Wall Street Strong Buys

The Street's top picks: stocks with a unanimous or near-unanimous Strong Buy consensus from at least 5 analysts. $1B+ companies.

200 stocks Updated Sep 21, 2026
$1,516.14T Total Market Cap
Avg P/E Ratio
$243.37 Avg Share Price
+0.00% Avg Daily Change

Stocks with a Strong Buy consensus have earned the highest conviction rating from Wall Street analysts. This list screens for companies where the majority of covering analysts rate the stock as a Strong Buy, with a minimum of 5 analysts providing coverage to ensure meaningful consensus. These are the names that professional research teams consider their top picks.

Analyst consensus ratings aggregate recommendations from sell-side research departments at major investment banks and independent research firms. A Strong Buy consensus means most analysts expect significant upside from the current price, typically backed by detailed financial models, industry expertise, and company access that individual investors rarely have.

While analyst ratings have predictive value, they are not infallible — analysts can be slow to downgrade and may have conflicts of interest from investment banking relationships. Use this list as one input alongside your own fundamental research. Ratings and price targets are updated weekly from aggregated market data.

# Symbol Name Price Analysts Buy Hold Sell Target Upside % Market Cap
1 AMZN Amazon.com Inc $258.45 74 69 5 0 $237.29 -8.2% 2.71T
2 META Meta Platforms Inc $741.25 71 62 9 0 $798.07 +7.7% 1.71T
3 GOOGL Alphabet Inc $354.97 70 63 7 0 $408.93 +15.2% 4.25T
4 GOOG Alphabet Inc-Cl C $350.87 70 63 7 0 $381.73 +8.8% 4.25T
5 MSFT Microsoft Corp $501.61 69 64 5 0 $495.69 -1.2% 3.68T
6 NVDA NVIDIA Corp $227.38 69 65 3 1 $219.93 -3.3% 5.30T
7 PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc $371.76 63 49 13 1 $303.67 -18.3% 309.68B
8 AMD Advanced Micro Devices Inc $615.52 59 49 10 0 $246.42 -60.0% 836.64B
9 MU Micron Technology Inc $1,043.96 58 53 4 1 $369.89 -64.6% 1.10T
10 UBER Uber Technologies Inc. $70.84 58 50 7 1 $300.06 +323.6% 144.76B
11 SNOW Snowflake Inc. $339.39 58 51 6 1 $278.95 -17.8% 119.38B
12 AVGO Broadcom Inc. $362.66 57 52 5 0 $428.68 +18.2% 1.62T
13 ZS Zscaler Inc $207.13 57 45 12 0 $129.97 -37.3% 26.83B
14 SHOP Shopify Inc. $137.92 56 43 12 1 $258.37 +87.3% 167.21B
15 DDOG Datadog Inc - Class A $245.05 56 51 4 1 $102.98 -58.0% 84.74B
16 NOW Servicenow Inc $137.68 55 50 3 2 $269.74 +95.9% 141.42B
17 MA Mastercard Inc $567.65 54 49 5 0 $603.01 +6.2% 496.89B
18 DASH Doordash Inc - A $193.83 53 42 11 0 $255.10 +31.6% 85.26B
19 XYZ Block Inc $77.91 53 43 10 0 $123.92 +59.1% 47.59B
20 TCEHY Tencent Holdings $53.90 53 48 4 1 +0.0% 4.68T
21 OKTA Okta Inc $191.33 52 43 9 0 $93.83 -51.0% 32.89B
22 V Visa Inc $369.95 51 45 6 0 $362.68 -2.0% 691.16B
23 MRVL Marvell Technology Inc $257.38 50 43 7 0 $287.06 +11.5% 208.78B
24 ORCL Oracle Corporation $148.56 49 39 9 1 $156.16 +5.1% 442.37B
25 WMT Walmart Inc $107.44 48 42 6 0 $138.51 +28.9% 850.10B
26 SPOT Spotify Technology $516.77 48 38 10 0 $144.79 -72.0% 108.88B
27 MDB Mongodb Inc $407.30 48 39 9 0 $154.76 -62.0% 30.32B
28 BKNG Booking Holdings Inc $168.52 47 39 8 0 $426.00 +152.8% 128.13B
29 BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited $113.24 47 43 3 1 +0.0% 292.44B
30 HDB HDFC Bank Limited $23.65 47 44 3 0 +0.0% 12.27T
31 AMAT Applied Materials Inc $464.24 45 39 6 0 $228.15 -50.9% 345.33B
32 DKNG Draftkings Inc-Cl A $21.97 45 35 9 1 $78.84 +258.9% 10.88B
33 DT Dynatrace Inc $56.40 45 34 11 0 $190.45 +237.7% 16.13B
34 SSNLF Samsung Electronics $140.00 44 42 2 0 +0.0% 1,371.15T
35 ADSK Autodesk Inc $218.85 43 37 6 0 $68.98 -68.5% 45.39B
36 TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing $443.14 43 41 2 0 +0.0% 54.07T
37 IBN ICICI Bank Limited $28.32 43 42 1 0 +0.0% 9.17T
38 GEV Ge Vernova Inc $946.22 42 35 7 0 $313.61 -66.9% 250.44B
39 ASML ASML Holding N.V. $1,711.32 42 36 4 2 +0.0% 467.01B
40 LRCX Lam Research Corp $302.28 41 35 6 0 $279.69 -7.5% 353.35B
