AMPL Amplitude, Inc.

MIXED Impact: 1/10 ANALYST-DOWNGRADE
Processed 1mo ago SEC analyst-AMPL-bofasecu-20260507
B of A Securities double downgrade: Buy → Neutral
Latest settled — T+20d ⚠ clustered
AMPL ▲ +37.23% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✓ call won +37.23% · α vs SPY +34.09% · entry $5.91 → $8.11
Next anchor: T+60d in 8w
Last close $7.17 (close Jun 8) · +21.32% from $5.91 entry
Entry anchored
May 7, 2026
via day open
T+1d
+8.12%
call +8.12% · α +7.29%
$6.39
settled 5w ago
T+5d
+1.18%
call +1.18% · α -0.32%
$5.98
settled 27d ago
T+20d
+37.23%
call +37.23% · α +34.09%
$8.11
settled 5d ago
T+60d
call — · α —
in 8w

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Executive Summary

B of A Securities cut its rating on the stock two notches from Buy to Neutral on May 7, 2026, slashing the price target to $8 from $10. The stock currently trades at $7.52, implying only +6% upside to the new PT, far below the mean target of $11.40 (+51%). The consensus remains heavily bullish at 14 Buy ratings and only 3 Holds, but B of A's move is a sharp contrarian call. However, the firm's track record is abysmal — 0% accuracy on just 2 calls with an average return of -12.3%, making this downgrade less credible. Momentum is tepid with zero upgrades in the past 30 days and one downgrade. EPS revisions are mixed: the current quarter has 7 downward revisions in 30 days, but next quarter shows 5 upward revisions. Insider selling has been persistent — Curtis Liu sold ~$650k in March and May 2026. Short interest is elevated at 55.3% of float, signaling bearish sentiment. Given the low-accuracy source and still-bullish consensus, this downgrade is likely noise rather than a signal to follow.

Impact Score

Base Score
2/7
LLM Adjustment
-1
Final Score
1/10

Consensus & Targets

Buy / Strong Buy
14 (82%)
Hold
3
Sell / Strong Sell
0
Total Analysts
10
Mean PT
$11.40
Median PT
$11.00
High PT
$18.00
Low PT
$7.00
Current Price
$7.52
Implied Upside
+51.6%

Full consensus: 5 Strong Buy, 9 Buy, 3 Hold, 0 Sell, 0 Strong Sell (17 analysts total). The consensus is overwhelmingly bullish with 82% Buy-equivalent ratings. B of A's Neutral stance is a clear outlier.

Mean price target $11.40, median $11.00, high $18.00, low $7.00. Current price $7.52 implies +51.6% upside to the mean. B of A's new PT of $8 is below the low end of the range ($7) and well below consensus, implying only +6.4% upside.

Recent Analyst Activity

DateFirmActionRatingPrice Target
2026-05-07 B of A Securities downgrade Neutral $8.00
2026-04-14 Piper Sandler maintain Overweight $9.00
2026-02-19 UBS maintain Buy $10.00
2026-02-19 DA Davidson maintain Buy $12.00
2026-02-19 Keybanc maintain Overweight $14.00
2026-02-19 BTIG maintain Buy $10.00
2026-02-19 Piper Sandler maintain Overweight $10.00
2026-02-03 Piper Sandler maintain Overweight $12.00
2026-01-15 Morgan Stanley upgrade Overweight $16.00
2025-12-19 Baird maintain Outperform $15.00

30-day analyst activity: 0 upgrades, 1 downgrade. EPS revisions are mixed: current quarter (0q) saw 7 downward revisions vs 1 up in the last 30 days; current fiscal year (0y) had 6 down vs 2 up. However, next quarter (+1q) shows 5 upward revisions vs 1 down — a positive forward tilt. Overall estimates are being revised lower near-term but higher for the following quarter.

