Wall Street Strong Buys

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

Q: 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.

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 Mar 25, 2026

$110.96T Total Market Cap

— Avg P/E Ratio

$229.47 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	$211.71	76	71	5	0	$237.29	+12.1%	2.19T
2	NVDA	NVIDIA Corp	$178.68	72	65	6	1	$219.93	+23.1%	4.27T
3	META	Meta Platforms Inc	$594.89	72	65	7	0	$798.07	+34.2%	1.66T
4	GOOGL	Alphabet Inc	$290.93	69	59	10	0	$408.93	+40.6%	3.63T
5	GOOG	Alphabet Inc-Cl C	$289.59	69	60	9	0	$381.73	+31.8%	3.63T
6	MSFT	Microsoft Corp	$371.04	66	60	6	0	$495.69	+33.6%	2.85T
7	AMD	Advanced Micro Devices Inc	$220.27	61	47	13	1	$246.42	+11.9%	331.58B
8	UBER	Uber Technologies Inc.	$73.08	61	51	9	1	$300.06	+310.6%	155.06B
9	PANW	Palo Alto Networks Inc	$153.22	61	47	12	2	$303.67	+98.2%	135.26B
10	AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	$318.81	58	55	3	0	$428.68	+34.5%	1.58T
11	CRM	Salesforce Inc	$181.96	58	44	13	1	$226.12	+24.3%	179.61B
12	SNOW	Snowflake Inc.	$160.61	57	48	8	1	$278.95	+73.7%	61.32B
13	ZS	Zscaler Inc	$139.44	57	48	9	0	$129.97	-6.8%	25.04B
14	SHOP	Shopify Inc.	$118.42	55	42	12	1	$258.37	+118.2%	152.29B
15	TCEHY	Tencent Holdings	$65.09	55	50	4	1	—	+0.0%	4.64T
16	NFLX	Netflix Inc	$92.28	54	41	13	0	$90.30	-2.2%	325.09B
17	MU	Micron Technology Inc	$382.09	54	49	3	2	$369.89	-3.2%	465.34B
18	DDOG	Datadog Inc - Class A	$123.29	54	48	5	1	$102.98	-16.5%	42.63B
19	DASH	Doordash Inc - A	$152.92	53	41	12	0	$255.10	+66.8%	79.71B
20	NOW	Servicenow Inc	$103.06	52	47	4	1	$269.74	+161.7%	114.76B
21	MA	Mastercard Inc	$502.76	50	43	7	0	$603.01	+19.9%	461.31B
22	ORCL	Oracle Corporation	$146.02	50	38	11	1	$156.16	+6.9%	454.78B
23	WMT	Walmart Inc	$123.06	49	45	4	0	$138.51	+12.6%	1.05T
24	XYZ	Block Inc	$60.01	49	37	10	2	$123.92	+106.5%	34.07B
25	V	Visa Inc	$304.91	48	44	4	0	$362.68	+19.0%	603.38B
26	BABA	Alibaba Group Holding Limited	$122.41	48	41	6	1	—	+0.0%	283.40B
27	SPOT	Spotify Technology	$473.21	47	37	10	0	$144.79	-69.4%	113.64B
28	MDB	Mongodb Inc	$246.54	46	35	11	0	$154.76	-37.2%	21.48B
29	BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc	$4,237.75	45	37	8	0	$426.00	-90.0%	136.01B
30	DKNG	Draftkings Inc-Cl A	$21.42	44	35	9	0	$78.84	+268.1%	12.28B
31	AMAT	Applied Materials Inc	$369.34	43	35	8	0	$228.15	-38.2%	290.91B
32	RBLX	Roblox Corp -Class A	$56.65	43	33	9	1	$92.50	+63.3%	45.67B
33	TSM	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing	$329.24	43	41	2	0	—	+0.0%	47.98T
34	HUBS	Hubspot Inc	$238.07	42	37	5	0	$84.43	-64.5%	15.27B
35	DT	Dynatrace Inc	$36.45	42	32	10	0	$190.45	+422.5%	10.82B
36	ASML	ASML Holding N.V.	$1,403.22	42	33	7	2	—	+0.0%	446.39B
37	LRCX	Lam Research Corp	$233.45	41	31	10	0	$279.69	+19.8%	292.85B
38	GEV	Ge Vernova Inc	$923.69	40	33	6	1	$313.61	-66.1%	236.48B
39	INTU	Intuit Inc	$426.86	40	32	7	1	$356.76	-16.4%	127.35B
40	BSX	Boston Scientific Corp	$69.78	40	37	3	0	$136.36	+95.4%	103.30B
41	NXPI	Nxp Semiconductors Nv	$197.61	40	34	6	0	$191.26	-3.2%	58.42B
42	SE	Sea Limited	$82.19	40	36	3	1	—	+0.0%	47.94B
43	LLY	Eli Lilly and Co.	$916.31	39	30	9	0	$1,330.33	+45.2%	957.52B
44	VRTX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc	$454.97	39	31	7	1	$438.34	-3.7%	115.53B
45	BIDU	Baidu Inc	$115.29	39	32	6	1	—	+0.0%	41.34B
46	ADSK	Autodesk Inc	$235.42	38	34	4	0	$68.98	-70.7%	48.19B
47	FANG	Diamondback Energy Inc	$196.02	38	36	2	0	$164.23	-16.2%	50.41B
48	TEAM	Atlassian Corp-Cl A	$66.46	38	30	8	0	$106.31	+60.0%	21.93B
49	ROKU	Roku Inc	$95.06	38	29	9	0	$57.71	-39.3%	14.46B
