Wall Street's 19 Most "Hated" US Stocks!
Wall Street isn't very optimistic about these stocks. The buy rating ratio is about 9%, while the sell rating ratio is about 34%.
Some investors are contrarian investors who may look for opportunities in the most hated stocks on Wall Street.
Looking for stocks that are almost universally disliked by analysts is not always a bad idea.
The bad mood of analysts may indicate that things are already bad. In some cases, this means that even the smallest catalyst can push up the stock price.
These 19 stocks are: Principal Financial (PFG), Franklin Resources (BEN), T Rowe Price (TROW), Consolidated Edison (ED), Hormel Foods (HRL), Clorox (CLX), Paramount (PARA), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Pinnacle West (PNW), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Robert Half (RHI), Campbell Soup (CPB), 3M (MMM), Brown-Forman (BF.B), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Lincoln National (LNC), J.M. Smucker (SJM), Fastenal (FAST) and Prudential Financial (PRU).
Wall Street does not have a high opinion of these stocks. On average, 19 analysts give ratings, with a buy rating ratio of about 9% and a sell rating ratio of about 34%.
In contrast, the average buy rating ratio for S&P 500 index constituents is about 53%. A year ago, the average buy rating ratio was about 57%. The average sell rating ratio is about 6%, unchanged from a year ago.