Firm Track Record — B of A Securities

B of A Securities accuracy: 54% on 3282 calls | avg return: 5.1%

Industry benchmark: mean 51% ± 11%. Top tier: ≥61% (mean + 1σ). Based on 8 firms with ≥5 scored calls.

FirmAccuracyCallsAvg Returnvs Average
Scotiabank 100% 2/2 33.4% top tier
DA Davidson 75% 3/4 8.8% top tier
Morgan Stanley 67% 4/6 0.4% top tier
Baird 50% 3/6 -3.7% below average
Needham 50% 4/8 0.9% below average
Piper Sandler 50% 4/8 0.7% below average
UBS 40% 2/5 -0.6% below average
B of A Securities 0% 0/2 -12.3% below average

B of A Securities has a 0% accuracy rate (0 correct out of 2 calls) with an average return of -12.3%, classifying it as a below-average firm. By contrast, top-tier firms like Scotiabank (100% on 2 calls, avg return +33.4%) and DA Davidson (75% on 4 calls, avg return +8.8%) remain bullish.

Earnings Estimates

PeriodEPS Est.EPS RangeRevenueRevisions (7d)
0q $-0.01 $-0.02 — $0.01 $93.0M ↑1 ↓0
0y $0.11 $0.10 — $0.14 $395.2M ↑2 ↓0
+1q $0.03 $0.02 — $0.04 $96.3M ↑5 ↓0
+1y $0.17 $0.12 — $0.22 $451.1M ↑1 ↓0

Cross-Platform Signals

Insider Trades (90d)
0 buys / 3 sells
Institutional
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP — add (49.6%)
Institutional
FMR LLC — trim (-48.4%)
Institutional
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN — add (77.1%)
Short Interest
Short: 600,052 | Exempt: 0 | TRF Vol: 1,085,912 | Short Ratio: 55.3% | Off-exchange volume (dark pool + OTC)

Insider trades: President Liu Curtis sold shares totaling $142,877 on May 4 and $506,379 in March, totaling ~$650k. No insider buys. Congressional trades: none reported. Institutional activity: Two Sigma added 49.6% ($12M), while FMR LLC trimmed 48.4% ($5.2M) and also had a separate -73.7% trim. Short interest is very high at 600,052 shares vs average volume, resulting in a short ratio of 55.3% — bearish convergence with the downgrade. Overall, insider selling and heavy short interest align with B of A's caution, but institutional buying by Two Sigma and the still-bullish analyst consensus diverge.

Actionable Insight

Ignore B of A's double downgrade given its 0% accuracy track record — the overwhelming bullish consensus and upward EPS revisions for next quarter suggest the stock still has path to mean target $11.40. However, monitor insider selling and the 55% short ratio as near-term headwinds.

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Jun 6, 2026
3d ago
ANALYST-DOWNGRADE
BEARISH ★ 1/10
$5.91 $7.66▼ −29.61%▼ −28.78%$7.17 (−21.32%)
May 16, 2026
24d ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
MIXED ★ 2/10
$10.22 $6.34▼ −37.96%▼ −36.20%$7.17 (−29.84%)
May 7, 2026
4w ago
ANALYST-DOWNGRADE
MIXED ★ 1/10
$5.91 $8.11▲ +37.23%▲ +34.09%$7.17 (+21.32%)
May 6, 2026
4w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 7/10
$5.91 $8.11▲ +37.23%▲ +34.09%$7.17 (+21.32%)
Apr 24, 2026
6w ago
DEFA14A
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$7.03 $6.84▼ −2.70%▼ −7.66%$7.17 (+1.99%)
Apr 16, 2026
7w ago
ANALYST-UPGRADE
MIXED ★ 7/10
$6.79 $5.98▼ −11.93%▼ −17.74%$7.17 (+5.60%)
Feb 24, 2026
15w ago
8-K
NEUTRAL ★ 4/10
$6.66 $6.59▼ −1.05%▲ +4.18%$7.17 (+7.66%)
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