Top Street analysts confident on long-term prospects of these 3 stocks
Increasing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices continue to put pressure on global stock markets.
Investors aiming to invest in stocks for the long term despite ongoing volatility can consider the advice of Wall Street’s leading analysts. These experts consider macroeconomic factors and industry- and company-specific factors before giving their ratings.
Here are three stocks favored by some of Wall Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance.
netflix
streaming giant netflix (NFLX) is the first stock of this week. JPMorgan analyst Douglas Anmuth reiterated his buy rating after recently upgrading Netflix shares. price target $120He calls NFLX one of the top picks and Alphabet (GOOGL) Amazon (AMZN), Spotify (DOT) and Door Indicator (DASH).
Anmuth noted that there are concerns about the need or lack of large-scale media mergers and acquisitions, the growth of Netflix’s involvement, and its valuation. Despite these concerns, the five-star analyst believes Netflix remains “a healthy organic growth story driven by a combination of strong content, global subscriber growth, continued pricing power, and an early-stage/under-monetized Ad tier.”
Additionally, Anmuth is confident that Netflix will deliver better margins and solid free cash flow. He expects the company to make higher share buybacks this year, driven by the positive share price and the $2.8 billion termination fee charged from the company. Paramount Skydance (PSKY), the streaming platform’s Warner Bros. After abandoning the merger deal with Discovery.
The analyst expects Netflix to deliver a compound annual growth rate of more than 12% for revenue, 21% for operating income, 24% for GAAP earnings per share, and 22% for free cash flow from 2025-2028.
Amid concerns about increased AI spending due to massive caps and AI disruptions, Anmuth expects Netflix to leverage technology to improve content discovery and personalization, improve advertising solutions and measurement, and reduce content production costs.
Anmuth is ranked #352 out of more than 12,100 analysts followed by TipRanks. Their ratings were profitable 57% of the time, with an average return of 15.3%. See Netflix Ownership Structure on TipRanks.
Door Indicator
Anmuth is also bullish on the delivery platform Door Indicator (DASH). Reaffirmed buy rating on the stock $272 price target. The top-rated analyst is confident about DoorDash’s long-term growth and expects gross order value (GOV) in the US market to increase at a CAGR of 18% from 2025 to 2028, driven by an increase in both monthly active users (MAUs) and order frequency.
Anmuth also expects unit economics to improve for U.S. restaurants in 2026. He is optimistic that the US grocery and retail sector will deliver positive unit economics and that the international business will post positive contribution profits in the second half of this year.
Additionally, the analyst expects DoorDash’s recent acquisitions to expand its total addressable market and support long-term profitable growth. Specifically, Anmuth expects DoorDash to gain market share in Deliveroo markets and expand SevenRooms products across its merchant base.
Additionally, Anmuth sees significant money-making prospects. He noted that despite the company being one of the fastest-growing retail media networks, revenue from advertising is less than 2% of GOV, compared to Uber’s more than 2% and Instacart’s about 3%.
Finally, Anmuth expects DoorDash’s EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) to grow by approximately 28% from 2025 to 2030, supporting a higher valuation for the stock. “Overall, we are positive about DASH’s value proposition and execution and view it as a leader in global domestic business,” the analyst said. Check out DoorDash Financials on TipRanks.
Seer
Enterprise software and cloud company Seer (ORCL) recently announced solid third-quarter financial results, driven by AI-driven demand. The company also reassured investors that it has no intention of taking on more debt this year beyond the amount it announced earlier.
Reacting to the third-quarter press, Guggenheim analyst John Difucci reiterated his buy rating on Oracle shares: price target $400. The analyst noted that the company delivered solid results in the third quarter.
The five-star analyst highlighted the company’s 22% overall revenue growth in the third quarter and its strength across segments. He argues that Oracle’s growth story is not based on marketing or accounting manipulation or “pricing gymnastics” but is powered by technology and economics. He attributed Oracle’s growth to its superior technology that provides better performance at a lower price.
Difucci pointed out Oracle’s artificial intelligence infrastructure and power in traditional cloud workloads. The analyst predicts that this, along with ORCL’s leading database technology and accelerating applications business, could drive continued growth in the coming years.
The analyst thinks that while the noise surrounding Oracle shares is out of management’s control, delivering on commitments made to customers could reassure investors.
Difucci is ranked #300 out of more than 12,100 analysts followed by TipRanks. Their ratings were 60% profitable and delivered an average return of 15.7%. See Oracle Statistics on TipRanks.
