Top analysts back these 3 stocks for their long-term growth potential
Major indexes remain volatile as investors evaluate major earnings releases and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Investors with a long-term horizon should look beyond the ongoing noise and focus on well-positioned stocks that will deliver strong returns.
In this context, recommendations from top Wall Street analysts can help shortlist stocks with strong growth opportunities. These experts focus on the company’s long-term growth potential by conducting in-depth analysis of all macro and micro factors affecting a company.
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.
CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike Holdings is a cloud-native cybersecurity provider. The company recently made a statement extended partnership It is working with Schwarz Digits to bring the Falcon platform to European businesses.
After hosting several European investor meetings with CrowdStrike CFO, Stifel analyst Adam Borg reiterated his buy rating CRWD increased its stock and price target $230 Prices starting from $220.
The five-star analyst said the meetings increased his confidence that CrowdStrike is “an important, well-positioned cybersecurity platform vendor leveraging AI given its broad portfolio, unique data set, and ability to both secure AI and use AI to enhance security.”
Among the key takeaways, Borg noted that artificial intelligence is driving a sea change in the demand for cybersecurity because it introduces software vulnerabilities that can be exploited by less sophisticated hackers with capabilities once limited to state-sponsored hacking groups. This has led companies to make cybersecurity a top priority and increased customer interest in CrowdStrike’s new AI Detection and Response solution and broader security platform.
Borg added that AI-driven demand is expanding CrowdStrike’s pipeline and supporting confidence in the company’s higher fiscal 2027 net new annual recurring revenue guidance issued last quarter. Overall, Borg believes CrowdStrike has multiple growth drivers that could help sustain revenue growth at least into later years and increase profitability in the years ahead.
Borg is ranked #651 out of more than 12,300 analysts followed by TipRanks. Their ratings were profitable 65% of the time, with an average return of 15%. See CrowdStrike Ownership Structure on TipRanks.
AST Space Mobile
we continue AST Space MobileA company building a global cellular broadband network in space. Recently, Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter began covering space-related stocks. Analyst gives a buy rating to AST SpaceMobile price target $100Has a neutral stance towards rocket makers SpaceX And Rocket Lab due to valuation concerns.
“We would prefer ASTSWith a more acceptable valuation and a clearer path to EBITDA,” Potter said.
The five-star analyst emphasized that AST SpaceMobile creates satellites that connect directly to smartphones, providing network connectivity for users everywhere and enabling applications such as video calling, streaming and gaming. Potter added that ASTS technology helps Mobile Network Operators, or MNOs, expand coverage and provide additional services to travelers and users in remote locations.
Additionally, Potter noted that ASTS collaborates with and receives equity investments from some of the largest MNOs among them. AT&T, vodafone, Verizon and Rakuten. He explained that ASTS provides access to more than 3 billion subscribers by working with these operators rather than competing with them.
Potter is ranked 708th out of more than 12,300 analysts tracked by TipRanks. Their ratings were profitable 48% of the time, generating an average return of 17.2%. See AST SpaceMobile Technical Analysis on TipRanks.
broadcom
Finally, let’s look at this broadcomProvider of custom AI chips and networking solutions. Recently, Morgan Stanley analyst Joseph Moore reiterated his buy rating on Broadcom shares. $502 price target.
Five-star analyst surprised by underperformance AVGO Shares have been holding up well against peers so far this year, especially given the continued momentum of AI-driven demand. Moore cited concerns that rival MediaTek could gain market share from Broadcom in Google’s tensor processing unit chip business and investors’ preference for faster-growing AI chip names as reasons for the underperformance.
While Moore acknowledges MediaTek’s increasing role in Google’s TPU business, he maintains it’s unlikely to significantly disrupt Broadcom’s position. It expects Broadcom to remain the largest TPU supplier, with about 80% market share. Overall, Moore believes concerns about AVGO’s market share falling to 50% or eventually being replaced appear premature.
“AVGO should maintain majority share, continue strong AI growth, and remain the core computing winner just behind NVDA,” Moore said.
The analyst explained that his positive outlook on Broadcom is based on the company’s solid advantage in high-bandwidth memory supply, chip packaging capabilities and large-scale manufacturing. Moore also highlighted AVGO’s dominance in AI ASIC chips, its strong networking business and new customer wins.
Moore is ranked 148th out of more than 12,300 analysts tracked by TipRanks. It did well in the ratings 60% of the time and delivered an average return of 25.5%. Check out Broadcom Insider Trading Activity on TipRanks.
