A sliding stock market means many companies are on sale, which spells opportunity for investors with investment horizons of several years.
Analysts tend to lean positive — “sell” ratings are relatively uncommon, in part because the stock market reacts quickly to bad news, usually in a harsh manner. So by the time an analyst downgrades a stock, its valuation to expected earnings or sales may be low enough that a negative rating isn’t warranted. A breakdown of ratings among the Russell 1000 is below.
Back to the list of 875 stocks, here are the 20 rated “buy” or the equivalent by at least 75% of analysts with the most upside potential implied by consensus price targets:You should also read Tomi Kilgore’s detailed guide to the wealth of information available for free on the MarketWatch quote page.