Wall Street analysts regularly publish price targets — estimates of where they believe a stock should trade within the next 12 months. These targets represent a blend of valuation models, industry outlook, and company fundamentals.

The gap between a company's current trading price and its consensus target is closely watched. A stock trading well below its target implies potential upside. One trading above its target may be considered overvalued or at risk of downside.

This week, five companies stand out with particularly wide gaps. Below we highlight them, then show how you can track price target gaps yourself using the FMP Price Target Summary Bulk API.

5 Stocks with Wide Price Target Gaps

Chewy Inc. (NYSE: CHWY)

• Business: U.S. e-commerce platform for pet products
  
  
• Consensus Target: $47.33
  
  
• Current Price: $39.66
  
  
• Upside Potential: +19.3%
  
  

Datadog Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG)

• Business: Cloud monitoring and security platform
  
  
• Consensus Target: $163.00
  
  
• Current Price: $139.07
  
  
• Upside Potential: +17.2%
  
  

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM)

• Business: Advanced engineered aerospace and transportation components
  
  
• Consensus Target: $205.00
  
  
• Current Price: $193.15
  
  
• Upside Potential: +6.1%
  
  

Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN)

• Business: Genomic sequencing and analysis solutions
  
  
• Consensus Target: $130.00
  
  
• Current Price: $91.69
  
  
• Upside Potential: +41.8%
  
  

ServiceTitan Inc. (NASDAQ: TTAN)

• Business: End-to-end SaaS platform for field service businesses
  
  
• Consensus Target: $136.60
  
  
• Current Price: $105.08
  
  
• Upside Potential: +30.0%
  
  

Interpreting Target Gaps: Beyond the Numbers

A big spread to consensus isn't inherently an opportunity—it's a cue to judge how many analysts, how recent the targets are, and who's publishing them.

Start with coverage depth: a +30% gap based on one or two targets is fragile; the same gap with a high lastQuarterCount (from the Price Target Summary Bulk API) carries more weight. Next, check recency and drift: compare the lastQuarterAvgPriceTarget to the lastYearAvgPriceTarget. If the last-quarter average moved meaningfully (up or down) and the count is robust, you're seeing an active, updated view—not a stale anchor.

Quality of the voices matters too. Use Stock Grade Latest News to see which firms are setting or revising targets. Waves led by large, top-tier shops (and echoed by multiple follow-ons within 24-72 hours) tend to move tape more than isolated boutique calls.

Finally, tag the catalyst. Join targets to Earnings Calendar API and scan Search Stock News API to label each gap as earnings-, guidance-, or deal-driven. A wide gap backed by many recent targets from credible firms—clustered around a clear catalyst—reads very differently from a gap propped up by a single, older note.

How to Track Price Target Gaps with the FMP API

Rather than scanning analyst reports manually, you can automate this process with two key APIs from FMP.

Step 1: Pull Analyst Price Targets

Use the Price Target Summary Bulk API to get consensus targets for thousands of stocks.

Endpoint:

https://financialmodelingprep.com/stable/price-target-summary-bulk?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Sample Response:

[

{

"symbol": "A",

"lastQuarterCount": "1",

"lastQuarterAvgPriceTarget": "116",

"lastYearCount": "6",

"lastYearAvgPriceTarget": "142.17",

"allTimeAvgPriceTarget": "146.61"

}

]

Focus on the lastQuarterAvgPriceTarget, which reflects the most recent consensus view.

Step 2: Get Current Stock Prices

Next, query the Company Profile Data API to retrieve each stock's latest price.

Endpoint:

https://financialmodelingprep.com/stable/profile/AAPL?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Step 3: Calculate Upside Potential

Apply the formula:

Upside % = (Price Target - Current Price) / Current Price × 100

Example: If a stock's target is $100 and it trades at $70, upside potential = +42.9%.

Step 4: Screen for High-Opportunity Stocks

Loop through all symbols, calculate upside potential, and filter by your threshold.

• Example filter: Upside ≥ 30%
  
  
• Result: A short list of stocks trading well below consensus, like Illumina and ServiceTitan.

You can also explore more tools and market data on Financial Modeling Prep.

Scaling Price Target Monitoring Across Teams

It's one thing for a single analyst to compute gaps with the Price Target Summary Bulk API and live prices; it's far more useful when that logic is wired into your firm's dashboards. Centralizing these feeds gives PMs, research, and risk a synchronized, auto-refreshing view of targets, coverage depth (analyst counts), and recency—no more one-off spreadsheets.

For larger teams and enterprise workflows, FMP's enterprise plan also adds governance and speed. Research leads can enforce house rules (e.g., “show only names with ≥5 recent targets or ≥2 top-tier firms”), risk can archive rating/target changes with timestamps for committee reviews, and PMs can screen by book, sector, or catalyst tag to triage where to act first after earnings or guidance updates.

Putting Price Target Signals to Work

Price target gaps provide a quick, actionable snapshot of how far a stock trades from Wall Street expectations. Right now, Chewy, Datadog, Howmet Aerospace, Illumina, and ServiceTitan are showing some of the widest spreads — with Illumina offering more than 40% implied upside.

By combining FMP's Price Target Summary Bulk API with live price data from the Company Profile Data API, you can build a repeatable workflow to spot the most mispriced stocks.