In This Article:
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(0:30) - Breaking Down The Stock Picks Investors Want To Know About
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(3:55) - Top Picks To Keep On Your Watchlist Right Now
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(31:40) - Episode Roundup: RCAT, GOLD, ANET, NIO, AAPL
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Welcome to Episode #431 of the Zacks Market Edge Podcast.
Every week, host and Zacks stock strategist, Tracey Ryniec, will be joined by guests to discuss the hottest investing topics in stocks, bonds, and ETFs and how it impacts your life.
This week, Tracey is going solo to answer some of the questions left for her in the YouTube comments to prior podcasts. These were questions mostly about individual stock. She aims to please on talking about some of your favorite stocks.
This week’s list includes stocks from various industries and it even includes some small caps as well as one Magnificent 7 stock.
Tracey looked at the Price, Consensus and Earnings Surprise chart for each, as well as the earnings estimate data.
A Look at 5 of Your Favorite Stocks
1. Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (RCAT)
Red Cat Holdings is a small cap company with a market cap of $701 million which makes drone technology for military, government, and commercial operations.
Shares of Red Cat Holdings are down 41% year-to-date, but the shares have soared 1003% over the last year. It’s a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) but Zacks only has one earnings estimate.
Should you take a chance on Red Cat Holdings?
2. Barrick Gold Corp. (GOLD)
Barrick Gold is a large cap global gold miner. Tracey talked about the gold trade, specifically with the miners, in a 2024 podcast because the price of gold was hitting new highs.
Shares of Barrick Gold are up 2.3% year-to-date but have only gained 1.5% over the last year. It’s cheap, with a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.7. 2025 earnings are expected to rise 30.3%.
Barrick Gold is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) stock.
Should a gold miner, like Barrick Gold, be on your short list?
3. Arista Networks Inc. (ANET)
Arista Networks is a leader in data-driven, cloud-to-client networking for large AI, data center, campus, and routing environments. It has a market cap of $163 billion.
Shares of Arista Networks have soared over the last year, rising 93.7%. In 2025, they’re up another 15.9% to new all-time highs. Arista Networks isn’t cheap. It trades with a forward P/E of 53.6. Sales and earnings are expected to rise by the double digits again in 2025.
Arista Networks is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock. It reports earnings on Feb 18, 2025.
Should an AI play like Arista Networks be on your watch list?
4. Nio Inc. (NIO)
Nio is a Chinese global smart vehicle manufacturer. It has a market cap of $7.3 billion.