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10 Toxic Energy Stocks to Sell Now That the Blue Wave is Here

Sultan Khalid — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:35:15 +0000

Energy stocks have enjoyed a strong rally this year, driven primarily by supply disruptions in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war. The blockage on the Strait of Hormuz has choked around a third of the global crude oil and LNG supplies, pushing prices and margins to multi-year highs.

As a result, the overall energy sector has surged by 40.68% since the beginning of 2026, significantly outperforming the 10.70% gains delivered by the wider market.

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According to an estimate by The New York Times, the 51 large US oil and gas companies have earned more than $130 billion in profits during the six months from April through September this year, compared to less than $47 billion in the same period last year. Refiners also reaped exceptional profits after the 3-2-1 crack spread, ⁠which measures US refinery margins, gained more than 150% during the July-September period, from a year earlier.

That said, while the high prices are a major tailwind for oil and gas companies, they have been a headache for American households, prompting them to vote against President Trump’s Republican Party in the recent midterm elections. Democrats campaigned hard on lowering prices, especially at the gas pump, and voters listened. As a result, Brent crude prices have fallen by almost 17% since the end of October, as investors bet ‌that the power shift could hasten the end of the US-Israeli war with Iran.

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The President himself also acknowledged that the war had played a role in his party’s sweeping defeat, while also stating that he had no immediate plans to strike Iran. Experts now believe that after losing Congress to Democrats, a weakened Trump has greater incentive to seek a deal, and a full-scale assault on Iran now looks less likely.

This could spell bad news for American energy stocks, many of which have soared to record highs this year. At the end of the day, the oil business is cyclical in nature, and the latest political developments are a sign that the ongoing cycle may have seen its peak. While it could still take a while for the Iran war to reach a conclusion, investors need to be mindful that even a modest decline in profits could trigger a significant valuation correction for several major energy operators.

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Methodology:

To collect data for this article, we used our screeners to identify American energy stocks with a short % of float of at least 6% as of October 30, 2026. To keep our list relevant, we only picked companies with a market cap of more than $5 billion. Decades of academic and quantitative market research show that stocks with high short interest are statistically more likely to underperform the broader market over time. In major empirical studies, portfolios of heavily shorted stocks have historically lagged low-short-interest stocks by roughly 1% to 2% per month on a risk-adjusted basis. However, high short interest does not guarantee a decline, as extreme short positioning also creates the mechanical conditions for violent short squeezes.

10. Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM)

Short % of Float: 6.21%

Market Cap: $14.97 Billion

Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNOM) is a pure-play Permian Basin minerals and royalty company, meaning it collects payments from oil production without bearing the costs of drilling and completion associated with those properties. The company is exposed to development activity across a large acreage position, particularly through Diamondback Energy and other major Permian operators.

Viper Energy reported its Q3 2026 results on November 2, beating estimates in both earnings and revenue. Notably, the company reported daily production of 69,000 barrels per day of oil and 141,152 barrels of oil equivalent, up more than 6% sequentially, driven by recent acquisitions and the continued development from both Diamondback and its third-party operators.

As a result, Viper raised its full-year 2026 oil production guidance with a new midpoint of 67,500 barrels of oil per day, compared to a midpoint of 65,500 barrels previously. The combination of production growth and relatively low operating requirements is a compelling part of the company’s investment thesis.

Viper’s ability to generate substantial free cash flow without funding extensive drilling programs allows it to maintain an attractive dividend yield, currently at 5.61%. This puts it in our list of the 10 Energy Stocks with Highest Dividends.

That said, Viper Energy is heavily dependent on Diamondback Energy, and any operational delays by this primary operator would directly reduce royalty revenues. Additionally, the company is highly exposed to energy price swings because it does not hedge its production heavily, making it particularly vulnerable in the current volatile global energy landscape.

9. APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA)

Short % of Float: 6.95%

Market Cap: $16.13 Billion

APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) is an independent exploration and production company that develops and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids.

APA beat top- and bottom-line estimates in its Q3 2026 results on November 4. Revenue surged by 39.35% YoY, while net income attributable to shareholders jumped by over 240. However, much of this improvement came from higher prices rather than increased production.

APA generated $699 million of free cash flow during the third quarter and returned $537 million to shareholders. Notably, the company capitalized on the higher prices to bolster its balance sheet and retired approximately $450 million of debt, ending the quarter with a total debt of $3.3 billion. The energy firm has reduced total debt by $2.8 billion since year-end 2024, lowering annualized interest expense by more than $180 million.

APA also remains focused on operational efficiency and reiterated its target of achieving $500 million in annualized savings by the end of this year.

That said, the company’s production trends deserve attention. APA’s worldwide oil production decreased 13,400 barrels per day (bpd) to 220,900 bpd during the third quarter from the year-ago period, primarily due to the natural production decline in the North Sea and lower production-sharing contract volumes in Egypt. If oil prices normalize, the company could face pressure from both lower realized prices and declining production volumes.

Clough Capital Partners L.P., an investment management company, stated the following regarding APA Corporation in its Q3 2026 investor letter:

“Energy holdings produced mixed results, with APA Corporation among the detractors. This variation reinforces our preference for evaluating individual business models rather than relying exclusively on a sector outlook. Commodity exposure, contractual revenue, investment requirements, and competitive positioning can produce markedly different outcomes within the same industry. Those differences offer room for active selection even when the broader direction of a market remains uncertain.”

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Kolibri Global Energy Announces 15% YTD Increase in Production and 43% YTD Increase in Net Revenues

B2i Digital — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:23:29 +0000

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Kolibri Global Energy Inc. (TSX:KEI) (NASDAQ:KGEI) is a B2i Digital Featured Company. See the company’s in-depth profile at: https://b2idigital.com/kolibri-global-energy-inc

THIRD QUARTER 2026 HIGHLIGHTS

Revenue, net of royalties was $18.3 million in the third quarter of 2026 compared to $15.0 million for the third quarter of 2025, which was an increase of 22% due to a 34% increase in average prices partially offset by a decrease in production of 9%
Net income in the third quarter of 2026 was $3.6 million and Basic EPS was $0.10/share, which was the same as in the third quarter of 2025. Net income in the third quarter of 2026 included a $2.4 million unrealized loss on commodity contracts compared to a $0.5 million unrealized loss on commodity contracts in the third quarter of 2025. The higher revenue in the third quarter of 2026 was offset by a $1.0 million realized loss on commodity contracts and the unrealized loss mentioned above
Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $13.3 million in the third quarter of 2026 compared to $11.1 million in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 20%. The increase was primarily due to the increase in revenue partially offset by the realized loss on commodity contracts in 2026
Average production for the third quarter of 2026 was 3,867 BOEPD, a decrease of 9% compared to third quarter 2025 production of 4,254 BOEPD. The decrease in the third quarter of 2026 was primarily due to production on certain wells being temporarily shut in during the drilling and completion operations on the four new wells during the quarter along with normal production declines
Production and operating expense per barrel averaged $8.39 per BOE in the third quarter of 2026 compared to $7.37 per BOE in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 14%. The increase was primarily due to higher severance taxes due to higher prices, workover costs on a non-operated well and higher chemical costs in 2026
Average netback from operations⁽²⁾ for the third quarter of 2026 was $43.48 per BOE, an increase of 41% from the prior year third quarter due to higher prices. Average netback including commodity contracts⁽²⁾ for the third quarter of 2026 was $40.55 per BOE, an increase of 31% from the prior year third quarter
In October 2026, the credit facility was redetermined with the same $75 million borrowing base. At September 30, 2026, the Company had $19.5 million of available borrowing capacity on its credit agreement.

⁽¹⁾ Adjusted EBITDA is considered a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the section entitled “Non-GAAP Measures” of this earnings release.

⁽²⁾ Netback from operations and netback including commodity contracts are considered non-GAAP ratios. Refer to the section entitled “Non-GAAP Measures” of this earnings release.

