GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE. MORE THAN A SAYING: A FACT-
UBS surveyed its analysts for stocks with attractive upside vs. downside in volatile markets.
"We've focused on stocks where we believe our analysts have a truly differentiated view vs. consensus, and where we have interesting or proprietary data sources (from UBS Evidence Lab or elsewhere)," strategist Keith Parker wrote in a note. "From a strategy perspective, we've found that risk/reward is attractive when this much recession risk is priced (>80pctl) but as we move later cycle, avoiding the biggest underperformers becomes even more important for portfolio returns."
"Indeed, our analysts have identified opportunities with attractive upside vs downside skew in these volatile markets."
The top conviction picks by sector are:
UBS surveyed its analysts for stocks with attractive upside vs. downside in volatile markets.
"We've focused on stocks where we believe our analysts have a truly differentiated view vs. consensus, and where we have interesting or proprietary data sources (from UBS Evidence Lab or elsewhere)," strategist Keith Parker wrote in a note. "From a strategy perspective, we've found that risk/reward is attractive when this much recession risk is priced (>80pctl) but as we move later cycle, avoiding the biggest underperformers becomes even more important for portfolio returns."
"Indeed, our analysts have identified opportunities with attractive upside vs downside skew in these volatile markets."
The top conviction picks by sector are:
- Basic Materials (XLB)
- DuPont (NYSE:DD), price target $96: "We believe the market is not currently appreciating the significant shift in DuPont's exposure and growth following a series of strategic actions."
- Steel Dynamics (STLD), $105: "We assess steel prices should find support around pre-Russia/Ukraine levels of U $900-1,000/st into 2H22 (vs US$1,300/st spot), due to elevated iron ore/met coal prices, still well-above historical levels."
- Berry Global (BERY), $78: "We believe lower leverage, stable/growing earnings, increasing circular feedstock mix, and a shift in cash return policy (more returns and growth investments) as factors that should shift investor sentiment more positive, pushing the stock higher."
- Graphics Packaging (GPK), $26: "Our Buy rating on GPK reflects our view that the boxboard market is underappreciated following years of stagnant growth and limited pricing power."