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Best Shell Company Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top shell company stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best shell company stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best shell company stocks to buy right now are:

American Exceptionalism Acquisition A (NYSE:AEXA) is the #1 top shell company stock out of 206 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for American Exceptionalism Acquisition A (NYSE:AEXA) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

American Exceptionalism Acquisition A (NYSE:AEXA) has a Due Diligence Score of 4, which is -2 points lower than the shell company industry average of 6.

AEXA passed 1 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals.

Bold Eagle Acquisition (NASDAQ:BEAG) is the #2 top shell company stock out of 206 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Bold Eagle Acquisition (NASDAQ:BEAG) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Bold Eagle Acquisition (NASDAQ:BEAG) has a Due Diligence Score of 10, which is 4 points higher than the shell company industry average of 6.

BEAG passed 3 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Bold Eagle Acquisition has seen its stock return 7.22% over the past year, underperforming other shell company stocks by -9 percentage points.

Cantor Equity Partners III (NASDAQ:CAEP) is the #3 top shell company stock out of 206 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cantor Equity Partners III (NASDAQ:CAEP) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cantor Equity Partners III (NASDAQ:CAEP) has a Due Diligence Score of 7, which is 1 points higher than the shell company industry average of 6.

CAEP passed 2 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals.

50% of shell company stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect shell company stocks to rise by 36.33% over the next year.

0% of shell company stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of shell company stocks are rated B (Buy), 84.62% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued shell company stocks right now are:

Btc Development (NASDAQ:BDCI) is the most undervalued shell company stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Btc Development has a valuation score of 0, which is -4 points higher than the shell company industry average of 4. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

American Exceptionalism Acquisition A (NYSE:AEXA) is the second most undervalued shell company stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

American Exceptionalism Acquisition A has a valuation score of 0, which is -4 points higher than the shell company industry average of 4. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

M3 Brigade Acquisition VI (NASDAQ:MBVI) is the third most undervalued shell company stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

M3 Brigade Acquisition VI has a valuation score of 0, which is -4 points higher than the shell company industry average of 4. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Shell company stocks were down -0.21% in the last day, and up 0.09% over the last week.

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