Lower-risk stocks to buy

Updated 2026-07-08
Universe : 🏛️ S&P 500 🟢 JPI Light — the most cautious
The top 20 stocks where the single most reliable analyst on the sector is bullish, prioritizing analyst reliability over upside. 11-year backtest: +21%/yr vs +12.6% S&P 500, lowest volatility (~25%), ratio 0.95. The least risky, but still a bet.
💡 Many of these stocks are down over 12 months — that's expected: the method targets upside (gap to target), so it leans toward beaten-down names. In the backtest, ~half the picks rebounded +38%/yr on average the following year. ⚠️ But it varies a lot by year — best used as a satellite, not your whole portfolio.
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Method

The top 20 stocks to buy now

# Stock Price Reliable analysts' target i Reliability (best analyst) i
1EME Emcor$768.38🎯 $1123 (most reliable) +46% · 2 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
88.9% profitable Cantor Fitzgerald · Industry · 9 calls
2GOOGL Alphabet Inc. (Class A)$367.03🎯 $465 (most reliable) +27% · 18 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
100% profitable Cantor Fitzgerald · Comm. · 13 calls
3ORCL Oracle Corporation$141.6🎯 $240 (most reliable) +70% · 15 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
4PLTR Palantir Technologies$134.37🎯 $230 (most reliable) +71% · 7 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
5CTSH Cognizant$43.94🎯 $70 (most reliable) +59% · 5 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Hold
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
6CRM Salesforce$169.52🎯 $325 (most reliable) +92% · 12 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
7NVDA Nvidia$196.93🎯 $330 (most reliable) +68% · 21 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
8CCL Carnival Corporation$26.68🎯 $42 (most reliable) +57% · 9 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
78.3% profitable Tigress Financial · Cons. disc. · 69 calls
9MU Micron Technology$938.38🎯 $1400 (most reliable) +49% · 21 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
10CSGP CoStar Group$29.87🎯 $45 (most reliable) +51% · 4 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.8% profitable Benchmark · Real estate · 11 calls
11ECHO EchoStar$97.91🎯 $155 (most reliable) +58% · 1 reliable analyst
Market consensus : Hold
80.5% profitable TD Cowen · Comm. · 41 calls
12PWR Quanta Services$656.79🎯 $901 (most reliable) +37% · 9 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
88.9% profitable Cantor Fitzgerald · Industry · 9 calls
13NOW ServiceNow$110.73🎯 $185 (most reliable) +67% · 20 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.8% profitable BTIG · Tech · 66 calls
14UBER Uber$74.33🎯 $115 (most reliable) +55% · 11 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
78.3% profitable Tigress Financial · Industry · 23 calls
15CEG Constellation Energy$239.71🎯 $441 (most reliable) +84% · 3 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
79.2% profitable Scotiabank · Utilities · 48 calls
16LDOS Leidos$108.57🎯 $195 (most reliable) +80% · 4 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Hold
80.1% profitable Truist Securities · Industry · 196 calls
17HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise$43.47🎯 $75 (most reliable) +73% · 10 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
75% profitable Loop Capital · Tech · 120 calls
18MSFT Microsoft$388.84🎯 $575 (most reliable) +48% · 19 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.4% profitable Wedbush · Tech · 360 calls
19HON Honeywell$225.05🎯 $255 (most reliable) +13% · 7 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
90% profitable Daiwa Capital · Industry · 10 calls
20ADSK Autodesk$212.38🎯 $300 (most reliable) +41% · 10 reliable analysts
Market consensus : Buy
81.8% profitable BTIG · Tech · 66 calls
Educational selection, not investment advice. Recomputed Yahoo data (point-in-time backtest). Past performance does not predict the future. The method →
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