13 Best Up and Coming Stocks to Buy Right Now

On October 25, Shannon Saccocia of Neuberger Berman joined ‘Closing Bell’ on CNBC to discuss the latest news affecting markets. Saccocia referred to the rally as the ‘so what shutdown story,’ pointing out that despite moving into another week of a government shutdown, the market received the supportive inflation data release it needed. Although the market has not received the payroll data, she said the Fed can make assumptions on secondary data. She highlighted that the current market has seen a couple of hiccups, including credit concerns and questions about valuations and vendor financing, but has continued to move higher, calling the performance impressive.

Saccocia also said that it took very little in the way of a reset in prices for the market to get back in gear, after a slippage in the gears 2 weeks ago. This slippage was caused by the suggestion of re-escalation on trade, which identified a node of complacency in the market regarding tariff pressures. The market was tested for that, along with the credit hiccups, and buckled a little bit, but didn’t break. Once investors realized the momentum trade was not going to take the entire market down, they received the necessary supportive macro data.

That being said, we’re here with a list of the 13 best up and coming stocks to buy right now.

Our Methodology

We sifted through the Finviz stock screener to compile a list of the top stocks that went public in the last 5 years. We then selected the 13 stocks that were the most popular among elite hedge funds and that analysts were bullish on. The stocks are ranked in ascending order of the number of hedge funds that have stakes in them, as of Q2 2025. The hedge fund data was sourced from Insider Monkey’s database.

Note: All data was sourced on October 27. 

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13 Best Up and Coming Stocks to Buy Right Now

13. Toast Inc. (NYSE:TOST)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 67

Toast Inc. (NYSE:TOST) is one of the best up and coming stocks to buy right now. On October 24, Truist analyst Matthew Coad lowered the firm’s price target on Toast to $47 from $51 with a Buy rating on the shares. This sentiment was announced as part of the firm’s broader research note that previewed Q3 2025 earnings in the Payments and FinTech sector, as consumer spending has stayed robust in this sector. However, there is speculation that Q4 forecasts for some firms might disappoint the market.

Earlier on October 22, Citi analyst Bryan Keane initiated coverage of Toast with a Buy rating and $51 price target. The firm expects Toast to have over 20% growth rates moving forward, and expects the fintech take rate to be able to rise due to strong pricing power, which will eventually flow to margins.

Toast Inc. (NYSE:TOST) operates a cloud-based digital technology platform for the restaurant industry in the United States, Ireland, India, and internationally.