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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 RatioEvent RisksFinancial HealthAnnualized Historic VolatilityForecast Price and Initial Price
425
CAT.NYSE
Caterpillar (CAT)
StocksListing United States
-521(▼27)
SELL ALL-20.7%(+/-7.5%)1.2%36.9xHigh (75)45+/-31.5%$676.1($863.4)
424
INTC.NASDAQ
Intel (INTC)
StocksListing United States
-473(▲36)
SELL ALL-23.3%(+/-6.7%)1.3%—Very High (88)46+/-46.1%$85.3($112.5)
423
NET.NYSE
Cloudflare (NET)
StocksListing United States
-437(▼3)
SELL ALL-28.0%(+/-5.6%)0.0%—Very High (90)41+/-67.3%$255.6($355.0)
422
SERV.NASDAQ
Serve Robotics (SERV)
StocksListing United States
-428(▲14)
SELL ALL-34.8%(+/-5.9%)0.0%—Very High (99)56+/-174.0%$3.11($4.77)
421
DE.NYSE
Deere & (DE)
StocksListing United States
-407(▼3)
SELL ALL-14.3%(+/-6.3%)1.0%37.9xHigh (66)41+/-30.5%$578.3($682.8)
420
AEHR.NASDAQ
Aehr Test Systems (AEHR)
StocksListing United States
-394(▲53)
SELL ALL-36.6%(+/-11.4%)0.0%>300xVery High (98)53+/-95.8%$58.4($92.1)
419
ARM.NASDAQ
Arm Holdings (ARM)
StocksHQ United KingdomListing United States
-377
SELL ALL-26.7%(+/-6.5%)0.0%>300xVery High (93)72+/-77.2%$221.8($302.6)
418
ROK.NYSE
Rockwell Automation (ROK)
StocksListing United States
-368(▲19)
SELL ALL-13.4%(+/-6.6%)1.2%42.3xModerate (57)45+/-31.6%$385.8($450.7)
416
RKLB.NASDAQ
Rocket Lab USA (RKLB)
StocksListing United States
-341(▲49)
SELL ALL-35.0%(+/-9.8%)0.0%—Very High (93)52+/-78.6%$48.8($75.1)
415
RGTI.NASDAQ
Rigetti Computing (RGTI)
StocksListing United States
-333(▼2)
SELL ALL-25.5%(+/-7.2%)0.0%—Very High (100)46+/-125.0%$11.30($15.17)
414
CSCO.NASDAQ
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
StocksListing United States
-331(▼106)
SELL ALL-11.3%(+/-7.1%)2.0%35.4xModerate (56)51+/-26.5%$102.5($117.9)
413
FROG.NASDAQ
JFrog (FROG)
StocksListing United States
-331(▼9)
SELL ALL-18.4%(+/-7.2%)0.0%—High (78)61+/-57.8%$80.4($98.5)
412
W.NYSE
Wayfair (W)
StocksListing United States
-325(▲5)
SELL ALL-22.8%(+/-7.0%)0.0%—High (69)25+/-75.7%$81.4($105.5)
411
PLTR.NYSE
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
StocksListing United States
-320(▼17)
SELL ALL-21.2%(+/-8.5%)0.0%164xVery High (93)84+/-69.9%$151.4($192.1)
410
NTRA.NASDAQ
Natera (NTRA)
StocksListing United States
-318(▼79)
SELL ALL-18.5%(+/-7.2%)0.0%—Very High (82)53+/-61.1%$326.5($400.7)
409
TSLA.NASDAQ
Tesla (TSLA)
StocksListing United States
-306(▼7)
SELL ALL-18.7%(+/-5.8%)0.0%>300xVery High (83)53+/-67.8%$309.5($380.7)
408
QBTS.NYSE
D-Wave Quantum (QBTS)
StocksListing United States
-298(▼9)
SELL ALL-22.4%(+/-6.5%)0.0%—Very High (100)57+/-125.0%$12.25($15.79)
407
1347.HKEX
Hua Hong Semiconductor (1347)
StocksHQ ChinaListing Hong Kong
-292(▲19)
SELL ALL-19.1%(+/-10.1%)0.9%237xVery High (97)58+/-65.6%HK$86.9(HK$108.2)
406
