James West is ranked #533 on 13Foresight, scored on hit rate, average return versus the market, and number of calls.

James West (Melius Research) — Analyst Ratings, Accuracy & Track Record

Q: How accurate are James West's stock ratings?

About 62% of James's ratings were profitable over a one-year hold, with an average return of +45.4% per rating, measured by 13Foresight from historical prices.

Analyst Tracker/James West

James West

Melius Research

Wall Street Analyst

★★★★☆

#533

on 13Foresight · ranked by our own returns

62%

Success Rate

+45.4%

Average Return

40 of 65 calls profitable · +26.4% vs benchmark

Time Frame ⓘ

1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr

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📈 Across the calls we could measure, roughly 62% of James West's ratings turned a profit when each position was held for 1 year — averaging +45.4% per rating. These figures are computed by 13Foresight from historical prices, not supplied by the analyst.

Rating Distribution

16 Buy 5 Hold 1 Sell

James's Stock Coverage 70 ratings · 2026-06-18

Company	Date	Position	Consensus ⓘ	Price Target ⓘ	1-Yr Return
VST Vistra Corp	Jun 16, 2026	BUY	Strong Buy +25.8% avg upside 22 analysts	—	+3.5%
HAL Halliburton	Apr 21, 2026	BUY	Strong Buy +19.4% avg upside 40 analysts	—	-4.6%
CVX Chevron	Feb 17, 2026	BUY	Strong Buy +5.2% avg upside 43 analysts	$205.00 17.90% Upside	-2.8%
BP BP	Feb 11, 2026	SELL	Buy +12.3% avg upside 29 analysts	$31.00 20.49% Downside	-9.4%
TLN Talen Energy Corp	Sep 10, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +3.4% avg upside 17 analysts	$576.00 30.48% Upside	+2.7%
SHEL Shell	Aug 20, 2025	HOLD	Buy +4.0% avg upside 26 analysts	$70.00 10.82% Downside	+15.2%
OXY Occidental Petroleum	Aug 20, 2025	HOLD	Buy +15.7% avg upside 34 analysts	$64.00 24.26% Upside	+23.5%
NRG NRG Energy	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +27.3% avg upside 19 analysts	$308.00 124.44% Upside	-6.5%
NEE NextEra Energy	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +11.6% avg upside 31 analysts	$100.00 14.87% Upside	+17.3%
XOM Exxon Mobil	Aug 20, 2025	HOLD	Buy -1.5% avg upside 48 analysts	$111.00 18.82% Downside	+29.8%
EQT EQT	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +29.3% avg upside 39 analysts	$64.00 25.60% Upside	+0.4%
EOG EOG Resources	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Buy +8.5% avg upside 43 analysts	$173.00 33.18% Upside	+14.6%
COP Conocophillips	Aug 20, 2025	HOLD	Strong Buy +17.6% avg upside 36 analysts	$117.00 7.89% Upside	+21.2%
CEG Constellation Energy Corporation	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +26.9% avg upside 29 analysts	$462.00 66.78% Upside	-14.6%
GB:BP BP p.l.c.	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +365.6% avg upside 28 analysts	—	·
FANG Diamondback	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +6.3% avg upside 43 analysts	$213.00 17.29% Upside	+40.3%
WFRD Weatherford International	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy -6.8% avg upside 20 analysts	$108.00 18.62% Upside	+75.1%
BKR Baker Hughes Company	Aug 20, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy -1.5% avg upside 30 analysts	$60.00 2.73% Upside	+47.9%
