Hot or Not, Stock Market Edition: 04/24/2025

Everyone’s talking about Tesla — and quite frankly, so are we. But it’s not the only stock making moves in the market right now: 

• HOT: Vertiv Holdings (NYSE: VRT) shares just jumped; Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) shows signs of recovery 
• NOT: Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) reports an earnings miss; the market tries to make sense of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

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🔥 HOT: Shares of Vertiv Holdings (NYSE: VRT) jumped by 6.3% on Tuesday after the company announced that it was partnering with Nvidia and iGenius to bring access to the Colosseum AI supercomputer to sectors with sensitive data, like health care and finance. Our analysis gives VRT an A rating in Growth and a B rating in Financials, which is enough to warrant a B Zen Rating and a Buy recommendation. If the market settles down in the coming months, we expect VRT to be well placed for some serious growth.

🥶 NOT: Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) lost 12.7% on Tuesday after a major earnings miss. The company’s EPS for the first quarter came in 2.9% lower than Wall Street expected, and its revenue was $453.59 million below projections. Up until Tuesday, NOC was one of the few stocks doing well in 2025 and was up nearly 16% at the start of the week. Tuesday’s loss puts it at a YTD loss of 1.7%. We give NOC a C Zen Rating and a Hold recommendation. The stock’s relatively low volatility during these chaotic market conditions makes it worth a look even after the earnings miss.

🔥 HOT: The rising broader market brought shares of Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) along with it, powering the stock to a 6.3% gain by market close. The stock has experienced higher-than-normal volatility lately, but gets solid B ratings in Momentum, Sentiment, and Financials. Tuesday’s gain leaves CHWY up 6.7% YTD and earns it an overall Zen Rating of B and a Buy recommendation.

🥶 NOT: The market is still trying to make sense of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The stock gained 4.6% on Tuesday as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq surged to each gaining 2.6% by the closing bell. TSLA’s volatility has been through the rough this year as investors struggle with the company’s declining sales and deliveries and Elon Musk’s new role as the director of DOGE. The stock is down 39.0% YTD, but some analysts are optimistic that the company will experience a resurgence if Musk either ends his political career or hands over the Tesla reins to a new CEO. We’re sitting this one out for now and maintain our C Zen Rating and Hold recommendation for TSLA.

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