In this article, we will take a look at the 9 Most Active Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts.
In recent weeks, the Dow Jones, Nasdaq Composite, and S&P 500 have all soared to all-time highs. At the same time, the prospect of the Federal Reserve restarting its rate-easing cycle at its meeting in less than two weeks has investors thrilled. That being said, it is easy to become afraid of such heights when stock market indexes are hovering around all-time highs.
A deteriorating labor market seems to be one growing threat to the market’s progress. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said on September 5 that the United States added only 22,000 jobs in August, extending a four-month period of weak job growth. The news caused equities to drop the same day, amid a minor increase in the unemployment rate.
Reducing inflation to 2% has also been challenging, and tariffs pose a threat to rising consumer costs. This has stopped the rate-cutting cycle this year, though the Fed is expected to lower its benchmark rate at its September meeting.
With that in mind, we will now go over some of the most active stocks to buy according to Wall Street analysts.
Our Methodology
For this list, we utilized stock screeners to list down stocks with an average volume surpassing 2 million. We then selected the stocks with an upside potential of over 20%. These stocks are ranked in ascending order based on their average share price upside potential. Additionally, we have mentioned the hedge fund sentiment around each stock, as of Q2 2025.
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9. Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU)
Avg Volume: 3.94 million
Analyst Upside: 21.56%
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 55
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) ranks among the most active stocks to buy according to Wall Street analysts. On September 5, TD Cowen reduced its price target on Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) to $220 from $298, retaining a Buy rating on the sports clothing retailer’s shares. The firm made the change after finding that 66% of Lululemon’s e-commerce orders in the United States are completed via Canada, making use of the de minimis loophole, which the Trump administration recently closed.
This proportion, according to TD Cowen, is “far higher” than expected and gave Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) a large financial boost of roughly 250 basis points of “unsustainable annual benefit to gross margin.”
According to the firm, Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) had clear financial incentives to fulfill orders from Canada under the old regulations, even though the company still retains “ample distribution center and ship from store capacity” in the United States.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU), a Canadian athleisure company founded in 1998, designs, develops, and distributes a variety of sportswear, accessories, and footwear.
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