U.S. stocks wrapped up a rough week on Friday, with the S&P 500 dropping over 1% during the session as tech stocks led another sell-off. By week's end, the S&P 500 had fallen 0.6%, though the Dow managed to eke out a 1.1% gain.

Here's the thing about Wall Street analysts: they're constantly churning out stock recommendations, but not all of them are particularly good at predicting what happens next. For any given stock, you might find wildly different price targets and ratings, which doesn't exactly help when you're trying to figure out where to put your money.

That's where track records matter. MarketDash's Analyst Ratings data compiles high-quality stock ratings through direct partnerships with major sell-side banks. Recent analysis by investment dashboard provider Toggle.ai found that these curated analyst insights can actually be used as trading indicators to beat the market, which is the whole point of paying attention to them.

Following the Winners

One useful way to cut through the noise is to focus on analysts who've consistently gotten it right. Here's a look at the most recent stock picks from five of Wall Street's most accurate analysts, based on their historical track records.

Trevor Walsh, Citizens

• Ratings Accuracy: 87%
• Latest Rating: Maintained a Market Outperform rating on AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) with a $400 price target on Dec. 10. This analyst sees around 65% upside in the stock.
• Recent News: On Dec. 9, AeroVironment reported mixed quarterly earnings and issued mixed guidance.

Harsh Kumar, Piper Sandler

• Ratings Accuracy: 85%
• Latest Rating: Maintained an Overweight rating on Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) and boosted the price target from $375 to $430 on Dec. 12. This analyst sees around 18% upside in the stock.
• Recent News: On Dec. 11, Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issued first-quarter sales guidance above estimates.

Cody Acree, Benchmark

• Ratings Accuracy: 85%
• Latest Rating: Maintained a Buy rating on Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) and increased the price target from $385 to $485 on Dec. 12. This analyst expects around 34% surge in the stock.
• Recent News: On Dec. 11, Broadcom reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and issued first-quarter sales guidance above estimates.

Doug Anmuth, JP Morgan

• Ratings Accuracy: 84%
• Latest Rating: Maintained an Overweight rating on Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) and increased the price target from $340 to $385 on Dec. 12. This analyst expects around 23% jump in the stock.
• Recent News: The European Commission recently launched an antitrust investigation into Google for using content from publishers and creators to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.

Atif Malik, Citigroup

• Ratings Accuracy: 84%
• Latest Rating: Maintained a Buy rating on Apple Inc. (AAPL) and raised the price target from $315 to $330 on Dec. 9. This analyst expects around 18% gain in the stock.
• Recent News: On Dec. 4, Apple announced that Jennifer Newstead will become Apple's general counsel on March 1, 2026, following a transition of duties from Kate Adams.

Interestingly, Broadcom caught the attention of two top analysts on the same day, with both raising their price targets following the company's strong earnings report. The spread between their targets suggests different levels of optimism, with Acree projecting nearly double the upside that Kumar expects.