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Assets to Sell or Short Now 1-Year Agentic AI Forecast Rankings

Discover assets to sell or short now across stocks, crypto, ETFs, commodities, and forex, ranked by the weakest outlooks in iPulse AI's 1-year agentic forecast. The highest-ranked sell and short candidates combine the weakest expected returns with the least attractive return-to-risk profiles, the strongest bearish AI Agent consensus, persistent downside forecast paths, and heavier event-risk pressure. For stocks, low Financial Health scores, weak profitability and cash generation, balance-sheet stress, and demanding valuations can add further evidence to the downside case. Use the table to identify vulnerable assets and potential short opportunities, then inspect the forecast, price target, risk, and supporting metrics behind every rank.

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Table Definitions

Definitions for every metric available in the Top Picks table.

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Editorial Category Rank
The selected asset’s position within this edition’s editorial category. This human-reviewed selection order is independent of its quantitative universe rank.
Asset Universe Rank
The asset’s quantitative rank within the analyzed asset universe for the selected scoring snapshot. Original published ranks are preserved when an editorial table shows only a subset of assets.
Asset Name
The ranked asset in this Top Picks view, including name, ticker, market category, and listing context where available.
Price Data Cutoff Date
The market price date used for this row. Recomputed ranking snapshots can use newer closes than the original deep-analysis batch.
Cross-Horizon Score
A governed 0-100 candidate score that combines the remaining one-year outlook with confirmed five-year direction, confidence, financial health, and risk. It supports editorial review and does not replace either horizon rating.
iPulse Score
iPulse AI Consensus Score combines expected return, risk-adjusted return, advisor agreement, and risk-pressure inputs into one ranked signal.
Consensus Rating
Consensus Rating is the plain-language buy, hold, or sell interpretation of the iPulse AI consensus score for the selected horizon.
Expected Return Including Dividends
Total compounded expected return over the full selected horizon, including reinvested annual net dividends when applicable.
Annualized Return
Annualized expected return expressed as a one-year-equivalent rate for the selected forecast horizon.
Net Dividend Contribution
Annualized net dividend contribution used by the scoring pipeline, estimated from historical cash-dividend events after tax assumptions and outlier filtering. When a legacy immutable snapshot omitted the input field, the page derives the contribution only from that snapshot’s frozen dividend-inclusive and price-only return outputs; it never substitutes current dividend data.
P/E Ratio
Trailing P/E ratio. For example, 21.7 means the market value is 21.7x trailing earnings.
Event Risks
The Event Risks column summarizes clustered consensus frictions and tail risks as Very Low (0-19), Low (20-39), Moderate (40-59), High (60-79), or Very High (80-100). The number is a relative pressure score, not a probability of loss or a complete measure of investment risk.
Financial Health
0-100 equity-only financial quality score using liquidity, leverage safety, profitability, cash generation, and operating trend.
Annualized Historic Volatility
Annualized historical price volatility from daily returns, used as a risk denominator in scoring.
Direction Agreement
Percentage of advisors whose predicted direction matches the consensus direction.
Grouped Voices
Vote-count summary across raw voices, distinct advisors, personas, models, and adjusted grouped votes.
Advisors
Number of distinct advisor identities contributing forecasts for this asset in the selected batch, mode, and horizon.
