‘Load Up,’ Says UBS About These 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks

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Markets are rising, and investor sentiment remains bullish. The conventional wisdom is predicting further gains, on the assumption that we’re still in a long-term bull market. And it would seem that Wall Street’s institutions are in agreement.

Watching the situation from UBS, chief US equity strategist Jonathan Golub has set out his own agreement with the bullish view. Golub explains where the market is finding support, and goes on to lay out where markets are likely to go. “Rate cuts should lower interest expense and default risk, adding to both EPS and valuations. Financial conditions point to less stress/more liquidity, a positive for valuations,” Golub said. “We are adjusting our year-end 2024-25 S&P 500 targets to 5850 and 6400, from 5600 and 6000… These forecasts are based on EPS estimates of $240, $257, and $275 for 2024-26, implying 9.1%, 7.1% and 7.0% growth.”

Against this backdrop, UBS analysts have issued recommendations on 2 stocks, highlighting each based on its strong growth prospects. According to TipRanks, both stocks also boast substantial support from the Street with a “Strong Buy” analyst consensus. Here are the details, and the bank’s comments on both.

Allegro MicroSystems (ALGM)

First up is Allegro MicroSystems, a semiconductor company with a focus on integrated circuits (ICs), a key component in a wide range of technological and industrial applications. Allegro’s IC products are used in sensor hardware and in application-specific analog power systems, and are particularly useful in the automotive industry, where they are vital parts of electric vehicle charging systems, industrial regulators, and various motors and motorized factory conveyor systems. The company’s products are vital for autonomous driving safety systems, factory automation, and, outside the auto industry, in power-saving technologies for data centers.

Like many chip makers, Allegro is a ‘fabless’ company; that is, it handles the design and development work on its products and puts together the prototypes – while farming out the mass production work to outside chip foundries. The fabless model allows Allegro to focus its energies and resources on putting together the strongest product line for its customer base.

And right now, that customer base is extensive. The company boasts over 10,000 enterprise customers worldwide and claims more than 50 OEMs from the automotive industry in its customer list. Allegro’s chip products are widespread in the world’s automotive supply chain, with more than 9 in the typical car on the road today. The company has over 650 US patents to protect its intellectual property and has shipped out a cumulative total of more than 11 billion sensors.

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