Skip to main content

Stocks to Sell or Short Now 1-Year Agentic AI Forecast Rankings

Discover stocks to sell or short now, ranked by the weakest outlooks in iPulse AI's 1-year agentic forecast. The highest-ranked sell and short candidates combine the weakest expected returns with the least attractive return-to-risk profiles, the strongest bearish AI Agent consensus, persistent downside forecast paths, and heavier event-risk pressure. For stocks, low Financial Health scores, weak profitability and cash generation, balance-sheet stress, and demanding valuations can add further evidence to the downside case. Use the table to identify vulnerable assets and potential short opportunities, then inspect the forecast, price target, risk, and supporting metrics behind every rank.

Explore overall iPulse AI portfolio strategies and performance

UpdatedDeep Analysis

Spotlight

Top 6 Sell / Short Stocks

Table Definitions

Definitions for every metric available in the Top Picks table.

Note: To sort the table, click the header of the column you want to sort.

Editorial Category Rank
The selected asset’s position within this edition’s editorial category. This human-reviewed selection order is independent of its quantitative universe rank.
Asset Universe Rank
The asset’s quantitative rank within the analyzed asset universe for the selected scoring snapshot. Original published ranks are preserved when an editorial table shows only a subset of assets.
Asset Name
The ranked asset in this Top Picks view, including name, ticker, market category, and listing context where available.
Price Data Cutoff Date
The market price date used for this row. Recomputed ranking snapshots can use newer closes than the original deep-analysis batch.
Cross-Horizon Score
A governed 0-100 candidate score that combines the remaining one-year outlook with confirmed five-year direction, confidence, financial health, and risk. It supports editorial review and does not replace either horizon rating.
iPulse Score
iPulse AI Consensus Score combines expected return, risk-adjusted return, advisor agreement, and risk-pressure inputs into one ranked signal.
Consensus Rating
Consensus Rating is the plain-language buy, hold, or sell interpretation of the iPulse AI consensus score for the selected horizon.
Expected Return Including Dividends
Total compounded expected return over the full selected horizon, including reinvested annual net dividends when applicable.
Annualized Return
Annualized expected return expressed as a one-year-equivalent rate for the selected forecast horizon.
Net Dividend Contribution
Annualized net dividend contribution used by the scoring pipeline, estimated from historical cash-dividend events after tax assumptions and outlier filtering. When a legacy immutable snapshot omitted the input field, the page derives the contribution only from that snapshot’s frozen dividend-inclusive and price-only return outputs; it never substitutes current dividend data.
P/E Ratio
Trailing P/E ratio. For example, 21.7 means the market value is 21.7x trailing earnings.
Event Risks
The Event Risks column summarizes clustered consensus frictions and tail risks as Very Low (0-19), Low (20-39), Moderate (40-59), High (60-79), or Very High (80-100). The number is a relative pressure score, not a probability of loss or a complete measure of investment risk.
Financial Health
0-100 equity-only financial quality score using liquidity, leverage safety, profitability, cash generation, and operating trend.
Annualized Historic Volatility
Annualized historical price volatility from daily returns, used as a risk denominator in scoring.
Direction Agreement
Percentage of advisors whose predicted direction matches the consensus direction.
Grouped Voices
Vote-count summary across raw voices, distinct advisors, personas, models, and adjusted grouped votes.
Advisors