Forecast Price / Initial Price
Projected consensus price at the selected horizon, shown against the initial/latest close price used by the snapshot.
Detailed Methodology
Top Picks ranked assets and investment research metrics. Select an asset name or its row to open the asset report.
Asset Universe RankAsset NameiPulse ScoreConsensus RatingExpected Return Including DividendsNet Dividend ContributionP/E RatioAnnualized Historic VolatilityForecast Price and Initial Price
312
XBRUSD.FOREX
Brent Crude Spot (XBRUSD)
Commodities
Data 157d old
-563(▼196)
SELL ALL-28.2%(+/-6.2%)--—+/-39.1%$81.3($113.3)
311
CAT.NYSE
Caterpillar (CAT)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-504(▼199)
SELL ALL-21.7%(+/-8.6%)1.2%41.9x+/-30.8%$687.7($889.7)
310
005930.KRX
Samsung Electronics Co (005930)
StocksListing South Korea
Data 160d old
-435(▼106)
SELL ALL-23.7%(+/-12.1%)1.5%11.2x+/-30.1%₩165,596(₩220,500)
309
FIX.NYSE
Comfort Systems USA (FIX)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-411
SELL ALL-25.3%(+/-10.8%)0.3%46.9x+/-42.2%$1,391($1,867)
308
PWR.NYSE
Quanta Services (PWR)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-411(▼223)
SELL ALL-17.2%(+/-6.7%)0.1%103x+/-33.5%$614.5($742.2)
307
GBPUSD.FOREX
GBP/USD (GBPUSD)
FOREX
Data 157d old
-387(▼19)
SELL ALL-8.2%(+/-2.8%)--—+/-9.8%$1.25($1.36)
306
SPCE.NYSE
Virgin Galactic (SPCE)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-385(▼35)
SELL ALL-47.5%(+/-13.7%)0.0%—+/-556.0%$1.39($2.65)
305
MU.NASDAQ
Micron Technology (MU)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-382(▲44)
SELL ALL-30.1%(+/-16.7%)0.3%16.2x+/-48.7%$377.9($542.2)
304
CAVA.NYSE
CAVA Group (CAVA)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-367
SELL ALL-30.4%(+/-11.7%)0.0%189x+/-59.4%$63.3($91.0)
303
VATN.SIX
Valiant Holding (VATN)
StocksListing Switzerland
Data 160d old
-359
SELL ALL-11.4%(+/-5.3%)3.1%18.0x+/-19.2%CHF 156.0(CHF 181.6)
302
EURUSD.FOREX
EUR/USD (EURUSD)
FOREX
Data 157d old
-344(▼46)
SELL ALL-6.6%(+/-2.9%)--—+/-8.9%$1.09($1.17)
301
W.NYSE
Wayfair (W)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-322(▲51)
SELL ALL-31.2%(+/-11.5%)0.0%—+/-74.7%$45.1($65.5)
300
IWM.NYSEARCA
iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)
IndicesListing United States
Data 159d old
-321(▼29)
SELL ALL-11.2%(+/-7.1%)0.9%—+/-23.0%$246.0($279.3)
299
INTC.NASDAQ
Intel (INTC)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-316(▼269)
SELL ALL-21.9%(+/-14.8%)1.3%—+/-43.1%$76.9($99.6)
298
1347.HKEX
Hua Hong Semiconductor (1347)
StocksHQ ChinaListing Hong Kong
Data 160d old
-307
SELL ALL-28.1%(+/-16.6%)0.9%>300x+/-63.0%HK$81.4(HK$114.1)
297
VRT.NYSE
Vertiv (VRT)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-305(▲16)
SELL ALL-23.7%(+/-12.9%)0.1%77.0x+/-54.6%$250.2($328.3)
296
LCID.NASDAQ
Lucid Group (LCID)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-290(▼132)
SELL ALL-32.2%(+/-11.2%)0.0%—+/-346.0%$4.43($6.54)
295
BESI.AMS
BE Semiconductor Industries (BESI)
StocksListing Netherlands
Data 160d old
-271(▼145)
SELL ALL-19.1%(+/-13.4%)1.7%104x+/-46.5%€196.8(€247.2)
294
TXN.NASDAQ
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-271(▼480)
SELL ALL-13.6%(+/-12.5%)2.1%47.4x+/-30.9%$237.7($281.0)
293
AMD.NASDAQ
AMD (AMD)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-251(▼127)
SELL ALL-19.7%(+/-12.6%)0.0%103x+/-56.3%$289.5($360.5)
292
HWM.NYSE
Howmet Aerospace (HWM)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-245(▼200)
SELL ALL-12.1%(+/-8.8%)0.2%50.7x+/-39.7%$210.1($239.5)
291
UPST.NASDAQ
Upstart (UPST)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-237(▼174)
SELL ALL-28.4%(+/-20.2%)0.0%132x+/-115.0%$23.4($32.7)
290
VIK.NYSE
Viking (VIK)
StocksHQ BMListing United States
Data 159d old
-237
SELL ALL-13.4%(+/-10.7%)0.0%74.0x+/-40.7%$70.6($81.5)
289
TGT.NYSE
Target (TGT)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-237(▼90)
SELL ALL-10.0%(+/-8.4%)2.4%15.4x+/-33.3%$113.2($128.9)
288
PLUG.NASDAQ
