{"id":1262,"date":"2023-01-03T10:19:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradersontrend.com\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2023-01-03T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T10:19:22","slug":"analysts-like-these-stocks-for-20231262-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradersontrend.com\/h\/2023\/01\/03\/analysts-like-these-stocks-for-20231262-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Analysts Preferred Stocks For 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1262\" class=\"elementor elementor-1262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cfabf6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cfabf6f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccae435\" data-id=\"ccae435\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cdb15b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6cdb15b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>We begin the new year with a primarily unaltered macroeconomic background and an impending recession according to most stock analysts.<br \/><br \/>However, investors can maintain a healthy portfolio by keeping a longer-term perspective and blocking out all the noise. Against that backdrop, we begin 2023 with five stocks recommended by Wall Street&#8217;s top stock analysts.<br \/><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 24.5px; font-family: inherit;\">STAAR Surgical Services<br \/><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">STAAR Surgical (<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/STAA:NASDAQ?hl=en\">STAA<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">), a medical technology company, is benefiting from strong global demand for refractive corrections (surgical adjustments for eye disorders). <br \/><br \/>Furthermore, according to BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman, positive demographic factors such as an aging population and an increase in myopia instances are fueling demand for STAAR&#8217;s goods.<\/span><\/p><p>Earlier in December, the company revealed that its president and CEO, Caren Mason, would be departing at the end of the month. <br \/><br \/>Mason will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20221219005204\/en\/STAAR-Surgical-CEO-Caren-Mason-to-Retire-Tom-Frinzi-Appointed-New-CEO\">succeeded by Thomas Frinz<\/a>, who previously served as president of Abbott Medical Optics and as head of Johnson &amp; Johnson&#8217;s vision unit. Frinzi&#8217;s appointment, according to Zimmerman, will reassure investors due to his 40 years of experience in medical optics.<\/p><p>The analyst is also optimistic about the demand environment for STAAR&#8217;s products over various time periods. &#8220;<em>Next-generation lenses to new markets should drive near-term growth while expanding indications, presbyopia, and cataract companion should drive long-term growth,<\/em>&#8221; Zimmerman said, reiterating his buy rating and $80 price target on the company.<br \/><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 24.5px; font-family: inherit;\">Papa John&#8217;s Int&#8217;l, Inc.<br \/><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The stock of Papa John&#8217;s (<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/PZZA:NASDAQ?hl=en&amp;window=YTD\">PZZA<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">) has declined dramatically this year as a result of issues in the United Kingdom and inflationary pressures, but its long-term prognosis remains positive. <br \/><br \/>Lower-income customers are spending less on eating out, according to BTIG analyst Peter Saleh, when inflation is high and a recession is on the horizon. <br \/><br \/>As a result, Papa John&#8217;s value products such as Papa Pairings are drawing more lower-income customers.<\/span><\/p><p>When polling over 1,000 Papa John&#8217;s consumers, Saleh discovered that just a low-single-digit percentage of them think the menu prices are excessively high, even after the company raises prices three to four times in 2022. <br \/><br \/>As a result of these changes, stock analysts somewhat upped his 4Q22 domestic same-store sales forecast.<\/p><p>Saleh maintained his buy rating on the stock and set a price objective of $100. &#8220;<em>We believe the new leadership has put in place the proper measures to engineer a turnaround; these efforts have already resulted in increased operating efficiency, stronger franchisee alignment, and higher net unit growth, which we expect to continue in 2022\/23. We see many near- and long-term levers to build shareholder value that has begun to emerge and will allow Papa John&#8217;s to outperform peers again, prompting us to recommend a Buy rating<\/em> &#8220;Saleh stated.