41 AFRM Affirm Holdings Inc $71.05 41 31 10 0 $154.46 +117.4% 23.79B
42 EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp $88.34 40 31 9 0 $104.74 +18.6% 50.87B
43 TEAM Atlassian Corp-Cl A $195.67 40 34 6 0 $106.31 -45.7% 48.94B
44 EQIX Equinix Inc $1,057.26 40 33 7 0 +0.0% 100.27B
45 ABBV Abbvie Inc $264.48 39 32 7 0 $257.58 -2.6% 466.74B
46 ADI Analog Devices Inc $383.00 39 35 4 0 $335.65 -12.4% 175.43B
47 TTWO Take-Two Interactive Softwre $209.92 39 36 3 0 $155.27 -26.0% 39.27B
48 SAP SAP SE $209.48 39 30 7 2 +0.0% 177.07B
49 LLY Eli Lilly and Co. $1,164.89 38 30 7 1 $1,330.33 +14.2% 1.09T
50 DIS Walt Disney Co $104.23 38 34 3 1 $133.16 +27.8% 181.91B
51 BSX Boston Scientific Corp $43.72 38 30 8 0 $136.36 +211.9% 63.11B
52 GM General Motors Co $83.95 38 30 7 1 $142.76 +70.1% 74.54B
53 ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc $244.32 38 29 9 0 $102.31 -58.1% 32.33B
54 TWLO Twilio Inc - A $266.06 38 32 5 1 $184.16 -30.8% 36.69B
55 BIDU Baidu Inc $92.21 38 32 4 2 +0.0% 41.56B
56 TMUS T-Mobile Us Inc $165.27 37 30 7 0 $319.56 +93.4% 178.55B
57 BA Boeing Co. $201.15 37 32 5 0 $271.13 +34.8% 156.94B
58 GILD Gilead Sciences Inc $150.56 37 30 7 0 $362.68 +140.9% 187.10B
59 APP Applovin Corp-Class A $330.17 37 29 8 0 $325.97 -1.3% 109.28B
60 SE Sea Limited $102.65 37 34 3 0 +0.0% 53.52B
61 TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc $658.76 36 29 7 0 $369.21 -44.0% 243.41B
62 VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc $510.72 36 29 6 1 $438.34 -14.2% 130.64B
63 CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City $86.81 36 30 6 0 $148.62 +71.2% 107.98B
64 ORLY O'Reilly Automotive Inc $82.88 36 29 7 0 $112.67 +35.9% 68.39B
65 PWR Quanta Services Inc $642.61 36 28 8 0 $172.41 -73.2% 94.21B
66 VRT Vertiv Holdings Co-A $250.86 36 32 4 0 $164.56 -34.4% 98.97B
67 NXPI Nxp Semiconductors Nv $232.41 36 27 8 1 $191.26 -17.7% 57.44B
68 FANG Diamondback Energy Inc $189.27 36 32 4 0 $164.23 -13.2% 54.48B
69 DXCM Dexcom Inc $89.17 36 31 5 0 $87.90 -1.4% 33.54B
70 ONON On Holding Ag-Class A $27.32 36 30 5 1 $191.39 +600.6% 9.14B
71 NBIX Neurocrine Biosciences Inc $143.96 36 31 5 0 $126.93 -11.8% 15.43B
72 KO Coca-Cola Co. $87.12 35 27 8 0 $85.39 -2.0% 379.33B
73 ANET Arista Networks Inc $205.42 35 33 2 0 $199.71 -2.8% 249.75B
74 LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc $954.49 35 30 5 0 $124.62 -86.9% 80.16B
75 GH Guardant Health Inc $173.87 35 32 3 0 $74.01 -57.4% 24.57B
76 CHWY Chewy Inc - Class A $20.51 35 27 8 0 $179.51 +775.2% 8.40B
77 BMRN Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc $64.06 35 27 8 0 $126.44 +97.4% 12.60B
78 RBRK Rubrik Inc-A $112.96 35 34 1 0 $54.60 -51.7% 22.17B
79 WING Wingstop Inc $107.33 35 29 6 0 $41.02 -61.8% 3.19B
80 AZN AstraZeneca PLC $166.08 35 28 6 1 +0.0% 230.48B
81 UNH UnitedHealth Group Inc $377.56 34 27 7 0 $293.85 -22.2% 336.79B
82 SYK Stryker Corp $274.19 34 27 7 0 $338.36 +23.4% 107.45B
83 SPGI S&P Global Inc $404.47 34 29 5 0 $302.42 -25.2% 119.91B
84 PH Parker Hannifin Corp $958.17 34 27 7 0 $165.24 -82.8% 115.81B
85 CI The Cigna Group $274.47 34 26 8 0 $84.17 -69.3% 73.11B
86 SLB Slb Ltd $51.76 34 29 3 2 $158.17 +205.6% 77.29B
87 HOOD Robinhood Markets Inc - A $123.30 34 27 6 1 $188.76 +53.1% 106.44B
88 MDLN Medline Inc-Cl A $31.96 34 27 7 0 $215.88 +575.5% 42.46B
89 HAL Halliburton Co $33.39 34 26 7 1 $109.61 +228.3% 28.03B
90 NXT Nextpower Inc-Cl A $83.15 34 29 5 0 $69.44 -16.5% 12.42B
91 U Unity Software Inc $43.21 34 29 5 0 $129.78 +200.4% 18.41B
92 ABT Abbott Laboratories $102.98 33 25 8 0 $123.47 +19.9% 176.90B
93 ETN Eaton Corp Plc $435.43 33 27 6 0 $187.05 -57.0% 164.98B
94 CVS Cvs Health Corp $87.60 33 28 5 0 $162.09 +85.0% 117.14B
95 SNDK Sandisk Corp $1,766.64 33 28 5 0 $124.25 -93.0% 233.67B
96 CCL Carnival Corp $22.31 33 27 6 0 $120.75 +441.2% 29.98B
97 MCHP Microchip Technology Inc $74.78 33 26 7 0 $111.57 +49.2% 39.79B
98 DVN Devon Energy Corp $47.59 33 29 3 1 $232.34 +388.2% 53.53B
99 XPEV XPeng Inc $10.47 33 26 5 2 +0.0% 17.01B
100 IFNNY Infineon Technologies AG $64.75 33 28 5 0 +0.0% 59.87B