Plug Power (PLUG)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-231(▼98)
SELL ALL-25.5%(+/-16.4%)0.0%—+/-89.0%$2.32($3.11)
287
SBUX.NASDAQ
Starbucks (SBUX)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-198(▼87)
PARTIAL SELL-7.9%(+/-9.2%)1.7%75.3x+/-29.4%$95.9($105.9)
286
BCH.CC
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Crypto
Data 157d old
-193(▼100)
PARTIAL SELL-16.1%(+/-9.0%)--—+/-97.2%$371.9($443.2)
285
GEV.NYSE
GE Vernova LLC (GEV)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-189(▲139)
PARTIAL SELL-14.6%(+/-13.3%)0.1%17.2x+/-53.2%$907.8($1,063)
284
BROS.NYSE
Dutch Bros (BROS)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-188(▼60)
PARTIAL SELL-17.4%(+/-15.1%)0.0%96.8x+/-65.9%$47.0($57.0)
283
TQQQ.NASDAQ
ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ)
IndicesListing United States
Data 159d old
-184(▼94)
PARTIAL SELL-21.4%(+/-20.7%)0.9%—+/-76.3%$50.9($65.3)
282
NBIS.NASDAQ
Nebius Group (NBIS)
StocksHQ NetherlandsListing United States
Data 159d old
-184(▼88)
PARTIAL SELL-16.5%(+/-14.6%)0.0%64.2x+/-64.2%$129.0($154.5)
281
SOUN.NASDAQ
SoundHound AI (SOUN)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-182(▼107)
PARTIAL SELL-21.5%(+/-16.8%)0.0%108x+/-138.0%$7.50($9.56)
280
ARM.NASDAQ
Arm Holdings (ARM)
StocksHQ United KingdomListing United States
Data 159d old
-174(▼121)
PARTIAL SELL-16.5%(+/-12.7%)0.0%210x+/-73.1%$176.3($211.2)
279
QQQ.NASDAQ
Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ)
IndicesListing United States
Data 159d old
-173(▼21)
PARTIAL SELL-7.7%(+/-11.1%)0.4%—+/-22.3%$620.0($674.2)
278
000660.KRX
SK Hynix (000660)
StocksListing South Korea
Data 160d old
-172(▲306)
PARTIAL SELL-13.6%(+/-19.6%)0.7%6.16x+/-41.1%₩859,000(₩1,000,000)
277
ELF.NYSE
e.l.f. Beauty (ELF)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-168
PARTIAL SELL-14.2%(+/-15.8%)0.0%>300x+/-55.1%$51.9($60.5)
276
KLAC.NASDAQ
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-160(▲41)
PARTIAL SELL-9.9%(+/-12.0%)0.7%48.5x+/-41.1%$1,543($1,726)
275
COST.NASDAQ
Costco Wholesale (COST)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-158(▲86)
PARTIAL SELL-5.3%(+/-8.0%)0.4%55.7x+/-21.9%$954.7($1,012)
274
AAPL.NASDAQ
Apple (AAPL)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-152(▼84)
PARTIAL SELL-5.4%(+/-5.7%)0.3%28.9x+/-37.2%$264.2($280.1)
273
SPY.NYSEARCA
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
IndicesListing United States
Data 159d old
-149(▼83)
PARTIAL SELL-5.2%(+/-9.2%)0.9%—+/-18.0%$676.9($720.7)
272
ENR.XETRA
Siemens Energy (ENR)
StocksListing Germany
Data 160d old
-140(▲176)
PARTIAL SELL-10.4%(+/-12.8%)0.4%54.5x+/-50.5%€161.3(€180.6)
271
LOW.NYSE
Lowe's Companies (LOW)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-138(▲45)
PARTIAL SELL-6.8%(+/-11.3%)1.4%24.9x+/-29.1%$214.6($233.3)
270
IONQ.NYSE
IONQ (IONQ)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-132(▼101)
PARTIAL SELL-16.5%(+/-19.6%)0.0%5.68x+/-97.3%$38.6($46.2)
269
STMPA.PAR
STMicroelectronics (STMPA)
StocksHQ NetherlandsListing France
Data 160d old
-131
PARTIAL SELL-7.1%(+/-11.0%)0.5%>300x+/-39.6%€42.5(€46.0)
268
ASM.AMS
ASM International (ASM)
StocksListing Netherlands
Data 160d old
-131(▲45)
PARTIAL SELL-8.6%(+/-13.3%)0.5%50.4x+/-40.8%€755.3(€830.6)
267
GM.NYSE
General Motors (GM)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-130(▲1)
PARTIAL SELL-5.8%(+/-9.1%)0.7%—+/-36.8%$70.8($75.8)
266
ALAB.NASDAQ
Astera Labs (ALAB)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-130
PARTIAL SELL-14.5%(+/-15.4%)0.0%147x+/-91.9%$173.3($202.7)
265
LYFT.NASDAQ
Lyft (LYFT)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-126(▼115)
PARTIAL SELL-12.0%(+/-14.1%)0.0%1.05x+/-68.6%$12.69($14.42)
264
AMAT.NASDAQ
Applied Materials (AMAT)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-125(▼23)
PARTIAL SELL-9.0%(+/-14.5%)0.6%32.2x+/-42.6%$352.0($389.1)
263
KO.NYSE
Coca-Cola (KO)
StocksListing United States
Data 159d old
-124(▼5)
PARTIAL SELL-2.3%(+/-4.6%)2.1%27.4x+/-18.2%$75.2($78.6)

