The sell side talks IR – part four: analyst forecasts and negative ratings

A dive into both the IR and the analyst view on forecast accuracy, addressing a sense that someone is out on the numbers and negative ratings

How accurate do you find analyst reports on your company? And what do you do if you think there’s a mistake? How does a negative rating affect your relationship?

We put these questions and more to hundreds of IROs around the world in a bid to craft a picture of the IR view on forecasts and ratings. Then, as with each of the themes in this sell-side-IR-relationship series, we put those findings to the analysts themselves in a series of in-depth, honest and anonymous conversations.

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