Turnaround

155 tickers in this investment thesis
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
AEO·Consumer Discretionary
B ★★★Hold
Current$15.43
Target$17.60
Return+14.1%
Sep 15, 2026

American Eagle Outfitters offers a low-multiple turnaround opportunity powered by Aerie growth, aggressive shareholder returns and potential core-brand recovery, but American Eagle markdown pressure and non-recurring tariff-refund earnings still make normalized profitability uncertain.

Score
73
Victoria's Secret & Co.
VSXY·Consumer Discretionary
B ★★★Hold
Current$74.54
Target$82.28
Return+10.4%
Sep 15, 2026

Victoria's Secret is executing a credible brand-and-margin turnaround with rising earnings and cash generation, but meaningful leverage and a substantial valuation premium to apparel peers limit the margin of safety after the stock's sharp rerating.

Score
72
VinFast Auto Ltd.
Current$3.15
Sep 14, 2026

VinFast offers extraordinary EV delivery growth, a powerful Vietnamese franchise, and a vast emerging-market opportunity, but deeply negative gross margins, multi-billion-dollar cash burn, and continuing dependence on founder-backed funding make the equity unsuitable until post-restructuring economics materially improve.

Score
35
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
WLY·Communication Services
A ★★★★Buy
Current$47.03
Target$63.48
Return+35.0%
Sep 14, 2026

John Wiley & Sons offers an unusually inexpensive Research and scientific-content franchise with improving cash flow, AI monetization, and aggressive share retirement, though Emerald-related leverage and persistent Learning weakness make successful integration and deleveraging essential to the upside case.

Score
81
Macy's, Inc.
M·Consumer Discretionary
B ★★★Hold
Current$22.08
Target$29.48
Return+33.5%
Sep 14, 2026

Macy's combines unusually cheap cash-flow valuation with improving store productivity and strong luxury-banner momentum, but the investment case still depends on a mature department-store franchise proving that its recent comparable-sales recovery can persist without temporary tariff benefits.

Score
78
Dollar Tree, Inc.
DLTR·Consumer Staples
A ★★★★Buy
Current$118.17
Target$148.14
Return+25.4%
Sep 14, 2026

Dollar Tree is becoming a more productive, cash-generative stand-alone value retailer with multi-price growth and aggressive buybacks at a historically inexpensive valuation, though investors must distinguish genuine operating improvement from temporary tariff-refund earnings.

Score
81
The Campbell's Company
CPB·Consumer Staples
F Avoid
Current$21.01
Sep 13, 2026

Campbell's owns durable food brands, strong cash generation and a potentially valuable cost-driven turnaround, but collapsing near-term earnings, persistent Snacks weakness and elevated leverage make today's low valuation look more like a warning signal than a sufficient margin of safety.

Score
49
Banco BBVA Argentina S.A.
BBAR·Financials
A ★★★★Buy
Current$14.47
Target$19.50
Return+34.8%
Aug 30, 2026

BBVA Argentina is a highly liquid, overcapitalized fortress trading at a discounted valuation, poised to ride a massive structural credit expansion as the country's macroeconomy stabilizes, though investors must tolerate the near-term volatility of rising retail delinquencies.

Score
86
The Gap, Inc.
GAP·Consumer Discretionary
A ★★★★Buy
Current$23.48
Target$31.44
Return+33.9%
Aug 30, 2026

Gap is a cash-generating retail fortress trading at deeply distressed multiples backed by an aggressive $1 billion buyback, though investors must vigilantly monitor Old Navy's ability to halt market share losses against off-price competitors.

Score
85
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc.
Current$127.35
Aug 30, 2026

While the core DICK'S banner remains a highly profitable, scaled retail machine, the massive, highly dilutive Foot Locker acquisition has fundamentally poisoned the consolidated margin profile, exposing investors to severe turnaround execution risks and continued earnings deterioration in a fiercely promotional macro environment.

Score
43
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
ANF·Consumer Discretionary
A ★★★★Buy
Current$109.96
Target$128.00
Return+16.4%
Aug 26, 2026

Abercrombie & Fitch has masterfully engineered an elite, high-margin retail turnaround that the market still prices as a stagnant cyclical asset, though investors must closely monitor impending tariff pressures and the stagnation of its teenage-focused Hollister banner.

