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7 Best Stocks to Own Right Now

Today, we invite you to view our list of the seven best stocks to own for the next thirty days.

Why is it worth looking into these stocks? Some of Wall Street's most respected and most accurate research analysts have been upgrading these stocks and raising their price targets for these companies.

No, we're not talking recommendations from some no-name blogger or a junior analyst from a brokerage you've never heard of. These stocks have received multiple positive recommendations in the last 30 days from analysts that have received four-star and five-star rankings from MarketBeat's proprietary brokerage ranking system.

Analysts that earn rare four-star and five-star rankings from MarketBeat consistently issue accurate price targets, and their buy recommendations often outperform the market by double digits.

MarketBeat's editorial team has reviewed every research report published by these top-rated analysts in the last 90 days and have identified seven stocks that these analysts are poised for an immediate breakout.

#1 - Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
14 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score
2.4
Ratings Breakdown
14 Buy Ratings, 17 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$96.17 (2.1% Upside)

About Fortinet

Fortinet logoFortinet, Inc provides cybersecurity and convergence of networking and security solutions worldwide. It offers secure networking solutions focus on the convergence of networking and security; network firewall solutions that consist of FortiGate data centers, hyperscale, and distributed firewalls, as well as encrypted applications; wireless LAN solutions; and secure connectivity solutions, including FortiSwitch secure ethernet switches, FortiAP wireless local area network access points, FortiExtender 5G connectivity gateways, and other products. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/17/2025CitigroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$100.00 ➝ $101.00
1/14/2025Raymond JamesReiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Market Perform
1/6/2025Piper SandlerUpgradeNeutral ➝ Overweight$100.00 ➝ $120.00
1/2/2025The Goldman Sachs GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$100.00 ➝ $114.00
12/19/2024Jefferies Financial GroupBoost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$95.00 ➝ $105.00
12/19/2024KeyCorpUpgradeSector Weight ➝ Overweight$115.00
12/18/2024Stifel NicolausBoost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$90.00 ➝ $103.00
12/16/2024JPMorgan Chase & Co.Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$99.00 ➝ $105.00
12/13/2024MizuhoBoost Price TargetUnderperform ➝ Underperform$68.00 ➝ $78.00
11/22/2024Needham & Company LLCReiterated RatingHold

#2 - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
12 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
3.0
Ratings Breakdown
43 Buy Ratings, 2 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$245.65 (8.7% Upside)

About Amazon.com

Amazon.com logoAmazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/14/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyBoost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$197.00 ➝ $212.00
1/13/2025HSBCBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$225.00 ➝ $270.00
1/13/2025Morgan StanleyBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$230.00 ➝ $280.00
1/10/2025JMP SecuritiesReiterated RatingMarket Outperform ➝ Market Outperform$285.00 ➝ $285.00
1/6/2025WedbushBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$250.00 ➝ $260.00
1/3/2025Wolfe ResearchBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$250.00 ➝ $270.00
12/20/2024Tigress FinancialBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$245.00 ➝ $290.00
12/18/2024Sanford C. BernsteinBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$235.00 ➝ $265.00
12/18/2024JPMorgan Chase & Co.Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$250.00 ➝ $280.00
12/16/2024UBS GroupBoost Price TargetBuy$230.00 ➝ $264.00

#3 - Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
11 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
2.7
Ratings Breakdown
29 Buy Ratings, 9 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$188.06 (10.0% Upside)

About Snowflake

Snowflake logoSnowflake Inc provides a cloud-based data platform for various organizations in the United States and internationally. Its platform offers Data Cloud, which enables customers to consolidate data into a single source of truth to drive meaningful business insights, build data-driven applications, and share data and data products, as well as applies artificial intelligence (AI) for solving business problems. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/17/2025Cantor FitzgeraldInitiated CoverageOverweight$201.00
1/16/2025Cantor FitzgeraldUpgradeStrong-Buy$201.00
1/13/2025OppenheimerBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$180.00 ➝ $200.00
1/10/2025BarclaysUpgradeEqual Weight ➝ Overweight$190.00 ➝ $190.00
1/7/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyUpgradeEqual Weight ➝ Overweight$150.00 ➝ $200.00
1/6/2025Piper SandlerBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$185.00 ➝ $208.00
12/23/2024Loop CapitalBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$185.00 ➝ $205.00
12/18/2024WedbushDowngradeStrong-Buy ➝ Hold
12/17/2024Piper SandlerReiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$185.00 ➝ $185.00
12/16/2024Jefferies Financial GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$180.00 ➝ $200.00

#4 - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
11 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score
2.2
Ratings Breakdown
17 Buy Ratings, 14 Hold Ratings, 9 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$299.33 (29.8% Downside)