50	DIS	Walt Disney Co	$95.95	37	29	7	1	$133.16	+38.8%	174.81B
51	BA	Boeing Co.	$199.61	37	31	6	0	$271.13	+35.8%	154.00B
52	GILD	Gilead Sciences Inc	$138.26	37	30	7	0	$362.68	+162.3%	170.34B
53	SYK	Stryker Corp	$327.65	37	28	9	0	$338.36	+3.3%	128.28B
54	ORLY	O'Reilly Automotive Inc	$91.16	37	31	6	0	$112.67	+23.6%	79.89B
55	TTWO	Take-Two Interactive Softwre	$193.05	37	33	4	0	$155.27	-19.6%	37.17B
56	DXCM	Dexcom Inc	$66.84	37	31	5	1	$87.90	+31.5%	26.12B
57	REGN	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals	$749.47	36	27	9	0	$76.80	-89.8%	80.50B
58	ALNY	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc	$328.70	36	28	8	0	$102.31	-68.9%	43.84B
59	NBIX	Neurocrine Biosciences Inc	$131.13	36	31	5	0	$126.93	-3.2%	12.75B
60	KO	Coca-Cola Co.	$75.25	35	29	6	0	$85.39	+13.5%	339.12B
61	ETN	Eaton Corp Plc	$375.00	35	27	8	0	$187.05	-50.1%	138.11B
62	SPGI	S&P Global Inc	$408.48	35	31	4	0	$302.42	-26.0%	126.82B
63	CP	Canadian Pacific Kansas City	$80.06	35	31	4	0	$148.62	+85.6%	96.81B
64	CHWY	Chewy Inc - Class A	$26.57	35	27	8	0	$179.51	+575.6%	10.82B
65	WING	Wingstop Inc	$166.31	35	27	8	0	$41.02	-75.3%	5.31B
66	APP	Applovin Corp-Class A	$436.69	34	29	4	1	$325.97	-25.4%	148.38B
67	PH	Parker Hannifin Corp	$921.56	34	26	8	0	$165.24	-82.1%	111.74B
68	RCL	Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd	$279.01	34	26	8	0	$110.15	-60.5%	73.73B
69	MDLN	Medline Inc-Cl A	$42.67	34	28	6	0	$215.88	+405.9%	56.85B
70	PODD	Insulet Corp	$216.00	34	31	2	1	$91.84	-57.5%	17.35B
71	ONON	On Holding Ag-Class A	$35.16	34	29	4	1	$191.39	+444.3%	12.87B
72	GH	Guardant Health Inc	$86.58	34	30	4	0	$74.01	-14.5%	11.68B
73	AZN	AstraZeneca PLC	$183.60	34	28	5	1	—	+0.0%	218.85B
74	XPEV	XPeng Inc	$18.83	34	27	6	1	—	+0.0%	18.54B
75	TMO	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc	$490.77	33	29	4	0	$369.21	-24.8%	175.01B
76	CVS	Cvs Health Corp	$72.18	33	25	8	0	$162.09	+124.6%	91.24B
77	CI	The Cigna Group	$270.36	33	27	6	0	$84.17	-68.9%	71.75B
78	SLB	Slb Ltd	$51.89	33	28	4	1	$158.17	+204.8%	70.88B
79	AZO	Autozone Inc	$3,386.14	33	26	7	0	$163.83	-95.2%	61.87B
80	MCHP	Microchip Technology Inc	$65.16	33	27	6	0	$111.57	+71.2%	41.35B
81	EXE	Expand Energy Corp	$113.92	33	29	4	0	$230.02	+101.9%	25.64B
82	NXT	Nextpower Inc-Cl A	$130.42	33	25	8	0	$69.44	-46.8%	17.23B
83	IFNNY	Infineon Technologies AG	$45.46	33	28	4	1	—	+0.0%	48.27B
84	ANET	Arista Networks Inc	$135.01	32	28	4	0	$199.71	+47.9%	167.06B
85	DELL	Dell Technologies -C	$184.01	32	25	6	1	$259.85	+41.2%	97.08B
86	CDNS	Cadence Design Sys Inc	$281.39	32	26	6	0	$118.75	-57.8%	81.00B
87	HOOD	Robinhood Markets Inc - A	$72.54	32	27	4	1	$188.76	+160.2%	72.53B
88	VRT	Vertiv Holdings Co-A	$276.16	32	27	4	1	$164.56	-40.4%	94.04B
89	DAL	Delta Air Lines Inc	$67.99	32	29	3	0	$50.69	-25.4%	44.26B
90	CCL	Carnival Corp	$25.73	32	25	7	0	$120.75	+369.3%	44.21B
91	EQT	Eqt Corp	$67.93	32	24	8	0	$78.86	+16.1%	40.37B
92	PR	Permian Resources Corp-Cl A	$20.92	32	29	3	0	$139.06	+564.7%	16.78B
93	BMRN	Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc	$55.59	32	25	7	0	$126.44	+127.5%	11.65B
94	MNDY	Monday.Com Ltd	$69.28	32	27	5	0	$17.61	-74.6%	3.79B
95	JD	JD.com Inc	$29.69	32	28	3	1	—	+0.0%	286.41B
96	LIN	Linde Plc	$492.34	31	24	6	1	$159.65	-67.6%	226.97B
97	MELI	Mercadolibre Inc	$1,639.47	31	29	2	0	$83.36	-94.9%	84.30B
98	WDC	Western Digital Corp	$296.14	31	25	6	0	$118.91	-59.9%	100.42B
99	SNPS	Synopsys Inc	$410.13	31	25	5	1	$213.19	-48.0%	84.34B
100	FERG	Ferguson Enterprises Inc	$228.84	31	24	7	0	$138.56	-39.5%	50.42B

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.