KEI’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Wolf Regener commented:

“We are pleased with the Company’s performance for the first nine months of 2026 as we have continued to increase production, revenue and adjusted EBITDA from 2025 levels. For the third quarter of 2026, our revenue increased by 22% and our adjusted EBITDA increased by 20% compared to the third quarter of 2025 while production was down 9% due to temporarily shutting in some production during the drilling and completion operations on the four new wells and without bringing on any new wells since fourth quarter of 2025. As we recently announced, the Lovina 5-8-1HF well, which is our initial test of the False Caney bench, is performing very well with production averaging 636 BOEPD, which includes about 545 barrels of oil per day. Our 3 Clifton Mack wells are also performing well with recently announced combined production of about 1,911 BOEPD, which includes about 720 barrels of oil per day. All of these wells will contribute to our fourth quarter results which will further increase our production and cash flows at the end of 2026 and into 2027. After bringing on all of the new wells, our current production is approximately 5,700 BOE per day.”

Third Quarter 2026 versus Third Quarter 2025

Oil and gas gross revenues totaled $23.1 million in the third quarter of 2026 versus $18.9 million in the third quarter of 2025. Oil gross revenues totaled $20.9 million in the third quarter of 2026 versus $16.5 million in the third quarter of 2025. Oil revenues increased 27% as oil price increases of 33% were partially offset by oil production decreases of 5%. Natural gas revenues increased by 28% as natural gas prices increased 26% and production increased 1%. Natural gas liquids (NGLs) revenues decreased by 34% as NGL production decreased 32% and prices decreased by 2%.

Average third quarter 2026 production per day decreased 387 BOEPD or 9% from the third quarter of 2025. The decrease was primarily due to production on certain wells being temporarily shut in during the drilling and completion operations on the four new wells during the quarter along with normal production declines.

Production and operating expenses were $2.5 million in both the third quarter of 2026 and 2025. Operating expense per barrel averaged $8.39 per BOE in the third quarter of 2026 compared to $7.37 per BOE in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 14%. The increase was primarily due to higher severance taxes due to higher prices, workover costs on a non-operated well and higher chemical costs in 2026.

Finance expense increased by $3.0 million in the third quarter of 2026 due to realized losses on commodity contracts of $1.0 million and an increase in unrealized losses on commodity contracts of $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.

FIRST NINE MONTHS 2026 HIGHLIGHTS

Average production for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 was 4,412 BOEPD, an increase of 15% from the average production of 3,851 BOEPD in the same period of 2025. The increase was primarily due to production on the wells that were drilled and completed in the fourth quarter of 2025
Revenue, net of royalties was $60.4 million in the first nine months of 2026 compared to $42.1 million for the first nine months of 2025, which was an increase of 43%, as production increased by 15% and average prices increased by 24%
Net income for the first nine months of 2026 was $16.1 million and Basic EPS was $0.45/share compared to net income of $12.2 million and Basic EPS was $0.34/share for the first nine months of 2025. The increase was primarily due to the increase in revenue partially offset by higher operating expenses and realized and unrealized losses on commodity contracts
Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ was $44.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 compared to $31.6 million for the comparable prior year period, an increase of 41%. The increase was primarily due to the increase in revenue partially offset by higher operating expenses and realized losses on commodity contracts
Production and operating expense per barrel averaged $8.43 per BOE in the first nine months of 2026 compared to $7.20 per BOE for the same period of 2025, an increase of 17%. The increase was primarily due to higher severance taxes due to higher prices, workover costs on a non-operated well and higher chemical and water hauling costs
Average netback from operations⁽²⁾ for the first nine months of 2026 was $41.85 per BOE, an increase of 27% from the prior year period due to higher prices. Netback including commodity contracts⁽²⁾ for the first nine months of 2026 was $39.79 per BOE which was 21% higher than the comparable prior year period

⁽¹⁾ Adjusted EBITDA is considered a non-GAAP measure. Refer to the section entitled “Non-GAAP Measures” of this earnings release.

⁽²⁾ Netback from operations and netback including commodity contracts are considered non-GAAP ratios. Refer to the section entitled “Non-GAAP Measures” of this earnings release.

First Nine Months of 2026 versus First Nine Months of 2025

Oil and gas gross revenues totaled $76.2 million in the first nine months of 2026 versus $53.7 million in the first nine months of 2025, an increase of 42%. Oil revenues were $68.7 million in the first nine months of 2026 versus $46.5 million in the same period of 2025, an increase of 48%, as average oil prices increased by 26% and production increased by 17%. Natural gas revenues decreased by 9% due to an average natural gas price decrease of 7% and a 2% decrease in natural gas production. NGL revenue increased by 12% due to an increase in NGL production of 18% partially offset by a 5% price decrease.

Average production per day for the first nine months of 2026 increased 15% to 4,412 BOEPD from the prior year comparable period. The increase is due to production from the wells that were drilled and completed in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Production and operating expenses increased to $8.9 million or 37% in the first nine months of 2026 compared to the prior year period. Production and operating expense per barrel averaged $8.43 per BOE in the first nine months of 2026 compared to $7.20 per BOE for the same period of 2025, an increase of 17%. The increase was primarily due to higher severance taxes due to higher prices, workover costs on a non-operated well, higher water hauling costs in the first half of the year and higher chemical costs in 2026.

General and administrative expenses were $4.5 million in the first nine months of 2026 compared to $4.1 million in the comparable prior year period due to an increase in consulting and legal costs.

Finance expense increased by $6.5 million in the first nine months of 2026 due to a $3.2 million unrealized loss on commodity contracts and a $2.5 million realized losses on commodity contracts in 2026.

The information outlined above is extracted from and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and the related management’s discussion and analysis thereof, copies of which are available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

Netback from operations, netback including commodity contracts and adjusted EBITDA (collectively, the “Company’s Non-GAAP Measures”) are not measures or ratios recognized under Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and do not have any standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS. Management of the Company believes that such measures and ratios are relevant for evaluating returns on each of the Company’s projects as well as the performance of the enterprise as a whole. The Company’s Non-GAAP Measures may differ from similar computations as reported by other similar organizations and, accordingly, may not be comparable to similar non-GAAP measures and ratios as reported by such organizations. The Company’s Non-GAAP Measures should not be construed as alternatives to net income, cash flows related to operating activities, working capital or other financial measures and ratios determined in accordance with IFRS, as an indicator of the Company’s performance.

An explanation of the composition of the Company’s Non-GAAP Measures, how the Company’s Non-GAAP Measures provide useful information to an investor and the purposes for which the Company’s management uses the Non-GAAP Measures is set out in the management’s discussion and analysis under the heading “Non-GAAP Measures” which is available under the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca and is incorporated by reference into this earnings release.

The following is the reconciliation of the non-GAAP ratio netback from operations to net income, which the Company considers to be the most directly comparable financial measure that is disclosed in the Company’s financial statements:

Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net income before interest, taxes, depletion and depreciation and other non-cash and non-operating gains and losses. The Company considers this a key measure as it demonstrates its ability to generate cash from operations necessary for future growth excluding non-cash items, gains and losses that are not part of the normal operations of the Company and financing costs. The following is the reconciliation of the non-GAAP measure adjusted EBITDA:

PRODUCT TYPE DISCLOSURE

This news release includes references to sales volumes of “oil”, “natural gas”, and “barrels of oil equivalent” or “BOEs”. “Oil” refers to light crude oil and medium crude oil combined, and “natural gas” refers to shale gas, in each case as defined by NI 51-101. Production from our wells, primarily disclosed in this news release in BOEs, consists of mainly oil and associated wet gas. The wet gas is delivered via gathering system and then pipelines to processing plants where it is treated and sold as natural gas and NGLs.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS

In this news release and the Company’s other public disclosure:

(a) The Company’s natural gas production is reported in thousands of cubic feet (“Mcfs”). The Company also uses references to barrels (“Bbls”) and barrels of oil equivalent (“BOEs”) to reflect natural gas liquids and oil production and sales. BOEs may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A BOE conversion ratio of 6 Mcf:1 Bbl is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. Given that the value ratio based on the current price of crude oil as compared to natural gas is significantly different from the energy equivalency of 6:1, utilizing a conversion on a 6:1 basis may be misleading as an indication of value.

