Rich Schafer

Research Analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Rick Schafer is Managing Director and Senior Semiconductor Equity Analyst at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., leading the firm’s semiconductor equity research franchise with deep specialization across communication ICs, analog, and power components. He actively covers 17 U.S. and Canadian companies including leaders such as Nvidia, Intel, and Veeco, and his stock recommendations have outperformed their sector by an average of 30% over the past four years, with a TipRanks analyst success rate of 74% and an average return of 26.8% per rating. Schafer started his analyst career as a financial analyst at Eurofon, Inc. & Co. KG in Germany before joining Oppenheimer in 1997, where he has steadily built his reputation as a top-rated analyst. He holds an MBA from the University of South Carolina, a BS in Finance and Multinational Business from Florida State University, and is registered with FINRA with multiple securities licenses.