20 Stocks with the Potential to Pop
It's the basic question when investing in a stock: is it on the way up or will it go down?
To answer this question, the street has developed numerous ways of attempting to predict what will happen, estimating various attributes tied to stock performance in order to determine what the future holds for a company's valuation.
After dissecting the data, analysts following a particular stock produce a price target of where they believe the stock is headed. From the entire S&P 500, which stocks are analysts expecting to have the biggest pops? With data from Capital IQ, we took a look at which stocks have mean consensus estimates farthest above their stock prices (as of market close on 3/4/11).
So, which stocks do analysts on average predict will have the biggest pop? Click ahead to find out!
ByGiovanny Moreano& Paul Toscano
Posted 4 Mar 2011
20. Celgene (CELG)
Potential to Pop: 25.9%
Mean Price Target: $68.32
Closing Price (3/4/11): $54.26
Number of Analysts: 25
High Estimate: $86
Low Estimate: $55
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19. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
Potential to Pop: 26.8%
Mean Price Target: $54.05
Closing Price (3/4/11): $42.61
Number of Analysts: 29
High Estimate: $65
Low Estimate: $38
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18. State Street (STT)
Potential to Pop: 27.5%
Mean Price Target: $55.86
Closing Price (3/4/11): $43.81
Number of Analysts: 21
High Estimate: $70
Low Estimate: $48
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17. Visa (V)
Potential to Pop: 27.52%
Mean Price Target: $95.25
Closing Price (3/4/11): $74.69
Number of Analysts: 32
High Estimate: $115
Low Estimate: $70
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16. PulteGroup (PHM)
Potential to Pop: 28.3%
Mean Price Target: $8.52
Closing Price (3/4/11): $6.64
Number of Analysts: 11
High Estimate: $11
Low Estimate: $7
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15. Microsoft (MSFT)
Potential to Pop: 28.6%
Mean Price Target: $33.37
Closing Price (3/4/11): $25.95
Number of Analysts: 27
High Estimate: $38
Low Estimate: $28
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14. Carnival Corporation (CCL)
Potential to Pop: 28.7%
Mean Price Target: $51.95
Closing Price (3/4/11): $40.36
Number of Analysts: 19
High Estimate: $59
Low Estimate: $31.50
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13. Motorola Mobility (MMI)
Potential to Pop: 29.5%
Mean Price Target: $34.50
Closing Price (3/4/11): $26.65
Number of Analysts: 27
High Estimate: $42
Low Estimate: $22.50
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12. Bank of America (BAC)
Potential to Pop: 29.7%
Mean Price Target: $18.32
Closing Price (3/4/11): $14.12
Number of Analysts: 25
High Estimate: $24
Low Estimate: $13
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11. Cisco Systems (CSCO)
Potential to Pop: 30.32%
Mean Price Target: $23.98
Closing Price (3/4/11): $18.40
Number of Analysts: 39
High Estimate: $32
Low Estimate: $17
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10. H&R Block (HRB)
Potential to Pop: 30.33%
Mean Price Target: $18.86
Closing Price (3/4/11): $14.47
Number of Analysts: 7
High Estimate: $25
Low Estimate: $12
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9. Newmont Mining (NEM)
Potential to Pop: 30.4%
Mean Price Target: $70.75
Closing Price (3/4/11): $54.27
Number of Analysts: 17
High Estimate: $88.50
Low Estimate: $48
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8. Expedia (EXPE)
Potential to Pop: 31.2%
Mean Price Target: $27.27
Closing Price (3/4/11): $20.78
Number of Analysts: 15
High Estimate: $33
Low Estimate: $25
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7. GameStop (GME)
Potential to Pop: 32.3%
Mean Price Target: $26.52
Closing Price (3/4/11): $20.05
Number of Analysts: 15
High Estimate: $32
Low Estimate: $17
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6. Akamai Tech (AKAM)
Potential to Pop: 32.5%
Mean Price Target: $49.50
Closing Price (3/4/11): $37.37
Number of Analysts: 21
High Estimate: $62
Low Estimate: $37.5
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5. International Paper (IP)
Potential to Pop: 34.9%
Mean Price Target: $36.13
Closing Price (3/4/11): $26.78
Number of Analysts: 15
High Estimate: $46
Low Estimate: $27
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4. Ford Motor (F)
Potential to Pop: 35.5%
Mean Price Target: $19.54
Closing Price (3/4/11): $14.42
Number of Analysts: 12
High Estimate: $22
Low Estimate: $17
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3. Southwest Airlines (LUV)
Potential to Pop: 38.6%
Mean Price Target: $16.36
Closing Price (3/4/11): $11.80
Number of Analysts: 11
High Estimate: $28
Low Estimate: $11.5
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2. R.R. Donnelley & Sons (RRD)
Potential to Pop: 41.7%
Mean Price Target: $26.25
Closing Price (3/4/11): $18.52
Number of Analysts: 4
High Estimate: $30
Low Estimate: $22
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1. Monster Worldwide (MWW)
Potential to Pop: 42.3%
Mean Price Target: $22.63
Closing Price (3/4/11): $15.90
Number of Analysts: 12
High Estimate: $32
Low Estimate: $9
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