13 Best S&P 500 Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts

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1. Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA)

Share Price Upside Potential: 62.74%

Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA) is among the 13 Best S&P 500 Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts, based on upside potential. However, 2025 has been a challenging year for the company, with a year-to-date decline of over 35% in its share price.

The biotechnology firm made a name for itself by timely developing an effective coronavirus vaccine, but has lost its team since the pandemic started to recede. Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA)’s financial performance has also hurt investor sentiment.

During its second-quarter earnings call on August 1, the company lowered its revenue forecast for 2025, after the deferment of UK deliveries of certain COVID vaccines to next year, overshadowing its lower-than-anticipated loss per share during the quarter.

The trimmed forecast reflected Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA)’s ongoing headwinds with declining demand for COVID-19 shots, slower RSV rollout, and the regulatory delays facing its new product pipeline.

While Wall Street analysts maintain a consensus Hold rating for a stock, it has an attractive one-year average share price upside potential, suggesting that a recovery could occur ahead as the company makes clinical progress on certain treatments.

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