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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 - American Express (NYSE:AXP)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
13 (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
$296.38 (0.4% Upside)

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. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/31/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$355.00 ➝ $370.00
1/28/2025CitigroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$305.00 ➝ $320.00
1/27/2025Compass PointLower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$325.00 ➝ $309.00
1/27/2025Royal Bank of CanadaBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$330.00 ➝ $350.00
1/27/2025Evercore ISIBoost Price TargetIn-Line ➝ In-Line$315.00 ➝ $344.00
1/27/2025William BlairReiterated RatingOutperform
1/27/2025Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$350.00 ➝ $360.00
1/27/2025Monness Crespi & HardtBoost Price TargetBuy$330.00 ➝ $355.00
1/27/2025Morgan StanleyBoost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$305.00 ➝ $310.00
1/24/2025HSBCBoost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$270.00 ➝ $294.00

#2 - HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
12 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
2.9
Ratings Breakdown
21 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$863.96 (18.9% Upside)

About HubSpot

HubSpot logoHubSpot, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company's CRM platform includes Marketing Hub, a toolset for marketing automation and email, social media, SEO, and reporting and analytics; Sales Hub offers email templates and tracking, conversations and live chat, meeting and call scheduling, lead and website visit alerts, lead scoring, sales automation, pipeline management, quoting, forecasting, and reporting; Service Hub, a service software designed to help businesses manage, respond, and connect with customers; and Content Management Systems Hub enables businesses to create new and edit existing web content. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
2/19/2025UBS GroupUpgradeHold ➝ Strong-Buy
2/19/2025Redburn AtlanticInitiated CoverageBuy
2/13/2025ScotiabankBoost Price TargetSector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform$825.00 ➝ $900.00
2/13/2025BMO Capital MarketsBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$690.00 ➝ $885.00
2/13/2025The Goldman Sachs GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$783.00 ➝ $900.00
2/13/2025Raymond JamesBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$750.00 ➝ $980.00
2/13/2025Royal Bank of CanadaBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$825.00 ➝ $950.00
2/13/2025William BlairReiterated RatingOutperform
2/13/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$835.00 ➝ $940.00
2/13/2025UBS GroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$740.00 ➝ $775.00

#3 - Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
10 (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
$260.74 (20.4% 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. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
2/12/2025Loop CapitalBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$275.00 ➝ $285.00
2/10/2025Phillip SecuritiesDowngradeStrong-Buy ➝ Moderate Buy
2/10/2025Raymond JamesBoost Price Target$260.00 ➝ $275.00
2/7/2025Maxim GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$260.00 ➝ $280.00
2/7/2025CitigroupLower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$275.00 ➝ $273.00
2/7/2025BarclaysBoost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$235.00 ➝ $265.00
2/7/2025DA DavidsonBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$235.00 ➝ $280.00
2/7/2025Royal Bank of CanadaBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$255.00 ➝ $265.00
2/7/2025Cantor FitzgeraldReiterated RatingOverweight ➝ Overweight$270.00 ➝ $270.00
2/7/2025Canaccord Genuity GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$265.00 ➝ $280.00

#4 - American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
8 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
2.8
Ratings Breakdown
13 Buy Ratings, 7 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$18.88 (24.0% Upside)

About American Airlines Group

American Airlines Group logoAmerican Airlines Group Inc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a network air carrier. The company provides scheduled air transportation services for passengers and cargo through its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, and Washington, DC, as well as through partner gateways in London, Doha, Madrid, Seattle/Tacoma, Sydney, and Tokyo. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
2/4/2025SusquehannaLower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$20.00 ➝ $18.00
1/24/2025Raymond JamesReiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$24.00 ➝ $23.00
1/17/2025Bank of AmericaUpgradeUnderperform ➝ Neutral$12.00 ➝ $20.00
1/9/2025Evercore ISIBoost Price TargetHold$18.00
1/7/2025SusquehannaBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$14.00 ➝ $20.00
1/6/2025Melius ResearchUpgradeHold ➝ Strong-Buy
1/6/2025TD CowenUpgradeHold ➝ Buy$17.00 ➝ $25.00
1/6/2025Jefferies Financial GroupUpgradeHold ➝ Buy$12.00 ➝ $20.00
1/6/2025MeliusUpgradeHold ➝ Buy$23.00
12/30/2024Raymond JamesUpgradeMarket Perform ➝ Outperform$24.00

