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

Discover stocks to sell or short now, 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
CAT.NYSE
Caterpillar (CAT)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-595
SELL ALL-24.8%(+/-4.5%)1.2%42.5x+/-30.9%$671.9($904.3)
311
SPCE.NYSE
Virgin Galactic (SPCE)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-531
SELL ALL-54.2%(+/-7.5%)0.0%—+/-554.0%$2.01($4.38)
310
1347.HKEX
Hua Hong Semiconductor (1347)
StocksHQ ChinaListing Hong Kong
Data 124d old
-479
SELL ALL-34.2%(+/-8.3%)0.8%>300x+/-63.7%HK$94.9(HK$145.3)
309
PLUG.NASDAQ
Plug Power (PLUG)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-473
SELL ALL-41.2%(+/-8.5%)0.0%—+/-89.4%$1.89($3.21)
308
ARM.NASDAQ
Arm Holdings (ARM)
StocksHQ United KingdomListing United States
Data 124d old
-400
SELL ALL-30.0%(+/-5.1%)0.0%>300x+/-75.4%$240.1($342.9)
307
RKLB.NASDAQ
Rocket Lab USA (RKLB)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-378
SELL ALL-41.6%(+/-16.3%)0.0%—+/-78.4%$64.3($110.1)
305
CAVA.NYSE
CAVA Group (CAVA)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-372
SELL ALL-27.1%(+/-10.2%)0.0%151x+/-59.2%$52.9($72.6)
304
005380.KRX
Hyundai Motor Co. (005380)
StocksListing South Korea
Data 124d old
-367
SELL ALL-19.4%(+/-10.0%)2.9%27.3x+/-36.7%₩548,100(₩700,000)
303
SBUX.NASDAQ
Starbucks (SBUX)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-367
SELL ALL-16.5%(+/-10.4%)1.7%67.7x—$78.2($95.3)
302
BROS.NYSE
Dutch Bros (BROS)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-366
SELL ALL-25.7%(+/-8.6%)0.0%94.4x—$41.3($55.5)
301
PWR.NYSE
Quanta Services (PWR)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-359
SELL ALL-20.0%(+/-11.5%)0.0%96.6x+/-33.7%$556.1($695.1)
299
INTC.NASDAQ
Intel (INTC)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-346
SELL ALL-20.8%(+/-11.9%)1.3%—+/-43.8%$77.6($99.2)
298
BBAI.NYSE
BigBear.ai (BBAI)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-333
SELL ALL-38.1%(+/-13.2%)0.0%—+/-163.0%$2.60($4.20)
297
W.NYSE
Wayfair (W)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-322
SELL ALL-25.9%(+/-9.5%)0.0%—+/-74.9%$50.6($68.4)
296
FIX.NYSE
Comfort Systems USA (FIX)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-316
SELL ALL-20.2%(+/-11.5%)0.3%46.4x+/-42.4%$1,468($1,844)
295
CSCO.NASDAQ
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-312
SELL ALL-16.1%(+/-13.1%)1.9%37.0x+/-25.8%$100.1($121.6)
294
MU.NASDAQ
Micron Technology (MU)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-294
SELL ALL-23.4%(+/-17.6%)0.3%25.9x+/-49.7%$660.1($864.0)
290
CRWD.NASDAQ
CrowdStrike (CRWD)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-257
SELL ALL-20.0%(+/-12.5%)0.0%>300x+/-56.0%$536.8($671.0)
289
BESI.AMS
BE Semiconductor Industries (BESI)
StocksListing Netherlands
Data 124d old
-256
SELL ALL-18.3%(+/-14.3%)1.6%114x+/-46.6%€218.2(€271.4)
288
VIK.NYSE
Viking (VIK)
StocksHQ BMListing United States
Data 124d old
-255
SELL ALL-17.1%(+/-15.1%)0.0%81.7x+/-40.9%$74.6($89.9)
287
LCID.NASDAQ
Lucid Group (LCID)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-248
SELL ALL-25.1%(+/-10.1%)0.0%—+/-343.0%--(--)
286
ASTS.NASDAQ
AST SpaceMobile (ASTS)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-247
SELL ALL-29.4%(+/-20.9%)0.0%—+/-100.0%$66.1($93.6)
285
AMD.NASDAQ
AMD (AMD)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-246
SELL ALL-21.3%(+/-17.3%)0.0%133x—$367.0($466.4)
284
HIMS.NYSE
Hims & Hers Health (HIMS)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-237
SELL ALL-24.5%(+/-15.2%)0.0%—+/-77.2%$19.77($26.2)
283
VRT.NYSE
Vertiv (VRT)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-236
SELL ALL-18.0%(+/-12.3%)0.1%70.5x+/-54.6%$246.1($300.5)
281
TSLA.NASDAQ
Tesla (TSLA)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-221
SELL ALL-18.4%(+/-11.0%)0.0%>300x—$319.1($391.0)
280
PEP.NASDAQ
PepsiCo (PEP)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-209
SELL ALL-5.7%(+/-5.4%)2.3%19.9x—$130.9($141.9)
279
ALAB.NASDAQ
Astera Labs (ALAB)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-204
SELL ALL-21.7%(+/-13.9%)0.0%229x+/-92.5%$248.3($317.1)
278
KLAC.NASDAQ
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-204
