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Wall Street's 7 Highest-Rated Stocks to Buy

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Wall Street's 7 Highest-Rated Stocks to Buy

https://money.usnews.com/investing/stock-market-news/slideshows/wall-streets-highest-rated-stocks-to-buy

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Wall Street analysts don’t always get it right. But it’s good for investors to know when professional analysts with their jobs and reputations on the line single out a stock with a “buy” rating. Unfortunately, there are a lot of conflicting opinions among analysts, which can be confusing at times.

There’s no such thing as a 100 percent guaranteed winner when it comes to finding the best stocks to buy, but FactSet recently compiled a list of stocks that Wall Street analysts love most. Among stocks with at least three analyst ratings, these seven stocks have the highest percentage of “buy” ratings.

1. Amazon.com (ticker: AMZN). Of all the stocks covered by Wall Street, Amazon has the most pristine scorecard. Incredibly, all 45 analysts that cover Amazon have a “buy/outperform” rating for the stock. According to CNN, the average price target of those 45 analysts is $2,100, suggesting about 18 percent upside.

Bank of America analyst Justin Post is among the bulls. Post says Amazon is perfectly positioned to capitalize on secular growth trends such as e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, mobile internet and connected devices. Bank of America has a “buy” rating and $2,100 price target for AMZN stock.

2. Marathon Oil Corp. (MPC). Amazon isn't a surprise for this list, but the second-most popular stock on Wall Street might be. All 20 of the analysts covering oil refiner Marathon Oil have “buy/outperform” ratings on the stock, and its average price target of $90 implies about 47 percent upside.

CFRA analyst Stewart Glickman says inventory levels are falling, the Brent/West Texas Intermediate crude spread is widening and Marathon is making shrewd acquisitions, all bullish signs. As a result, Marathon’s earnings power should grow over time. CFRA has a “buy” rating and $78 price target for MPC stock. –
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