ABBN.SIX
ABB (ABBN)
StocksListing Switzerland
-291(▼27)
SELL ALL-8.8%(+/-5.6%)1.5%35.8xModerate (57)54+/-24.6%CHF 74.2(CHF 82.6)
405
CRWV.NASDAQ
CoreWeave (CRWV)
StocksListing United States
-288(▼41)
SELL ALL-22.9%(+/-9.1%)0.0%—Very High (98)23+/-111.0%$70.7($91.7)
404
IONQ.NYSE
IONQ (IONQ)
StocksListing United States
-285(▼7)
SELL ALL-26.3%(+/-11.4%)0.0%—Very High (96)51+/-96.5%$31.9($43.3)
402
TXN.NASDAQ
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN)
StocksListing United States
-277(▼17)
SELL ALL-11.1%(+/-9.6%)2.1%45.2xModerate (59)66+/-31.8%$258.9($297.2)
401
LCID.NASDAQ
Lucid Group (LCID)
StocksListing United States
-277(▲1)
SELL ALL-22.5%(+/-7.4%)0.0%—Very High (99)21+/-334.0%$3.22($4.16)
400
ETN.NYSE
Eaton Corporation (ETN)
StocksHQ IrelandListing United States
-271(▼66)
SELL ALL-9.6%(+/-7.4%)1.0%45.3xModerate (59)48+/-30.9%$398.4($445.1)
399
AMAT.NASDAQ
Applied Materials (AMAT)
StocksListing United States
-261(▲14)
SELL ALL-28.3%(+/-8.1%)0.6%45.8xVery High (80)68+/-44.6%$377.6($530.3)
398
MRNA.NASDAQ
Moderna (MRNA)
StocksListing United States
-254(▲17)
SELL ALL-37.6%(+/-6.2%)0.0%—Very High (88)41+/-96.5%$117.0($187.5)
397
GH.NASDAQ
Guardant Health (GH)
StocksListing United States
-244(▲108)
SELL ALL-15.0%(+/-7.7%)0.0%—Very High (91)41+/-67.6%$145.1($170.7)
396
NBIS.NASDAQ
Nebius Group (NBIS)
StocksHQ NetherlandsListing United States
-244(▼64)
SELL ALL-22.6%(+/-17.0%)0.0%>300xVery High (97)46+/-70.5%$193.4($249.9)
395
TER.NASDAQ
Teradyne (TER)
StocksListing United States
-243(▲19)
SELL ALL-29.4%(+/-9.7%)0.3%59.0xVery High (81)57+/-47.5%$302.9($430.3)
394
CRWD.NASDAQ
CrowdStrike (CRWD)
StocksListing United States
-235(▲46)
SELL ALL-25.7%(+/-5.5%)0.0%>300xVery High (89)58+/-63.0%$207.2($278.9)
393
ATCO-A.STO
Atlas Copco (ATCO-A)
StocksListing Sweden
-231(▼49)
SELL ALL-7.9%(+/-5.0%)1.2%39.1xModerate (41)57+/-36.9%kr194.3(kr213.4)
392
AMD.NASDAQ
AMD (AMD)
StocksListing United States
-231(▲77)
SELL ALL-27.8%(+/-8.4%)0.0%167xVery High (87)66+/-57.1%$468.9($649.4)
390
KLAC.NASDAQ
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
StocksListing United States
-220(▼110)
SELL ALL-14.9%(+/-12.1%)0.7%53.9xHigh (67)67+/-51.9%$166.9($197.5)
389
SNOW.NYSE
Snowflake (SNOW)
StocksListing United States
-204(▲10)
SELL ALL-13.2%(+/-9.2%)0.0%—Very High (86)37+/-62.0%$291.6($336.0)
387
PWR.NYSE
Quanta Services (PWR)
StocksListing United States
-201(▲152)
SELL ALL-18.1%(+/-7.2%)0.1%82.0xVery High (80)38+/-34.5%$589.3($719.6)
386
DNA.NYSE
Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA)
StocksListing United States
-199(▲39)
PARTIAL SELL-47.0%(+/-12.5%)0.0%—Very High (93)39+/-1372.0%$6.58($12.41)
385
TT.NYSE
Trane Technologies (TT)
StocksHQ IrelandListing United States
-198(▼30)
PARTIAL SELL-5.4%(+/-4.9%)0.7%36.0xModerate (49)52+/-28.4%$447.7($476.4)
