Most of what we publish is about upside: stocks trading below where analysts think they're worth. This post aims to do the opposite. These are large-cap stocks where the consensus price target is currently below the stock's trading price, meaning the average Wall Street analyst sees the stock as already running ahead of where it should be.
Screen Criteria
We limited this list to large-cap stocks (market cap above $10B) with at least 10 covering analysts, the same kind of broad-coverage filter we use for our free top 10, just inverted. That keeps this list to stocks where downside reflects analyst disagreement with the current price rather than a few bearish outliers.
| Ticker | Sector | Current Price | Avg. Target | Implied Downside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [ALAB] | [Technology] | $[374.68] | $[244.97] | [-34.6%] |
| [MRNA] | [Healthcare] | $[61.80] | $[43.30] | [-29.9%] |
| [INTC] | [Technology] | $[121.10] | $[93.97] | [-22.4%] |
| [WDC] | [Technology] | $[712.13] | $[554.13] | [-22.2%] |
| [FTNT] | [Technology] | $[144.14] | $[112.49] | [-22.0%] |
| [KLAC] | [Technology] | $[238.73] | $[194.10] | [-18.7%] |
| [MRVL] | [Technology] | $[289.54] | $[235.70] | [-18.6%] |
| [CIB] | [Financial Services] | $[79.94] | $[65.21] | [-18.4%] |
| [HUM] | [Healthcare] | $[362.00] | $[201.62] | [-16.7%] |
| [SIMO] | [Technology] | $[307.12] | $[256.70] | [-16.4%] |
Why This List Exists at All
Most retail-facing stock screens only ever show upside, because "stocks Wall Street loves" gets more attnetion than "stocks Wall Street is bearish on." The bearish list is arguably more useful for risk management. If you're already holding a name and analyst sentiment has quietly turned, that's worth knowing about before it shows up as a headline.
Note: Any stock appearing on this list isn't a sell signal by itself, and analyst price targets lag real-time price action, particularly right after a sharp rally. A stock can land here simply because it ran up faster than analysts have had a chance to revise targets upward.
A Note on Methodology
This list and our standard upside rankings use the exact same underlying calculation: current price versus average analyst price target. Only this time, its sorted in the opposite direction. Read our full methodology post for more on how we source and calculate this.
Track These on Your Watchlist
Pro subscribers can add any of these tickers to a watchlist to track how their consensus target moves over time, which is useful for seeing whether a "downside" call gets walked back as new data comes in, or whether the gap keeps widening.
Questions about a specific name on this list? Email us.