Number of distinct advisor identities contributing forecasts for this asset in the selected batch, mode, and horizon.
Forecast Price / Initial Price
Projected consensus price at the selected horizon, shown against the initial/latest close price used by the snapshot.
Detailed Methodology
Top Picks ranked assets and investment research metrics. Select an asset name or its row to open the asset report.
Asset Universe RankAsset NameiPulse ScoreConsensus RatingExpected Return Including DividendsNet Dividend ContributionP/E RatioEvent RisksFinancial HealthAnnualized Historic VolatilityForecast Price and Initial Price
425
NET.NYSE
Cloudflare (NET)
StocksListing United States
-423(▲9)
SELL ALL-26.5%(+/-5.6%)0.0%—Very High (90)41+/-67.2%$255.6($347.7)
424
AMD.NASDAQ
AMD (AMD)
StocksListing United States
-391(▼23)
SELL ALL-22.5%(+/-8.4%)0.0%156xVery High (87)66+/-57.0%$469.3($605.5)
423
TER.NASDAQ
Teradyne (TER)
StocksListing United States
-383(▲11)
SELL ALL-20.1%(+/-9.7%)0.3%52.1xVery High (81)60+/-47.6%$302.7($380.3)
422
AMAT.NASDAQ
Applied Materials (AMAT)
StocksListing United States
-382(▼51)
SELL ALL-18.1%(+/-8.1%)0.6%40.1xVery High (80)68+/-44.7%$377.4($464.2)
421
PWR.NYSE
Quanta Services (PWR)
StocksListing United States
-375(▲17)
SELL ALL-14.4%(+/-7.2%)0.1%78.5xVery High (80)38+/-34.6%$589.0($688.9)
420
CRWD.NASDAQ
CrowdStrike (CRWD)
StocksListing United States
-359(▲8)
SELL ALL-20.7%(+/-5.5%)0.0%>300xVery High (89)58+/-62.9%$207.1($261.2)
418
W.NYSE
Wayfair (W)
StocksListing United States
-354(▼18)
SELL ALL-24.6%(+/-7.0%)0.0%—High (69)25+/-75.7%$81.4($108.0)
417
INTC.NASDAQ
Intel (INTC)
StocksListing United States
-352(▼24)
SELL ALL-16.0%(+/-6.7%)1.3%—Very High (88)46+/-46.1%$85.2($102.8)
416
FROG.NASDAQ
JFrog (FROG)
StocksListing United States
-347(▼5)
SELL ALL-19.0%(+/-7.2%)0.0%—High (78)62+/-57.7%$80.4($99.3)
415
CAT.NYSE
Caterpillar (CAT)
StocksListing United States
-317(▲72)
SELL ALL-11.4%(+/-7.5%)1.2%33.0xHigh (75)44+/-31.5%$676.2($772.8)
414
RKLB.NASDAQ
Rocket Lab USA (RKLB)
StocksListing United States
-312(▲20)
SELL ALL-24.0%(+/-9.8%)0.0%—Very High (93)52+/-78.5%$48.8($64.2)
413
NTRA.NASDAQ
Natera (NTRA)
StocksListing United States
-308(▲6)
SELL ALL-17.5%(+/-7.2%)0.0%—Very High (82)53+/-61.0%$326.4($395.7)
412
DE.NYSE
Deere & (DE)
StocksListing United States
-304(▼66)
SELL ALL-10.0%(+/-6.3%)1.0%36.1xHigh (66)41+/-30.6%$578.5($650.0)
411
PLTR.NYSE
Palantir Technologies (PLTR)
StocksListing United States
-299(▼3)
SELL ALL-27.5%(+/-8.5%)0.0%178xVery High (93)85+/-69.8%$151.3($208.7)
410
MRNA.NASDAQ
Moderna (MRNA)
StocksListing United States
-296(▼4)
SELL ALL-45.9%(+/-6.2%)0.0%—Very High (88)41+/-96.6%$117.0($216.3)
409
TSLA.NASDAQ
Tesla (TSLA)
StocksListing United States
-294(▲8)
SELL ALL-17.5%(+/-5.8%)0.0%>300xVery High (83)53+/-67.8%$309.6($375.2)
408
SNOW.NYSE
Snowflake (SNOW)
StocksListing United States
-292(▲9)
SELL ALL-18.5%(+/-9.2%)0.0%—Very High (86)37+/-62.0%$291.6($357.8)
407
ROK.NYSE
Rockwell Automation (ROK)
StocksListing United States
-282(▲8)
SELL ALL-9.7%(+/-6.6%)1.2%40.5xModerate (57)43+/-31.6%$386.0($432.3)
406
RBRK.NYSE
Rubrik (RBRK)
StocksListing United States
-281(▲13)
SELL ALL-17.0%(+/-8.0%)0.0%—High (77)46+/-65.2%$98.3($118.5)
405
CSCO.NASDAQ
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
StocksListing United States
-278(▲5)
SELL ALL-9.1%(+/-7.1%)2.0%34.6xModerate (56)51+/-26.5%$102.5($115.1)
404
AEHR.NASDAQ
Aehr Test Systems (AEHR)
StocksListing United States
-265(▲13)
SELL ALL-24.6%(+/-11.4%)0.0%>300xVery High (98)53+/-95.8%$58.4($77.5)
403
PANW.NASDAQ
Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
StocksListing United States
-264(▲29)
SELL ALL-12.6%(+/-8.1%)0.0%>300xHigh (74)52+/-47.5%$347.0($397.0)
402
WMT.NYSE
Walmart (WMT)
StocksListing United States
-261(▲17)
SELL ALL-7.1%(+/-3.4%)0.9%40.6xModerate (44)37+/-30.5%$103.4($112.3)
401
COST.NASDAQ
Costco Wholesale (COST)
