Nvidia is no longer Wall Street’s favorite stock. This company is.

Nvidia’s shares have gotten ahead of analysts’ consensus price target. But for United Airlines Holdings, analysts polled by FactSet see 47% upside over the next year. – Getty Images

Late in December, Nvidia Corp. topped a list of favorite stocks among analysts working for brokerage firms. But with the stock continuing to soar this year, running the same screen of the S&P 500 produces a different result, with Nvidia no longer even making the top 20.

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Back in December, the great majority of analysts polled by FactSet who covered Nvidia NVDA rated the stock a buy or the equivalent. Before the market opened on Dec. 26, their consensus price target for the stock was $668.11, which was 37% higher than the Dec. 22 closing price of $488.30.

Nvidia’s stock closed out 2023 at $495.22, having risen 239% for the year. So far in 2024, the stock has climbed another 83.5% to close at $908.88 on Wednesday. That is slightly above the new consensus 12-month price target of $904.55 for the stock.

Even though 54 out of 60 analysts still rate Nvidia a buy, the stock has gotten ahead of the analysts’ traditional consensus 12-month price target. That combination of favorable ratings and a target below the current price gives some food for thought: A year isn’t a lengthy period for a committed long-term investor.

Last week, we looked at Nvidia’s price-to-earnings valuation, which has come down significantly over the past year.

A new screen for favorites among the S&P 500

Beginning with the S&P 500 SPX, we narrowed the list to 74 stocks with at least 75% buy or equivalent ratings among analysts polled by FactSet.

Here are the 20 remaining stocks in the S&P 500 that are buy-rated by at least 75% of analysts and that have the highest 12-month upside potential indicated by the consensus price targets:

Click on the tickers for more about each company.

Click here for Tomi Kilgore’s detailed guide to the wealth of information available for free on the MarketWatch quote page.

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