Stats › Valuation › Analyst ratings

Only 4.9% of 12,840 analyst ratings say sell

Buy now: 59.4%59.4%BuynowBuy 5yr: 55.8%55.8%Buy5yrHold now: 35.7%35.7%HoldnowHold 5yr: 38.7%38.7%Hold5yrSell now: 4.9%4.9%SellnowSell 5yr: 5.6%5.6%Sell5yr

Sell ratings have averaged 5.6% over five years and currently sit at 4.9%. Source: FactSet, 18 June 2026.

Sell side analysts rate every company in the S&P 500 buy, hold or sell. Of 12,840 ratings in June 2026, roughly one in twenty was a sell and six in ten were buys. With 95% at buy or hold, hold is the negative rating.

12,840Ratings counted
59.4%Buy ratings
35.7%Hold ratings
4.9%Sell ratings

Members only

The rest of this page is for members

Below this point there are 6 sections, 1 chart and 1 named source, roughly 600 words of it. Every figure carries the source it came from and the date the data is from.

You can keep browsing every statistic in the library for free. The intro and the summary are always open.