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Strong Buy consensus mean?
A Strong Buy consensus means that the majority of Wall Street analysts covering a stock rate it as their highest conviction recommendation. Analyst ratings typically follow a five-tier scale: Strong Buy, Buy, Hold, Sell, Strong Sell. A company earns a Strong Buy consensus when its average rating across all covering analysts falls in the top tier. This list requires at least 5 analysts to ensure the consensus is meaningful rather than based on a single opinion.
How accurate are analyst ratings?
Academic research shows analyst Strong Buy ratings outperform the market by 2-3% annually on average, though results vary significantly. Analysts tend to be better at identifying quality companies within their coverage sectors than at timing entry points. Their ratings are most valuable as directional indicators rather than precise price predictions. Sell ratings tend to be more accurate than Buy ratings because analysts are typically reluctant to issue Sells, so when they do, the conviction is particularly strong.
Why do most stocks have Buy ratings?
There is a well-documented positive bias in sell-side research. Analysts work for investment banks that often have business relationships with the companies they cover. Issuing Sell ratings can damage those relationships and cut off management access. As a result, roughly 55% of all ratings are Buy or Strong Buy, 35% are Hold, and only 10% are Sell or Strong Sell. This is why focusing on Strong Buy consensus among multiple analysts provides a more meaningful signal.
What is a price target?
A price target is an analyst's estimate of where a stock's price will be in 12-18 months. It is derived from financial models that project future earnings, revenue, and cash flows, then apply valuation multiples. The consensus price target averages targets from all covering analysts. Stocks trading significantly below their consensus target may represent upside opportunities, while those trading above may have limited near-term appreciation potential. Price targets are regularly revised as new information emerges.
Should I only buy stocks with Strong Buy ratings?
No. Strong Buy ratings should be one factor in your investment process, not the only one. Analysts can be wrong, have conflicts of interest, and may not update ratings promptly when conditions change. Combine analyst consensus with your own analysis of valuation, financial health, competitive position, and growth prospects. Some of the best investments have been stocks that analysts initially rated as Hold or Sell, only to upgrade after the turnaround became obvious.
How often do analyst ratings change?
Individual analysts typically update their ratings and price targets after quarterly earnings reports, major company announcements, or significant sector developments. On average, an analyst covers 10-20 stocks and updates each rating 2-4 times per year. Consensus ratings shift gradually as individual analysts revise their views. Upgrades and downgrades can trigger significant short-term price movements, especially when coming from influential analysts at major firms.
What is the upside percentage?
The upside percentage shows how much the stock could gain if it reaches the average analyst price target. It is calculated as: (Target Price - Current Price) / Current Price x 100. For example, a stock at $50 with a $65 target has 30% upside. Higher upside percentages suggest analysts see more room for appreciation. However, extremely high upside (50%+) can also indicate that the stock has fallen sharply and targets haven't been adjusted, so context matters.
What is sell-side research?
Sell-side research is produced by analysts at investment banks and brokerage firms — the "sell side" of financial markets. These analysts publish reports, ratings, and price targets on publicly traded companies. Their research is distributed to institutional clients like mutual funds and hedge funds. Sell-side research differs from buy-side research, which is conducted internally by asset managers for their own investment decisions. Sell-side ratings are the basis for the consensus recommendations shown on financial websites.
Do Strong Buy stocks beat the market?
On average, portfolios of Strong Buy consensus stocks have shown modest outperformance versus the S&P 500, typically 1-3% annually before transaction costs. However, performance varies significantly by year and market environment. Strong Buy stocks tend to perform best in trending markets and can underperform during sharp reversals. The edge comes from analyst information advantages and institutional buying flows that tend to follow positive rating changes.

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