VTOL Bristow Group	Jan 15, 2025	BUY	Strong Buy +15.1% avg upside 6 analysts	$47.00 11.98% Upside	+11.6%
BE Bloom Energy	Nov 15, 2024	BUY	Buy -45.1% avg upside 37 analysts	$22.00 92.90% Downside	+429.3%
PLUG Plug Power	Nov 15, 2024	BUY	Buy +251.7% avg upside 45 analysts	$3.00 11.44% Upside	+20.3%
HP Helmerich & Payne	Nov 15, 2024	BUY	Buy +13.9% avg upside 23 analysts	$48.00 41.53% Upside	-14.1%
EOSE Eos Energy Enterprises	Nov 14, 2024	BUY	Buy +14.2% avg upside 12 analysts	$3.00 60.11% Downside	+518.8%
EVGO EVgo	Nov 13, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy +197.2% avg upside 19 analysts	$7.00 262.68% Upside	-42.5%
GTLS Chart Industries	Nov 13, 2024	BUY	Buy -17.0% avg upside 27 analysts	$206.00 0.67% Downside	+18.1%
ENPH Enphase Energy	Nov 11, 2024	BUY	Buy +40.9% avg upside 43 analysts	$125.00 145.48% Upside	-51.6%
TDW Tidewater	Nov 11, 2024	BUY	Buy -5.7% avg upside 8 analysts	$112.00 76.73% Upside	+7.0%
INVX Innovex International	Nov 11, 2024	BUY	Buy +53.7% avg upside 8 analysts	$24.00 5.12% Downside	+28.6%
RUN Sunrun	Nov 08, 2024	BUY	Buy +70.3% avg upside 32 analysts	$38.00 195.49% Upside	+67.5%
BORR Borr Drilling	Nov 08, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy +74.9% avg upside 6 analysts	$9.00 118.24% Upside	-18.7%
TPICQ TPI Composites	Nov 08, 2024	BUY	Buy +285959.0% avg upside 18 analysts	$8.00 117547.12% Upside	·
NE Noble Corporation	Nov 07, 2024	BUY	Buy +18.6% avg upside 11 analysts	$64.00 57.89% Upside	-10.9%
RIG Transocean	Nov 01, 2024	BUY	Hold +16.5% avg upside 22 analysts	$6.00 15.33% Upside	-9.4%
VAL Valaris	Nov 01, 2024	BUY	Hold -19.8% avg upside 20 analysts	$87.00 12.43% Upside	+15.9%
STEM Stem Inc	Oct 31, 2024	BUY	Buy +52.4% avg upside 14 analysts	$5.00 37.05% Downside	+159.4%
TSE:PD Precision Drilling	Oct 31, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy -8.0% avg upside 18 analysts	$123.00 5.51% Upside	·
FSLR First Solar	Oct 30, 2024	BUY	Buy -14.0% avg upside 49 analysts	$278.00 9.41% Upside	+18.3%
NOV NOV	Oct 28, 2024	BUY	Buy +14.0% avg upside 33 analysts	$25.00 33.60% Upside	+1.0%
FTI TechnipFMC	Oct 25, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy -15.0% avg upside 27 analysts	$37.00 42.41% Downside	+50.1%
CLB Core Laboratories	Oct 25, 2024	HOLD	Hold +279.7% avg upside 8 analysts	$24.00 109.01% Upside	-13.0%
GEV GE Vernova Inc.	Oct 24, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy -2.8% avg upside 31 analysts	$323.00 71.18% Downside	+97.2%
SLB Schlumberger	Oct 21, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy +18.8% avg upside 36 analysts	$62.00 26.95% Upside	-18.6%
LBRT Liberty Energy	Oct 18, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy +5.9% avg upside 16 analysts	$24.00 8.59% Downside	-11.6%
CHPT ChargePoint Holdings	Sep 05, 2024	BUY	Hold +132.9% avg upside 24 analysts	$80.00 881.61% Upside	-63.2%
FLNC Fluence Energy	Aug 08, 2024	BUY	Buy -16.8% avg upside 27 analysts	$47.00 98.60% Upside	-42.3%
PTEN Patterson-UTI	May 03, 2024	BUY	Buy +13.9% avg upside 23 analysts	$17.00 73.66% Upside	-41.5%
ERII Energy Recovery	Feb 27, 2024	BUY	Strong Buy +65.0% avg upside 10 analysts	$24.00 155.54% Upside	-3.2%
NBR Nabors Industries	Feb 08, 2024	HOLD	Buy -2.0% avg upside 17 analysts	$96.00 14.12% Upside	-35.3%
