Stocks to Sell or Short Now

Compare 1-year agentic AI forecasts for stocks by expected return, risk and consensus.

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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.

Assets selected: 50
Assets evaluated: 426
Updated: 2 Nov 2026
Deep analysis: 21 Sept 2026

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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.
iPulse Rank: The asset’s original quantitative rank across all analyzed assets for the selected horizon and scoring snapshot. 1 is the highest iPulse Score. This same overall rank is preserved on Buy, Sell, category and editorial pages; it is not reversed for Sell lists.
Asset Name: The number beside each asset is its position within this selected list, followed by its name, ticker and market context. Buy lists start with the strongest buy candidate; Sell / Short lists start with the strongest sell candidate. Sorting or filtering does not rewrite these assigned positions. The separate iPulse Rank shows the original overall quantitative rank.
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 Annual Dividend Yield: Current rankings use regular cash entitlements from the trailing 12 months divided by the dated current price, after modeled issuer-based withholding. Splits, currencies and quoted subunits are normalized; special and variable payments are excluded from recurring income. A two-year annualized comparison is shown on asset pages. This is a model assumption, not personalized tax. Original and historical snapshots retain their published assumptions; missing legacy yields may be derived only from their frozen returns.
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.

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Asset Name and List Rank	iPulse Score	Consensus Rating	iPulse Rank	Expected Return Including Dividends	Net Annual Dividend Yield	P/E Ratio	Event Risks	Financial Health	Annualized Historic Volatility	Forecast Price and Initial Price
List rank 1 Deere & (DE) StocksListing United States	-417(▼1)	SELL ALL	425	-13.8%(+/-6.3%)	0.7%	37.5x	High (66)	41	+/-30.6%	$578.9($675.5)
List rank 2 Wayfair (W) StocksListing United States	-381(▲1)	SELL ALL	424	-29.7%(+/-7.0%)	0.0%	—	High (69)	25	+/-75.8%	$81.5($115.9)
List rank 3 Tesla (TSLA) StocksListing United States	-381(▼1)	SELL ALL	423	-22.6%(+/-5.8%)	0.0%	>300x	Very High (83)	53	+/-67.8%	$309.5($399.8)
List rank 4 Natera (NTRA) StocksListing United States	-370	SELL ALL	422	-21.2%(+/-7.2%)	0.0%	—	Very High (82)	53	+/-61.0%	$326.5($414.3)
List rank 5 Rockwell Automation (ROK) StocksListing United States	-328(▼1)	SELL ALL	420	-10.8%(+/-6.6%)	0.9%	40.9x	Moderate (57)	43	+/-31.6%	$386.0($436.2)
List rank 6 CrowdStrike (CRWD) StocksListing United States	-322(▼1)	SELL ALL	419	-17.3%(+/-5.5%)	0.0%	>300x	Very High (89)	58	+/-62.9%	$207.1($250.4)
List rank 7 Guardant Health (GH) StocksListing United States	-321(▼1)	SELL ALL	418	-18.8%(+/-7.7%)	0.0%	—	Very High (91)	41	+/-67.4%	$145.2($178.8)
List rank 8 Moderna (MRNA) StocksListing United States	-315	SELL ALL	417	-47.3%(+/-6.2%)	0.0%	—	Very High (88)	41	+/-96.6%	$116.8($221.7)
List rank 9 The Procter & Gamble (PG) StocksListing United States	-296(▼1)	SELL ALL	416	-7.3%(+/-4.0%)	1.9%	24.3x	Very Low (11)	49	+/-19.4%	$147.4($161.6)
List rank 10 JFrog (FROG) StocksListing United States	-291(▼1)	SELL ALL	415	-14.8%(+/-7.2%)	0.0%	—	High (78)	62	+/-58.0%	$80.4($94.4)
List rank 11 Palantir Technologies (PLTR) StocksListing United States	-291	SELL ALL	414	-17.8%(+/-8.5%)	0.0%	157x	Very High (93)	85	+/-69.7%	$151.3($184.1)
