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Which stocks are analysts upgrading and downgrading?

Wall Street analysts’ rating changes make headlines and can move a stock for a day or two. Seeing them together shows where professional opinion is shifting across the market.

Updated Oct 9, 2026

53
% of changes were upgrades

More upgrades

Over the past 30 days analysts made 134 rating changes on S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks: 71 upgrades and 63 downgrades. The most upgraded were CBOE, HUM, SNPS; the most downgraded, PTC, COO, ACN. In our research, rating changes did not reliably predict returns, so treat this as information, not a signal.

71 upgrades63 downgradesPast 30 days
Net upgrades, past three years

The balance of rating changes

First, upgrades minus downgrades each month since 2015, with recessions shaded. Select a tile or any stock below for its past year.

Upgrades minus downgrades, each month
Upgrades minus downgrades as a share of all rating changes on S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks. Above zero, upgrades outnumber downgrades.
-50%0%50%Jan 16Jan 17Jan 18Jan 19Jan 20Jan 21Jan 22Jan 23Jan 24Jan 25Jan 26
Recession

The most upgraded and downgraded stocks

The 30 stocks with the most net upgrades and the 30 with the most net downgrades over the past 30 days. Select a column to sort.

StockChangesUpgradesDowngradesLatest change1MPast year
CTVA
Corteva
2Upgraded20Keybanc: Sector Weight to Overweight, Oct 7–

How to read this page

How it’s measured. Rating changes by brokerage analysts on S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 stocks, from FMP. An upgrade or downgrade is a change in a firm’s rating; reiterations and new coverage are left out. Firms use different scales, such as Buy, Overweight and Outperform.

Sources. Daily prices and analysts’ estimates and ratings from Financial Modeling Prep.

In our research, analysts’ rating changes and the balance of their ratings did not reliably predict a stock’s later returns. Earnings surprises carried more information.

Ratings lean heavily toward Buy, so a downgrade to Hold often says more than an upgrade to Buy.

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