Despite the seemingly endless stock-market volatility, Wall Street analysts have identified a handful of shares in companies seen as safe bets to rise once the coronavirus ends.
CNBC recently spoke to the experts and were offered a handful of promising bets. Here is a look at three of the suggestions:
- Texas Roadhouse (TXRH): The American chain restaurant was recently upgraded to “buy” by Gordon Haskett. “Who knows when the storm will pass, but looking forward to when the clouds break, we see the greatest 12-month share price upside in restaurant companies that have best-in-class SSS recovery prospects, liquidity and balance sheet health.”
- FedEx (FDX): The lack of virus containment is a risk but also a buying opportunity, according to Goldman Sachs. ″“We believe that while the near-term EPS risk is tough to ignore, the eventual containment of the Coronavirus, and ensuing pent-up need to re-stock should position companies like FDX as solid supply-chain recovery stories — albeit it may take several months to unfold,” they said.
- Uber (UBER): The The ride-hailing firm was issued a “buy” rating from Deutsche Bank. “We continue to see Uber as an attractive risk/reward and recovery investment, given a strong balance sheet with ample cash on hand / liquidity, no near-term debt maturities, light covenants, and relatively variable cost structure. We expect the company to tighten its belt on costs and ultimately come out of this stronger, as competitors likely struggle more in this environment and the business should eventually recover quickly and on a tighter fixed cost base.
Meanwhile, Strategists at JPMorgan Chase & Co. have concluded that most risk assets -- a universe that typically includes stocks and credit -- have seen their low points for the recession that’s gripped economies around the world.
Conditions that JPMorgan had set for market stabilization and revival have largely been met, with recession-like pricing, a reversal in investor positioning and extraordinary fiscal stimulus, strategists led by John Normand wrote in a note Friday. Coronavirus infection rates remain a “wild card,” as they remain high even if they’re “slowing” in the U.S. and Europe, Bloomberg reported.
“Risky markets should remain volatile as long as infection rates create uncertainty about the depth and duration of the Covid recession, but enough has changed fundamentally and technically to justify adding risk selectively,” Normand wrote. “Most risky markets have probably made their lows for this recession, except perhaps oil and some EM currencies beset by debt-sustainability issues.”
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