The top 10 analysts of 2025, as measured by TipRanks

Wall Street analysts guide investors with their research and useful predictions, but some consistently outperform others with strong and accurate calls.

TipRanks, a platform that tracks and ranks analysts based on the accuracy and success of their recommendations, has published its list of outstanding analysts in 2025.

But before we move forward, it’s important to highlight what we use. TipRanks’ Expert Center A tool to find analysts with a high success rate. The ranking reflects analysts’ ability to generate returns through their recommendations.

Let’s take a look at the Top 10 US analysts with the most successful ratings last year.

#1. Sam Slutsky – Life Science Capital

At the top of the list is LifeSci’s Sam Slutsky Capital, with an impressive overall success rate of 67.74% and an average return of 62.4%. In particular, his most notable rating was: Abivax S.A. (ABVX), a biotechnology company. The buy recommendation on ABVX shares between April 30 and July 30 returned 894.81%.

#2. Richard Shannon – Craig-Hallum

In second place is Craig-Hallum analyst Richard Shannon. Over the one-year timeframe, the analyst boasts an average return per rating of 36.9% and a success rate of 61.87%. His most extraordinary note was this: Aeva Technologies (AEVA) is a provider of sensing hardware and sensing software. In the period between March 17 and June 17, the buy recommendation on AEVA shares yielded a return of 822.14%.

#3. Joseph Stringer –Needham

Joseph Stringer comes in third on the list with an overall success rate of 79.17% and an average return of 38.2%. His best advice was: Inozim Pharmaceuticals (INZY), a biopharma company. The analyst’s buy call on INZY stock returned a whopping 361.9% between April 8 and May 16.

#4. Myles Minter –William Blair

Myles Minter is fourth on the list. The analyst’s success rate was 66.93% and the average return was 28.8%. Minter’s most important advice Ovid Therapeutics (OVID), a biopharmaceutical company. From June 13 to September 13, the analyst made a 350% profit with a buy recommendation on OVID shares.

#5. Reuben Roy – Stifel Nicolaus

Ruben Roy is ranked fifth on the list. The analyst has an overall success rate of 75.68% and average returns per rating of 35.3%. Roy’s best advice was: CoreWeave (CRWV), an AI cloud computing company. Analysts’ buy call on CRWV stock returned a whopping 293.2% between April 22 and July 8.

#6. Seamus Fernandez – Guggenheim

Guggenheim analyst Seamus Fernandez ranks sixth on this list with a success rate of 78.57% and an average return of 40.6%. Fernandez’s best decision was to buy shares of immunotherapy developer Cidara Therapeutics (CDTX). The recommendation generated a 244.7% return from September 2 to December 2.

#7. thomas smith – Leerink Partners

thomas smith It ranks seventh. The analyst achieved an average return of 30.7% with a success rate of 65.22%. His best recommendation is Abivax. The analyst made a whopping 880.34% return from his buy call on ABVX shares from April 29 to July 29.

#8. Mark Miller – Benchmark Inc.

Benchmark Co. analyst Mark Miller It ranks eighth on the list. Miller has a success rate of 59.8% and an average return of 11.1%. Received the best score at the manufacturer of flash memory products SanDisk (SNDK). Between August 15 and November 15, the stock’s buy rating returned an impressive 470.6%.

#9. Allison Bratzel –Piper Sandler

Allison Bratzel is ranked ninth on the list. It has a 63.64% success rate and an average return of 58.2%. Bratzel’s biggest recommendation was Abivax. The buy recommendation generated a return of 894.81% from April 30 to July 30.

#10. Julian Harrison – BTIG

Julian Harrison takes tenth place. The analyst has an overall success rate of 59.38% and an average return of 37%. His most important recommendation was Abivax shares. Harrison generated a solid 1,057.12% return from May 13 to August 13 with his buy call on ABVX shares.