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Walter Liptak

Wall Street Analyst
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#2966
on 13Foresight · ranked by our own returns
57%
Success Rate
+6.0%
Average Return
38 of 67 calls profitable · +7.0% vs benchmark
S&P 500 (SPY)
🔒 5-year track record is Pro. Showing 1-year — upgrade.
📈 Across the calls we could measure, roughly 57% of Walter Liptak's ratings turned a profit when each position was held for 1 year — averaging +6.0% per rating. These figures are computed by 13Foresight from historical prices, not supplied by the analyst.

Rating Distribution

15 Buy 0 Hold 0 Sell
Walter's Stock Coverage 66 ratings · 2026-08-24
Company Date Position Consensus Price Target 1-Yr Return vs S&P 500
SPXC
SPX
Aug 09, 2026 BUY Strong Buy
-5.5% avg upside
20 analysts
$280.00
35.19% Upside
-2.4% ·
FSS
Federal Signal
Aug 02, 2026 BUY Strong Buy
-6.9% avg upside
9 analysts
$150.00
22.41% Upside
-5.0% ·
ROCK
Gibraltar Industries
May 12, 2026 BUY Strong Buy
+48.5% avg upside
4 analysts
$55.00
18.41% Upside
+22.6% ·
IEX
IDEX
May 05, 2026 BUY Buy
-9.0% avg upside
22 analysts
$250.00
6.61% Upside
+9.4% ·
DOV
Dover
Apr 28, 2026 BUY Strong Buy
+7.8% avg upside
22 analysts
$265.00
31.28% Upside
-9.2% ·
WOR
Worthington Industries
Mar 27, 2026 BUY Buy
-8.9% avg upside
6 analysts
$65.00
14.28% Upside
+12.8% ·
NDSN
Nordson
Mar 01, 2026 BUY Strong Buy
-16.7% avg upside
12 analysts
$325.00
2.12% Downside
+14.4% ·
LECO
Lincoln Electric Holdings
Feb 22, 2026 BUY Buy
-16.1% avg upside
20 analysts
$320.00
13.53% Upside
+2.7% ·
MIDD
The Middleby
Aug 07, 2025 BUY Strong Buy
+30.1% avg upside
15 analysts
$154.00
33.40% Upside
+39.1% ·
KAI
Kadant
May 07, 2025 HOLD Strong Buy
-24.8% avg upside
6 analysts
+17.7% ·
MWA
Mueller Water Products
Nov 11, 2024 BUY Buy
-10.2% avg upside
16 analysts
$30.00
20.36% Upside
-9.1% ·
RRX
Regal Rexnord
Nov 07, 2024 BUY Strong Buy
+17.2% avg upside
20 analysts
$210.00
26.41% Upside
-23.2% ·
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
Nov 06, 2024 HOLD Buy
-3.2% avg upside
14 analysts
+25.2% ·
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
Nov 05, 2024 HOLD Sell
-10.1% avg upside
22 analysts
-5.8% ·
GGG
Graco
Oct 28, 2024 BUY Buy
+13.2% avg upside
16 analysts
$90.00
11.69% Upside
+1.3% ·
JBTM
JBT Marel
Oct 24, 2024 BUY Buy
+25.6% avg upside
9 analysts
$125.00
6.94% Upside
+10.6% ·
CMCO
Columbus Mckinnon
Aug 06, 2024 BUY Buy
+112.7% avg upside
9 analysts
$49.00
178.03% Upside
-57.9% ·
FELE
Franklin Electric Co
Jul 25, 2024 BUY Hold
+10.0% avg upside
5 analysts
$120.00
15.19% Upside
-9.5% ·
BXC
Bluelinx Holdings
Jul 25, 2022 BUY Strong Buy
-1.2% avg upside
7 analysts
$100.00
18.15% Upside
+27.1% ·
ENOV
Enovis
Feb 08, 2022 HOLD Strong Buy
+156.1% avg upside
39 analysts
-12.2% ·
PNR
Pentair
Oct 27, 2021 HOLD Buy
+34.3% avg upside
30 analysts
-42.7% ·
LII
Lennox International
Jul 21, 2020 HOLD Hold
