over the past 3 months 6 analysts have published their opinion on simply good foods smpl stock these analysts are typically employed by large wall street banks and tasked with understanding a companys business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year in the last 3 months 6 analysts have offered 12month price targets for simply good foods the company has an average price target of 450 with a high of 4800 and a low of 4100 below is a summary of how these 6 analysts rated simply good foods over the past 3 months the greater the number of bullish ratings the more positive analysts are on the stock and the greater the number of bearish ratings the more negative analysts are on the stock this average price target has increased by 417 over the past month analyst ratings what are they analysts work in banking and financial systems and typically specialize in reporting for stocks or defined sectors analysts may attend company conference calls and meetings research company financial statements and communicate with insiders to publish analyst ratings for stocks analysts typically rate each stock once per quarter some analysts publish their predictions for metrics such as growth estimates earnings and revenue to provide additional guidance with their ratings when using analyst ratings it is important to keep in mind that stock and sector analysts are also human and are only offering their opinions to investors if you want to keep track of which analysts are outperforming others you can view updated analyst ratings along withanalyst success scores in benzinga pro this article was generated by benzingas automated content engine and reviewed by an editor