R.F. Lafferty
R.F. Lafferty & Co. is a family-owned New York broker-dealer offering retail brokerage, wealth management, institutional sales and trading, market making, research and investment banking. Its equity research has focused on growth stocks, notably electric-vehicle and EV-charging companies.
Activity24M
RatingsPrice targetsKey figures
- Stocks covered
- 012M
- Actions
- 012M
- On record
- Nov 2013 – Nov 2024
Overview
R.F. Lafferty says it has grown one client relationship at a time, never through mass marketing. The firm has no proprietary products, which it says lets it choose from a broad range of products to suit each client.
Ralph F. Lafferty founded the firm in 1946 as a brokers' broker. Henry Hackel acquired it in 1970, and the Hackel family has run it since; the firm began offering registered investment adviser services in 2006. Robert Hackel, chief operating officer for nearly three decades, became chief executive in June 2026, the year the firm marked its 80th anniversary and opened an office in Boca Raton, Florida.
Milestones
- 1946
Founded by Ralph F. Lafferty as a brokers' broker
- 1970
Acquired by Henry Hackel; family ownership begins
- 2006
Begins operating as a registered investment adviser
- 2026
Robert Hackel appointed chief executive officer
Marks 80th anniversary and opens Boca Raton office
Firm facts
- Legal name
- R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc.
- Type
- Boutique
- Founded
- 1946
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Chief Executive Officer
- Robert Hackel
- Rating scale
- BuyHoldSell
- Also filed as
- RF Lafferty
- Website
- rflafferty.com
Research philosophy
Independent thinking is what assures our clients the most consistently objective advice to help them achieve their financial goals.
R.F. Lafferty describes its research as independent and seeks both overvalued and undervalued small- and mid-cap companies. Its published coverage has focused on electric-vehicle makers, EV-charging networks and other clean-transport companies. A quantitative research group also uses proprietary methods to identify pricing inefficiencies in equities, options and ETFs.
Rating methodology
Stocks are rated Buy, Hold or Sell.
Most covered24M
| Stock | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|
 Lucid Group, Inc.LCID | Buy | $4 |
Most active analysts
- Jaime Perez1 notesLCID
Recent actions
| Date | Stock | Rating action | Rating | Target | Analyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2024 | Lucid Group, Inc.LCID | Upgrade | Hold →Buy | $19 →$4 | Jaime Perez |
| Sep 11, 2024 | GPGreenPower Motor Company Inc.GP | Target | $3 | Guy Ortmann | |
| Mar 13, 2024 | WKWorkhorse Group Inc.WKHS | Downgrade | Hold →Sell | ||
| Mar 6, 2024 | CHChargePoint Holdings, Inc.CHPT | Reiterate | Hold | ||
| Nov 17, 2023 | CHChargePoint Holdings, Inc.CHPT | Downgrade | Buy →Hold | ||
| Nov 15, 2023 | WKWorkhorse Group Inc.WKHS | Downgrade | Buy →Hold | ||
| Nov 8, 2023 | Lucid Group, Inc.LCID | Downgrade | Buy →Hold | ||
| Sep 7, 2023 | CHChargePoint Holdings, Inc.CHPT | Reiterate | Buy | ||
| Mar 27, 2023 |  NextNav Inc.NN | Reiterate | Buy | ||
| Feb 23, 2023 | Lucid Group, Inc.LCID | Reiterate | Buy | ||
| Nov 14, 2022 | NextNav Inc.NN | Target | $15 →$9 | Jaime Perez |