TipRanks, the world’s leading analyst ranking service, has identified the Top 300 Wall Street analysts of 2017. The number 1 analyst of 2017 was Joseph Foresi of Cantor Fitzgerald.
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 2017 was measured over a time-frame of 3 months.
TipRanks discovered that one key sector — tech — dominated the list. This again underlines how tech stocks outperformed the rest of the market in 2017.
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, 2017 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 300 Wall Street Analysts of 2017 are:
| Rank | Analyst Name | Sector | Firm | |
| 1 | Joseph | Foresi | Technology | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| 2 | Craig | Ellis | Technology | B.Riley FBR |
| 3 | Terry | Tillman | Technology | SunTrust Robinson |
| 4 | Brian | Schwartz | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 5 | Ritu | Baral | Healthcare | Cowen & Co. |
| 6 | Ittai | Kidron | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 7 | Richard | Davis | Technology | Canaccord Genuity |
| 8 | Rajvindra | Gill | Technology | Needham |
| 9 | Glenn | Greene | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 10 | Scott | Devitt | Technology | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 11 | Michael | Olson | Technology | Piper Jaffray |
| 12 | Aaron | Kessler | Technology | Raymond James |
| 13 | Samuel | Kemp | Technology | Piper Jaffray |
| 14 | Steven | Halper | Technology | Cantor Fitzgerald |
| 15 | Rachael | Rothman | Services | Susquehanna |
| 16 | Matt | Ramsay | Technology | Canaccord Genuity |
| 17 | Jeffrey | Silber | Services | BMO Capital |
| 18 | Amit | Daryanani | Technology | RBC Capital |
| 19 | Carlo | Santarelli | Services | Deutsche Bank |
| 20 | Daniel | Perlin | Technology | RBC Capital |
| 21 | Madhu | Kumar | Healthcare | B.Riley FBR |
| 22 | Gbola | Amusa | Healthcare | Chardan Capital |
| 23 | Brent | Bracelin | Technology | KeyBanc |
| 24 | Brian | Fitzgerald | Technology | Jefferies |
| 25 | Dane | Leone | Healthcare | BTIG |
| 26 | Bascome | Majors | Services | Susquehanna |
| 27 | Josh | Beck | Technology | KeyBanc |
| 28 | John | Difucci | Technology | Jefferies |
| 29 | Patrick | O’Shaughnessy | Financial | Raymond James |
| 30 | Colin | Sebastian | Technology | Robert W. Baird |
| 31 | Curt | Woodworth | Materials | Credit Suisse |
| 32 | Darrin | Peller | Services | Barclays |
| 33 | Fawne | Jiang | Technology | Benchmark Co. |
| 34 | Gregg | Moskowitz | Technology | Cowen & Co. |
| 35 | Peter | Arment | IndustrialGoods | Robert W. Baird |
| 36 | Michael | Ciarmoli | IndustrialGoods | SunTrust Robinson |
| 37 | David | Bain | Services | Roth Capital |
| 38 | Edwin | Mok | Technology | Needham |
| 39 | Timothy | Arcuri | Technology | UBS |
| 40 | Brandon | Couillard | Healthcare | Jefferies |
| 41 | Ross | MacMillan | Technology | RBC Capital |
| 42 | Eric | Schmidt | Healthcare | Cowen & Co. |
| 43 | Colby | Synesael | Technology | Cowen & Co. |
| 44 | Difei | Yang | Healthcare | Mizuho Securities |
| 45 | Rob | Sanderson | Technology | MKM Partners |
| 46 | John | Quealy | IndustrialGoods | Canaccord Genuity |
| 47 | James | Friedman | Financial | Susquehanna |
| 48 | Tim | Long | Technology | BMO Capital |
| 49 | Edward | White | Healthcare | H.C. Wainwright |
| 50 | Michael | Grondahl | Financial | Northland Securities |
| 51 | Kirk | Materne | Technology | Evercore ISI |