+28.0% avg upside
25 analysts
+27.6% ·
XYL
Xylem
Nov 04, 2019 HOLD Strong Buy
+22.0% avg upside
31 analysts
+11.8% ·
KMT
Kennametal
Oct 22, 2019 BUY Strong Sell
+15.5% avg upside
10 analysts
$38.00
26.88% Upside
+13.6% ·
DNOW
Now
Oct 04, 2019 BUY Strong Buy
-1.2% avg upside
17 analysts
$13.00
17.14% Downside
-54.2% ·
CXT
Crane NXT
Jan 29, 2019 BUY Strong Buy
+83.8% avg upside
13 analysts
$105.00
109.16% Upside
+6.6% ·
FLS
Flowserve
Nov 08, 2018 HOLD Buy
-6.9% avg upside
23 analysts
$50.00
37.06% Downside
-5.7% ·
CW
Curtiss-Wright
Oct 31, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
+2.6% avg upside
11 analysts
$135.00
78.79% Downside
+24.2% ·
WSO
Watsco
Oct 26, 2018 HOLD Hold
+10.7% avg upside
19 analysts
$150.00
51.94% Downside
+25.4% ·
NUE
Nucor
Oct 11, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
-20.2% avg upside
25 analysts
$75.00
69.18% Downside
-10.2% ·
ITT
ITT
Aug 07, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
+1.8% avg upside
19 analysts
$69.00
66.82% Downside
-7.2% ·
TNK
Teekay Tankers
Jul 27, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
-59.5% avg upside
12 analysts
$1.50
98.41% Downside
+26.3% ·
TEN
Tsakos Energy Navigation
Jul 27, 2018 BUY Buy
-50.1% avg upside
19 analysts
$6.00
86.01% Downside
-0.8% ·
CNH
CNH Industrial
Jul 23, 2018 BUY Buy
+22.0% avg upside
29 analysts
+6.6% ·
HEI
HEICO
Jul 16, 2018 HOLD Strong Buy
-8.5% avg upside
25 analysts
$78.00
78.11% Downside
+79.5% ·
TSE:CP
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
Jun 22, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
+3.3% avg upside
36 analysts
$282.78
112.58% Upside
+28.7% ·
BDC
Belden
May 03, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
+1.7% avg upside
12 analysts
$76.00
37.91% Downside
+6.6% ·
TILE
Interface
Apr 27, 2018 BUY Buy
-33.7% avg upside
8 analysts
$26.00
33.16% Downside
-28.9% ·
OSK
Oshkosh
Apr 27, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
-7.8% avg upside
28 analysts
$91.00
42.04% Downside
+12.2% ·
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
Apr 25, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
-13.0% avg upside
18 analysts
$98.00
67.14% Downside
-19.6% ·
CAT
Caterpillar
Apr 25, 2018 BUY Buy
-20.9% avg upside
43 analysts
$173.00
79.01% Downside
-3.9% ·
CSTM
Constellium
Apr 19, 2018 HOLD Strong Buy
-0.7% avg upside
9 analysts
$14.00
48.15% Downside
-18.6% ·
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
Apr 19, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
-14.3% avg upside
28 analysts
$29.00
89.29% Downside
-13.8% ·
LNN
Lindsay
Apr 02, 2018 HOLD Hold
-0.7% avg upside
5 analysts
+12.9% ·
KTOS
Kratos Defense
Mar 08, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
+53.1% avg upside
26 analysts
$14.00
75.55% Downside
+42.2% ·
DHT
DHT Holdings
Feb 07, 2018 BUY Strong Buy
-43.5% avg upside
13 analysts
$6.00
69.72% Downside
+8.2% ·
MRTN
Marten Transport
Jan 26, 2018 BUY Buy
