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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 241 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 -1 points lower than the shell company industry average of 5.

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

Art Technology Acquisition (NASDAQ:ARTCU) is the #2 top shell company stock out of 241 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 Art Technology Acquisition (NASDAQ:ARTCU) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Art Technology Acquisition (NASDAQ:ARTCU) has a Due Diligence Score of 4, which is -1 points lower than the shell company industry average of 5.

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

Space Asset Acquisition (NASDAQ:SAAQU) is the #3 top shell company stock out of 241 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 Space Asset Acquisition (NASDAQ:SAAQU) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Space Asset Acquisition (NASDAQ:SAAQU) has a Due Diligence Score of 0, which is -5 points lower than the shell company industry average of 5.

SAAQU passed 0 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 52.39% 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), 88.24% are rated C (Hold), 11.76% 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:

Twenty One Capital (NYSE:XXI) 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.

Twenty One Capital has a valuation score of 14, which is 10 points higher than the shell company industry average of 4. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Twenty One Capital's stock has dropped -40.81% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the shell company industry by -49 percentage points.

Spring Valley Acquisition IV (NASDAQ:SVIVU) 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.

Spring Valley Acquisition IV 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.

Helix Acquisition III (NASDAQ:HLXC) 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.

Helix Acquisition III 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 -0.27% in the last day, and down -0.91% over the last week.

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