#5 - Blackstone (NYSE:BX)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
8 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score
2.3
Ratings Breakdown
6 Buy Ratings, 12 Hold Ratings, 0 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$172.38 (9.0% Upside)

About Blackstone

Blackstone logoBlackstone Inc is an alternative asset management firm specializing in real estate, private equity, hedge fund solutions, credit, secondary funds of funds, public debt and equity and multi-asset class strategies. The firm typically invests in early-stage companies. It also provide capital markets services. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
2/3/2025UBS GroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$170.00 ➝ $180.00
1/31/2025CitigroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$170.00 ➝ $190.00
1/31/2025Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsBoost Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$174.00 ➝ $177.00
1/31/2025JPMorgan Chase & Co.Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$149.00 ➝ $154.00
1/31/2025BarclaysLower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$192.00 ➝ $186.00
1/14/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyLower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$195.00 ➝ $180.00
1/13/2025Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsLower Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$175.00 ➝ $174.00
1/13/2025BarclaysLower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$199.00 ➝ $192.00
12/23/2024Piper SandlerBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$168.00 ➝ $179.00
12/20/2024Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsBoost Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$169.00 ➝ $175.00

#6 - Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
8 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score
2.5
Ratings Breakdown
12 Buy Ratings, 11 Hold Ratings, 1 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$459.22 (27.0% Upside)

About Ulta Beauty

Ulta Beauty logoUlta Beauty, Inc operates as a specialty beauty retailer in the United States. The company offers branded and private label beauty products, including cosmetics, fragrance, haircare, skincare, bath and body products, professional hair products, and salon styling tools through its Ulta Beauty stores, shop-in-shops, Ulta.com website, and its mobile applications. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
1/21/2025Morgan StanleyUpgradeEqual Weight ➝ Overweight$430.00 ➝ $500.00
1/9/2025BarclaysBoost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$410.00 ➝ $445.00
1/8/2025TD CowenBoost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$450.00 ➝ $480.00
1/7/2025CitigroupBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$450.00 ➝ $457.00
1/7/2025Canaccord Genuity GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$500.00 ➝ $538.00
1/7/2025Bank of AmericaBoost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$460.00 ➝ $475.00
1/7/2025Stifel NicolausBoost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$455.00 ➝ $475.00
1/7/2025Wells Fargo & CompanyBoost Price TargetUnderweight ➝ Underweight$350.00 ➝ $370.00
1/7/2025B. RileyUpgradeSell ➝ Neutral$330.00 ➝ $430.00
1/7/2025OppenheimerBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$505.00 ➝ $515.00

#7 - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

Upgrades from Top-Ranked Analysts
7 (in the last 90 days)
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score
2.9
Ratings Breakdown
37 Buy Ratings, 4 Hold Ratings, 2 Sell Ratings.
Consensus Price Target
$717.90 (5.0% Upside)

About Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms logoMeta Platforms, Inc engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. More
 

Recent Analyst Ratings

DateBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
2/11/2025Tigress FinancialBoost Price TargetStrong-Buy ➝ Strong-Buy$645.00 ➝ $935.00
1/30/2025CitigroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$753.00 ➝ $780.00
1/30/2025UBS GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$736.00 ➝ $786.00
1/30/2025OppenheimerBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$650.00 ➝ $800.00
1/30/2025Royal Bank of CanadaBoost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$700.00 ➝ $800.00
1/30/2025DA DavidsonBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$700.00 ➝ $800.00
1/30/2025BMO Capital MarketsBoost Price TargetMarket Perform ➝ Market Perform$530.00 ➝ $610.00
1/30/2025Bank of AmericaBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$710.00 ➝ $765.00
1/30/2025The Goldman Sachs GroupBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$688.00 ➝ $765.00
1/30/2025Truist FinancialBoost Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$700.00 ➝ $770.00

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