3 New Strong Buy Ratings from Top-Rated Analysts: 06/26/2025
Happy Thursday! Here are 3 stocks currently trending on our most popular screener…
- Aerospace relies on Woodward (WWD) — high demand means the stock has excellent near-term potential
- Gates Industrial (GTES) just delivered a double beat — and analysts are stoked
- Textron (TXT) is a promising company most investors have never heard of — but you’re probably familiar with what they do
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1. Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD)
This company specializes in control systems for aerospace and industrial engines, supplying the components that optimize performance, efficiency, and emissions. One of Wall Street’s top-rated analysts sees recovery in the cards for the sector — and WWD’s upward momentum and strong balance sheet make it well-positioned to capture growth going forward.
Zen Rating: B (Buy) — see full analysis >
Recent Price: $245.19 — get current quote >
Max 1-year forecast: $328.00
Why we’re watching:
- At the moment, 7 Wall Street researchers issue ratings for WWD shares — 6 have deemed them a Strong Buy, and 1 analyst has given them a Hold rating. See the ratings
- Truist Securities’ Michael Ciarmoli (a top 2% rated analyst) maintained a Strong Buy rating on Woodward stock, and hiked his price target from $232 to $267.
- Ciarmoli raised their target on Woodward in a Commercial Aerospace component sector overview note, explaining that Truist Securities updated its aerospace supplier shipset and revenue exposure per aircraft analysis in light of recent optimism regarding MAX production.
- Woodward is the 12th highest-rated stock in the Defense industry, which has an Industry Rating of B.
- Taking into account 115 proprietary factors, our quant rating system placed WWD in the top 10% of stocks — giving it a Zen Rating of B, which corresponds to an average annual return of 19.88%.
- Since the stock has rallied by 41% since the start of the year, it will come as little surprise that it ranks in the top 14% when it comes to Momentum.
- However, WWD ranks even more highly in terms of Financials — in the top 12%, to be exact, on account of expanding margins, a significant amount of short-term assets, and shrinking debt.
- Finally, we have Sentiment, Woodward’s strongest Component Grade rating, Sentiment. WWD has no Sell or Strong Sell ratings, and only 1 Hold rating. In the past two months, only 1 analyst has reduced their price target on the stock — the remaining 6 have raised their price forecasts. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)
2. Gates Industrial (NYSE: GTES)
Gates Industrial, which makes power transmission and fluid power solutions for a wide variety of industries, delivered a double beat in Q1 2025. In roughly a month's time, the company will release its next quarterly report — and things are looking quite promising, as GTES ranks highly both in terms of Value and Growth.
Zen Rating: B (Buy) — see full analysis >
Recent Price: $22.24 — get current quote >
Max 1-year forecast: $30.00
Why we’re watching:
- Gates Industrial stock has a total of 8 analyst ratings — 4 are Strong Buys, while the remaining 4 are split between 1 Buy and 3 Holds. See the ratings
- KeyBanc’s Jeffrey Hammond (a top 7% rated analyst) maintained a Strong Buy rating on GTES on June 9, and increased his price target from $23 to a Street-high $30.
- At present, GTES is the 8th highest-rated stock in the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry, which has an Industry Rating of B.
- Gates Industrial shares rank in the top 10% of the equities we track on the whole, giving them a Zen Rating of B.
- With a P/E ratio of 26.8x and a PEG ratio of 0.87x, the stock is quite cheap at the moment — in fact, it ranks in the top 14% when it comes to its Value Component Grade rating.
- To boot, Gates Industrial stock ranks in the top 23% in terms of Growth.
- Last, but not least, GTES also maintains quite a healthy balance sheet, as it is in the 75th percentile of equities according to Financials. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)
3. Textron (NYSE: TXT)
An aviation company with a long and storied history, Textron is perhaps best known for its iconic Cessna planes and Bell helicopters. More importantly, the business has kept innovating — and is currently a provider of everything from defense systems and drones to electric ground support vehicles. While geopolitical instability of the kind that we’re witnessing right now is usually good for companies like these, TXT hasn’t surged yet — on the contrary, it’s trading at an almost irresistibly low valuation.
Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >
Recent Price: $77.11 — get current quote >
Max 1-year forecast: $107.00
Why we’re watching:
- Analysts are offering mixed outlooks on TXT, but on the whole, coverage tends toward the bullish side. At present, 9 equity researchers track Textron shares, which have 4 Strong Buy ratings, 1 Buy rating, 3 Hold ratings, and 1 Strong Sell rating. See the ratings
- With that said, the average 12-month price forecast for Textron stock, which currently sits at $87.33, implies a 13.45% upside.
- Jefferies researcher Sheila Kahyaoglu (a top 11% rated analyst) recently doubled down on a Strong Buy rating, and raised her price target from $85 to $95.
- Textron stock ranks in the top 5% of equities on the whole, giving it a Zen Rating of A.
- The stock has three primary strengths — the first of which is Value. In this category, TXT ranks in the 95th percentile, owing to a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just 17.18x coupled with a price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.85x, which indicates that the stock is quite undervalued.
- Secondly, Textron shares rank in the top 2% of equities when it comes to Safety.
- Lastly, TXT ranks in the top 2% in terms of Artificial Intelligence — a neural network trained on two decades of data has picked up on subtle signs that point to future outperformance. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)
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