| 52 | Robert | Spingarn | IndustrialGoods | Credit Suisse |
| 53 | David | Koning | Financial | Robert W. Baird |
| 54 | Patrick | Brown | Services | Raymond James |
| 55 | Brian | Peterson | Technology | Raymond James |
| 56 | Hartaj | Singh | Healthcare | Oppenheimer |
| 57 | Sidney | Ho | Technology | Deutsche Bank |
| 58 | Vijay | Rakesh | Technology | Mizuho Securities |
| 59 | Jeff | Cantwell | Financial | Guggenheim |
| 60 | Jason | Helfstein | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 61 | Yigal | Nochomovitz | Healthcare | Citigroup |
| 62 | Kenneth | Herbert | IndustrialGoods | Canaccord Genuity |
| 63 | Tom | Forte | Services | D.A. Davidson |
| 64 | Mehdi | Hosseini | Technology | Susquehanna |
| 65 | Don | Carson | Materials | Susquehanna |
| 66 | James | Ricchiuti | Technology | Needham |
| 67 | Stephen | Ju | Technology | Credit Suisse |
| 68 | Sarah | James | Healthcare | Piper Jaffray |
| 69 | Christopher | Agnew | Services | MKM Partners |
| 70 | Scott | Schneeberger | Services | Oppenheimer |
| 71 | Timothy | Horan | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 72 | Philip | Ng | ConsumerGoode | Jefferies |
| 73 | Praveen | Narra | Materials | Raymond James |
| 74 | Leah | R. Cann | Healthcare | Oppenheimer |
| 75 | Richard | Baldry | Technology | Roth Capital |
| 76 | Shahriar | Pourreza | Technology | Guggenheim |
| 77 | Andrew | Fein | Healthcare | H.C. Wainwright |
| 78 | Farhan | Ahmad | Technology | Credit Suisse |
| 79 | Rick | Nelson | Services | Stephens |
| 80 | Gautam | Khanna | IndustrialGoods | Cowen & Co. |
| 81 | Do | Kim | Healthcare | BMO Capital |
| 82 | Carter | Driscoll | IndustrialGoods | B.Riley FBR |
| 83 | Mark | Jordan | Technology | Noble Financial |
| 84 | David | Steinberg | Healthcare | Jefferies |
| 85 | Weston | Twigg | Technology | KeyBanc |
| 86 | Nate | Cunningham | Technology | Guggenheim |
| 87 | Gregory | Miller | Technology | SunTrust Robinson |
| 88 | Gary | Bisbee | Services | RBC Capital |
| 89 | Michael | Wiederhorn | Healthcare | Oppenheimer |
| 90 | Nicholas | Jansen | Healthcare | Raymond James |
| 91 | Andrew | Jeffrey | Financial | SunTrust Robinson |
| 92 | Sameet | Sinha | Technology | B.Riley FBR |
| 93 | Michael | Turits | Technology | Raymond James |
| 94 | Melissa | Roberts | Financial | KBW |
| 95 | Jayson | Bedford | Healthcare | Raymond James |
| 96 | Kerry | Rice | Technology | Needham |
| 97 | Nik | Modi | ConsumerGoode | RBC Capital |
| 98 | Arvind | Ramnani | Financial | KeyBanc |
| 99 | Marshall | Senk | Technology | Rosenblatt Securities |
| 100 | John | Newman | Healthcare | Canaccord Genuity |
| 101 | Cory | Kasimov | Healthcare | J.P. Morgan |
| 102 | Chris | Kotowski | Financial | Oppenheimer |
| 103 | Harlan | Sur | Technology | J.P. Morgan |
| 104 | Richard | Newitter | Healthcare | Leerink Swann |
| 105 | Alethia | Young | Healthcare | Credit Suisse |
| 106 | Alex | Zukin | Technology | Piper Jaffray |
| 107 | Peter | Benedict | Services | Robert W. Baird |
| 108 | Toshiya | Hari | ConsumerGoode | Goldman Sachs |
| 109 | Laurence | Alexander | Materials | Jefferies |
| 110 | Sean | Wieland | Technology | Piper Jaffray |
| 111 | Keith | Bachman | Technology | BMO Capital |
| 112 | Derrick | Wood | Technology | Cowen & Co. |
| 113 | Deane | Dray | IndustrialGoods | RBC Capital |
| 114 | Blayne | Curtis | Technology | Barclays |
| 115 | Ivan | Feinseth | Services | Tigress Financial |
