Kelly Bania Analyst Performance

Equity Research Analyst, Food Retail & Distribution at BMO Capital Markets

Kelly Bania is a stock analyst at BMO Capital Markets, covering 19 publicly traded companies across a range of sectors. Over the past year, Kelly Bania has issued 10 stock ratings, including buy and hold recommendations. While full access to Kelly Bania's proprietary MarketBeat Analyst Rating is reserved for MarketBeat All Access subscribers, the rating is updated daily to reflect the most recent analyst activity. This profile highlights Kelly Bania's coverage history, rating activity, and performance tendencies — helping individual investors make more informed trading decisions.

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Average Return: 00.00% 12-Month ROI
Success Rate: 00.00% Profitable Ratings
Total Ratings: 161 Last 10 Years
Buy Recommendations: 35.63% 57 Buy Ratings
Companies Covered: 19 Unique Companies

Ratings Distribution

Rating	Percentage	Count
Strong Buy	0.0%	0 ratings
Buy	35.6%	57 ratings
Hold	63.1%	101 ratings
Sell	1.3%	2 ratings

Out of 160 total stock ratings issued by Kelly Bania at BMO Capital Markets, the majority (63.1%) have been Hold recommendations, followed by 35.6% Buy and 1.3% Sell.

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TGT
Aug 2020
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DTEA
Jul 2016
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Exchange Coverage

Exchange	Percentage	Count
NASDAQ	52.6% of companies on NASDAQ	10 companies
NYSE	47.4% of companies on NYSE	9 companies

Kelly Bania, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, currently covers 19 companies listed on NASDAQ and NYSE, with the majority traded on NASDAQ.

Coverage Focus

Sector Icon	Sector	Percentage
	Retail/Wholesale 10 companies	52.6%
	Consumer Staples 7 companies	36.8%
	Business Services 1 company	5.3%
	Miscellaneous 1 company	5.3%

Kelly Bania of BMO Capital Markets specializes in stock coverage within the Retail/Wholesale sector, with additional focus on Consumer Staples and Business Services companies.

Coverage Industries

Industry	Percentage
FOOD - MISC/DIVERSIFIED 4 companies	21.1%
RETAIL - DISCOUNT 4 companies	21.1%
FOOD ITEMS - WHLE 3 companies	15.8%
CONS PD - MISC STPL 2 companies	10.5%
RETAIL - SUPERMKT 2 companies	10.5%
RETAIL - CNV STRS 1 company	5.3%
GROCERIES, GENERAL LINE 1 company	5.3%
FOOD STORES 1 company	5.3%
Miscellaneous 1 company	5.3%

About Kelly Bania

Kelly is an analyst in BMO Capital Markets Equity Research covering food retailers, including traditional supermarkets; natural, organic & specialty food retailers; convenience stores; and food distributors. Prior to joining BMO in 2013, Kelly spent nine years at another large U.S. investment dealer, where she spent five years in equity research as part of an Institutional Investor-ranked team, with lead coverage in the U.S. food retailing sector. Prior to that, she spent four years in Bank of America’s investment banking division specializing in public finance. Additionally, Kelly held a role in finance at Morgan Stanley. Kelly earned a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of San Diego, with a double minor in business administration and French.

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Company	Report Date	Action	Report Date Price	12-Month Price Target	Rating
SPTN SpartanNash	6/24/2025	Reiterated Rating	$26.46	$26.90	Market Perform
UNFI United Natural Foods	6/12/2025	Lower Price Target	$21.49	$25.00	Market Perform
CASY Casey's General Stores	6/11/2025	Boost Price Target	$501.38	$515.00	Market Perform
DLTR Dollar Tree	6/5/2025	Boost Price Target	$96.48	$85.00	Market Perform
TGT Target	5/22/2025	Lower Price Target	$95.09	$95.00	Market Perform
ARKO ARKO	5/12/2025	Boost Price Target	$5.34	$5.00	Market Perform
ACI Albertsons Companies	5/7/2025	Upgrade	$21.93	$25.00	Outperform
SYY Sysco	4/30/2025	Lower Price Target	$71.07	$77.00	Outperform
SFM Sprouts Farmers Market	2/21/2025	Boost Price Target	$139.33	$180.00	Market Perform
CHEF Chefs' Warehouse	2/13/2025	Boost Price Target	$62.55	$73.00	Outperform

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