<br \/><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 24.5px; font-family: inherit;\">Alphabet<br \/><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The next stock on our list is Alphabet (<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/GOOGL:NASDAQ?hl=en\">GOOGL<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">), which has proven to be more resilient than its counterparts in the digital ad market this year, according to Monness Crespi Hardt analyst Brian White. <br \/><br \/>Furthermore, significant growth in Google Cloud could assist the corporation to manage the impact on its operations.<\/span><\/p><p>As &#8220;<em>a hard year nears its end, but terrible headwinds linger in 2023,<\/em>&#8221; Alphabet has begun to lower its spending in order to be better prepared, according to White.<\/p><p>&#8220;<em>In our opinion, Alphabet is well positioned to capitalize on the long-term digital ad trend, participate in the shift of workloads to the cloud, and gain from digital transformation,<\/em>&#8221; White said, supporting his outlook for Alphabet in 2023. <br \/><br \/>He maintained his buy rating on the stock and set a price objective of $135.<\/p><p>Over the last five years, Alphabet has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adweek.com\/media\/alphabet-revenue-grows-23-but-youtube-advertising-lags\/\">achieved 23% annual sales growth<\/a> and 27% operational profitability, according to stock analysts. <br \/><br \/>Along with a dominant position in search engines and digital advertising, White believes the stock should trade at a healthy premium to the technology sector in the long run.<br \/><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 24.5px; font-family: inherit;\">Verizon Communications Inc.<br \/><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Verizon (<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/VZ:NYSE?hl=en\">VZ<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">) is another name on this week&#8217;s top-5 list. Verizon, one of Tigress Financial Partners&#8217; 5-star stock analysts&#8217; selections, is well-positioned to benefit from ongoing 5G wireless subscription growth as well as new growth potential in fiber and fixed broadband connectivity.<\/span><\/p><p>Feinseth anticipates that its &#8220;size advantage&#8221; and expectations for speedy deployment of high-speed 5G connection in the United States will drive an additional increase in wireless subscribers.<\/p><p>Verizon has a robust balance sheet and the ability to generate cash flow, which allows the company to engage in spectrum expansion and other growth efforts. <br \/><br \/>Furthermore, a strong financial position enables the corporation to maintain a competitive dividend yield and periodic dividend increases.<\/p><p>&#8220;<em>VZ&#8217;s expected $54.53 billion in Economic Operating Cash Flow (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/e\/ebitdar.asp\">EBITDAR<\/a>) generation in the near term provides it with significant cash to fund its 5G high-speed network rollout, spectrum purchases, other growth initiatives, strategic acquisitions, and ongoing dividend increases,<\/em>&#8221; said Feinseth<\/p><p>On VZ shares, the analyst reiterated a buy rating and a price target of $64 (down from $68).<br \/><br \/><strong style=\"font-size: 24.5px; font-family: inherit;\">MongoDB<br \/><br \/><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">MongoDB (<\/span><a style=\"font-family: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance\/quote\/MDB:NASDAQ?hl=en\">MDB<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">), a general-purpose database platform provider, is one of Feinseth&#8217;s buy stocks that we believe would be a good addition to portfolios this week. <br \/><br \/>Feinseth claims that the company&#8217;s &#8220;industry-leading open-source database software framework&#8221; brings in new clients.<\/span><\/p><p>Despite decreasing his price objective from $575 to $365, Feinseth believes the firm is well-positioned to profit from a gradual increase in enterprise IT spending as organizations adopt MongoDB&#8217;s highly flexible and scalable Database as a Service.<\/p><p>&#8220;<em>The tremendous acceleration of hosted and hybrid cloud migration is growing demand for scalable, flexible, and developer-friendly database structures, which will fuel growth in MDB&#8217;s subscription-based revenue model. This would result in a continuous acceleration of Business Performance trends, which will result in a growing <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Return_on_capital\">Return on Capital (ROC)<\/a>, resulting in large increases in Economic Profit and long-term shareholder value creation<\/em>&#8221; Feinseth justified his position on MDB stock.<\/p><p><em>For More Stocks And Investment Related News, Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tradersontrend.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/tradersontrend.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1672739269029000&amp;usg=AOvVaw25b1sDi8y7pmShV2lEOj7b\">Here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We begin the new year with a primarily unaltered macroeconomic background and an impending recession according to most stock analysts. 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