In this article, we will take a look at the 5 Best Global Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts. For a deeper discussion and analysis, please refer to the 10 Best Global Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts.
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5. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB)
Upside Potential as of April 20: 21.93%
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) provides financial services to companies, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses, and private individuals.
On April 20, Barclays downgraded Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) from ‘Overweight’ to ‘Equal Weight’, while assigning the stock a price target of €32. The target reflects an upside of almost 15% from the current price levels.
The downgrade comes as Barclays revised its ratings in the European bank group, noting better risk/reward prospects for some and weakening cyclical tailwinds for others, given the slower-than-expected recovery in Germany.
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (NYSE:DB) is projecting its net interest income to surge to around €14 billion in 2026, up from €13.7B last year, driven by the targeted portfolio growth in deposits and loans. Moreover, the company is targeting a full-year revenue of approximately €33 billion, compared to €32.1 billion last year. However, the bank expects its Q1 2026 revenue to be flat compared to the same period last year, due to the “normalization of Corporate & Other revenue and against a strong FIC performance in the year-ago quarter”.
4. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM)
Upside Potential as of April 20: 22.87%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) manufactures, packages, tests, and sells integrated circuits and other semiconductor devices around the world.
On April 16, Needham upped its price target on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) from $410 to $480, while maintaining a ‘Buy’ rating on the shares. The revised target represents an upside of almost 24% from the current price levels.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE:TSM) reported strong results for its Q1 2026 on April 16, beating forecasts in both earnings and revenue, supported by the strong demand for its leading-edge process technologies. The company reported a revenue of $35.9 billion, up 40.6% YoY, while its net income attributable to shareholders also grew by 58.3% compared to last year.
TSM expects its Q2 revenue to be in the range of $39 billion and $40.2 billion, representing a sequential increase of 10% and a YoY growth of 32% at the midpoint. The company also raised its full-year 2026 revenue growth forecast to above 30% from nearly 30% previously.
3. BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX)
Upside Potential as of April 20: 27.29%
BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) is a global biopharmaceutical company pioneering novel investigative therapies for cancer and infectious diseases.
On April 13, BofA raised its price target on BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) from $128 to $130, while maintaining a ‘Buy’ rating on the shares. The revised target indicates an upside of almost 20% from the current price levels.
The move comes after BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) reported positive Phase 2 results for T-Pam in second-line and later HER2-expressing endometrial cancer. The analyst firm found these results encouraging and noted that they support a potential first approval within BioNTech’s expanding oncology pipeline.
BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) is targeting total revenues in the range of €2 billion to €2.3 billion for FY 2026, down from €2.9 billion in 2025. The company expects lower revenue from the COVID-19 vaccine it developed in partnership with Pfizer, driven by declines in both the European and United States markets. Moreover, the YoY decline comes from a lack of expected one-time revenues, such as payments from Pfizer’s opt-out of the shingles program last year.
2. Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY)
Upside Potential as of April 20: 41.34%
Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY) designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment, instruments, and devices for the consumer, professional, and industrial markets around the world.
On April 14, TD Cowen trimmed its price target on Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY) from $34 to $29, while maintaining a ‘Buy’ rating on the shares. The lowered target still indicates an upside of over 39% from the current levels.
Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY) raised the price of its PS5 by $100 last month to help offset the unprecedented surge in memory prices amid the AI boom. However, the analyst firm believes that the impact of this price hike should be “pretty minimal” this deep into the console cycle. TD Cowen added that the soaring memory costs might pose a bigger challenge for the Japanese conglomerate’s image sensor business, as the rising smartphone prices could reduce the overall unit volumes.
Sony Group Corporation (NYSE:SONY) was also recently included in our list of the 7 Best Strong Buy Asian Stocks to Invest in.
1. SAP SE (NYSE:SAP)
Upside Potential as of April 20: 50.89%
Topping our list of the Best Global Stocks is SAP SE (NYSE:SAP). As a global leader in enterprise applications and business AI, the company stands at the nexus of business and technology.
On April 15, Morgan Stanley lowered its price target on SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) from €220 to €190, but maintained its ‘Overweight’ rating on the shares. The revised target still represents an upside potential of almost 27% from the current share price.
Subsequently, on April 20, the analysts over at Barclays also turned slightly bearish on SAP SE (NYSE:SAP), trimming the firm’s price target on the stock from $283 to $256 (read more details here).
That said, SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) expects to generate a record free cash flow of €10 billion in 2026 amid the rising AI-driven cloud momentum. Moreover, the strong outlook reflects the company’s sustained operating discipline, driving its expense-to-revenue growth ratio towards the lower end of its long-term operating leverage objective of 80% to 90%.
Vulcan Value Partners, an investment management company, stated the following regarding SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) in its Q1 2026 investor letter:
“We purchased two new positions during the quarter: SAP SE and ServiceNow, Inc. SAP SE (NYSE:SAP) is the global leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, which serves as the operating system for many of the world’s largest companies. SAP’s software manages many functions across an organization, including financial accounting, supply chains, customer relationships, human capital, and procurement. SAP and Oracle dominate the global ERP market. We have owned both businesses in the past and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to own SAP again with a substantial margin of safety.
We believe SAP is one of the best businesses in the world. They have over 425,000 customers, including 98 of the 100 largest companies globally. SAP’s ERP solutions often have decades of embedded data, business processes, and software customizations. It is extremely rare for companies to switch ERP vendors due to the cost, time, and disruption risk that switching creates, particularly for large, global enterprises that make up SAP’s core customer base…” (Click here to read the full text)
While we acknowledge the potential of SAP as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than SAP and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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