William Blair Analyst Recommendations & Stock Picks

William Blair's highest-rated analysts by MarketBeat's accuracy score include Louie DiPalma, Matt Phipps and Andrew Jeffrey. Rankings are based on historical rating accuracy and price target precision over the past 12 months. MarketBeat tracks 51 analysts at William Blair.

William Blair has the deepest coverage in Healthcare (33.5% of rated companies), Technology (20.3% of rated companies), Industrials (13.5% of rated companies), Consumer Discretionary (9.6% of rated companies) and Finance (7.4% of rated companies).

William Blair issued 489 ratings over the last 12 months across 394 companies — an average of roughly 41 rating actions per month. These include downgrade, initiated coverage, reiterated rating, set price target and upgrade. MarketBeat tracks every rating change as it's published so you can see the most current William Blair analyst actions.

A buy rating indicates the analyst expects the stock to outperform the market over the next 12 months. A hold suggests the stock will perform in line with the market. A sell rating indicates expected underperformance. William Blair uses Outperform, Market Perform, and Underperform as their equivalents.