List rank 12 Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) StocksListing United States	-286(▼1)	SELL ALL	413	-6.6%(+/-3.7%)	1.4%	41.6x	Moderate (40)	55	+/-19.1%	$252.2($273.2)
List rank 13 Rubrik (RBRK) StocksListing United States	-281	SELL ALL	412	-20.8%(+/-8.0%)	0.0%	—	High (77)	46	+/-65.2%	$98.3($124.2)
List rank 14 Philip Morris (PM) StocksListing United States	-279(▼1)	SELL ALL	410	-7.2%(+/-3.9%)	2.0%	30.5x	Low (31)	51	+/-25.1%	$190.4($208.8)
List rank 15 Coca-Cola (KO) StocksListing United States	-266(▼1)	SELL ALL	409	-5.9%(+/-3.4%)	1.6%	27.7x	Very Low (15)	52	+/-18.6%	$87.3($94.1)
List rank 16 Iberdrola (IBE) StocksListing Spain	-266(▼1)	SELL ALL	408	-7.3%(+/-6.4%)	2.5%	21.2x	Low (21)	35	+/-19.9%	€20.1(€22.2)
List rank 17 Saab AB (publ) (SAAB-B) StocksListing Sweden	-261	SELL ALL	407	-9.5%(+/-4.7%)	0.2%	48.6x	High (75)	46	+/-43.1%	kr609.7(kr675.2)
List rank 18 Walmart (WMT) StocksListing United States	-249(▼1)	SELL ALL	406	-15.9%(+/-3.4%)	0.6%	44.6x	Moderate (44)	37	+/-30.5%	$103.4($123.5)
List rank 19 AbbVie (ABBV) StocksListing United States	-219(▼1)	SELL ALL	404	-5.0%(+/-3.4%)	1.6%	82.7x	Low (29)	51	+/-26.0%	$276.2($294.9)
List rank 20 Accenture (ACN) StocksHQ IrelandListing United States	-218(▼1)	SELL ALL	403	-14.1%(+/-4.0%)	1.9%	18.6x	Low (36)	58	+/-29.3%	$218.2($258.2)
List rank 21 Starbucks (SBUX) StocksListing United States	-209(▼1)	SELL ALL	402	-6.4%(+/-7.0%)	1.7%	59.8x	Low (39)	29	+/-29.7%	$95.6($103.7)
List rank 22 The Southern (SO) StocksListing United States	-205	SELL ALL	401	-4.3%(+/-3.5%)	2.2%	23.0x	Very Low (19)	33	+/-22.1%	$87.9($93.7)
List rank 23 UCB (UCB) StocksListing Belgium	-203	SELL ALL	399	-12.9%(+/-3.8%)	0.3%	15.2x	Low (21)	56	+/-29.2%	€244.5(€281.4)
List rank 24 Visa (V) StocksListing United States	-203(▼1)	SELL ALL	398	-4.2%(+/-2.7%)	0.5%	33.1x	Low (27)	62	+/-24.6%	$394.8($413.6)
List rank 25 Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) StocksListing United States	-202(▼6)	SELL ALL	396	-12.7%(+/-9.5%)	1.7%	39.0x	Moderate (59)	66	+/-31.9%	$258.7($300.8)
List rank 26 Costco Wholesale (COST) StocksListing United States	-201(▼1)	SELL ALL	395	-11.4%(+/-3.3%)	0.5%	48.8x	Moderate (40)	49	+/-22.1%	$892.8($1,012)
List rank 27 Chevron (CVX) StocksListing United States	-201(▼6)	SELL ALL	394	-10.9%(+/-6.0%)	2.1%	22.6x	Low (21)	42	+/-29.4%	$206.1($235.5)
List rank 28 Linde (LIN) StocksHQ United KingdomListing United States	-195(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	393	-3.8%(+/-2.7%)	1.2%	33.0x	Very Low (11)	50	+/-23.0%	$489.4($514.2)
List rank 29 Investor AB (INVE-B) StocksListing Sweden	-189(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	391	-4.9%(+/-4.7%)	0.9%	6.09x	Low (24)	67	+/-31.4%	kr403.0(kr427.1)
List rank 30 Emerson Electric (EMR) StocksListing United States	-187	PARTIAL SELL	390	-4.6%(+/-4.4%)	0.9%	35.9x	Low (23)	42	+/-29.3%	$156.1($164.9)
List rank 31 Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) StocksListing United States	-184	PARTIAL SELL	389	-41.3%(+/-12.5%)	0.0%	—	Very High (93)	39	+/-1363.0%	$6.58($11.21)
List rank 32 3M (MMM) StocksListing United States	-184(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	388	-5.2%(+/-6.8%)	1.2%	25.8x	Low (36)	46	+/-27.1%	$163.5($174.3)
List rank 33 The Home Depot (HD) StocksListing United States	-177(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	387	-4.5%(+/-5.5%)	2.0%	23.0x	Very Low (14)	37	+/-25.3%	$309.2($329.2)
List rank 34 Cloudflare (NET) StocksListing United States	-174	PARTIAL SELL	386	-8.9%(+/-5.6%)	0.0%	—	Very High (90)	41	+/-67.3%	$255.6($280.7)
