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Stock Opinions by Stephanie Link, Chief investment strategist, Hightower

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BUY

Best week since March 2022 because of electrification, EVs, power and AI. Is more excited about aluminum and copper, and less so about gold and silver given demand. Silver has an industrial component though. 

BUY

Is soaring on earnings: they beat and raise. Their signature disease test outperformed and boasts a total addressable market of $7 billion. They are tops in this space. Great managers.

BUY ON WEAKNESS

They had a blowout quarter: earnings +70%, revenues +41%, and backlog +59%. They are in the sweet spot of electrification and EV's. Buy on weakness.

PARTIAL BUY

FAA to inspect 737 jets for possible cracks. Not great news, but she thinks they will eventually fix them. But they are increasing production, free cash flow, margins are expanding again. Organic growth is 8%.

BUY

Lock-up expiration was yesterday. She bought more, adding to her long-term holding. The earnings report was excellent across all segments. EBITDA was up. She understands why the stock fell on the news--all their spending plans--but the payback in the AI segment will be within a year. They're doubling subscribers. They beat operating margins. They had $14 billion in cloud service agreements this quarter alone, and she expects $60 billion annually in the future.

BUY

It has $20 EPS power. AVGO's AI semi pipeline is $100 billion. MU is a new position for her, small and volatile, but they have $100 billion in bookings for the rest of the year, a lot of contracts. They're in the sweet spot of the AI memory shortage.

BUY

It has $20 EPS power. AVGO's AI semi pipeline is $100 billion. MU is a new position for her, small and volatile, but they have $100 billion in bookings for the rest of the year, a lot of contracts. They're in the sweet spot of the AI memory shortage.

BUY

She just bought it now for its cheap valuation at 18x. It's cheaper than Colgate or Hershey which has 3% organic growth, while Nvidia has posted 85% total revenue growth. Look at their backlog and customer base. Gross margins are around 75%. Free cash flow will double next year.

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.

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