(b) Discounted and undiscounted net present value of future net revenues attributable to reserves do not represent fair market value.

(c) Possible reserves are those additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than probable reserves. There is a 10% probability that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the sum of proved plus probable plus possible reserves.

(d) The Company discloses peak and 30-day initial production rates and other short-term production rates. Readers are cautioned that such production rates are preliminary in nature and are not necessarily indicative of long-term performance or of ultimate recovery.

Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This release contains forward-looking information including information regarding the proposed timing and expected results of exploratory and development work including production from the Company’s Tishomingo field, Oklahoma acreage, expectations regarding cash flow and continued growth in the fourth quarter, the Company’s reserves based loan facility, including scheduled repayments, expected hedging levels and the Company’s strategy and objectives. The use of any of the words “target”, “plans”, “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, “believe” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Such forward-looking information is based on management’s expectations and assumptions, including that the Company’s geologic and reservoir models and analysis will be validated, that indications of early results are reasonably accurate predictors of the prospectiveness of the shale intervals, that previous exploration results are indicative of future results and success, that expected production from future wells can be achieved as modeled and that declines will match the modeling, that future well production rates will be improved over existing wells, that rates of return as modeled can be achieved, that recoveries are consistent with management’s expectations, that additional wells are actually drilled and completed, that design and performance improvements will reduce development time and expense and improve productivity, that discoveries will prove to be economic, that anticipated results and estimated costs will be consistent with management’s expectations, that all required permits and approvals and the necessary labor and equipment will be obtained, provided or available, as applicable, on terms that are acceptable to the Company, when required, that no unforeseen delays, unexpected geological or other effects, equipment failures, permitting delays or labor or contract disputes are encountered, that the development plans of the Company and its co-venturers will not change, that the demand for oil and gas will be sustained, that the Company will continue to be able to access sufficient capital through financings, credit facilities, farm-ins or other participation arrangements to maintain its projects, that the Company will continue in compliance with the covenants under its reserves-based loan facility and that the borrowing base will not be reduced, that funds will be available from the Company’s reserves based loan facility when required to fund planned operations, that the Company will not be adversely affected by changing government policies and regulations, social instability or other political, economic or diplomatic developments in the countries in which it operates and that global economic conditions will not deteriorate in a manner that has an adverse impact on the Company’s business and its ability to advance its business strategy.

Forward-looking information involves significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to: any of the assumptions on which such forward-looking information is based vary or prove to be invalid, including that the Company’s geologic and reservoir models or analysis are not validated, anticipated results and estimated costs will not be consistent with management’s expectations, the risks associated with the oil and gas industry (e.g. operational risks in development, exploration and production; delays or changes in plans with respect to exploration and development projects or capital expenditures; the uncertainty of reserve and resource estimates and projections relating to production, costs and expenses, and health, safety and environmental risks including flooding and extended interruptions due to inclement or hazardous weather), the risk of commodity price and foreign exchange rate fluctuations, risks and uncertainties associated with securing the necessary regulatory approvals and financing to proceed with continued development of the Tishomingo Field, the Company or its subsidiaries is not able for any reason to obtain and provide the information necessary to secure required approvals or that required regulatory approvals are otherwise not available when required, that unexpected geological results are encountered, that completion techniques require further optimization, that production rates do not match the Company’s assumptions, that very low or no production rates are achieved, that the Company will cease to be in compliance with the covenants under its reserves-based loan facility and be required to repay outstanding amounts or that the borrowing base will be reduced pursuant to a borrowing base re-determination and the Company will be required to repay the resulting shortfall, that the Company is unable to access required capital, that funding is not available from the Company’s reserves based loan facility at the times or in the amounts required for planned operations, that occurrences such as those that are assumed will not occur, do in fact occur, and those conditions that are assumed will continue or improve, do not continue or improve and the other risks identified in the Company’s most recent Annual Information Form under the “Risk Factors” section, the Company’s most recent management’s discussion and analysis and the Company’s other public disclosure, available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

With respect to estimated reserves, the evaluation of the Company’s reserves is based on a limited number of wells with limited production history and includes a number of assumptions relating to factors such as availability of capital to fund required infrastructure, commodity prices, production performance of the wells drilled, successful drilling of infill wells, the assumed effects of regulation by government agencies and future capital and operating costs. All of these estimates will vary from actual results. Estimates of the recoverable oil and natural gas reserves attributable to any particular group of properties, classifications of such reserves based on risk of recovery and estimates of future net revenues expected therefrom, may vary. The Company’s actual production, revenues, taxes, development and operating expenditures with respect to its reserves will vary from such estimates, and such variances could be material. In addition to the foregoing, other significant factors or uncertainties that may affect either the Company’s reserves or the future net revenue associated with such reserves include material changes to existing taxation or royalty rates and/or regulations, and changes to environmental laws and regulations.

Although the Company has attempted to take into account important factors that could cause actual costs or results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause actual results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The forward-looking information included in this release is expressly qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, other than as required by applicable law.

About Kolibri Global Energy Inc.

Kolibri Global Energy Inc. is a North American energy company focused on finding and exploiting energy projects in oil and gas. Through various subsidiaries, the Company owns and operates energy properties in the United States. The Company continues to utilize its technical and operational expertise to identify and acquire additional projects in oil, gas and clean and sustainable energy. The Company’s shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbol KEI and on the NASDAQ under the stock symbol KGEI.

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Wolf E. Regener, President and Chief Executive Officer +1 (805) 484-3613
Email: investorrelations@kolibrienergy.com
Website: www.kolibrienergy.com

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What B. Riley and TD Cowen See in Strategy (MSTR)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:33:51 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street and Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) ranked 6th on this list.

Wall Street’s AI trade just had one of its worst weeks in years. Politics and inflation hit it at the same time. The Nasdaq Composite posted its deepest one-day drop since April 2025 last week, after Democrats swept the midterm elections and investors began weighing tougher scrutiny of AI and limits on data center construction. The Cboe Volatility Index climbed to a seven-month high the same day.

Why the AI Selloff Hit Chip and Data Center Stocks So Hard

Stocks first cheered the election. They closed sharply higher the day after the vote because the result cleared up political uncertainty. Then chipmakers and data center operators fell, even as the biggest, cash-rich AI spenders rose. A slower buildout eases cash demands on the companies doing the spending, but it squeezes the operators and suppliers whose growth depends on fast construction.

Scott Chronert, head of US equity strategy at Citi Research, said a change in the pace of the data center buildout changes the basic path for many of those suppliers. Our list of oversold AI stocks where Wall Street analysts see 50% upside or more covers more of the group.

Hot Inflation Puts the Fed Back in Focus

Inflation added a second worry. The Labor Department said consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, a third straight gain of 0.4% or more. Economists polled by Reuters had expected 0.3%. Markets now fully price in a Federal Reserve rate increase of at least 25 basis points in December, up from 84% a day earlier, according to CME FedWatch.

Fed Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank should raise rates in December even if inflation had cooled. He said a half-point move should be considered if the picture worsened. Jason Ware, chief investment officer at Albion Financial Group, said investors began to wonder whether the Fed worried more about inflation than they did, and sold some stocks.

The rout wiped out trillions of dollars in market value and clouded the outlook for a global economy the AI boom has been supporting. Readers following the chip side of the trade can find more names in our list of the best semiconductor stocks to buy for the next decade. Ahead of the Fed’s December meeting, traders expect about two more quarter-point increases in total this cycle, according to LSEG data.

Strategy made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 96%. B. Riley analyst Fedor Shabalin trimmed his price target on Strategy to $180 from $195 on November 3 to reflect a lower bitcoin price. He kept a Buy rating. TD Cowen also kept a Buy rating, with a $260 target, on October 30. It points to a cash reserve that covers roughly 3.2 to 3.4 years of preferred dividends and debt interest, and to a steadier STRC preferred stock.

Strategy started as a business software company and is now the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, with 848,517 coins. Software revenue is tiny next to that pile, so results swing with bitcoin’s price. Third-quarter earnings of $44.75 per diluted share were almost all a paper gain on the coins.