| 116 | Matthew | O’Brien | Healthcare | Piper Jaffray |
| 117 | Danielle | Antalffy | Healthcare | Leerink Swann |
| 118 | Edward | Tenthoff | Healthcare | Piper Jaffray |
| 119 | Marty | Mosby | Financial | Vining Sparks |
| 120 | Drew | Crum | Technology | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 121 | Shebly | Seyrafi | Technology | FBN Securities |
| 122 | Andrew | Charles | Services | Cowen & Co. |
| 123 | Raimo | Lenschow | Technology | Barclays |
| 124 | Jason | Ader | Technology | William Blair |
| 125 | Jason | Mills | Healthcare | Canaccord Genuity |
| 126 | Philip | Shen | Technology | Roth Capital |
| 127 | Jonathan | Atkin | Technology | RBC Capital |
| 128 | Manav | Patnaik | Services | Barclays |
| 129 | Jennie | Tsai | Healthcare | Gabelli |
| 130 | Kevin | Ellich | Healthcare | Craig-Hallum |
| 131 | Jialong | Shi | Technology | Nomura |
| 132 | Doug | Anmuth | Technology | J.P. Morgan |
| 133 | Eric | Sheridan | Technology | UBS |
| 134 | Vernon | Bernardino | Healthcare | Seaport Global |
| 135 | Christopher | Glynn | IndustrialGoods | Oppenheimer |
| 136 | Patrick | Scholes | Services | SunTrust Robinson |
| 137 | Cai | Rumohr | IndustrialGoods | Cowen & Co. |
| 138 | Sujeeva | De Silva | Technology | Roth Capital |
| 139 | David | Lim | Technology | Wells Fargo |
| 140 | Arun | Viswanathan | Materials | RBC Capital |
| 141 | Georgios | Mihalos | Technology | Cowen & Co. |
| 142 | Ramsey | El Assal | Services | Jefferies |
| 143 | Sean | Hannan | Technology | Needham |
| 144 | Tom | Roderick | Technology | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 145 | Rick | Schafer | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 146 | Wamsi | Mohan | Technology | Merrill Lynch |
| 147 | Steven | Forbes | Services | Guggenheim |
| 148 | Jason | Seidl | Services | Cowen & Co. |
| 149 | Sam | Margolin | Materials | Cowen & Co. |
| 150 | Charles | Neivert | Materials | Cowen & Co. |
| 151 | Brad | Reback | Technology | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 152 | Alex | Fuhrman | Services | Craig-Hallum |
| 153 | Doug | Creutz | Technology | Cowen & Co. |
| 154 | Patrick | Ho | Technology | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 155 | Bradley | Thomas | Services | KeyBanc |
| 156 | Thomas | Champion | Financial | Cowen & Co. |
| 157 | Edward | Nash | Healthcare | SunTrust Robinson |
| 158 | Michael | Schmidt | Healthcare | Leerink Swann |
| 159 | Mayank | Tandon | Technology | Needham |
| 160 | Douglas | Mewhirter | Services | SunTrust Robinson |
| 161 | Peter | Lenardos | Financial | RBC Capital |
| 162 | Michael | Nemeroff | Technology | Credit Suisse |
| 163 | Jason | McCarthy | Healthcare | Maxim Group |
| 164 | Mark | Miller | Technology | Benchmark Co. |
| 165 | Rob | Owens | Technology | KeyBanc |
| 166 | Anna | Andreeva | Services | Oppenheimer |
| 167 | Thomas | McCrohan | Financial | Mizuho Securities |
| 168 | Steven | Milunovich | Technology | UBS |
| 169 | Rob | Cihra | Technology | Guggenheim |
| 170 | Ann | Dai | Financial | KBW |
| 171 | Budd | Bugatch | Services | Raymond James |
| 172 | Atif | Malik | Technology | Citigroup |
| 173 | Brian | White | Technology | Drexel Hamilton |
| 174 | George | Sutton | Services | Craig-Hallum |
| 175 | Andy | Hargreaves | ConsumerGoode | KeyBanc |
| 176 | Brian | Ossenbeck | Services | J.P. Morgan |
| 177 | Ronni | Moas | Technology | Standpoint Research |