Score
87
Coty Inc.
COTY·Consumer Staples
B ★★★Hold
Current$2.74
Target$3.95
Return+44.2%
Aug 26, 2026

Coty is a highly cash-generative turnaround play trading at distressed multiples, but investors must tolerate a grueling transition period clouded by the loss of the Gucci license and persistent weakness in mass cosmetics.

Score
76
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID·Consumer Discretionary
A ★★★★Buy
Current$5.09
Target$27.00
Return+430.5%
Aug 25, 2026

Backed by unlimited sovereign capital and an elite technological moat, Lucid is successfully pivoting from a struggling luxury automaker into a high-volume autonomous infrastructure supplier for Uber.

Score
86
Rogers Corporation
ROG·Technology
B ★★★Hold
Current$126.55
Target$173.55
Return+37.1%
Aug 25, 2026

Rogers is a specialty materials leader pivoting toward AI data center cooling and operational recovery, though investors must weigh its high forward valuation against persistent electric vehicle market sluggishness.

Score
77
ManpowerGroup Inc.
MAN·Industrials
B ★★★Hold
Current$61.45
Target$71.54
Return+16.4%
Aug 25, 2026

ManpowerGroup is successfully streamlining its cost structure and pivoting toward high-margin IT solutions, but a premium peer valuation and extreme vulnerability to Eurozone macroeconomic stagnation cap the near-term upside, warranting a hold until global industrial output firmly accelerates.

Score
75
Peloton Interactive, Inc.
PTON·Consumer Discretionary
C ★★Sell
Current$5.41
Aug 25, 2026

Peloton has masterfully executed a financial turnaround to become a cash-printing, highly profitable software business trading at deep discount multiples, but investors must avoid the stock until management proves they can halt the fatal, structural bleed of their core subscriber base.

Score
58
Uniti Group Inc.
UNIT·Real Estate
B ★★★Hold
Current$9.97
Target$16.23
Return+62.8%
Aug 24, 2026

Uniti Group is executing a massive turnaround post-Windstream merger with robust hyperscaler fiber demand and a heavily discounted valuation, though its staggering debt load and negative free cash flow mandate significant execution perfection to achieve its aggressive 2029 expansion targets.

Score
75
Helios Technologies, Inc.
HLIO·Industrials
B ★★★Hold
Current$76.18
Target$88.00
Return+15.5%
Aug 24, 2026

Helios is a cash-gushing, margin-expanding industrial technology leader pivoting toward massive structural opportunities like data center cooling, though its rich absolute valuation and exposure to sluggish agricultural equipment cycles warrant short-term pricing discipline.

Score
78
StoneCo Ltd.
STNE·Technology
C ★★Sell
Current$9.36
Aug 24, 2026

StoneCo boasts immense cash flow and valuation cheapness protected by buybacks, but investors should exit as the core acquiring moat is cannibalized by PIX and the MSMB credit pivot faces toxic delinquency headwinds.

Score
70
PENN Entertainment, Inc.
PENN·Consumer Discretionary
B ★★★Hold
Current$18.65
Target$24.45
Return+31.1%
Aug 24, 2026

PENN offers deep value through aggressively shrinking its float and harvesting cash from mature regional casino monopolies, though investors must accept the structural ceiling imposed by massive REIT lease obligations and the complete abandonment of national digital market-share ambitions.

Score
76
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
HOG·Consumer Discretionary
B ★★★Hold
Current$28.20
Target$31.35
Return+11.2%
Aug 24, 2026

Harley-Davidson offers a deeply discounted, cash-rich turnaround play backed by massive insider conviction and aggressive buybacks, though investors must remain acutely wary of the permanent margin damage threatened by the brand's inevitable pivot toward lower-priced, entry-level motorcycles in a demographically shrinking market.

Score
77
DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.
XRAY·Healthcare
B ★★★Hold
Current$10.92
Target$15.50
Return+41.9%
Aug 24, 2026

Priced as a terminal business, Dentsply Sirona offers massive asymmetric upside backed by surging free cash flow and aggressive share repurchases, though investors must navigate the white-knuckle risks of a highly leveraged balance sheet and deteriorating end-market demand.

Score
76
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
MPT·Real Estate
B ★★★Hold
Current$4.12
Target$5.70
Return+38.3%
Aug 23, 2026

Medical Properties Trust offers an extreme deep-value turnaround opportunity after successfully navigating a near-fatal tenant bankruptcy and debt wall, though investors must tolerate massive volatility and execution risk as interim operators attempt to stabilize cash flows.

Score
77