The balance sheet looks sturdier than it did, with lower net leverage. Bears focus on bitcoin per share, the measure management calls most important. It fell 3.7% this year as the company sold stock and some coins to fund preferred dividends and buybacks. Chief Financial Officer Andrew Kang has also stepped down, citing personal reasons. You might also be interested in reading our piece on Strategy’s earlier surge on growing digital asset adoption.

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The Risk Morgan Stanley Watches at Seagate (STX)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:33:31 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street and Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) ranked 7th on this list.

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Why the AI Selloff Hit Chip and Data Center Stocks So Hard

Hot Inflation Puts the Fed Back in Focus

Seagate made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 94%. Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring rated Seagate Overweight with a $1,148 price target on November 6. He says fundamentals are strong while sentiment is weak, and he thinks buybacks could eventually reach about 30% of the company’s market value. Pricing in calendar 2028 is the risk he watches.

Seagate makes the hard drives cloud companies use to store data. Its Mozaic drives use heat-assisted magnetic recording, known as HAMR, to fit up to 44 terabytes on one drive, and two leading cloud providers are ramping them. Revenue rose 61% in the fiscal first quarter, and gross margin hit a record.

Chief Executive Officer Dave Mosley expects HAMR to make up roughly half of nearline shipments by the end of the year. Management says most nearline supply is already allocated through 2028. Our look at how Seagate rose selling a technology many had buried tells the longer story.

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Can Flex (FLEX) Pull Off Its Plan for Its Fastest-Growing Unit?

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:33:09 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street and Flex (NASDAQ:FLEX) ranked 8th on this list.

Why the AI Selloff Hit Chip and Data Center Stocks So Hard

Hot Inflation Puts the Fed Back in Focus

Flex made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 91%. Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Delaney lifted his price target on Flex to $159 from $145 on October 29 and kept a Buy rating, a day after the company raised its full-year outlook.

Flex builds electronics for other companies, and its fastest-growing unit now makes power and cooling equipment for AI data centers. That unit grew 54% in the fiscal second quarter, and management expects full-year adjusted earnings per share to rise 52% at the midpoint. Chief Executive Officer Revathi Advaithi plans to spin the unit off as a separate company called Axiom.

Shareholders approved the Axiom spin-off earlier this month, by an overwhelming margin. Flex expects to complete the separation in the first quarter of 2027.

Debt comes with it. Flex borrowed $4.4 billion to buy EPC Power, a maker of power conversion equipment, and Axiom agreed to sell $2 billion of convertible preferred stock to repay part of that. Advaithi says EPC adds products for the 800-volt power designs data centers are moving toward.

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Why Management Is Cautious About One Nebius (NBIS) Number

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:32:54 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street and Nebius (NASDAQ:NBIS) ranked 9th on this list.

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Nebius made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 90%. Nebius beat third-quarter revenue estimates and changed how customers pay. Revenue jumped 571% from a year earlier to $980.8 million, above the roughly $907 million analysts expected. Customer prepayments on third-quarter deals covered more than 100% of the related capital spending, compared with 50% to 60% in the previous quarter.

Group adjusted EBITDA was $465.8 million, against a loss of $5.2 million a year ago, and the margin widened to 47.5% from 40.6% in the second quarter. Management cautioned against reading too much into that. The quarter included revenue recognized at a point in time that does not recur in the same form. That revenue was about $325 million, booked under the asset-light model.

Nebius rents AI computing capacity from its own data centers to companies that train and run AI models, and the spending to build that capacity is the other side of the quarter. Full-year 2026 capital spending is now expected at around $27 billion, up from $20 billion to $25 billion.

For 2027, the company projects revenue of $12 billion to $13 billion. It will stop guiding to annualized run-rate revenue and guide revenue, pre-tax earnings and capacity instead. Our earlier piece on Nebius’s pricing power and why its earnings do not show it yet goes deeper.

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What Rosenblatt Securities Thinks the Market Misses on SK Hynix (SKHY)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:32:35 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street and SK Hynix (NASDAQ:SKHY) ranked 10th on this list.

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SK Hynix made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 89%. Rosenblatt Securities analyst Kevin Cassidy raised his price target on SK Hynix to $400 from $320 on October 28 and kept a Buy rating, the day the chipmaker reported a record quarter. He thinks the market is misreading memory. Long-term contracts already cover more than half of 2027 and 2028 capacity, and management expects much higher revenue and profit next year.

Revenue rose 328% from a year earlier, and operating margin hit 80%. The South Korean company makes the DRAM and NAND chips that store data in servers, plus the high bandwidth memory that sits next to AI processors. Management says demand will outrun supply through 2030, and HBM4, its newest high bandwidth chip, becomes its main product in the fourth quarter.

Whether margins that high can last is something we explored for SK Hynix.

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5 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:32:06 +0000

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We shared the expanded list of 10 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street here. You can find the top 5 stocks below.

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Our Methodology

For this article, we used Finviz to screen for US-listed stocks with an average upside potential of at least 75% upside, as of November 11, 2026. We ranked the 10 with the most upside in ascending order of this metric. We also list each stock’s number of hedge fund holders as of Q2 2026, from our database of 1,006 hedge funds.

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5 Multibagger Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street

5. Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

Average Upside Potential: 97%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 119

Stephens analyst Brett Huff upgraded Oracle to Overweight from Equal Weight on November 2 and raised his price target to $213 from $185. Oracle’s investor day settled his biggest worry: how it will pay for its AI cloud buildout. New capital raises are capped at $20 billion, lower than he feared, and he expects free cash flow to come in higher.

At the same event, management set a fiscal 2030 revenue target of $225 billion or more and said free cash flow should turn positive in the second half of fiscal 2028. The stock jumped about 11% that day.

Oracle sells the databases and business software many large companies run on, and it now rents out AI computing capacity too. Its long-standing database customers give it a ready base to sell cloud services into. We also examined whether Oracle’s economic moat is widening or narrowing.

4. Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC)

Average Upside Potential: 98%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 98

Cantor analyst C.J. Muse cut his price target on Western Digital to $625 from $900 on October 23 and stayed at Overweight. He raised his earnings estimates. The lower target reflects valuation compression, not weaker earnings.

Western Digital sells the high-capacity hard drives that cloud companies fill with data, and its latest quarter beat its own guidance. Fiscal first-quarter revenue rose 55% to $4.38 billion, and adjusted earnings per share jumped 161%. Chief Financial Officer Kris Sennesael credited strong exabyte growth and better pricing. Management guided to $5.80 in adjusted earnings per share at the midpoint for the next quarter.

The risk sits in its own filings: revenue comes mostly from cloud customers and a small group of top buyers. Our take on whether Western Digital is a good or bad investment at today’s price covers the valuation.

3. CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV)

Average Upside Potential: 106%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 71

Rosenblatt analyst John McPeake reiterated a Buy rating and a $160 price target on CoreWeave on November 11. He said the third-quarter results and management’s comments answered the main worries about funding and profitability.

CoreWeave rents AI computing power to companies that train and run models. Revenue rose 168% in the quarter, and its backlog of contracted work reached $132.5 billion. Chief Executive Officer Michael Intrator said the company raised prices 25% and then another 10%.

Debt keeps bears wary. Chief Financial Officer Nitin Agrawal said CoreWeave does not plan to issue more unsecured debt at the parent level at current yields through 2027, because interest costs rise again next quarter. For more on whether CoreWeave’s balance sheet can keep pace with its backlog, see our earlier piece.

2. Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU)

Average Upside Potential: 110%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 184

Bernstein analyst Mark Li reiterated a Buy rating and a $1,300 price target on Micron on November 4. He points to multi-year visibility from contract pricing. Citi analyst Atif Malik also rated the stock Buy with a $1,300 target on October 29. He expects stronger-than-expected DRAM pricing on the roughly 60% of output outside long-term agreements, with supply still short of demand.

The stock jumped 13% in a day this week after customer CoreWeave raised its 2026 revenue outlook and eased fears that AI spending is slowing. Micron also joined a $26 billion group of investors backing Anthropic’s IPO.