StocksListing United States
-253(▲13)
SELL ALL-6.1%(+/-3.3%)0.4%46.0xModerate (40)49+/-22.1%$893.2($954.6)
400
SERV.NASDAQ
Serve Robotics (SERV)
StocksListing United States
-245(▲32)
SELL ALL-18.0%(+/-5.9%)0.0%—Very High (99)56+/-174.0%$3.11($3.79)
399
ASML.AMS
ASML Holding (ASML)
StocksListing Netherlands
-242(▲92)
SELL ALL-8.8%(+/-7.1%)0.8%54.7xHigh (73)69+/-34.8%€1,366(€1,510)
397
SHOP.TSX
Shopify (SHOP)
StocksListing Canada
-224(▼18)
SELL ALL-29.8%(+/-7.6%)0.0%118xHigh (73)72+/-64.9%C$176.2(C$251.0)
395
TXN.NASDAQ
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN)
StocksListing United States
-212(▼50)
SELL ALL-8.2%(+/-9.6%)2.1%43.8xModerate (59)66+/-31.8%$258.8($287.9)
394
TT.NYSE
Trane Technologies (TT)
StocksHQ IrelandListing United States
-211(▼4)
SELL ALL-5.7%(+/-4.9%)0.7%36.1xModerate (49)52+/-28.4%$447.7($478.0)
393
ATCO-A.STO
Atlas Copco (ATCO-A)
StocksListing Sweden
-205(▲19)
SELL ALL-6.7%(+/-5.0%)1.2%38.6xModerate (41)56+/-36.9%kr194.3(kr210.6)
392
ARM.NASDAQ
Arm Holdings (ARM)
StocksHQ United KingdomListing United States
-205(▼1)
SELL ALL-13.1%(+/-6.5%)0.0%264xVery High (93)72+/-77.1%$221.9($255.4)
391
ABBN.SIX
ABB (ABBN)
StocksListing Switzerland
-203(▲11)
SELL ALL-5.5%(+/-5.6%)1.5%34.6xModerate (57)54+/-24.6%CHF 74.3(CHF 79.7)
390
LRCX.NASDAQ
Lam Research (LRCX)
StocksListing United States
-203(▲33)
SELL ALL-15.0%(+/-15.1%)0.7%52.3xHigh (77)73+/-54.7%$254.1($301.1)
389
ECL.NYSE
Ecolab (ECL)
StocksListing United States
-198(▼13)
PARTIAL SELL-4.9%(+/-4.2%)0.8%38.2xLow (24)43+/-25.2%$269.7($285.7)
388
XOM.NYSE
Exxon Mobil (XOM)
StocksListing United States
-193(▼28)
PARTIAL SELL-6.5%(+/-8.4%)2.4%22.2xLow (39)44+/-28.5%$158.9($174.1)
387
VSXY.NYSE
Victoria's Secret (VSXY)
StocksListing United States
-191(▼1)
PARTIAL SELL-17.1%(+/-14.1%)0.0%19.8xModerate (46)36+/-66.8%$73.6($88.8)
386
DNA.NYSE
Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA)
StocksListing United States
-188(▲1)
PARTIAL SELL-44.0%(+/-12.5%)0.0%—Very High (93)39+/-1370.0%$6.59($11.76)
384
ETN.NYSE
Eaton Corporation (ETN)
StocksHQ IrelandListing United States
-184(▼10)
PARTIAL SELL-6.1%(+/-7.4%)1.0%43.6xModerate (59)48+/-30.9%$398.2($428.3)
382
GH.NASDAQ
Guardant Health (GH)
StocksListing United States
-177(▲7)
PARTIAL SELL-10.5%(+/-7.7%)0.0%—Very High (91)41+/-67.5%$145.1($162.1)
379
DDOG.NASDAQ
Datadog (DDOG)
StocksListing United States
-166(▲8)
PARTIAL SELL-23.4%(+/-8.7%)0.0%>300xVery High (83)55+/-60.1%$217.0($283.3)
378
SAND.STO
Sandvik (SAND)
StocksListing Sweden
-162(▲6)
PARTIAL SELL-4.7%(+/-6.4%)1.7%27.2xModerate (53)51+/-28.7%kr341.8(kr364.6)
376
GEV.NYSE
GE Vernova LLC (GEV)
StocksListing United States
-143(▼11)
PARTIAL SELL-9.1%(+/-11.7%)0.1%28.4xHigh (70)45+/-52.8%$912.0($1,004)
375
EMR.NYSE
Emerson Electric (EMR)
StocksListing United States
-142(▼17)
PARTIAL SELL-3.2%(+/-4.5%)1.4%35.6xLow (23)42+/-29.3%$156.1($163.5)
374
HOOD.NASDAQ
Robinhood Markets (HOOD)
StocksListing United States
-141(▼15)
PARTIAL SELL-9.0%(+/-7.8%)0.0%48.7xVery High (84)55+/-73.6%$100.5($110.5)
372
ZS.NASDAQ
Zscaler (ZS)
StocksListing United States
-132(▼6)
PARTIAL SELL-8.5%(+/-7.0%)0.0%—High (68)47+/-58.5%$209.3($228.7)
371
RGTI.NASDAQ
Rigetti Computing (RGTI)
StocksListing United States
-130(▲67)
PARTIAL SELL-11.6%(+/-7.2%)0.0%—Very High (100)46+/-125.0%$11.30($12.78)
370
KLAC.NASDAQ
KLA-Tencor (KLAC)
StocksListing United States
-129(▲46)
PARTIAL SELL-8.7%(+/-12.1%)0.7%50.3xHigh (67)67+/-51.9%$166.8($184.0)
368
PG.NYSE
The Procter & Gamble (PG)
StocksListing United States
-124(▲3)
PARTIAL SELL-2.0%(+/-4.0%)1.8%23.1xVery Low (11)49+/-19.3%$147.4($153.0)
367
CRWV.NASDAQ
CoreWeave (CRWV)
StocksListing United States
-120(▲35)
PARTIAL SELL-9.1%(+/-9.1%)0.0%—Very High (98)23+/-110.0%$70.7($77.8)
365
ALAB.NASDAQ
Astera Labs (ALAB)
StocksListing United States
-114(▼4)
PARTIAL SELL-11.7%(+/-15.3%)0.0%161xVery High (95)81+/-93.9%$287.3($325.4)

