Barrington Research
Barrington Research Associates is a privately held Chicago investment bank and broker-dealer providing equity research, institutional sales and trading and investment banking. Its research focuses on small- and mid-sized, underfollowed companies in consumer and business services, healthcare, industrials, and media and technology.
Activity24M
RatingsPrice targetsKey figures
- Stocks covered
- 8812M
- Actions
- 46112M
- Ratings / Price targets
- 350 / 111
- Upgrades / Downgrades
- 6 / 8
- Buy-rated
- 92%of 83 rated
- Median upside
- +23.3%
- Targets raised / lowered
- 52 / 27
- On record
- Feb 2012 – Sep 2026
Overview
Barrington rated 123 companies as of March 2022, 82% of them Outperform. It covers companies of all market capitalizations but focuses on small- and mid-sized businesses in consumer and business services, healthcare, industrials, and media and technology. The firm holds virtual investment conferences in May and September. It identifies research, client relationships and reputation as its guiding principles. Its sales team focuses on Midwest institutions and those serving niche markets that it says coastal competitors may overlook; its clients tend to be buy-and-hold investors.
Economist Alexander P. Paris founded Barrington Research in Chicago in 1983 as an economic and investment research boutique; it later added institutional brokerage, investment banking and asset management. After the founder died in 2013, his son Alexander Paris Jr., with the firm since the late 1980s and its education and business services analyst, was promoted to president in 2014. The Paris family controls the firm.
Milestones
- 1983
Founded in Chicago by economist Alexander P. Paris
- 2014
Alexander Paris Jr. named president
Firm facts
- Legal name
- Barrington Research Associates, Inc.
- Type
- Boutique
- Founded
- 1983
- Headquarters
- Chicago, United States
- President
- Alexander Paris Jr.
- Rating scale
- OutperformMarket PerformUnderperform12 months
- Also filed as
- Barrington
- Website
- brai.com
Research philosophy
Our goal is to generate research on compelling investment ideas for our institutional clients by finding quality companies, with attractive growth prospects, at reasonable valuations.
Barrington seeks to identify companies before their growth potential is widely recognized on Wall Street. It looks for businesses whose growth and increasing investor recognition could translate into strong stock returns.
Rating methodology
Ratings are Outperform, Market Perform and Underperform relative to the S&P 500 over the next 12 months.
Coverage12M
Sectors
Most covered24M
| Stock | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|
 Kadant Inc.KAI | Outperform | $410 |
 PowerFleet, Inc.AIOT | Outperform | $10 |
 Dave Inc.DAVE | Outperform | $310 |
 IMAX CorporationIMAX | Outperform | $50 |
 Haemonetics CorporationHAE | Outperform | $118 |
 The Hackett Group, Inc.HCKT | Outperform | $16 |
 TD SYNNEX CorporationSNX | Outperform | $325 |
 Asure Software, Inc.ASUR | Outperform | $15 |
 Franklin Covey Co.FC | Outperform | $25 |
 Lincoln Educational Services CorporationLINC | Outperform | $50 |
Most active analysts
- Alexander Paris22 notesHRBLINCLRN
- Michael Petusky9 notesMMSIHSICOFIX
- Vincent Colicchio8 notesCNXCHCKTSNX
- Kevin Steinke8 notesDSGRHQIACCO
- Gary Prestopino5 notesCPRTKAIKOP
- Patrick Sholl5 notesCURILIONSIRI
Recent actions
| Date | Stock | Rating action | Rating | Target | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 |  CBIZ, Inc.CBZ | Downgrade | Outperform →Market Perform | ||
| Sep 11 |  Copart, Inc.CPRT | Upgrade | Market Perform →Outperform | $40 | Gary Prestopino |
| Sep 11 |  ACV Auctions Inc.ACVA | Downgrade | Outperform →Underperform | ||
| Sep 10 | CTCTS CorporationCTS | Target | $80 | ||
| Aug 24 | VMViemed Healthcare, Inc.VMD | Target | $14 | ||
| Aug 19 | Haemonetics CorporationHAE | Reiterate | Outperform | $95 →$118 | |
| Aug 14 |  ICF International, Inc.ICFI | Target | $121 →$110 | ||
| Aug 12 | HQHireQuest, Inc.HQI | Target | $15 →$19 | Kevin Steinke | |
| Aug 12 | HRH&R Block, Inc.HRB | Target | $50 →$60 | Alexander Paris | |
| Aug 12 | NCNational CineMedia, Inc.NCMI | Target | $4.25 |