Micron makes the DRAM and NAND memory chips that store data in servers, phones and PCs, and it sells the high bandwidth memory used beside AI processors. DRAM has only a few big makers: Micron, SK Hynix and Samsung. We took up why the stock trades at such a low earnings multiple despite high margins in a piece on what Wall Street may be missing.

1. Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK)

Average Upside Potential: 132%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 128

Bernstein analyst Mark Newman has kept an Outperform rating and a $3,000 price target on Sandisk since the company beat its own earnings guidance.

Sandisk makes the NAND flash chips used in solid-state storage, and data centers are buying them faster than it can make them. Fiscal first-quarter revenue topped $11 billion, and adjusted earnings of $49.51 per share beat the company’s own guidance. Chief Executive Officer David Goeckeler raised his forecast for data center demand growth this year.

The stock has not cheered. It has fallen about 51% in a month as memory and AI names sold off, and partner Kioxia warned that flash price gains are fading. An 8-for-1 stock split takes effect later this month. Whether a peak is already in the price is the debate, and our look at whether a peak is already priced into Sandisk’s stock covers it.

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Why Stephens Upgraded Oracle (ORCL)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:31:19 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit and Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) ranked 10th on this list.

US stocks edged lower Thursday, snapping a rebound that had lifted the S&P 500 1.3% a day earlier. The S&P 500 fell 0.35% to 7,592.40, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.36% to 52,297.09, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.39% to 25,366.09, Yahoo Finance reported, as bond yields rose. Traders weighed hot inflation data, the Federal Reserve’s next move and higher oil prices.

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Hot Inflation Keeps the Fed in Focus

The week’s moves have been shaped by interest rates. Tuesday’s hotter-than-expected inflation report convinced traders that the Federal Reserve will raise rates next month, Reuters said. According to CME FedWatch, investors fully price in a hike of at least 25 basis points, with a 13.2% chance of a 50-basis-point move. Several Fed officials have said they are open to a more aggressive path, and Wall Street analysts have raised their forecasts for more and bigger hikes, Yahoo Finance said.

Wednesday’s rebound showed how quickly sentiment can swing. The S&P 500 gained 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite 1.6% after results from an AI cloud company eased worries about the durability of the artificial intelligence trade, Reutersreported, with advancing stocks outnumbering decliners by 1.3 to 1 on the NYSE. The Treasury market was closed for Veterans Day, so bond traders could react only on Thursday.

Oil Adds to the Uncertainty

Thursday brought another pressure point. Oil prices climbed after the president said he was no longer interested in a deal with Iran, the Associated Press reported, which complicates the inflation outlook. Higher energy costs feed into the same inflation numbers the Fed is fighting. Even so, the S&P 500 finished with a modest loss and is up 2.9% for the week.

Retail investors are watching the same swings closely, and Reddit threads tend to cluster around names where the gap between price and analyst expectations looks widest. That gap deserves some care. An average price target is a twelve-month estimate pulled from sell-side analysts, it is often revised after earnings, and a handful of outliers can skew the mean. Because upside is measured against the current share price, a sharp drop widens it overnight, while a rally shrinks it just as fast. Readers who follow that chatter can browse our list of undervalued stocks to buy according to Reddit. You may also want to read our ranking of oversold AI stocks where Wall Street analysts are spotting 50%-plus upside.

With inflation, the Fed and AI spending all in play, the stocks below sit where the debate is loudest, and each one carries an average analyst target well above its recent price.

Oracle made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 92% and a market cap of $384.35 billion. Stephens analyst Brett Huff upgraded Oracle to Overweight from Equal Weight on November 2 and raised his price target to $213 from $185. He said the company’s investor day answered the biggest question hanging over the stock, which is how it will pay for its cloud buildout. With funding for cloud infrastructure capped at $20 billion, he argued, the perceived risk of Oracle Cloud came out of the shares, and free cash flow estimates “went up dramatically.”

That is what investors like. Oracle, which sells database software and cloud infrastructure and hosts AI workloads for OpenAI, put a date on positive free cash flow, the second half of fiscal 2028, and said it expects at least $30 billion in fiscal 2029. It completed a $20 billion at-the-market equity program in the first quarter and will cap further raises at $20 billion through fiscal 2030, split between equity and debt. Fiscal first-quarter revenue grew 30% to $19.3 billion.

The open question is concentration, since much of the revenue behind those estimates depends on OpenAI paying its bills. For the competitive side, see our look at whether Oracle’s moat is widening or narrowing.

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The Deal Behind TD Cowen’s Downgrade of Marvell (MRVL)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:31:01 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ:MRVL) ranked 9th on this list.

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With inflation, the Fed and AI spending all in play, the stocks below sit where the debate is loudest, and each one carries an average analyst target well above its recent price.

Marvell made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 92% and a market cap of $144.21 billion. Marvell’s pullback comes from a deal, not from its operations. On November 2 the company agreed to buy Lumentum in a $115 billion all-stock transaction, with each Lumentum share converting into 4.5 Marvell shares. TD Cowen analyst Sean O’Loughlin downgraded Marvell to Hold from Buy the next day and cut his price target to $175 from $350. He pointed to earnings dilution, the risk of buying near the peak of an optical-industry mini-cycle, and doubts that the two companies need to combine. TD Cowen expects mid-single-digit EPS dilution in 2028. BofA Securities also moved to Neutral from Buy on November 3, with a $225 target.

Investors who like the stock point to the base business. Marvell designs the data-center chips and optical components that move data inside AI clusters, and fiscal second-quarter revenue rose 37% to $2.739 billion. Management guided the third quarter to $3.150 billion, plus or minus 5%, and the next report is due on December 1.

The debate is about the price Marvell is paying, not about demand. For the skeptics’ case, see our look at the analysts who will not buy Marvell.

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Why BofA Calls CoreWeave (CRWV) Funding Needs “Manageable”

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:30:23 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit and CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) ranked 7th on this list.

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Hot Inflation Keeps the Fed in Focus

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With inflation, the Fed and AI spending all in play, the stocks below sit where the debate is loudest, and each one carries an average analyst target well above its recent price.

CoreWeave made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 102% and a market cap of $31.22 billion. CoreWeave’s third-quarter report on November 10 eased the funding fears that had weighed on the stock. Revenue rose 168% to $3.66 billion, and the company raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $13.0 billion to $13.3 billion. The CEO said CoreWeave will not use the unsecured debt market at current yields, and Bloomberg reported it plans an investment-grade loan of at least $4 billion. The shares jumped about 25% on Wednesday and gave back about 7% on Thursday.

Bank of America analyst Tal Liani kept his Buy rating and $140 target, writing that “CoreWeave’s funding needs are manageable.” Others held back, CNBC reported. Morgan Stanley stayed at Equal Weight with a $70 target, while Deutsche Bank kept a Buy rating and a $125 target.

Investors like the demand picture. CoreWeave, which rents Nvidia-powered computing capacity to AI developers, said its backlog grew to $132.5 billion from about $104 billion at the end of June and that it expects adjusted net income to turn positive in the first half of 2028. Our analysis of CoreWeave’s balance sheet and its backlog takes up the funding question.

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What Bernstein Sees in Micron (MU) After the Memory Selloff

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:30:06 +0000

We just published a list of the 10 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit and Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) ranked 6th on this list.

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With inflation, the Fed and AI spending all in play, the stocks below sit where the debate is loudest, and each one carries an average analyst target well above its recent price.

Micron made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 104% and a market cap of $903.37 billion. Memory stocks sold off hard last week, and Micron has been recovering. Bernstein analyst Mark Li reiterated his Buy rating and $1,300 price target in early November, arguing that the DRAM shortage is more acute and longer-lasting than expected and that strong contract pricing gives multi-year earnings visibility. KeyBanc analyst John Vinh reiterated his Overweight rating and $1,750 target after CoreWeave’s report, pointing to a recovery in server demand and fourth-quarter DRAM prices rising 15% to 20%.

