Cyclical

242 tickers in this investment thesis
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Trekor Metals Limited
TGB·Materials
A ★★★★Buy
Current$9.19
Target$12.00
Return+30.6%
Aug 25, 2026

Trekor Metals offers highly leveraged, fully funded exposure to the secular copper supercycle through its proprietary, low-cost ISCR extraction technology, provided investors can tolerate the inherent volatility of cyclical commodity markets.

Score
87
Kennametal Inc.
KMT·Industrials
B ★★★Hold
Current$29.96
Target$37.20
Return+24.2%
Aug 25, 2026

Kennametal is a defensible, technologically entrenched industrial tooling leader at distressed valuation lows, but investors must endure severe near-term margin compression and negative cash flow as it unwinds an ill-timed raw material inventory build.

Score
75
DXP Enterprises, Inc.
DXPE·Industrials
B ★★★Hold
Current$190.28
Target$200.00
Return+5.1%
Aug 24, 2026

DXP Enterprises demonstrates tremendous organic and M&A-driven revenue growth and record margin expansion, though its heavily leveraged balance sheet and cyclical end-market exposure warrant a cautious valuation multiple at current peak prices.

Score
75
Seadrill Limited
SDRL·Energy
B ★★★Hold
Current$47.29
Target$56.02
Return+18.5%
Aug 24, 2026

Seadrill is a highly disciplined, pure-play deepwater tollbooth poised to harvest massive cash flows from the offshore upcycle, though investors must accept the razor-thin margin of safety resulting from its fair valuation and inherent vulnerability to commodity shocks.

Score
75
Boise Cascade Company
BCC·Materials
B ★★★Hold
Current$82.47
Target$95.50
Return+15.8%
Aug 24, 2026

Boise Cascade is an unparalleled, cash-generating tollbooth in building materials distribution with massive upside from its new exclusive James Hardie partnership, but investors must endure near-term margin compression and elevated historical multiples as the company navigates a frozen housing cycle.

Score
81
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
HP·Energy
B ★★★Hold
Current$44.10
Target$46.26
Return+4.9%
Aug 22, 2026

Helmerich & Payne commands an elite, highly cash-generative U.S. drilling monopoly trading at an extreme relative discount, but investors must cautiously navigate the massive leverage and execution friction introduced by its transformative international expansion before allocating new capital.

Score
75
Tidewater Inc.
TDW·Energy
B ★★★Hold
Current$94.63
Target$105.01
Return+11.0%
Aug 21, 2026

Tidewater is the undisputed leader in offshore support vessels, riding a massive structural upcycle and severe supply constraints, though near-term margin friction from Middle East conflicts and a fully valued multiple demand a cautious entry.

Score
78
Delek US Holdings, Inc.
DK·Energy
B ★★★Hold
Current$66.33
Target$74.02
Return+11.6%
Aug 20, 2026

Delek US is an aggressively undervalued, high-yielding sum-of-the-parts play masking a pristine standalone balance sheet and a highly lucrative midstream asset, though investors must stomach the violent cyclicality of refining margins and persistent regulatory uncertainty.

Score
84
Century Aluminum Company
CENX·Materials
B ★★★Hold
Current$45.66
Target$70.50
Return+54.4%
Aug 19, 2026

Century Aluminum is a uniquely protected, cash-rich tollbooth leveraging U.S. tariffs and Icelandic renewable energy to print peak-cycle profits, though investors must remain hyper-vigilant regarding its total dependence on government subsidies and the looming, multi-billion-dollar execution risk of its unproven Oklahoma mega-smelter.

Score
78
Warrior Met Coal, Inc.
HCC·Materials
B ★★★Hold
Current$98.63
Target$106.92
Return+8.4%
Aug 19, 2026

Warrior Met Coal is entering a period of explosive, high-visibility cash flow generation driven by its world-class Blue Creek expansion, but elevated trailing multiples and severe insider selling warrant caution regarding the durability of the global steel pricing cycle.

Score
77
Adecoagro S.A.
AGRO·Consumer Staples
B ★★★Hold
Current$8.91
Target$13.43
Return+50.7%
Aug 18, 2026

Adecoagro controls an immense, highly profitable portfolio of prime South American farmland and industrial infrastructure trading at deeply distressed cash-flow multiples, but its heavily leveraged balance sheet, constant EPS misses, and exposure to volatile macro cycles require investors to demand a massive margin of safety.

Score
75
Murphy Oil Corporation
MUR·Energy
B ★★★Hold
Current$34.57
Target$41.71
Return+20.7%
Aug 17, 2026

Murphy Oil is a highly disciplined, cash-generative E&P operator trading at an attractive absolute valuation, but investors must remain highly vigilant regarding the execution risks and massive capital burdens of its aggressive deepwater offshore expansion strategy.

Score
75