3 New Strong Buy Ratings from Top-Rated Analysts: 06/13/2025

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• Forecasts suggest Freshworks (FRSH) could nearly double in the coming year
• Why the near-term outlook is so stunning for AI pioneer Adobe (ADBE) 
• People need Flowserve (FLS) — and that could be a very good thing for the stock

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1. Freshworks (NASDAQ: FRSH) 

Freshworks is a SaaS business that provides a wide variety of products — from customer support, sales, and IT management to marketing tools. The company has managed to notch 13 consecutive quarters of earnings beats, and equity researchers from top Wall Street firms still see plenty of upside to come.

Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >  

Recent Price: $15.37 — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $27.00 

Why we’re watching:

• At present, 13 Wall Street researchers track and issue ratings for FRSH. The stock has 5 Strong Buy ratings, 3 Buy ratings, and 4 Hold ratings, with no Sell or Strong Sell ratings. See the ratings
• The average 12-month price forecast for Freshworks, pegged at $21.83, implies a 36.89% upside.
• Piper Sandler researcher Brent A. Bracelin (a top 1% rated analyst) recently reiterated a Strong Buy rating and upped his price target on the stock from $20 to $22.
• FRSH is the 11th highest rated stock in the App industry, which has an Industry Rating of A.
• FRSH ranks in the 96th percentile of stocks based on a holistic analysis of 115 proprietary factors that correlate with outsized returns, giving it a Zen Rating of A.
• In terms of Sentiment, Freshworks ranks in the 95th percentile of the stocks covered by our rating system.
• However, Growth is the star of the show — when it comes to this Component Grade rating, FRSH ranks in the top 2% of the more than 4,600 equities that we keep track of. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

2. Flowserve (NYSE: FLS)

Flowserve is a key player in critical infrastructure like valves, pumps, flow control solutions — basically, the systems that keep energy, water, and chemical operations running around the world. FLS is currently quite fairly valued, and with a roughly $2.9 billion backlog, the company is quite a safe pick.

Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >  

Recent Price: $47.32 — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $75.00 

Why we’re watching:

• Analyst coverage of FLS tends strongly toward the bullish side, as the stock has 3 Strong Buy ratings, 3 Buy ratings, and 1 Hold rating. See the ratings
• In addition, the average price target for Flowserve shares, currently at $63.86, implies a 32.57% upside.
• Nathan Jones of Stifel Nicolaus (a top 2% rated analyst) recently maintained a Strong Buy rating, and hiked his price target from $50 to $54. 
• RBC Capital’s Deane Dray (a top 6% rated analyst) also revised his coverage, doubling down on a Buy rating and increasing his price forecast for FLS from $49 to $53.
• Flowserve shares have a Zen Rating of A and rank in the top 5% of equities based on an analysis of 115 proprietary factors. Stocks of this caliber have historically provided an average annual return of 32.52% — in line with what analysts are expecting of FLS going forward.
• The stock is quite fairly valued, with a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 22.4x and a price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.06x. It comes as little surprise, then, that it ranks in the 88th percentile of the stocks that we track in terms of Value.
• However, Sentiment is Flowserve’s strongest Component Grade rating, as it ranks in the top 5% of stocks in this regard. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

3. Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE)

Fun fact — the word Adobe is Spanish for mudbrick. You’re almost certainly familiar with Adobe’s software, which is also a foundational element of sorts (see what we did there?) of quite a few industries. The company’s products have been cornerstones of marketing, design, and digital media for decades. Now, the business has set its sights on AI-powered automation — and if it pulls the effort off successfully, there’s no telling what gains may lie ahead.

Zen Rating: B (Buy) — see full analysis >  

Recent Price: $413.90 — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $600.00 

Why we’re watching:

• ADBE enjoys extensive coverage from Wall Street analysts that tends toward the bullish side. At present, 20 analysts issue ratings for the stock — 9 have deemed it a Strong Buy, 6 have given it a Buy rating, while the remaining ratings are split between 4 Holds and 1 Strong Sell. See the ratings
• The average price target for Adobe stock, at $501.85, implies a 20.56% upside.  
• Piper Sandler researcher Brent A. Bracelin (a top 1% rated analyst) recently maintained a Strong Buy rating on ADBE, but cut his price target from $600 to $500.
• To account for accelerating near-term growth headwinds caused by tariffs and U.S. government policies, as well as AI adoption challenges, Bracelin said they cut their forecasts and price targets for names in their Technology (Cloud Applications & Analytics) sector coverage area. 
• As a result of "eroding investor sentiment" caused by four years of flat sector growth and AI adoption bottlenecks, which suggest the bloom might be coming off the AI rose, application software names have taken an economic hit, the analyst said.
• While the immediate impact of tariffs on Software models is small, Bracelin noted that valuation multiples have retreated to their lowest point in seven years.
• Adobe is currently the 23rd highest rated stock in the Software Infrastructure industry, which has an Industry Rating of A.
• ADBE ranks in the top 12% of the equities we track, giving it a Zen Rating of B, which corresponds to an average annual gain of 19.88%.
• The stock’s Financials are second to none — as it ranks in the top 1% of equities in this regard.
• In addition, Adobe ranks in the top 8% in terms of Artificial Intelligence, and the 81st percentile when it comes to Value. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

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