Questions and answers

Top Picks FAQ

How is iPulse AI Score calculated?

iPulse AI Score summarizes the selected horizon by combining expected return, advisor agreement, forecast dispersion, volatility, dividend support, economic guardrails, and a small event-risk pressure adjustment from clustered consensus frictions and tail risks. It is designed for transparent research prioritization, not investment advice.

Read full methodology

What are the best stocks to short now?

For the current 1-Year sell / short ranking, the #1 downside candidate is Cloudflare Inc (NET). Expected return: -26.5%

Which stocks are the top sell or short candidates?

The current top 5 sell / short candidates are: 1. The Procter & Gamble Company (PG); 2. Emerson Electric Co. (EMR); 3. Ecolab Inc. (ECL); 4. Sandvik AB; 5. Trane Technologies plc (TT).

Which stock shows the weakest projected return?

Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) currently shows the weakest projected return in this sell / short ranking at -48.20% annualized.

Which stock has the highest dividend yield in this sell / short list?

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) has the highest annual net dividend yield in this sell / short ranking at 2.4%.

Which stock is the least volatile in this sell / short ranking?

The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) is currently the least volatile in this sell / short ranking at +19.30% annualized historical volatility.

Are sell and short rankings updated with new market information?

Yes. Rankings are refreshed as new scoring snapshots become available, so the page reflects the latest consensus state for the selected horizon and market segment.