | Canaccord Genuity |
| 17 | Jayson Bedford | Raymond James |
| 18 | Ittai Kidron | Oppenheimer |
| 19 | Sean Wieland | Piper Jaffray |
| 20 | Michael Matson | Needham |
| 21 | Joseph Schwartz | Leerink Partners |
| 22 | Jason Mills | Canaccord Genuity |
| 23 | Christopher Pasquale | Guggenheim |
| 24 | Jenny Xenos | Canaccord Genuity |
| 25 | Mark Argento | Lake Street |
| 26 | Raimo Lenschow | Barclays |
| 27 | Frank Morgan | RBC Capital |
| 28 | John Ransom | Raymond James |
| 29 | Andrew Uerkwitz | Oppenheimer |
| 30 | Chris Cooley | Stephens |
| 31 | Jack Andrews | Needham |
| 32 | Steven Halper | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| 33 | Robert Breza | Northland Securities |
| 34 | Andrew Nowinski | Piper Jaffray |
| 35 | Dana Hambly | Stephens |
| 36 | David Hynes | Canaccord Genuity |
| 37 | Ross MacMillan | RBC Capital |
| 38 | Simon Leopold | Raymond James |
| 39 | Jonathan Komp | Robert W. Baird |
| 40 | Stephen Walker | RBC Capital |
| 41 | Raj Denhoy | Jefferies |
| 42 | Dmitry Netis | Stephens |
| 43 | Suraj Kalia | Northland Securities |
| 44 | William Quirk | Piper Jaffray |
| 45 | John Difucci | Jefferies |
| 46 | Dave Kang | B.Riley FBR |
| 47 | Chip Moore | Canaccord Genuity |
| 48 | Rafe Jadrosich | Merrill Lynch |
| 49 | Darrin Peller | Wolfe Research |
| 50 | David S Macdonald | SunTrust Robinson |
| 51 | Charles Peters | Raymond James |
| 52 | Louise Chen | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| 53 | Mark Moerdler | Bernstein |
| 54 | Scot Ciccarelli | RBC Capital |
| 55 | Matthew Gillmor | Robert W. Baird |
| 56 | Michael Turits | Raymond James |
| 57 | Brian Tanquilut | Jefferies |
| 58 | Currey Baker | Guggenheim |
| 59 | Lynne Collier | Loop Capital Markets |
| 60 | Darren Aftahi | Roth Capital |
| 61 | Evan Wingren | KeyBanc |
| 62 | Robert Brown | Lake Street |
| 63 | Glenn G Mattson | Ladenburg |
| 64 | Joseph Foresi | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| 65 | Brian Schwartz | Oppenheimer |
| 66 | Troy Jensen | Piper Jaffray |
| 67 | Joanne Wuensch | BMO Capital |
| 68 | Stephen Tusa | J.P. Morgan |
| 69 | Alex Zukin | Piper Jaffray |
| 70 | Robert Dodd | Raymond James |
| 71 | Bhavan Suri | William Blair |
| 72 | George Notter | Jefferies |
| 73 | Richard Baldry | Roth Capital |
| 74 | William Power | Robert W. Baird |
| 75 | John Egbert | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 76 | John Freeman | Raymond James |
| 77 | Stephen Bersey | MUFG Securities Americas Inc |
| 78 | Koji Ikeda | Oppenheimer |
| 79 | Stephen Anderson | Maxim Group |
| 80 | Brian White | Monness |
| 81 | John Massocca | Ladenburg |
| 82 | Zachary Fadem | Wells Fargo |
| 83 | Kirk Materne | Evercore ISI |
| 84 | Tom Roderick | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 85 | Matt Elkott | Cowen & Co. |
| 86 | Ajay Jain | Pivotal Research |
| 87 | Michael Carroll | RBC Capital |
| 88 | Brian K. Lee | Goldman Sachs |
| 89 | Jason Ader | William Blair |
| 90 | Neil Maruoka | Canaccord Genuity |
| 91 | Shaul Eyal | Oppenheimer |
| 92 | Whit Mayo | UBS |
| 93 | Aaron Kessler | Raymond James |
| 94 | Peter Costa | Wells Fargo |
| 95 | Kyle Rose | Canaccord Genuity |
| 96 | Paul Cheng | Barclays |
| 97 | Christopher Horvers | J.P. Morgan |
| 98 | Bruce Nudell | SunTrust Robinson |
| 99 | Jim Duffy | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 100 | Mitch Kummetz | Pivotal Research |