List rank 35 Amgen (AMGN) StocksListing United States	-174	PARTIAL SELL	385	-13.4%(+/-7.3%)	1.5%	29.0x	Low (33)	52	+/-25.2%	$398.4($466.0)
List rank 36 Ecolab (ECL) StocksListing United States	-173(▼3)	PARTIAL SELL	384	-10.4%(+/-4.2%)	0.7%	41.0x	Low (24)	43	+/-25.2%	$269.7($303.0)
List rank 37 Exxon Mobil (XOM) StocksListing United States	-171(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	383	-14.0%(+/-8.3%)	1.5%	23.9x	Low (39)	44	+/-28.5%	$158.8($187.3)
List rank 38 Duke Energy (DUK) StocksListing United States	-169	PARTIAL SELL	382	-2.9%(+/-2.9%)	2.4%	18.9x	Very Low (15)	33	+/-20.5%	$121.2($127.4)
List rank 39 Shopify (SHOP) StocksListing Canada	-165(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	381	-20.0%(+/-7.6%)	0.0%	105x	High (73)	72	+/-64.9%	C$176.3(C$220.4)
List rank 40 Eli Lilly and (LLY) StocksListing United States	-165	PARTIAL SELL	380	-10.9%(+/-4.4%)	0.3%	47.4x	Moderate (47)	58	+/-30.7%	$1,260($1,418)
List rank 41 AstraZeneca (AZN) StocksListing United Kingdom	-164(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	379	-4.1%(+/-6.0%)	1.7%	28.0x	Very Low (18)	49	+/-24.9%	GBX 13,184(GBX 13,960)
List rank 42 Quanta Services (PWR) StocksListing United States	-155	PARTIAL SELL	378	-5.1%(+/-7.2%)	0.05%	70.7x	Very High (80)	38	+/-34.8%	$589.1($620.7)
List rank 43 Sonova H (SOON) StocksListing Switzerland	-152(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	377	-11.4%(+/-6.3%)	1.1%	21.3x	Very Low (16)	56	+/-27.7%	CHF 249.2(CHF 283.8)
List rank 44 ConocoPhillips (COP) StocksListing United States	-149(▼4)	PARTIAL SELL	376	-9.7%(+/-6.4%)	1.5%	20.1x	Moderate (41)	54	+/-37.6%	$137.2($154.0)
List rank 45 Rocket Lab USA (RKLB) StocksListing United States	-148(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	375	-10.8%(+/-9.8%)	0.0%	—	Very High (93)	52	+/-78.5%	$48.8($54.7)
List rank 46 International Business Machines (IBM) StocksListing United States	-148	PARTIAL SELL	374	-3.1%(+/-3.9%)	1.8%	22.0x	Very Low (17)	45	+/-28.5%	$246.0($257.8)
List rank 47 Union Pacific (UNP) StocksListing United States	-147(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	373	-3.6%(+/-6.0%)	1.3%	23.7x	Very Low (14)	51	+/-25.3%	$289.7($304.0)
List rank 48 Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) StocksListing United States	-147(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	372	-3.5%(+/-5.6%)	0.2%	36.5x	Very Low (18)	49	+/-26.7%	$671.7($697.0)
List rank 49 Zscaler (ZS) StocksListing United States	-147(▼1)	PARTIAL SELL	371	-12.0%(+/-7.0%)	0.0%	—	High (68)	47	+/-58.5%	$209.3($237.8)
List rank 50 Royal Bank of Canada (RY) StocksListing Canada	-145	PARTIAL SELL	370	-2.6%(+/-4.8%)	1.8%	17.4x	Low (31)	39	+/-17.6%	C$272.3(C$283.9)

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.

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Which stocks are the top sell or short candidates?

The current top 5 sell / short candidates are: 1. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO); 2. Royal Bank of Canada (RY); 3. Visa Inc.; 4. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); 5. Union Pacific Corporation (UNP).

Which stock shows the weakest projected return?

Moderna, Inc. (MRNA) currently shows the weakest projected return in this sell / short ranking at -51.60% annualized.

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

Iberdrola, S.A. has the highest annual net dividend yield in this sell / short ranking at 2.5%.

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

Royal Bank of Canada (RY) is currently the least volatile in this sell / short ranking at +17.60% 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.