The numbers explain why investors call the stock cheap. Micron, a leading maker of DRAM and high-bandwidth memory, reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $54.23 billion, up from $11.32 billion a year earlier, and adjusted free cash flow of $33.2 billion. It guided the next quarter to about $61.5 billion. The shares rebounded 11.9% on Wednesday after a sharp early-November drop on worries that Democratic gains in Congress could limit AI data center construction.

The bear case is the memory cycle, which has a record of turning sharply. Our analysis of whether Wall Street is missing something about Micron’s 87% margins looks at how the market values those profits.

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5 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:29:48 +0000

Hot Inflation Keeps the Fed in Focus

Oil Adds to the Uncertainty

With inflation, the Fed and AI spending all in play, the stocks below sit where the debate is loudest, and each one carries an average analyst target well above its recent price.

We shared the expanded list of 10 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit here. You can find the top 5 stocks below.

Our Methodology

To compile this list, we reviewed the stocks drawing the most attention across Reddit’s investing and trading communities. We kept companies with a market capitalization above $10 billion and average upside potential above 80%, based on analysts’ average price target. We then ranked the 10 that qualified in ascending order of average upside potential, as of November 12, 2026. We also list each stock’s number of hedge fund holders as of Q2 2026, from our database of 1,006 hedge funds.

5 Stocks With Insane Upside According to Reddit

5. Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR)

Market Cap: $48.32 billion

Average Upside Potential: 108%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 37

MSCI will remove Strategy from its indexes, which is the biggest news for the stock. In its November review, published late Wednesday, the index provider said the company will leave the MSCI USA Index, and with it the MSCI World and ACWI indexes, at the November 30 close under a new screen for non-operating companies. Funds that track those benchmarks must sell. JPMorgan estimated last year that exclusion could drive about $2.8 billion of outflows. Nothing forces Strategy to sell bitcoin.

Analysts remain supportive. BTIG’s Andrew Harte reiterated his Buy rating and $250 price target on October 30, the day after Strategy reported a record $20.91 billion bitcoin gain for the third quarter. Investors like the balance sheet. The company, a software firm whose main asset is bitcoin, held 848,517 coins as of October 25.

The risks are specific. Strategy sold $348.6 million of bitcoin during the quarter, using $239.9 million for dividends and $108.6 million for buybacks, and its preferred shares carry a 12% dividend rate. Because earnings follow the price of bitcoin, the stock remains a bet on the coin. Our list of the best bitcoin stocks to buy now has more names.

4. AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS)

Market Cap: $13.43 billion

Average Upside Potential: 109%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 34

AST SpaceMobile’s third-quarter report on November 9 gave investors mixed evidence. Revenue of $42.3 million fell short of the $45 million to $46 million analysts expected, but management held its 2026 revenue guidance at $150 million to $200 million. With roughly $46 million booked in the first half, reaching the low end requires about $62 million in the fourth quarter. Revenue was still more than triple the $14.7 million of a year earlier, and third-quarter capital spending was guided to $350 million to $425 million, keeping funding in focus.

The shares had already lost about 41% from their peak before the report. AST is building a satellite network meant to deliver broadband straight to ordinary smartphones, and it works with carriers such as AT&T. Investors like the telecom partnerships and growing government demand. Analysts were cooler after the print. UBS cut its target to $43 from $78 on November 10 and kept a Neutral rating, and BofA Securities also reiterated Neutral that day.

Bears focus on execution and competition from larger satellite operators. Our piece on AST’s $1.3B backlog and whether it can build fast enough covers the manufacturing challenge.

3. Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS)

Market Cap: $34.97 billion

Average Upside Potential: 112%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 86

Nebius reported third-quarter results Thursday morning, and the numbers beat while the outlook hurt. Revenue rose 571% to $980.8 million, above the roughly $907 million analysts expected, though about $325 million of it was non-recurring. Management narrowed 2026 revenue guidance to $3.0 billion to $3.2 billion from $3.0 billion to $3.4 billion because of third-party capacity delays, raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to about $27 billion, and guided 2027 revenue to $12 billion to $13 billion. It will stop guiding to annualized run-rate revenue after February. The shares fell about 17%.

Investors like the demand signals. Nebius, an Amsterdam-based AI cloud provider, said customers now prepay for capacity and that it expects $10 billion of committed prepayments in 2026. Cash and equivalents rose to $7.4 billion from $3.7 billion at the end of 2025, and the company posted its first operating profit, $50.4 million. Adjusted EBITDA reached $465.8 million, and operating expenses fell to 95% of revenue from 189% a year earlier.

The debate is funding. Capital spending hit $7.3 billion in the quarter, and the question is whether prepayments can cover a buildout this large.

2. Sandisk (NASDAQ:SNDK)

Market Cap: $133.39 billion

Average Upside Potential: 131%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 128

Sandisk has fallen about a third in the past month despite record results, even after jumping 13.7% on Wednesday. The market is debating how long NAND pricing can stay this high. Management says its multiyear contract floors still earn about an 80% gross margin and cover about half of fiscal 2027 bits and two-thirds of fiscal 2028 bits. Analysts trimmed targets after the report but stayed bullish. Mizuho’s Vijay Rakesh cut his to $1,900 and kept Outperform, while BofA Securities and Goldman Sachs lowered theirs to $2,000 with Buy ratings, all citing valuation.

Investors like the earnings power. Sandisk, which makes NAND flash storage for data centers, phones and PCs, reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $11.0 billion, up 23% from the prior quarter, with non-GAAP earnings of $49.51 per share. It guided next-quarter revenue to $12.2 billion to $12.6 billion and earnings to $55 to $57 per share, and announced a $5.0 billion buyback. An 8-for-1 stock split takes effect November 19.

Bears cite cyclicality and the speed of the sell-off, and the stock’s beta of 5.75 shows how violently it trades. For a skeptic’s angle, see our look at whether a peak is already priced into Sandisk’s forward earnings.

1. Cerebras Systems (NASDAQ:CBRS)

Market Cap: $21.88 billion

Average Upside Potential: 154%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 78

Cerebras reported third-quarter results Thursday after the close, and the stock jumped as much as 18% in extended trading, CNBC reported. Core revenue grew 70% to $230.9 million, above the $214.7 million analysts expected, and core cloud revenue rose 272% to $144.9 million. The loss was $0.67 per share. Management raised full-year core revenue guidance to $940 million to $960 million and guided fourth-quarter core revenue to $310 million to $330 million.

Cerebras builds wafer-scale AI processors and sells computing as a cloud service. It announced a deal with Microsoft, said two new hyperscalers signed on, and put its contracted data center capacity at 700 megawatts. It expects revenue to triple in 2027, which implies about $2.85 billion, versus $2.92 billion expected.

Investors like the visibility. Cerebras put its remaining performance obligations at $25.4 billion at the end of the second quarter, mostly from OpenAI, and had guided third-quarter core gross margin of 38% to 40%. Culper Research’s short report and the IPO lockup expiry still weigh on the shares. Our analysis of whether Cerebras can turn its $25.4B backlog into high-margin growth looks at the margin question.

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What Drew UBS to BILL Holdings (BILL)?

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:14:00 +0000

We just published a list of the Buy Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday and BILL Holdings (NYSE:BILL) ranked 6th on this list.

October consumer prices rose 0.4%, the third straight monthly gain of at least 0.4%, according to data reported by Reuters. Economists polled by the outlet had expected 0.3%. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3% for the third month in a row against a forecast of 0.2%. Shelter accounted for more than 30% of the monthly increase.

Hot Inflation Reading Hardens Rate Hike Bets

The report changed the rate debate almost immediately. Fed Governor Christopher Waller said in a London speech that a 50-basis-point hike should be considered if core CPI rose 0.3% or more, and that “Hiking only 25 basis points would put our credibility at risk.” The Fed left its policy rate at 3.75%-4.00% in October and meets again on December 8-9.

Markets now fully price in at least a 25-basis-point hike in December, and CME FedWatch put the chance of a 50-basis-point move at 11.8%, up from zero a day earlier. Investors hunting for stocks with room to climb in this setting can start with 8 Best NYSE Stocks with Huge Upside Potential, one of our recent lists.

