How to Analyze a Stock

Analyst earnings expectations are only roughly 18% accurate on a three month time horizon. The speaker pays attention to analyst estimates and expectations, but ignores the price target. They find earnings estimates worth looking at and consider independent analysts. They also use alternative sources of information such as word clouds on earnings calls and analysis of Google keyword searches to understand a company's strategy. The speaker believes that intelligence in refining capability is valuable in analyzing new data sets and forming a buyer or sell recommendation.