Questions and answers

Top Picks FAQ

How is iPulse AI Score calculated?

iPulse AI Score summarizes the selected horizon by combining expected return, advisor agreement, forecast dispersion, volatility, dividend support, economic guardrails, and a small event-risk pressure adjustment from clustered consensus frictions and tail risks. It is designed for transparent research prioritization, not investment advice.

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What are the best assets to short now?

For the current 1-Year sell / short ranking, the #1 downside candidate is Brent Crude Spot in US Dollar (XBRUSD). Expected return: -28.2%

Which assets are the top sell or short candidates?

The current top 5 sell / short candidates are: 1. The Coca-Cola Company (KO); 2. Costco Wholesale Corporation; 3. Apple Inc. (AAPL); 4. SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY); 5. General Motors Company (GM).

Which asset shows the weakest projected return?

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) currently shows the weakest projected return in this sell / short ranking at -47.50% annualized.

Which asset has the highest dividend yield in this sell / short list?

Valiant Holding AG (VATN) has the highest annual net dividend yield in this sell / short ranking at 3.1%.

Which asset is the least volatile in this sell / short ranking?

Euro / US Dollar (EURUSD) is currently the least volatile in this sell / short ranking at +8.92% annualized historical volatility.

Are sell and short rankings updated with new market information?

Yes. Rankings are refreshed as new scoring snapshots become available, so the page reflects the latest consensus state for the selected horizon and market segment.