Capital Economics economist Thomas Ryan said, in comments reported by Yahoo Finance, that the strength in core prices was broad-based rather than a one-off, which should all but confirm a December hike with a rising risk of a larger one. Deutsche Bank chief economist Matt Luzzetti expects 25-basis-point hikes in December, January and March.

Yields Jump as Strategists Turn Cautious

Bond markets took the hit first. The 2-year Treasury yield jumped by the most in 19 months, and the 10-year briefly topped 5%, Bloomberg reported. Columbia Threadneedle portfolio manager Ed Al-Hussainy said the 2-year could climb back toward its end-of-September peak just shy of 5%. It closed Tuesday at 4.73%.

Stocks had slumped the week before as fears grew that new regulation could dent the AI trade after the Democrats’ sweeping election victory, then rallied on Monday as oil prices fell. On Wednesday, the Dow rose 0.5%, the S&P 500 gained 1.3% and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.6%, which erased the Nasdaq’s post-election losses. Analyst ratings offer another angle on a market this unsettled, and our roundup of 10 Best Affordable Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts covers it.

Bank of America strategist Savita Subramanian said of the S&P 500 for 2027, “We’re not particularly bullish on the index.” She also warned that investors are already heavily invested in equities, so outflows from index funds would pose a risk.

BILL Holdings made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 12%. UBS started coverage of BILL Holdings with a Buy rating and a $64 price target on November 11. The firm calls it the rare public pure play on business-to-business payments and expects low double-digit to mid-teens core revenue growth, with earnings compounding faster than revenue. It credits an improving go-to-market motion, a better customer mix, deeper monetization and operating leverage, and says continued share buybacks add to the case.

BILL sells software that helps small and midsize businesses handle payables, receivables and spend, and it runs a payments network of suppliers and buyers around its customers. The latest quarter supports the efficiency story: core revenue grew 14% and non-GAAP operating margin reached 39%. Headline revenue missed estimates only because an accounting change now nets card rewards against revenue. Management raised its full-year earnings outlook and repurchased about $305 million of stock.

Investors are weighing that profit push against slowing card growth and a sales restructuring management still describes as unfinished. We looked at why earnings are outpacing revenue in BILL (BILL) Is Growing Earnings Faster Than Revenue. What Is Driving the Gap?

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What Is JPMorgan Betting On at Republic Services (RSG)?

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:13:42 +0000

We just published a list of the Buy Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday and Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) ranked 8th on this list.

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Republic Services made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 4%. JPMorgan analyst Tami Zakaria upgraded Republic Services from Neutral to Overweight on November 11 and raised her December 2027 price target to $295. Her argument is that solid waste volume growth should turn positive in 2027 after three years of declines.

The third-quarter report supports the shift. Adjusted earnings came in at $1.94 per share, and small and large container volumes each gained 50 basis points, the first time in more than three years that both rose together. Management raised full-year guidance on the back of it. The board also authorized a larger share repurchase program, and the company keeps adding businesses through acquisitions. Its Environmental Solutions unit, which handles hazardous and PFAS-related waste, grew revenue sharply. Recycled commodity prices per ton also ran well above the prior year.

Republic collects and recycles commercial, industrial and residential waste and runs landfills across the US. It has also set a target of $100 million in added earnings from AI pricing tools by 2028. Republic Services (RSG) Is Winning On Price While Volumes Slip traced the volume problem this upgrade bets is ending.

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Pressure Across Staples. Why Deutsche Bank Still Upgraded Unilever (UL)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:13:29 +0000

We just published a list of the Buy Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday and Unilever (NYSE:UL) ranked 9th on this list.

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Unilever made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 0%. Deutsche Bank analyst Tom Sykes upgraded Unilever from Hold to Buy on November 11 and lifted his London price target to 5,350 pence. He sees longer-term transformation potential, confidence in near-term earnings, and a liquidity benefit that lets the stock hedge AI risk inside a balanced portfolio. Sykes still sees structural and cyclical pressure across the staples group.

His forecast is for like-for-like growth of 4.6% in home and personal care next fiscal year, with a small gain in margin. The maker of Dove, Hellmann’s and Vaseline is also reshaping itself. McCormick agreed to combine with Unilever’s food business in a $44.8 billion deal expected to close next year, and the UK competition regulator is reviewing it.

Third-quarter underlying sales rose 5.2%, led by emerging markets, with India and Brazil strong, while the food business was roughly flat and home care grew fastest. The quarterly dividend rose from a year earlier. Management raised its volume outlook for the year. Whether that pruning unlocks growth is a question we explored in Unilever (UL) is Pruning Its Portfolio. Could That Unlock Growth?

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A $1,999 Sellout. What China Renaissance Sees in Apple (AAPL)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:13:10 +0000

We just published a list of the Buy Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) ranked 10th on this list.

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Apple made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of -3%. China Renaissance analyst Jack Zhou upgraded Apple from Hold to Buy on November 11 and set a $425 price target. His reasoning centers on growth potential from the company’s first foldable iPhone and its other businesses. The iPhone Duo, priced at $1,999, sold out after launch, and orders now stretch into January.

Apple makes the iPhone, Mac, iPad, wearables and a Services business, and the foldable arrives at a strong moment. Fiscal 2026 revenue reached a record $479 billion, and management has guided to the best holiday quarter in company history. Greater China sales rose from a year earlier, and touchscreen Macs and a new Siri round out the holiday lineup. The Duo’s first full sales will not show up until the next report, and some investors are watching Services, where growth has slowed.

Valuation is the other half of the debate, with shares near 38 times earnings and above the average analyst target, while Zhou’s price target sits well above the current share price. We looked at how well-known investors weigh that tradeoff in Billionaire Ken Fisher and Jim Cramer Still Like Apple (AAPL). Should You?

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The Exit Behind Ladenburg Thalmann’s Call on Gladstone Investment (GAIN)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:12:39 +0000

We just published a list of the Buy Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday and Gladstone Investment (NASDAQ:GAIN) ranked 7th on this list.

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Gladstone Investment made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of 11%. Ladenburg Thalmann analyst Christopher Nolan upgraded Gladstone Investment from Neutral to Buy on November 11 with a $17 price target. The call follows the lender’s fiscal second-quarter report, where attention fell on the exit of SFEG, a portfolio company sold after the quarter ended. Management said the proceeds are expected in the third or fourth quarter of the fiscal year, after SFEG sold its operating subsidiary to Enerpac Tool Group.

Gladstone Investment is a business development company that lends to, and buys stakes in, lower middle market businesses. Its SFEG equity stake is expected to produce the largest capital gain in the company’s history and could fund supplemental distributions. Net asset value rose to $16.43 per share, while adjusted net investment income of $0.18 per share fell short of the consensus estimate.

The monthly payout is backed by spillover income that covers about six months of distributions. Management also pointed to a new McFarlane Toys investment and said the portfolio has no software exposure. Monthly payers like this one are the subject of 10 Best Dividend Stocks with Monthly Payout, one of our recent lists.

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Buy Alert: 5 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:12:24 +0000

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We shared the expanded list of Buy Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday here. You can find the top 5 stocks below.

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Our Methodology

To compile this list, we reviewed analyst rating upgrades announced on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. We have ranked these stocks in ascending order of their average upside potential, as of November 10. Average upside potential is the gap between a stock’s price and its average analyst price target. We also list each stock’s number of hedge fund holders as of Q2 2026, from our database of 1,006 hedge funds.

Buy Alert: 5 Stocks Analysts Upgraded on Wednesday

5. Liquidia (NASDAQ:LQDA)

Market Cap: $4.94 billion

Average Upside Potential: 15%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 44

Raymond James analyst Ryan Deschner upgraded Liquidia from Outperform to Strong Buy on November 11 and raised his price target to $77. He cited the continued strength of the Yutrepia launch, with accelerating shipments, strong referral-to-start conversion and a growing prescriber base, with the share of monthly referrals that become patient starts staying high. October shipments were the highest since launch, and he considers the legal overhang removed after the settlement.

