3 New Strong Buy Ratings from Top-Rated Analysts: 03/28/2025

Looking for great investment ideas? These 3 high-quality picks were sourced from our Strong Buy Stocks from Top Wall Street Analysts screener:

• Pros Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PRO) stands out in a crowded sector
• Rising food prices aren’t necessarily bad for companies like Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM)
• Jones Lang Lasalle Inc (NYSE: JLL) is our most recent Stock of the Week — keep reading to find out why. 

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1. Pros Holdings Inc (NYSE: PRO)

E-commerce players looking to find an edge turn to Pros Holdings — a company that’s all about optimizing processes crucial in the space like automating sales, harmonizing prices, maintaining infrastructure, and personalizing offerings. Wall Street’s expectations are high — but everything we’ve seen paints those expectations as realistic, if not conservative.

Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >  

Recent Price: $21.15  — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $38.00

Why we’re watching:

• Coverage of Pros Holdings is overwhelmingly positive — PRO stock currently has 3 Strong Buy ratings and 6 Buy ratings — with no Hold, Sell, or Strong Sell rating in sight. See the ratings
• With an average price target of $30.56, analysts are predicting a 48.33% upside. The Street-high forecast at $38 implies a 84.47% upside.
• KeyBanc’s Justin Patterson (a top 8% rated analyst) reissued a Strong Buy rating and hiked his price target to $31 from $28 after the company’s Q4 and FY 2024 earnings call.
• The company delivered a better quarter and is guiding revenue for 2025 in line with expectations, with EBITDA and free cash flow projections significantly ahead of schedule, Patterson told readers.
• PRO stock has a Zen Rating of A, and ranks in the top 5% of equities when taking into account 115 proprietary factors that correlate with above-average returns.
• Pros Holdings ranks quite favorably in terms of Sentiment, Financials, and Artificial Intelligence, but Growth is its primary strength, as it ranks in the 99th percentile in this category. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

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2. Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (NASDAQ: SFM)

Healthy, fresh, organic, farm-to-table, locally-sourced — there’s a real appetite for produce that meets those descriptions. Sprouts Farmers Market has capitalized on these trends — beyond being a judicious pick in the general uncertainty of the “will they, won't they” era of tariffs, FSM stock also stands on its own merits as more than a defensive pick — owing to margin expansion and growing same-store revenues.

Zen Rating: B (Buy) — see full analysis >  

Recent Price: $145.52  — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $200.00 

Why we’re watching:

• Out of a total of 10 ratings currently issued for SFM stock, 3 are Strong Buys, with an additional 6 Hold ratings and 1 Buy rating. See the ratings
• With that being said, the average 12-month price forecast set by analysts is $172.10 — a mark that equates to a hefty 20.87% upside.
• Deutsche Bank researcher Krisztina Katai (a top 21% rated analyst) upgraded Sprouts Farmers Market stock to a Strong Buy on March 17. In addition, she increased her price target from $163 to $190.
• Given Sprouts Farmers Market's diverse product offering and the trend toward better eating, Katai expressed "high conviction" in the company's future potential.
• "We have been fans of the story and the management team but were waiting for a better entry point," the analyst said, pointing to the 23% drop in the stock price over the last month as a buying opportunity.
• SFM shares carry an overall Zen Rating of B — to be more precise, they rank in the top 9% of the more than 4,600 equities tracked by our system.
• There’s plenty to like here — Sprouts Farmers Market has a total of 5 Component Grade ratings that are rated B. However, we’d have to put a spotlight on Financials and AI, where it is in the 8th percentile, and Growth, where it is in the 9th percentile. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

3. Jones Lang Lasalle Inc (NYSE: JLL)

Real estate markets tend to ebb and flow — but Jones Lang Lasalle has been in business since 1997, and has managed to both weather crises and thrive when conditions are favorable. Our Stock of the Week has been named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune magazine. Five consecutive earnings beats have proven that this real estate business has kept up with the times — and we have reason to believe it will continue to outperform.

Zen Rating: A (Strong Buy) — see full analysis >  

Recent Price: $251.78  — get current quote > 

Max 1-year forecast: $353.00 

Why we’re watching:

• JLL is our Stock of the Week. Steve Reitmeister, our Editor-in-Chief, outlined why Jones Lang Lasalle caught his attention in a Monday article. You’ll want to give it a closer look — but we’ll summarize some key points here.
• They are one of the largest commercial real estate companies that buys, builds, occupies, and manages property.
• The company’s full-service portfolio has allowed it to capture growth in diverse revenue streams which has culminated in an impressive turnaround starting in 2024. Up to that point, JLL had seen five earnings misses — now, they are riding the wave of five consecutive earnings beats.
• The average target stands at $335 while the street high is $353. That is ample upside when shares are currently trading around $260.
• With that said, Steve did highlight that with $20 in earnings per share (EPS) being a real possibility next year...and the average large-cap PE being over 20, prices going above $400 in next year is not an unreasonable scenario by any stretch of the imagination.
• Back at the tail end of 2024, JP Morgan’s Anthony Pettinari (a top 2% rated analyst) reiterated an earlier Strong Buy rating and hiked his price target to $327 from $263.
• At the time, Petttinari stated that although the "easy money" had been earned, and that the companies were heading into a "beat-and-raise earnings cycle" — at present, his prediction appears to be holding true.
• While JLL ranks admirably on the whole with an A (Strong Buy) Zen Rating, it shows particular strength when it comes its to Financials and Artificial Intelligence Component Grade ratings. (See all 7 Zen Component Grades here >)

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