383
COST.NASDAQ
Costco Wholesale (COST)
StocksListing United States
-194(▼37)
PARTIAL SELL-4.2%(+/-3.3%)0.4%45.1xModerate (40)49+/-22.1%$893.3($935.7)
382
SAND.STO
Sandvik (SAND)
StocksListing Sweden
-190(▼47)
PARTIAL SELL-5.8%(+/-6.4%)1.7%27.5xModerate (53)51+/-28.7%kr341.9(kr369.0)
381
RBRK.NYSE
Rubrik (RBRK)
StocksListing United States
-186(▲41)
PARTIAL SELL-21.9%(+/-8.0%)0.0%—High (77)45+/-65.3%$98.2($125.8)
380
SHOP.TSX
Shopify (SHOP)
StocksListing Canada
-178(▼14)
PARTIAL SELL-24.6%(+/-7.6%)0.0%110xHigh (73)72+/-64.9%C$176.2(C$233.7)
379
FIX.NYSE
Comfort Systems USA (FIX)
StocksListing United States
-175(▼118)
PARTIAL SELL-7.5%(+/-7.3%)0.3%44.7xVery High (83)56+/-43.2%$1,678($1,818)
378
ASML.AMS
ASML Holding (ASML)
StocksListing Netherlands
-175(▲12)
PARTIAL SELL-15.9%(+/-7.1%)0.8%59.3xHigh (73)69+/-34.8%€1,366(€1,636)
377
GEV.NYSE
GE Vernova LLC (GEV)
StocksListing United States
-175(▼57)
PARTIAL SELL-11.3%(+/-11.7%)0.1%29.2xHigh (70)45+/-53.0%$911.9($1,029)
375
ANET.NYSE
Arista Networks (ANET)
StocksListing United States
-171(▼66)
PARTIAL SELL-8.1%(+/-5.6%)0.0%67.9xHigh (79)79+/-56.6%$197.9($215.4)
370
HOOD.NASDAQ
Robinhood Markets (HOOD)
StocksListing United States
-156(▲24)
PARTIAL SELL-10.2%(+/-7.8%)0.0%49.4xVery High (84)55+/-73.7%$100.6($112.0)
369
VSXY.NYSE
Victoria's Secret (VSXY)
StocksListing United States
-153
PARTIAL SELL-13.4%(+/-14.1%)0.0%19.0xModerate (46)36+/-66.9%$73.7($85.1)
368
DDOG.NASDAQ
Datadog (DDOG)
StocksListing United States
-152(▼5)
PARTIAL SELL-22.0%(+/-8.7%)0.0%>300xVery High (83)55+/-60.1%$217.0($278.2)
367
ECL.NYSE
Ecolab (ECL)
StocksListing United States
-150(▼37)
PARTIAL SELL-3.2%(+/-4.2%)0.8%37.5xLow (24)43+/-25.2%$269.8($280.8)
366
PANW.NASDAQ
Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
StocksListing United States
-149(▲29)
PARTIAL SELL-17.4%(+/-8.1%)0.0%>300xHigh (74)53+/-47.5%$346.8($419.9)

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: -21.7%

Which stocks are the top sell or short candidates?

The current top 5 sell / short candidates are: 1. Ecolab Inc. (ECL); 2. Costco Wholesale Corporation; 3. Trane Technologies plc (TT); 4. Sandvik AB; 5. Comfort Systems USA Inc (FIX).

Which stock shows the weakest projected return?

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings Inc (DNA) currently shows the weakest projected return in this sell / short ranking at -48.60% annualized.

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

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) has the highest annual net dividend yield in this sell / short ranking at 2.1%.

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

Costco Wholesale Corporation is currently the least volatile in this sell / short ranking at +22.10% 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.