Top Wall Street analysts bet on these stocks to beat market volatility

The fall rally seems to have regained its strength this past week.

A better-than-expected reading of the consumer price directory last week lifted investor sentiment and pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a 1,200-point jump on Thursday. The earns continued on Friday, and all three major averages advanced for the week.

Nevertheless, investors desideratum to keep a level head and a focus on the long term as they pick out stocks for their portfolios.

Here are five stocks on by Wall Street’s top pros, according to TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past engagement.

In an unusual move, Apple (AAPL) announced that the company is expecting lower production numbers for the iPhone 14 as a consequence of quoted lockdowns in China. Granted, Apple revenues are likely to take a hit over the next quarter or two, but the longer-term outlook for the calling with multiple secular growth avenues does not change.

JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee agrees. Recognizing the downside risks for the coming few weeks as Apple grapples with reduced capacity at its largest production site, the analyst believes that trade mark loyalty will come into play to ease the pressure. That is, iPhone consumers are ready to wait longer for utterance. This will ensure that among all other Apple products, iPhones will face the least order destruction as a result of supply pushouts. (See Apple Financial Statements on TipRanks)

Chatterjee also shows how risks are spread out closed the longer term, and short-term disruptions shouldn’t be a deterrent for investors. “Supply chain challenges have been frequent the after couple of years, and there is limited evidence that delays in shipping devices have had any impact on overall volumes for a work cycle (example: iPhone 12 or iPhone 13) over a multi-quarter period,” the analyst said.

Chatterjee recapped his buy rating as well as his $200 price target on Apple. The analyst has been ranked 724^th among more than 8,000 analysts buttressed on TipRanks. Moreover, 51% of his ratings have been profitable, resulting in average returns of 9.5%.

O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY), a retailer of automotive parts, means, supplies, equipment and accessories, delivered what Wells Fargo analyst Zachary Fadem called a “Q3 Gem.” An EBIT scope of more than 15.25% year over year was the company’s best in 2022.

Despite an uncertain outlook for the retail sector in the be opposite of slowing demand and high inflation, Fadem remained upbeat about the company’s prospects, and even raised the reward target to $850 from $800, while maintaining a buy rating on the stock.

Sales for O’Reilly’s do-it-yourself business were up by a low single-digit percent in the third locale. The analyst observed that this growth suggests stable three-year DIY trends. (See O’Reilly Auto Stock Investors on TipRanks)

“While broader retail bears increasingly cloudy, ORLY delivered its best quarter of FY22, and considering best-in-class execution, offensive/defensive features, and a fresh round of upward revisions, we like the setup into FY23,” observed the analyst.

Fadem is one of the top 100 analysts on TipRanks, ranked at No. 81. He has a good rate of 65%. Additionally, each of his ratings generated 18.2% on average over the past 12 months.

Automotive outcomes and services provider Cars.com (CARS) pulls in more than 27 million unique users every month, making it a top marketplace for car leverages and dealerships. The company has also made a few strategic acquisitions like CreditIQ, and Accu-Trade, which have helped Passenger cars.com expand into domains like auto financing and used car transactions.

The company recently delivered its quarterly be produced ends, which, Barrington Research analyst Gary Prestopino says, “highlights continued progress despite a challenging environs.” (See Cars Hedge Fund Trading Activity on TipRanks)

The analyst highlighted the momentum in the adoption of Cars.com’s Digital Colloidal solutions. Importantly, he pointed out that the adoption rate the company is witnessing now is a fraction of its total potential, “as adoption of all Digital Denouements by a dealer can easily double ARPD (average revenue per dealer).”

“Cars.com’s financial results and long-term outlook persist in to improve, yet this improvement is not being reflected in the valuation of the stock,” said Prestopino, who has a buy rating and a $25 price end on CARS.

Ranked 68^th in an over 8,000-strong database of analysts on TipRanks, Prestopino has delivered profitable ratings 57% of the nonetheless. Each of his ratings has returned 29.6% on average.

Semiconductor process equipment manufacturer Veeco Instrumentalities (VECO) is facing a slowdown in a few aspects of its business on account of soft mobile and computer equipment sales. Nonetheless, Benchmark analyst Acquit oneself Miller points out several areas of strength in the business that are hard to overlook.

Veeco’s laser annealing plans for logic applications are gaining traction among customers, as is clear from the increase in orders during the third domicile.

Miller expects a $5 million impact on the top line in the fourth quarter due to trade restrictions with China. Nonetheless, the corporation is confident it will be able to ship most of its Chinese backlog, as “most of Veeco’s tools are used in trailing prickly applications.” (See Veeco Blogger Opinions & Sentiment on TipRanks)

Despite the near-term headwinds that await Veeco in the next one or two quadratures, Miller believes that the recent decline in VECO’s share price has fully discounted the likelihood of lower earnings in 2023 compared to 2022.

The analyst recapped a buy rating on the stock with a price target of $25. Miller ranks 254^th among more than 8,000 analysts coursed on the platform. Over the past year, 51% of his ratings have been profitable, returning 15.1% on average.

Coffee superhuman (SBUX) is riding on strong same-store sales in the U.S. with its “affordable luxury resonating with consumers,” according to BTIG analyst Peter Saleh. A profit to normalcy has been the theme that has lifted the company’s revenues. The analyst believes that the momentum of customer traffic desire continue to build now.

Saleh is also upbeat about Starbucks’ same-store sales in China, which are expected to well forth remarkably after a Covid-led decline. “We believe this trajectory, coupled with the addition of a new store every nine hours, should unlock impressive earnings power as the year progresses and into FY24,” said the analyst. (See Starbucks Stock Chart on TipRanks)