An employee of a bank, brokerage, advisor, or mutual fund who studies companies...

A financial analyst analyses all the available information about a company or market sector, for example, accounts, strategy and management methods. The analyst writes a report and makes judgements about the future stock market performance of a company.

an analyst who studies the financial performance of corporations

A specialist who assesses the value of a company.

Also called an industry analyst. A person in a financial organization who studies a number of companies, generally in one industry, and makes recommendations about which stocks to buy or sell.

A financial analyst (or securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, investment analyst) works with financial analysis. Equity is a financial security used for financing business. It differs from debt in that it pays no set interest.