What is an analyst target price?
Definition
An analyst target price is a forward-looking opinion from a research firm: the price level the firm believes a stock could reach, often over the next 12 months. It is not a promise of performance—it summarizes professional judgement based on models, news, and sector outlook.
Why multiple targets exist
Different firms update targets at different times and use different assumptions (growth, interest rates, margins). That is why consensus metrics—mean, median, and sometimes low/high bands—are useful: they summarize dispersion across many analysts rather than one headline number.
How we show it on this site
We display Yahoo Finance–derived consensus fields such as mean target, survey low/high where available, and recent firm-level target changes. Always pair targets with context: valuation, risk, and your own objectives.