| 178 | Raj | Denhoy | Healthcare | Jefferies |
| 179 | Christian | Buss | ConsumerGoode | Credit Suisse |
| 180 | Timothy | O’Shea | Technology | Jefferies |
| 181 | Daniel | Fannon | Financial | Jefferies |
| 182 | Shyam | Patil | Technology | Susquehanna |
| 183 | Michael | Halloran | IndustrialGoods | Robert W. Baird |
| 184 | Bhavan | Suri | Technology | William Blair |
| 185 | Brad | Heffern | Materials | RBC Capital |
| 186 | Robert | Lee | Financial | KBW |
| 187 | John | Pitzer | Technology | Credit Suisse |
| 188 | David | Leiker | ConsumerGoode | Robert W. Baird |
| 189 | Jeffrey | Holford | Healthcare | Jefferies |
| 190 | Blake | Fernandez | Materials | Scotiabank |
| 191 | Anthony | Diclemente | Services | Evercore ISI |
| 192 | William | Chappell | ConsumerGoode | SunTrust Robinson |
| 193 | Eric | Coldwell | Technology | Robert W. Baird |
| 194 | Christopher | Raymond | Healthcare | Piper Jaffray |
| 195 | Paul | Matteis | Healthcare | Leerink Swann |
| 196 | Alex | Yao | Technology | J.P. Morgan |
| 197 | Felicia | Hendrix | Services | Barclays |
| 198 | Jim | Kelleher | Technology | Argus Research |
| 199 | Michael | Latimore | Technology | Northland Securities |
| 200 | Donald | Hooker | Technology | KeyBanc |
| 201 | Hassan | Ahmed | Materials | Alembic Global |
| 202 | Chris | Parkinson | Materials | Credit Suisse |
| 203 | Brandon | Dobell | Materials | William Blair |
| 204 | Youssef | Squali | Technology | SunTrust Robinson |
| 205 | Amir | Rozwadowski | Technology | Barclays |
| 206 | Brian | Gesuale | Technology | Raymond James |
| 207 | Aleksey | Yefremov | Materials | Nomura |
| 208 | Ed | Arce | Healthcare | H.C. Wainwright |
| 209 | Abhey | Lamba | Technology | Mizuho Securities |
| 210 | Steven | Wieczynski | Services | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 211 | Jeff | Johnson | Healthcare | Robert W. Baird |
| 212 | Andrew | Uerkwitz | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 213 | Tim | Klasell | Technology | Northland Securities |
| 214 | Liam | Burke | IndustrialGoods | B.Riley FBR |
| 215 | Ross | Gilardi | IndustrialGoods | Merrill Lynch |
| 216 | Cody | Acree | Technology | Drexel Hamilton |
| 217 | Robert | Burleson | Technology | Canaccord Genuity |
| 218 | Kyle | Rose | Healthcare | Canaccord Genuity |
| 219 | Heather | Bellini | Technology | Goldman Sachs |
| 220 | Matthew | Andrews | Healthcare | Jefferies |
| 221 | Monika | Garg | Technology | KeyBanc |
| 222 | Ben | Kallo | Technology | Robert W. Baird |
| 223 | Liana | Moussatos | Healthcare | Wedbush |
| 224 | John | Eade | Healthcare | Argus Research |
| 225 | Amit | Mehrotra | Services | Deutsche Bank |
| 226 | Joseph | Greff | Services | J.P. Morgan |
| 227 | Sarkis | Sherbetchyan | Services | B.Riley FBR |
| 228 | Sterling | Auty | Technology | J.P. Morgan |
| 229 | Justin | Patterson | Services | Raymond James |
| 230 | Jeff | Bernstein | Services | Barclays |
| 231 | Gregory | Zhao | Technology | Barclays |
| 232 | Justin | Post | Technology | Merrill Lynch |
| 233 | Serge | Belanger | Healthcare | Needham |
| 234 | Steven | Wardell | Technology | Chardan Capital |
| 235 | John | Larkin | Services | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 236 | Harry | Curtis | Services | Nomura |
| 237 | Michael | King | Healthcare | JMP Securities |
| 238 | Peter | Keith | Services | Piper Jaffray |
| 239 | Christopher | Rolland | Technology | Susquehanna |
