In this article, we will take a look at the 15 Best Stocks Under $25 to Buy Now.
Stock futures were marginally lower early December 29, as traders grabbed profits at record index levels and exited prominent technology names and precious metals following an explosive rally. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, and benchmark S&P 500 all finished down 0.5%, 0.5%, and 0.4%, respectively.
Meanwhile, gold and silver futures fell as exchange operator CME Group raised margin standards for the two metals together with platinum and palladium futures in light of recent market volatility. Silver also fell 8.7% in a single day, the worst decrease since February 2021. However, the next day, December 30, brought relief to the metals. Silver futures, which fell after reaching a high of $82.65 on December 29, recovered more than 8% to $76.25 per ounce.
Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes from December 30 revealed disagreements among FOMC members over their decision to lower interest rates earlier in the month. According to the minutes, inflation must fall before further declines can take place. Around 84% of bets are on the Fed maintaining current interest rate levels for the subsequent month, though traders are almost evenly split on what the committee will do in March.
That said, the S&P 500 is poised to end 2025 by about 18% in growth, marking the third consecutive year of double-digit percentage increases. For investors looking to the year beyond, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel warned CNBC that the Magnificent Seven’s growth could decelerate, though this might result in more moderate increases for the S&P 500 overall.
Meanwhile, Peter Oppenheimer, chief global equities strategist at Goldman Sachs, adds that it would be unusual to witness an immense equity hiccup or bear market without a recession, especially with prospects of ongoing global growth along with further easing by the Fed.
Our Methodology
For this article, we made use of stock screeners to come up with an aggregated a list of stocks trading below $25, sorted by market capitalization. Next, we cross-checked the stock prices from Yahoo Finance and ranked the stocks in ascending order of the number of hedge fund holders sourced from Insider Monkey’s Q3 2025 database.
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15. SailPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIL)
Share Price as of December 29: $20.98
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 25
SailPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIL) ranks among the best stocks under $25 to buy now. In response to SailPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIL)’s latest quarterly reports, BMO Capital reaffirmed its Outperform rating and $25 price target on the company’s shares on December 11. Although the October quarter’s Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) beat ended up less than that of the preceding two quarters, the firm indicated that SailPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIL) reported improvements across all measures.
The company’s SaaS ARR increased by 38% year-over-year to $669 million, accounting for 64% of overall ARR. Despite the solid overall performance, the quarter saw only a 1% increase in ARR. Moreover, the company recorded a net revenue retention (NRR) percentage of 114%, showing significant customer growth and retention.
BMO Capital presumes that management’s January quarter net new ARR guidance could boost the company’s shares in the near term. The firm added that SailPoint’s pipeline remains strong, owing to continuing conversions and new product cross-selling opportunities.
SailPoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAIL) provides enterprise identity security solutions by unifying identity data across employees, contractors, machines, and AI agents. The company’s products includes identity security cloud, atlas, connectivity and integrations, and identityIQ software platforms.