+23.3% avg upside
7 analysts
-11.8% ·
VMI
Valmont
Jan 23, 2018 HOLD Buy
-3.3% avg upside
11 analysts
-25.9% ·
TTC
The Toro Company
Jan 18, 2018 HOLD Hold
+4.3% avg upside
9 analysts
-8.3% ·
ALG
Alamo Group
Jan 18, 2018 HOLD Buy
+20.2% avg upside
8 analysts
-24.8% ·
CVGI
Commercial Vehicle Group
Nov 08, 2017 BUY Strong Buy
+238.8% avg upside
4 analysts
$12.00
273.79% Upside
-28.1% ·
ODFL
Old Dominion Freight
Oct 27, 2017 BUY Buy
+2.4% avg upside
33 analysts
$130.00
37.00% Downside
+0.8% ·
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
Oct 20, 2017 BUY Buy
-13.3% avg upside
6 analysts
$107.00
30.51% Downside
-1.2% ·
KNX
Knight Transportation
Sep 21, 2017 BUY Strong Buy
+11.4% avg upside
28 analysts
$47.00
34.38% Downside
-14.7% ·
LHX
L3Harris Technologies
Sep 15, 2017 BUY Strong Buy
+14.3% avg upside
30 analysts
$135.00
49.37% Downside
+31.9% ·
TRS
Trimas
Sep 15, 2017 HOLD Buy
-18.4% avg upside
9 analysts
$27.00
31.51% Downside
+16.3% ·
TWIN
Twin Disc
Jun 21, 2017 HOLD Buy
-24.8% avg upside
6 analysts
$17.00
27.43% Downside
+58.7% ·
RBC
RBC Bearings
May 31, 2017 HOLD Strong Buy
-15.9% avg upside
13 analysts
$100.00
80.28% Downside
+24.1% ·
CSX
CSX
Oct 19, 2016 HOLD Strong Buy
-6.2% avg upside
35 analysts
$31.00
39.88% Downside
+77.0% ·
ASTE
Astec
Sep 28, 2015 BUY Strong Buy
+30.8% avg upside
6 analysts
$43.00
1.36% Downside
+79.4% ·
MSA
MSA Safety
Jul 24, 2015 HOLD Buy
-6.5% avg upside
11 analysts
$52.00
72.47% Downside
+16.2% ·
PSIX
Power Solutions
Aug 08, 2014 BUY Strong Buy
+22.1% avg upside
9 analysts
$70.00
92.05% Upside
-47.6% ·
MOD
Modine
May 30, 2014 HOLD Strong Buy
+5.2% avg upside
13 analysts
$14.50
92.61% Downside
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AWK
American Water
May 09, 2014 BUY Buy
+2.4% avg upside
22 analysts
$52.00
61.56% Downside
+17.4% ·
GEF
Greif Class A
Apr 24, 2013 HOLD Hold
-3.9% avg upside
7 analysts
+15.2% ·
LXU
Lsb Industries
Apr 24, 2013 BUY Strong Buy
+10.2% avg upside
5 analysts
+18.8% ·
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Walter Liptak — Frequently Asked Questions
How accurate are Walter Liptak's stock ratings?
Based on the calls 13Foresight could measure, about 57% of Walter's ratings were profitable over a one-year hold, with an average return of +6.0% per rating, or +7.0% versus the S&P 500. We score every analyst the same way, from historical prices. Each return is measured in the stock's own trading currency, so for non-US listings the S&P 500 comparison leaves out currency moves.
How is Walter ranked on 13Foresight?
Walter Liptak is currently ranked #2966 with a 1-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 Walter cover?
Walter most recently has ratings on SPXC, FSS, ROCK, IEX, DOV, WOR, NDSN, LECO, MIDD, KAI, MWA, RRX and 54 more. See the full coverage table above for positions, price targets and our measured returns.
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