| 240 | Darren | Aftahi | Technology | Roth Capital |
| 241 | Ian | Zaffino | Services | Oppenheimer |
| 242 | Howard | Mason | Financial | Renaissance Macro Securities LLC |
| 243 | Joseph | Moore | Technology | Morgan Stanley |
| 244 | Daniel | Binder | Services | Jefferies |
| 245 | Chad | Messer | Healthcare | Needham |
| 246 | Ben | Schachter | Technology | Macquarie |
| 247 | Daniel | Salmon | Technology | BMO Capital |
| 248 | Kevin | Cassidy | Technology | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 249 | Mark | Moskowitz | Technology | Barclays |
| 250 | Helane | Becker | Services | Cowen & Co. |
| 251 | Christian | Schwab | Technology | Craig-Hallum |
| 252 | Paul | Puryear | Financial | Raymond James |
| 253 | Ronald | Josey | Technology | JMP Securities |
| 254 | Adam | Jonas | ConsumerGoode | Morgan Stanley |
| 255 | David | Kelley | ConsumerGoode | Jefferies |
| 256 | Nat | Schindler | Services | Merrill Lynch |
| 257 | Catherine | Mealor | Financial | KBW |
| 258 | Colin | Rusch | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 259 | Keith | Hughes | IndustrialGoods | SunTrust Robinson |
| 260 | Jason | Butler | Healthcare | JMP Securities |
| 261 | Jeff | Van Sinderen | Services | B.Riley FBR |
| 262 | Alex | Rygiel | IndustrialGoods | B.Riley FBR |
| 263 | Jed | Kelly | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 264 | Matthew | Gillmor | Technology | Robert W. Baird |
| 265 | David | Hynes | Technology | Canaccord Genuity |
| 266 | Ryan | Zimmerman | Healthcare | BTIG |
| 267 | Paul | Ridzon | Utilities | KeyBanc |
| 268 | William | Quirk | Healthcare | Piper Jaffray |
| 269 | Nathan | Jones | IndustrialGoods | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 270 | Tristan | Gerra | Technology | Robert W. Baird |
| 271 | Stephen | Tusa | IndustrialGoods | J.P. Morgan |
| 272 | Laura | Martin | Services | Needham |
| 273 | Travis | Steed | Healthcare | Merrill Lynch |
| 274 | Daniel | Donlan | Financial | Ladenburg |
| 275 | James | Sheehan | Materials | SunTrust Robinson |
| 276 | Jason | Freuchtel | ConsumerGoode | SunTrust Robinson |
| 277 | Swayampakula | Ramakanth | Healthcare | H.C. Wainwright |
| 278 | Jeff | Van Rhee | Technology | Craig-Hallum |
| 279 | Shelby | Tucker | Utilities | RBC Capital |
| 280 | Peter | Stabler | Technology | Wells Fargo |
| 281 | Jayson | Noland | Technology | Robert W. Baird |
| 282 | Matthew | Taylor | Healthcare | Barclays |
| 283 | Liisa | Bayko | Healthcare | JMP Securities |
| 284 | Alexander | Blostein | Financial | Goldman Sachs |
| 285 | Anupam | Rama | Healthcare | J.P. Morgan |
| 286 | Richard | Anderson | Financial | Mizuho Securities |
| 287 | Jeff | Martin | Services | Roth Capital |
| 288 | Jon | Arfstrom | Financial | RBC Capital |
| 289 | Ric | Prentiss | Technology | Raymond James |
| 290 | Michael | Baudendistel | Services | Stifel Nicolaus |
| 291 | Steve | Beuchaw | Healthcare | Morgan Stanley |
| 292 | Moshe | Katri | Technology | Wedbush |
| 293 | Ken | Sena | Technology | Wells Fargo |
| 294 | Craig | Hettenbach | Technology | Morgan Stanley |
| 295 | David | Manthey | Services | Robert W. Baird |
| 296 | John | G. Inch | IndustrialGoods | Deutsche Bank |
| 297 | Michael | Graham | Technology | Canaccord Genuity |
| 298 | Noah | Kaye | Technology | Oppenheimer |
| 299 | Kevin | Liu | Technology | B.Riley FBR |
| 300 | Gerard | Cassidy | Financial | RBC Capital |