SELL ALL-12.0%(+/-11.5%)0.7%54.2x+/-41.4%$1,686($1,929)
277
005930.KRX
Samsung Electronics Co (005930)
StocksListing South Korea
Data 124d old
-199
PARTIAL SELL-11.8%(+/-15.7%)1.5%16.7x+/-31.3%₩285,901(₩329,000)
276
SOUN.NASDAQ
SoundHound AI (SOUN)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-197
PARTIAL SELL-22.6%(+/-15.6%)0.0%83.2x—$5.72($7.39)
275
NBIS.NASDAQ
Nebius Group (NBIS)
StocksHQ NetherlandsListing United States
Data 124d old
-194
PARTIAL SELL-19.1%(+/-17.8%)0.0%94.7x+/-65.5%$184.3($227.8)
274
VOLV-B.STO
Volvo AB (publ) (VOLV-B)
StocksListing Sweden
Data 124d old
-191
PARTIAL SELL-8.7%(+/-10.9%)4.3%18.3x+/-27.9%kr282.2(kr322.2)
273
PLTR.NYSE
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-189
PARTIAL SELL-17.5%(+/-13.1%)0.0%118x+/-69.8%$111.8($135.5)
272
COST.NASDAQ
Costco Wholesale (COST)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-183
PARTIAL SELL-5.8%(+/-7.2%)0.4%52.3x—$911.7($971.9)
271
TGT.NYSE
Target (TGT)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-181
PARTIAL SELL-8.1%(+/-9.7%)2.4%14.6x+/-33.3%$110.1($122.6)
270
IONQ.NYSE
IONQ (IONQ)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-175
PARTIAL SELL-20.9%(+/-19.5%)0.0%6.98x—$44.9($56.8)
269
AMAT.NASDAQ
Applied Materials (AMAT)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-172
PARTIAL SELL-10.8%(+/-12.7%)0.6%37.5x+/-42.6%$401.8($453.0)
268
WMT.NYSE
Walmart (WMT)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-170
PARTIAL SELL-7.4%(+/-10.1%)0.8%48.1x—$109.2($118.9)
267
ASML.AMS
ASML Holding (ASML)
StocksListing Netherlands
Data 124d old
-165
PARTIAL SELL-8.2%(+/-11.1%)0.8%50.4x+/-34.1%€1,332(€1,462)
266
IFX.XETRA
Infineon Technologies (IFX)
StocksListing Germany
Data 124d old
-161
PARTIAL SELL-10.9%(+/-15.7%)0.8%91.2x+/-38.0%€68.3(€77.3)
264
2015.HKEX
Li Auto (2015)
StocksHQ ChinaListing Hong Kong
Data 124d old
-148
PARTIAL SELL-12.7%(+/-12.2%)0.0%—+/-64.0%HK$49.5(HK$56.7)
263
VOW.XETRA
Volkswagen (VOW)
StocksListing Germany
Data 124d old
-148
PARTIAL SELL-7.5%(+/-11.9%)4.5%4.71x+/-32.7%€79.2(€89.5)
262
AAPL.NASDAQ
Apple (AAPL)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-140
PARTIAL SELL-5.4%(+/-7.1%)0.4%31.7x+/-37.2%$289.8($307.3)
261
LRCX.NASDAQ
Lam Research (LRCX)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-135
PARTIAL SELL-10.8%(+/-14.0%)0.7%55.8x+/-52.9%$268.7($303.3)
260
SNOW.NYSE
Snowflake (SNOW)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-125
PARTIAL SELL-8.6%(+/-9.3%)0.0%—+/-62.8%$217.9($238.3)
259
DE.NYSE
Deere & (DE)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-124
PARTIAL SELL-7.6%(+/-15.2%)1.0%32.5x—$533.7($583.4)
257
NKE.NYSE
NIKE (NKE)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-115
PARTIAL SELL-6.9%(+/-13.6%)1.0%24.2x+/-32.2%$39.6($43.0)
256
FICO.NYSE
Fair Isaac (FICO)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-104
PARTIAL SELL-6.0%(+/-11.6%)0.0%31.9x+/-38.0%$1,069($1,137)
255
SMCI.NASDAQ
Super Micro Computer (SMCI)
StocksListing United States
Data 124d old
-92
PARTIAL SELL-13.6%(+/-24.3%)0.0%15.9x+/-76.0%$36.0($41.6)

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 stocks to short now?

For the current 1-Year sell / short ranking, the #1 downside candidate is Caterpillar Inc.. Expected return: -25.7%

Which stocks are the top sell or short candidates?

The current top 5 sell / short candidates are: 1. Apple Inc. (AAPL); 2. Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO); 3. Costco Wholesale Corporation; 4. PepsiCo, Inc.; 5. NIKE, Inc. (NKE).

Which stock shows the weakest projected return?

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE) currently shows the weakest projected return in this sell / short ranking at -54.20% annualized.

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

Dividend yield data is not available for every ranked stock. When present, the table shows annual net dividend yield for direct comparison.

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

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) is currently the least volatile in this sell / short ranking at +25.80% 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.