3 New Strong Buy Ratings from Top-Rated Analysts: 06/20/2025

Happy Friday! Here’s what’s trending on our most popular screener today: 

• Cisco Systems (CSCO) breaks into AI — and analysts are pumped
• Is Jabil (JBL) the ultimate “behind the scenes” play?
• Why Ducommun (DCO) just got a noteworthy price target upgrade

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1. Ducommun (NYSE: DCO)

Founded way back in 1849, Ducommun makes a wide variety of crucial aerospace components. As defense modernization programs ramp up, the company’s blend of legacy expertise and advanced manufacturing capabilities makes it a compelling player in the aerospace supply chain.

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

Recent Price: $76.81 — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $87.00 

Why we’re watching:

• Only one Wall Street analyst covers DCO, and he deems the stock a Strong Buy. See the rating
• The researcher in question is Michael Ciarmoli of Truist Securities (a top 2% rated analyst), and he recently hiked his price target on the stock from $76 to $87 and maintained his Strong Buy rating.
• Ciarmoli raised their target on Ducommun in a Commercial Aerospace component sector overview note.
• The analyst explained that Truist Securities updated its aerospace supplier shipset and revenue exposure per aircraft analysis in light of recent optimism regarding MAX production.
• While the industry that DCO belongs to, Defense, has an industry rating of C, the stock is the pick of the litter, rated 2nd out of 65.
• Moreover, Ducommun shares rank in the top 2% of the equities we track based on a broad analysis of 115 proprietary factors, giving them a Zen Rating of A.
• DCO ranks highly in terms of several Component Grade ratings. To be precise, the stock ranks in the top 19% when it comes to Growth, the top 14% in terms of Sentiment, and the top 10% according to Safety. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

2. Jabil (NYSE: JBL)

Jabil is a crucial behind-the-scenes player helping some of the world’s biggest tech and industrial companies scale production without sacrificing speed and efficiency. It maintains a strong level of exposure to high-growth sectors such as electric vehicles and healthcare — moreover, it is currently enjoying strong upward momentum.

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

Recent Price: $180.66 — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $206.00 

Why we’re watching:

• At present, JBL has 4 Strong Buy ratings and 1 Hold rating, with no Sell or Strong Sell ratings. See the ratings
• Barclays analyst George Wang (a top 10% rated analyst) doubled down on a Strong Buy rating on June 10, and increased his price target from $184 to a Street-high $206.
• Jabil will report its Q3 2025 earnings on 2025/06/17. In a preview note, Wang told readers that continue to favor the stock into the print because "demand strength in cloud should more than offset near-term headwinds in key verticals such as EVs, renewables, and pockets of industrials against the uncertain macro backdrop."
• In addition, Goldman Sachs’s Mark Delaney (a top 2% rated analyst) also reiterated a Strong Buy rating, and increased his price target on Jabil stock from $165 to $188.
• JBL is currently the 8th highest rated stock in the Electronic Component industry, which has an Industry Rating of A.
• Jabil shares rank in the top 12% of the more than 4,600 equities we track, giving them a Zen Rating of B.
• JBL ranks in the top 17% of stocks in terms of Financials, and the top 20% when it comes to Momentum.
• However, the stock’s strongest Component Grade rating is AI — in this category, it ranks in the top 14%, indicating that a neural network trained on more than 20 years of fundamental and technical data has picked up on subtle signs that hint at outperformance to come. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

3. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO)

One of the foundational players in global internet infrastructure, Cisco Systems, has gradually transformed from a company that focuses on routers and switches to a full-stack provider of networking, cybersecurity, and cloud-based solutions. Today, it’s leaning hard into software, subscriptions, and AI-powered tools — and its balance sheet is certainly showing the benefits of that approach.

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

Recent Price: $65.48 — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $75.00 

Why we’re watching:

• CSCO is covered by 12 Wall Street analysts — the stock has 6 Strong Buy ratings, 1 Buy rating, and 5 Hold ratings. See the ratings
• After the company’s Q3 2025 earnings, Citigroup’s Atif Malik (a top 1% rated analyst) doubled down on a Strong Buy rating and hiked his price forecast from $68 to $71.
• Malik said the quarter delivered a "modest" beat and guide with "solid networking demand, easy comps, and de-risked margins driving the upside."
• The analyst added that the key positives from the print included continued growth in networking and data center switch orders, sequential cloud AI order acceleration from $350M to $600M, and the start of AI order conversion.
• Looking ahead, Citigroup sees growing AI opportunities for Cisco, Malik said.
• The Communication Equipment industry to which Cisco belongs has an Industry Rating of A, and the stock is currently rated 9th out of a total of 47 equities.  
• CSCO ranks in the 96th percentile of stocks on the whole, giving it a Zen Rating of A.
• To reach such a high Zen Rating, a stock typically has to demonstrate above-average performance in several categories. Cisco, for example, ranks in the top 13% of equities in terms of Momentum and Financials.
• With that being said, the stock’s AI rating is even more impressive — in this category, it ranks in the 94th percentile of the stocks that we track. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

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