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On yahoo Finance, does the 1 year target estimate for stocks mean the estimate for Dec. 31?

  • How do you know when the 1 year estimate was updated? or when does it update?

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    One year targets don't really mean very much :) They are just one analyst's opinion on a stock. Generally they are good for one year when they are issued but can and will be revised in a heart beat. If several independent analysts had rose coloured glasses about a company for one year I might think there was something worth investigating...especially if I was familiar with that analyst's advice was good....but even then I would not trust it for a year...no one can forecast that far ahead accurately. It updates when they feel like it .... there is no particular schedule. PS: an analyst that won't give their name to their forecast is not worth listening to at all.

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The1 year target in Yahoo is actually copied from the S&P 1 year target. It is how much the S&P think this stock will be worth on the last trading day of the year. It's always a hit and miss - I know that it's always a hit on AAPL, but always a miss on all other stocks... Source: I write about stocks at http://fadi.el-eter.com

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If you want to go by that, sign on to your brokerage account and look at the estimates, etc. That is a better source, I still wouldn't go by that, but its better then a general website.

The one year estimate on Yahoo finance is some silly fiction. There are bankrupt companies that have 1 year estimates that look really good. Do not use that for anything.

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