David Palmer Analyst Performance

Restaurant and Food Analyst at Evercore ISI

David Palmer is a stock analyst at Evercore ISI across a range of sectors, covering 28 publicly traded companies. Over the past year, David Palmer has issued 18 stock ratings, including buy and hold recommendations. While full access to David Palmer's proprietary MarketBeat Analyst Ranking is reserved for MarketBeat All Access subscribers, the rating is updated daily to reflect the most recent analyst activity. This profile highlights David Palmer'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: 177 Last 11 Years
Buy Recommendations: 61.93% 109 Buy Ratings
Companies Covered: 28 Unique Companies

Ratings Distribution

Rating	Percentage	Count
Strong Buy	4.0%	7 ratings
Buy	58.0%	102 ratings
Hold	38.1%	67 ratings
Sell	0.0%	0 ratings

Out of 176 total stock ratings issued by David Palmer at Evercore ISI, the majority (58.0%) have been Buy recommendations, followed by 38.1% Hold and 4.0% Strong Buy.

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Best Call
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TSN
Oct 2015
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Worst Call
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CMG
Oct 2015
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Exchange Coverage

Exchange	Percentage	Count
NYSE	57.1% of companies on NYSE	16 companies
NASDAQ	39.3% of companies on NASDAQ	11 companies
TSE	3.6% of companies on TSE	1 company

David Palmer, an analyst at Evercore ISI, currently covers 28 companies listed on NYSE, NASDAQ and TSE, with the majority traded on NYSE.

Coverage Focus

Sector Icon	Sector	Percentage
	Consumer Staples 13 companies	46.4%
	Retail/Wholesale 12 companies	42.9%
	Consumer Cyclical 1 company	3.6%
	Consumer Discretionary 1 company	3.6%
	Miscellaneous 1 company	3.6%

David Palmer of Evercore ISI specializes in stock coverage within the Consumer Staples sector, with additional focus on Retail/Wholesale and Consumer Cyclical companies.

Coverage Industries

Industry	Percentage
RETAIL - RESTRNTS 10 companies	35.7%
FOOD - MISC/DIVERSIFIED 9 companies	32.1%
CONS PD - MISC STPL 1 company	3.6%
RESTAURANTS 1 company	3.6%
FOOD - CONFECTNRY 1 company	3.6%
EATING & DRINKING PLACES 1 company	3.6%
CONSM PD - MISC DIS 1 company	3.6%
FOOD - MEAT PRODS 1 company	3.6%
FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS 1 company	3.6%
EATING PLACES 1 company	3.6%
Miscellaneous 1 company	3.6%

About David Palmer

David Palmer is a senior managing director at Evercore ISI and heads the Restaurants and Food Producers Team. He was ranked No. 1 for his coverage of the restaurants sector and runner-up in the food producers category in the 2024 Extel (formerly Institutional Investor) All-America Research survey, which has consistently ranked him runner-up or higher for more than a decade. Before joining the ISI research team, Mr. Palmer was a managing director at RBC Capital Markets. Prior to that, he served as managing director and consumer sector head at UBS. Mr. Palmer earned a B.A from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

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Company	Report Date	Action	Report Date Price	12-Month Price Target	Rating
DRI Darden Restaurants	9/19/2025	Lower Price Target	$187.31	$240.00	Outperform
DRI Darden Restaurants	9/10/2025	Lower Price Target	$212.04	$245.00	Outperform
EAT Brinker International	9/4/2025	Upgrade	$159.00	$210.00	Outperform
TXRH Texas Roadhouse	9/4/2025	Downgrade	$171.57	$190.00	In-Line
EAT Brinker International	8/14/2025	Boost Price Target	$156.01	$190.00	In-Line
MCD McDonald's	8/8/2025	Boost Price Target	$307.90	$360.00	Outperform
BRBR BellRing Brands	8/6/2025	Lower Price Target	$37.63	$64.00	Outperform
KLG WK Kellogg	7/11/2025	Boost Price Target	$22.85	$23.00	In-Line
CAG Conagra Brands	7/11/2025	Lower Price Target	$19.11	$24.00	In-Line
SBUX Starbucks	6/24/2025	Reiterated Rating	$90.90	$105.00	Outperform
DRI Darden Restaurants	6/16/2025	Boost Price Target	$223.29	$250.00	Outperform
POST Post	6/4/2025	Boost Price Target	$110.29	$131.00	Outperform
CPB Campbell's	5/29/2025	Lower Price Target	$34.16	$41.00	In-Line
BRBR BellRing Brands	5/7/2025	Lower Price Target	$63.68	$82.00	Outperform
CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill	4/24/2025	Lower Price Target	$48.78	$57.00	Outperform
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group	4/23/2025	Lower Price Target	$3.07	$5.00	In-Line
MDLZ Mondelez International	4/23/2025	Boost Price Target	$67.83	$70.00	Outperform
HAIN The Hain Celestial Group	2/12/2025	Lower Price Target	$4.41	$6.00	In-Line

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