About Tesla

Tesla logoTesla, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/15/2025BarclaysBoost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$270.00 ➝ $325.00
1/13/2025Morgan StanleyBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$400.00 ➝ $430.00
1/7/2025Bank of AmericaDowngradeBuy ➝ Neutral$400.00 ➝ $490.00
1/6/2025Stifel NicolausBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$411.00 ➝ $492.00
1/6/2025New Street ResearchUpgradeNeutral ➝ Buy$460.00
1/3/2025Evercore ISIBoost Price TargetIn-Line ➝ In-Line$195.00 ➝ $275.00
1/3/2025Glj ResearchReiterated RatingSell ➝ Sell$24.86 ➝ $24.86
1/3/2025Canaccord Genuity GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$298.00 ➝ $400.00
1/2/2025Truist FinancialReiterated RatingHold ➝ Hold$360.00 ➝ $360.00
12/18/2024Robert W. BairdBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$280.00 ➝ $480.00

#5 - Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
10 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
2.8
Ratings Breakdown
16 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$164.32 (1.5% Downside)

About Apollo Global Management

Apollo Global Management logoApollo Global Management, Inc is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and real estate markets. The firm prefers to invest in private and public markets. The firm's private equity investments include traditional buyouts, recapitalization, distressed buyouts and debt investments in real estate, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, corporate carve-outs, middle market, growth, venture capital, turnaround, bridge, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/14/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyLower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$197.00 ➝ $191.00
12/20/2024Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$168.00 ➝ $196.00
12/19/2024BMO Capital MarketsBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$157.00 ➝ $186.00
12/18/2024Piper SandlerBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$188.00 ➝ $202.00
12/12/2024Wells Fargo & CompanyBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$164.00 ➝ $197.00
12/9/2024TD CowenBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$178.00 ➝ $230.00
12/9/2024BarclaysBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$174.00 ➝ $200.00
11/19/2024The Goldman Sachs GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$161.00 ➝ $178.00
11/19/2024Piper SandlerInitiated CoverageOverweight$188.00
11/13/2024UBS GroupUpgradeHold

#6 - American Express (NYSE:AXP)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
10 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score
2.3
Ratings Breakdown
9 Buy Ratings, 12 Hold Ratings, 3 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$278.09 (11.1% Downside)

About American Express

American Express logoAmerican Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as integrated payments company in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Canada, the Caribbean, and Internationally. It operates through four segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/14/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$301.00 ➝ $307.00
1/13/2025UBS GroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$283.00 ➝ $320.00
1/7/2025Truist FinancialInitiated CoverageBuy$350.00
1/3/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$300.00 ➝ $340.00
12/19/2024Morgan StanleyBoost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$252.00 ➝ $305.00
12/19/2024Compass PointBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$315.00 ➝ $325.00
12/19/2024Monness Crespi & HardtBoost Price TargetBuy$300.00 ➝ $330.00
12/10/2024Compass PointBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$260.00 ➝ $315.00
12/9/2024JPMorgan Chase & Co.Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$286.00 ➝ $301.00
12/9/2024Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$325.00 ➝ $350.00

#7 - Salesforce (NYSE:CRM)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
10 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
2.9
Ratings Breakdown
34 Buy Ratings, 6 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$377.63 (16.3% Upside)

About Salesforce

Salesforce logoSalesforce, Inc provides Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technology that brings companies and customers together worldwide. The company's service includes sales to store data, monitor leads and progress, forecast opportunities, gain insights through analytics and artificial intelligence, and deliver quotes, contracts, and invoices; and service that enables companies to deliver trusted and highly personalized customer support at scale. Read More 
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/17/2025TD CowenUpgradeHold ➝ Buy$380.00 ➝ $400.00
1/8/2025Needham & Company LLCBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$375.00 ➝ $400.00
1/6/2025GuggenheimDowngradeNeutral ➝ Sell$247.00 ➝ $247.00
12/18/2024MacquarieReiterated RatingNeutral ➝ Neutral$370.00 ➝ $370.00
12/18/2024JMP SecuritiesReiterated RatingMarket Outperform ➝ Market Outperform$450.00 ➝ $450.00
12/18/2024WedbushReiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$425.00 ➝ $425.00
12/18/2024Piper SandlerReiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$405.00 ➝ $405.00
12/18/2024Needham & Company LLCReiterated RatingBuy ➝ Buy$375.00 ➝ $375.00
12/13/2024KeyCorpUpgradeSector Weight ➝ Overweight$440.00
12/12/2024MacquarieInitiated CoverageStrong-Buy ➝ Neutral$370.00

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