Each week, Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention.
Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With countless methods available to retail traders, the challenge often lies in sifting through the abundance of information to uncover new opportunities and understand why certain stocks should be of interest.
Here's a look at the Benzinga Stock Whisper Index for the week ending Nov. 22:
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL): Reader interest in Delta comes after the company hosted an investor day in New York. Among the items shared at the investor day were goals of mid-teen operating margins, 10% average annual EPS growth and $3 billion to $5 billion in annual free cash flow over the next three to five years.
Delta could also be seeing interest with the new White House administration being ushered in. Delta CEO Ed Bastian recently said President-elect Donald Trump could provide a "breath of fresh air" for the airline sector after years of "overreach." The Biden administration passed various regulations that protected airline consumers, including automatic refunds after canceled flights and a requirement for airlines to disclose all additional fees and taxes upfront.
Delta also announced it will start serving Shake Shack burgers to first-class passengers on some flights.
The carrier’s shares were down over the past week, but remain up over 50% year-to-date. The Benzinga Pro chart below shows the five-day performance.
"A comeback at this scale takes time, but we see early wins – from momentum in key sports to accelerating our pace of newness and innovation," Nike CFO Matthew Friend said after the Q1 results. "Our teams are energized as Elliott Hill returns to lead Nike's next stage of growth."
Investors could also be closely watching Nike stock to see how big of an impact Trump's promise to increase tariffs on other countries could hurt the company.
Nike shares were up slightly on the week and remain down over 27% year-to-date in 2024.
Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost said these factors “will deliver sustainable shareholder value over many years.”
Some recent analyst ratings and price targets are listed below:
Autodesk shares were up 6% over the last five days and are up around 35% year-to-date in 2024.
Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN): The cryptocurrency company is seeing strong interest as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) continues to smash through new all-time highs and near the $100,000 level.
The pro-crypto stance of the incoming Trump administration also boosted interest in cryptocurrency-related companies like Coinbase.
Coinbase stock was up on the week, but trailed the 9.5% gains of Bitcoin. Coinbase stock is up 93.5% year-to-date in 2024, also trailing the year-to-date 122.5% gains for Bitcoin.
Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX): The world's largest alternative asset manager announced plans to acquire a majority stake in Jersey Mike's, a fast-casual restaurant brand.
While Blackstone won't IPO Jersey Mike's anytime soon. Still, it could benefit from the likelihood that more big IPOs are expected in 2025.
Reuters reports that medical supply firm Medline, which is partially owned by Blackstone, seeks a $5-billion IPO.
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