Liquidia makes Yutrepia, an inhaled dry-powder treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Third-quarter net product sales reached $222.7 million, up 31% from the prior quarter, though a $389.7 million settlement charge with United Therapeutics pushed GAAP results to a loss. The settlement also removed PH-ILD from the label, and the company expects to fund the payments from Yutrepia sales and cash on hand.

Deschner expects some volatility over the next few quarters as the launch settles under a PAH-only label. He raised his estimates for Yutrepia and the L606 candidate, and Needham lifted its target the same day. Biotech names favored by large investors are the focus of 10 Best Biotech Stocks to Invest In According to Billionaires.

4. Mercury Systems (NASDAQ:MRCY)

Market Cap: $5.38 billion

Average Upside Potential: 24%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 33

JPMorgan analyst Seth Seifman upgraded Mercury Systems from Neutral to Overweight on November 11 and set a $102 price target after the company’s fiscal first-quarter report. The rating moved up even as the target came down from its earlier level.

Mercury builds processing, power and secure electronics for defense programs, including missile defense and space. Revenue grew 12.4% to a first-quarter record, bookings grew even faster, net debt fell from a year earlier, and backlog reached a record near $2.1 billion. CFO Dave Farnsworth also added the chief operating officer title. Adjusted EBITDA grew 58.6%, and management raised its outlook for fiscal 2027.

Investors had long wanted proof that the company’s turnaround was converting into demand, and the latest quarter gave them more of it. Mercury is also working with a software partner on AI tools for material planning and factory operations, aimed at converting backlog faster. The shares rose the day after the report, and hedge fund ownership of the stock has edged up recently. Mercury Systems (MRCY) Is Sitting On A Record Pile Of Orders was our take on the backlog build, which the new quarter extended.

3. Delek US Holdings (NYSE:DK)

Market Cap: $4.07 billion

Average Upside Potential: 26%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 41

Freedom Broker analyst Sergey Pigarev upgraded Delek US Holdings from Hold to Buy on November 11 and nudged his price target up to $88. He credited a strong third quarter built on wider crack spreads, full runs at all four refineries and higher margin capture. Crack spreads, the gap between crude costs and the price of refined fuels, widened in the quarter, and he expects earnings to fall as they normalize.

Delek refines crude oil into fuels at four US refineries. Adjusted net income nearly doubled to $843.0 million in the quarter, and the company used the cash to cut net debt. The board raised the quarterly dividend by about 18% and stepped up buybacks, with $100 million planned for the fourth quarter.

Delek also expects roughly $425 million of small-refinery-exemption proceeds in the fourth quarter and plans to repay its term loan. Raymond James trimmed its target the same week while keeping an Outperform rating on the stock. Refiners sit alongside other energy names in 10 Energy and Power Stocks Drawing Strong Reactions From Jim Cramer, a list we published recently.

2. Alpha Tau Medical (NASDAQ:DRTS)

Market Cap: $1.30 billion

Average Upside Potential: 46%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 15

Piper Sandler analyst Allison Bratzel upgraded Alpha Tau Medical from Neutral to Overweight on November 11 and raised her price target to $22 from $8, reversing a Neutral call she made earlier this year. She described Alpha DaRT as a differentiated local alpha-radiation platform with potential across several solid tumors, and she expects a catalyst-rich year ahead.

Alpha Tau is an Israeli clinical-stage company whose Alpha DaRT places tiny alpha-emitting seeds directly inside tumors. Its ReSTART trial, a US pivotal study in recurrent cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, has finished enrolling its patients. The company has begun a modular application to the FDA, where the therapy holds Breakthrough Device Designation.

The upgrade comes after a large move for a clinical-stage developer, with shares up about 177% this year. The company held about $100.64 million in cash at last report. Barclays also rates the stock Overweight, and the clinical program extends to cancers of internal organs. Alpha Tau is expected to report third-quarter results around November 19. Cancer-focused names like this one are covered in 11 Best Cancer Stocks to Invest In Now.

1. Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CAPR)

Market Cap: $652.32 million

Average Upside Potential: 137%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 32

Jones Trading analyst Catherine Novack upgraded Capricor Therapeutics from Hold to Buy on November 11 with a $25 price target, calling the risk and reward asymmetric ahead of the FDA decision on deramiocel, due later this month. She puts the odds of a complete response letter at 65%, with downside near 70%, and sees about 2.5 times upside if the drug is approved.

Capricor develops deramiocel, a cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. An FDA advisory committee opposed the cardiomyopathy indication earlier this year, so the company refocused its application on upper-limb skeletal muscle function after HOPE-3 data. The FDA inspection ended with a Form 483 listing a single observation, and Capricor plans to launch on its own, without NS Pharma, with arbitration over that dispute expected next year.

Capricor reported third-quarter results the day before the upgrade, and a group of clinicians treating Duchenne patients has written to the FDA in support of the therapy. Shares jumped about a quarter on the call. Could New Long-Term Data Support Capricor’s Duchenne Therapy? was our earlier look at the data behind the case.

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The Deal Behind Mizuho’s Downgrade of Surgery Partners (SGRY)

Farooq — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 21:10:48 +0000

We just published a list of the Sell Alert: 10 Stocks Analysts Downgraded on Wednesday and Surgery Partners (NASDAQ:SGRY) ranked 10th on this list.

Wall Street got a sharp reminder this month of how fast sentiment can turn. Last Thursday the S&P 500 lost 4.4%, its worst day since April 2025, after midterm election results raised fears that regulation could hurt the AI trade. The Nasdaq Composite fell into correction territory, roughly 11% below the record it set in early October.

A rally on lower oil prices offered some relief at the start of this week. Then inflation data reopened the wound. Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, the third straight monthly gain of at least that size and a touch above the 0.3% economists had expected. The stock market was still nervous from the prior week’s rout, and it showed. The S&P 500 fell 0.38% to 7,520.93, the Dow lost 0.30% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 0.74% on the news.

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Inflation Revives Talk of Fed Rate Hikes

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank should raise interest rates in December and consider a half-point increase if inflation worsens. Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan went further, saying at least two more quarter-point hikes are needed to bring prices under control. Three straight monthly gains of 0.4% or more is the kind of streak that keeps rate-hike talk alive.

Traders have taken the message seriously. They now price roughly an 84% chance of a quarter-point December hike, after a week in which both the stock and bond markets swung hard.

Investors tracking how far some AI stocks have fallen can find more names in our ranking of oversold AI stocks that analysts see rebounding by more than half.

Chip Stocks Absorb the Heaviest Selling

Technology shares have taken the brunt of it. Selling in semiconductor stocks reached its most extreme level since 2019 earlier this week, by Yahoo Finance‘s measure, as worries about regulation of the AI trade added to the pressure.

Wednesday brought a rebound. The S&P 500 climbed 1.31% to 7,619.38, the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.60%, and the Dow rose 0.49%. The Nasdaq Composite had slipped into correction territory only days earlier. One day of gains does not erase the damage from the prior week, and the inflation and rate questions behind the selloff are still open. The Dow finished the day at 52,486.49.

Investors comparing cheaper alternatives can start with our roundup of affordable stocks that Wall Street analysts favor.

For now, the Federal Reserve’s December meeting is the date traders are watching, with a hike priced as the likely outcome.

Surgery Partners made it to our list because it has an average upside potential of -8%. Mizuho cut Surgery Partners to Neutral from Outperform on November 11 and raised its price target to $25 from $19, which matches the cash price in the pending buyout. The downgrade follows third-quarter results and a revised offer from HealthSpan Partners. A rival bid of $28 a share arrived, but the board kept backing the amended HealthSpan deal, citing a greater certainty of closing and lower regulatory risk.

Bain Capital owns about 39% of the shares and has agreed to vote for the HealthSpan transaction. Given that support and the board’s recommendation, Mizuho expects shareholders to approve it. The firm also called the deal price a fair multiple of its 2027 adjusted EBITDA estimate for the business, and it updated its estimates through 2028 alongside the call. A special committee unanimously recommended the amended deal.

Surgery Partners runs outpatient surgery centers, and its stock surged when the first offer surfaced. The company has cancelled its forward guidance, so the transaction, expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, now drives the shares. We covered what to expect next after that surge in an earlier piece.

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