Stock Opinions by Stephanie Link, Chief investment strategist, Hightower

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BUY

Trades at 17x PE. The turnaround is working with comps at 5.6%. Traffic grew 4.5% last quarter which bodes well for the upcoming quarter.

BUY

Are doing great cost cuts and have pricing power. Shares were down, because they grew organically 18% vs. the expected 24%. They raised organic growth for the end of the year. Great managers.

BUY

She added more Starbucks as same-store sales accelerate. Their Green Apron program is working. They're seeing cost savings and benefits from tariffs. Bought more because of 14.4% operating margin which beat easily. She forecasts $6 in EPS power.

DON'T BUY

Despite this pullback, she's still not interested. Trades at a high 32x forward PE. We don't know when gross margins will trough. Services division are slowing. Overall, the quarter was fine, but is still not cheap.

STRONG BUY

AWS, retail and ads all accelerated in growth while profits hit a record high with operating margins of 13.7%. AWS contributes 61% of operating income and is accelerating rapidly. Has lots of momentum. Even if you cut the backlog in half, you still see outsize growth and market share gains. It gives her confidence in the AI space for Amazon.

BUY

The product is great, the traffic is strong and same-store sales is growing around 5% and trading at 16x forward PE.

BUY

She bought more NOW. Is 31% this year and trades at 23x forward PE vs. the 5-year average of 54x. Total revenue is +20%, subscription revenue +21%, gross margins around 75%, earnings growth 20%. The risk/reward is good, and this is mission-critical software that companies need.

DON'T BUY

Remember, it took Amazon, Google and Microsoft a decade to build their cloud businesses, so this will not happen overnight for Meta, if it happens. It would diversify their companies, so that's good, instead of 100% ads. She's tired of them spending and not delivering he results. So many question marks about how they will grow. She is looking elsewhere. They lost $8 billion on Reality Labs. A headache.

BUY

She bought more based on the 27x forward PE vs. the 5-year average of 34x and 10-year average of 45x, and is trying on 11x EBITDA. Same-store sales on Prime Day were +9.3%, amazing.

BUY

Is up 89% this year. Revenues are up 31%, and RPO is up 36%. They spent $30 billion on three deals this year, so those synergies are still coming. Trades at 22x price-to-sales, but CRWD is higher.

BUY

Still owns it. Be careful which tech stocks you own now--some are slumping, some not. Marvell has $10 of earnings power by 2027. NVDA invested in them. Their optical business is poised to grow 50% the next few years. Their custom ASIC business-- they have an 80% market share with Broadcom--is expected to grow from 20% to 100% share. Is up 218% this year and trades at 27x, not cheap, but it is growing.

BUY

Is -18% from highs and trades at 18x PE. They create mission-critical software.

BUY

Automation is in early inning, and this company is growing double digits as margins expand.

BUY

Great managers, core business is humming, same-store sales is +6%. Foot Locker turned positive comps and guided higher. Expect a fine second-half 2026.

PARTIAL SELL

They had a great quarter and raised guidance. They join the S&P today. Optical is growing 50%. Stock is up 242% over 3 months, so trim. They are right in the sweet spot.

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