3 New Strong Buy Ratings from Top-Rated Analysts: 01/30/2025
What’s top-of-mind for Wall Street’s top-rated analysts? Here are three recent Strong Buy ratings we’re tracking — all sourced from WallStreetZen's Top Analysts feature.
US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD) takes powerful steps to increase margins. Marvell Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MRVL) gets a price target increase from a top-rated analyst. LSI Industries (NASDAQ: LYTS) demonstrates long-term growth potential. Here’s the scoop…
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1- US Foods Holding Corp (NYSE: USFD)
This Rosemont, Illinois-based business has been in business for a long time — since 1989. US Foods Holding distributes food — whether fresh, frozen, or dry, to food service companies all across the United States. It is the top-rated stock we track in the entire food distribution industry. However, this 36-year-old company is young at heart — and confident that it can improve productivity and margins in 2025.
Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >
Recent Price: $70.88 — get current quote >
Max 1-year forecast: $82.00
Why we’re watching:
- USFD stock has earned Wall Street’s confidence. Of the 9 analysts issuing ratings for US Foods, 8 rate it a Strong Buy, with just 1 Hold rating. See the ratings
- On January 21, Brian Harbour of Morgan Stanley (a top 20% rated analyst) reiterated a prior Strong Buy rating, increasing his price target to $82 from $76 in a 2025 sector preview note.
- Morgan Stanley believes there is "reason to be cautiously optimistic" on the prospects for the Restaurant sector in 2025 and is modeling modestly better U.S. industry growth this year (almost 5% compared to 2024's just over 4%), they cut their price target because they "don't see underlying fundamental themes shifting quickly after a sluggish 2024."
- A similar sentiment was echoed by Truist Securities analyst Jake Bartlett (a top 3% analyst), who maintained a Strong Buy rating with a $78 price target. Bartlett reported that their price target hike was driven by Truist Securities' discussions at the 2025 ICR Conference.
- Regarding US Foods Holdings specifically, Bartlett highlighted that the company considers itself "in the early stages of productivity and margin expansion initiatives, such as negotiating with vendors, promoting private label sales, more effective routing, and improving operations."
- USFD stock enjoys a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy). Stocks of this caliber historically provide an average annual return of 32.52%
- US Foods has great marks all around — only one of the company’s Component Grades, Growth, is rated a C — in contrast, it has five Component Grades (Value, Momentum, Sentiment, Financials, and Artificial Intelligence) rated B.
- However, the stock’s Safety rating of A is a particular strength. In this category, the company is in the 95th percentile. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)
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2- Marvell Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MRVL)
While not as high profile as certain GPU makers who you probably see in the news every day, this semiconductor company’s stock is trading at prices 78.59% higher than this time last year. Marvell Technology designs high-performance components that form the backbone of cutting-edge technologies like cloud computing, 5G networks, AI advancements, and autonomous vehicles.
Zen Rating: B (Buy) — see full analysis >
Recent Price: $103.58 — get current quote >
Max 1-year forecast: $150.00
Why we’re watching:
- A whopping 23 analysts are watching MRVL stock, 17 of which rate it a Strong Buy. Another 4 rate the stock a Buy — and only two analysts deem it a Hold. See the ratings
- Notably, top 2% rated KeyBanc analyst John Vinh expects to see stronger earnings and guidance from the company’s next quarterly report — having upped his price target to $135 from $125 and maintained a Strong Buy rating.
- KeyBanc's channel checks point to positive developments, such as the Trainium Ultra win, which will help bridge revenues until the launch of Maia V2 in late 2026, the analyst detailed. Vinh added that competitors like Mellanox, which Nvidia absorbed, are facing problems with their 1.6T DSP.
- With a Zen Rating of B, MRVL belongs to a class of stocks that have historically provided a 19.88% annual return on average.
- Marvell stock has been on a strong upward trajectory for two years — earning a Momentum rating of B.
- MRVL also ranks highly in terms of growth — in the 91st percentile, to be exact. Finally, the stock has an Artificial Intelligence Component Grade rating of B — indicating that subtle patterns in market data point to outperformance in the future. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)
3- LSI Industries (NASDAQ: LYTS)
Let there be light! Just about every type of business needs lighting, and LSI has the goods. The company specializes in non-residential lighting solutions of all shapes and sizes, from trade show displays to parking lots and more. With a recent earnings beat and a recent acquisition could lead to further growth, analysts and our proprietary ratings system agree: LYTS is one to watch.
Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >
Recent Price: $22.00 — get current quote >
Max 1-year forecast: $30.00
Why we’re watching:
- Analyst support: While only 2 analysts we currently track are issuing ratings on LYTS, they’re both bullish — one Buy and one Strong Buy rating. See the ratings
- Just a few days ago, George Gianarikas of Canaccord Genuity maintained a Strong Buy rating and raised their 1-year price target on LYTS by 18.2% from $22 to $26 following the company’s Q2 2025 earnings.
- Hiking their price target in response, Gianarikas pointed out that, in the quarter, LSI Industries continued to build its business inorganically through the recently announced acquisition of EMI Industries.
- Looking ahead, the analyst told readers that Canaccord Genuity expects the company to continue to reward long-term shareholders "through long-term organic growth, prudent capital allocation, and a conscientious approach to M&A."
- Our proprietary Zen Ratings system agrees: LYTS is a Strong Buy. It has the highest rating of A, putting it in a class of stocks that have historically delivered 32.52% returns.
- Its “report card” of Component Grades that make up the overall Zen Rating is solid, too. Despite average “C” grades for Sentiment and its AI rating, it sparkles everywhere else: an A grade for Momentum and solid B’s for Value, Growth, Safety, and Financials. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)
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