The week in analyst ratings: August 3, 2026
12 upgrades, 24 downgrades and 5 new initiations across ~500 US large caps this week, and which firms' calls have the track records to back them.
Wall Street firms published 41 rating changes across StockRank's ~500-stock US coverage this past week: 12 upgrades, 24 downgrades and 5 initiations. Here are the calls from the firms with the strongest measured track records, as of August 3, 2026.
Notable calls, ranked by the caller's record
| Ticker | Firm | Action | Rating | Firm's 12M hit rate | |---|---|---|---|---| | RBLX | Benchmark | Downgrade | Sell | 50% (n=390) | | RBLX | Wedbush | Downgrade | Neutral | 52% (n=542) | | CINF | BofA Securities | Downgrade | Neutral | 43% (n=938) | | XOM | BofA Securities | Downgrade | Neutral | 43% (n=938) | | HON | BofA Securities | Upgrade | Neutral | 43% (n=938) | | HBAN | BofA Securities | Downgrade | Neutral | 43% (n=938) | | GDDY | William Blair | Downgrade | Market Perform | 44% (n=25) | | CSGP | William Blair | Downgrade | Market Perform | 44% (n=25) | | RBLX | BTIG | Downgrade | Sell | 45% (n=128) | | BAX | Citigroup | Upgrade | Neutral | 45% (n=1325) | | CSGP | Citigroup | Downgrade | Neutral | 45% (n=1325) | | F | Citigroup | Upgrade | Buy | 45% (n=1325) |
Hit rate = share of the firm's historical buy-equivalent ratings that beat the S&P 500 over the following 12 months, computed by StockRank; n = evaluated ratings. Live version on the ratings feed and Top Firms leaderboard.
How to read it
Not every rating change deserves the same weight. The table above is sorted by the acting firm's position on StockRank's track-record leaderboard (the share of each firm's past buy ratings that actually beat the S&P 500 over the following 12 months), so changes from firms with strong, well-sampled records surface first.
The balance of upgrades versus downgrades in a given week is a rough mood indicator, not a signal: firms act on their own coverage calendars, and a single sector event can swing the count.
The necessary caveats
Everything above is a descriptive snapshot of third-party analyst opinions (via Yahoo Finance, delayed), aggregated by StockRank. Ratings and price targets are the published views of the named firms, not StockRank's, and historical accuracy does not guarantee future results. Nothing in this article is investment advice or a recommendation. Methodology (windows, benchmark, minimum samples) is published in full here.
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