Analysts favorite stocks to watch 2019
Analysts favorite stocks to watch 2019, here are the 20 stocks at S&P 500 analysts’ favorite covered by at least five sell-side analysts with 75% or more “buy” or equivalent ratings, which also have highest 12-month upside potential implied by consensus price targets given in the chart below:
| Company | Ticker | Share ‘buy’ ratings | Share neutral ratings | Share ‘sell’ ratings | Closing price – Dec. 9 | Consensus price target | Implied 12-month upside potential | Total return – 2019 through Dec. 9 |
| TechnipFMC PLC | FTI | 78% | 19% | 3% | $18.85 | $28.73 | 52% | -1% |
| Diamondback Energy Inc. | FANG | 97% | 3% | 0% | $83.78 | $124.00 | 48% | -9% |
| Marathon Petroleum Corp. | MPC | 89% | 11% | 0% | $58.43 | $80.65 | 38% | 3% |
| Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | ALXN | 83% | 17% | 0% | $112.48 | $151.10 | 34% | 16% |
| Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | PXD | 90% | 10% | 0% | $133.19 | $178.01 | 34% | 2% |
| EOG Resources Inc. | EOG | 86% | 14% | 0% | $74.51 | $98.97 | 33% | -14% |
| Concho Resources Inc. | CXO | 79% | 18% | 3% | $76.58 | $100.74 | 32% | -25% |
| Noble Energy Inc. | NBL | 83% | 17% | 0% | $21.81 | $28.45 | 30% | 19% |
| Baker Hughes Co. Class A | BKR | 86% | 14% | 0% | $22.25 | $28.82 | 30% | 7% |
| L3Harris Technologies Inc. | LHX | 95% | 5% | 0% | $193.62 | $246.61 | 27% | 46% |
| DuPont de Nemours Inc. | DD | 77% | 23% | 0% | $63.84 | $80.68 | 26% | -14% |
| NRG Energy Inc. | NRG | 80% | 10% | 10% | $38.56 | $48.22 | 25% | -2% |
| Amazon.com Inc. | AMZN | 96% | 4% | 0% | $1,749.51 | $2,178.08 | 24% | 16% |
| PayPal Holdings Inc. | PYPL | 81% | 17% | 2% | $103.78 | $127.67 | 23% | 23% |
| Lincoln National Corp. | LNC | 79% | 21% | 0% | $57.92 | $70.79 | 22% | 16% |
| salesforce.com Inc. | CRM | 93% | 7% | 0% | $157.48 | $190.31 | 21% | 15% |
| Quanta Services Inc. | PWR | 86% | 14% | 0% | $40.49 | $48.79 | 20% | 35% |
| Williams Companies Inc. | WMB | 79% | 21% | 0% | $22.90 | $27.59 | 20% | 8% |
| T-Mobile US Inc. | TMUS | 75% | 25% | 0% | $75.87 | $91.38 | 20% | 19% |
| IQVIA Holdings Inc. | IQV | 85% | 10% | 5% | $146.40 | $176.06 | 20% | 26% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||||
There are five of these stocks, which are down this year. The 18 stock at S&P 500 have underperformed this year. In year 2019, Dow Jones stocks are the worst stocks in a given year tend to rebound the following year.
Energy sector stocks has been the weakest among the 11 sectors of the S&P 500 in this year returning only 7 percent. But most of the analysts are sticking with their favorites and expect a better 2020.
Analysts favorite stocks to watch 2019, Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 components, which are sorted by percentage of buy or equivalent ratings among the analysts polled by FactSet:
| Company | Ticker | Share ‘buy’ ratings | Share neutral ratings | Share ‘sell’ ratings | Closing price – Dec. 9 | Consensus price target | Implied 12-month upside potential | Total return – 2019 through Dec. 9 |
| Visa Inc. Class A | V | 92% | 5% | 3% | $182.92 | $205.18 | 12% | 40% |
| Microsoft Corp. | MSFT | 88% | 12% | 0% | $151.36 | $161.72 | 7% | 51% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc. | UNH | 85% | 15% | 0% | $277.54 | $299.56 | 8% | 13% |
| Merck & Co. Inc. | MRK | 81% | 19% | 0% | $88.72 | $97.50 | 10% | 18% |
| Walt Disney Co. | DIS | 76% | 20% | 4% | $146.21 | $157.64 | 8% | 34% |
| United Technologies Corp. | UTX | 75% | 25% | 0% | $146.22 | $162.94 | 11% | 40% |
| Nike Inc. Class B | NKE | 73% | 24% | 3% | $96.63 | $104.66 | 8% | 32% |
| McDonald’s Corp. | MCD | 73% | 27% | 0% | $194.68 | $224.17 | 15% | 12% |
| Chevron Corp. | CVX | 72% | 28% | 0% | $117.30 | $136.09 | 16% | 12% |
| Walmart Inc. | WMT | 67% | 30% | 3% | $119.36 | $130.24 | 9% | 31% |
| Coca-Cola Co. | KO | 59% | 41% | 0% | $54.07 | $58.90 | 9% | 18% |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58% | 42% | 0% | $140.50 | $150.47 | 7% | 12% |
| Home Depot Inc. | HD | 58% | 39% | 3% | $216.53 | $241.00 | 11% | 29% |
| Cisco Systems Inc. | CSCO | 57% | 43% | 0% | $43.90 | $52.43 | 19% | 4% |
| Apple Inc. | AAPL | 57% | 29% | 14% | $266.92 | $261.63 | -2% | 72% |
| Boeing Co. | BA | 48% | 52% | 0% | $351.21 | $393.57 | 12% | 11% |
| American Express Co. | AXP | 46% | 50% | 4% | $120.46 | $133.04 | 10% | 28% |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | PG | 45% | 46% | 9% | $124.87 | $128.79 | 3% | 40% |
| Caterpillar Inc. | CAT | 44% | 44% | 12% | $142.83 | $143.64 | 1% | 16% |
| Pfizer Inc. | PFE | 42% | 58% | 0% | $38.32 | $41.89 | 9% | -9% |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | GS | 40% | 52% | 8% | $221.81 | $237.68 | 7% | 36% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | JPM | 40% | 48% | 12% | $134.41 | $125.00 | -7% | 42% |
| Intel Corp. | INTC | 38% | 41% | 21% | $56.53 | $57.72 | 2% | 23% |
| Dow Inc. | DOW | 36% | 59% | 5% | $53.27 | $55.95 | 5% | N/A |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | VZ | 30% | 70% | 0% | $61.01 | $62.18 | 2% | 13% |
| International Business Machines Corp. | IBM | 29% | 62% | 9% | $133.92 | $149.17 | 11% | 23% |
| Exxon Mobil Corp. | XOM | 20% | 76% | 4% | $69.66 | $78.64 | 13% | 7% |
| Travelers Companies Inc. | TRV | 18% | 65% | 17% | $135.45 | $141.06 | 4% | 16% |
| 3M Co. | MMM | 5% | 79% | 16% | $169.83 | $173.38 | 2% | -8% |
| Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. | WBA | 4% | 78% | 18% | $58.71 | $57.21 | -3% | -11% |
| Source: FactSet | ||||||||