XPRO Expro Group Holdings	Feb 24, 2023	HOLD	Buy +109.1% avg upside 10 analysts	$25.00 81.17% Upside	+519.9%
SMHI SEACOR Marine Holdings	Mar 21, 2022	HOLD	Strong Buy +68.6% avg upside 4 analysts	$5.00 26.35% Downside	+34.1%
RNGR Ranger Energy Services	Nov 12, 2021	BUY	Strong Buy -4.9% avg upside 4 analysts	$14.00 6.09% Downside	-1.1%
NESR National Energy Services Reunited	Nov 04, 2021	BUY	Strong Buy +3.7% avg upside 9 analysts	$18.00 24.71% Downside	·
TTI Tetra Technologies	Feb 01, 2021	BUY	Strong Buy -18.0% avg upside 8 analysts	$3.00 69.72% Downside	+105.4%
AMKBY AP Moller - Maersk	Jan 04, 2021	BUY	Hold +11817.1% avg upside 4 analysts	—	+68.8%
NPKI NPK International	Mar 17, 2020	HOLD	Buy +66.0% avg upside 12 analysts	—	+176.2%
TSE:CFW Calfrac Well Services	Mar 17, 2020	SELL	Sell -44.4% avg upside 6 analysts	—	·
OII Oceaneering International	Mar 17, 2020	HOLD	Hold -13.2% avg upside 7 analysts	—	+496.9%
FET Forum Energy Tech	Mar 17, 2020	SELL	Hold -72.8% avg upside 6 analysts	—	-312.4%
PUMP Propetro Holding	Mar 09, 2020	HOLD	Strong Buy +11.7% avg upside 14 analysts	—	+207.9%
SEI Solaris Energy Infrastructure	Mar 09, 2020	HOLD	Strong Buy -28.4% avg upside 16 analysts	—	+90.9%
TS Tenaris SA	Mar 09, 2020	HOLD	Hold -20.2% avg upside 19 analysts	—	+76.2%
RES RPC	Jan 30, 2020	HOLD	Hold +55.4% avg upside 10 analysts	$5.00 22.63% Downside	-4.7%
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	Jan 30, 2020	HOLD	Strong Buy +112.6% avg upside 15 analysts	$10.00 62.52% Upside	+140.5%
OIS Oil States International	Oct 25, 2019	SELL	Hold +107.2% avg upside 6 analysts	$16.00 106.23% Upside	+79.6%
KEGX Key Energy Services	Aug 13, 2019	HOLD	Hold +2578.9% avg upside 5 analysts	$200.00 7266.52% Upside	·
TSE:ESI Ensign Energy Services	Aug 08, 2019	HOLD	Buy +44.2% avg upside 8 analysts	$6.00 75.92% Upside	·
SND Smart Sand	Aug 07, 2019	HOLD	Sell -27.0% avg upside 4 analysts	$5.00 5.26% Upside	-45.6%
YUM Yum! Brands	Oct 19, 2016	BUY	Buy -0.2% avg upside 38 analysts	$96.00 37.46% Downside	+22.5%
ATR AptarGroup	Dec 21, 2015	HOLD	Buy +14.5% avg upside 14 analysts	$10.00 91.72% Downside	+4.1%
AROC Archrock	Nov 10, 2015	BUY	Strong Buy +2.0% avg upside 13 analysts	$18.00 49.46% Downside	+13.4%

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James West — Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate are James West's stock ratings?

Based on the calls 13Foresight could measure, about 62% of James's ratings were profitable over a one-year hold, with an average return of +45.4% per rating, or +26.4% versus the S&P 500. We score every analyst the same way, from historical prices.

How is James ranked on 13Foresight?

James West is currently ranked #533 with a 4-star rating. Our rank blends hit rate, average return versus the market, and how many calls we have to judge — so a long, consistent record outweighs a few lucky picks. It is our own calculation, updated daily.

Which stocks does James cover?

James most recently has ratings on VST, HAL, CVX, BP, TLN, SHEL, OXY, NRG, NEE, XOM, EQT, EOG and 58 more. See the full coverage table above for positions, price targets and our measured returns.

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