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Crown's Top 3 Stock Picks For The Week
Here are our top 3 stock picks for the week...
Crown Trading
March 17, 2025
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Here’s everything you need to know today: There are currently 14,157 publicly traded companies in the United States and over 1000+ articles released about S&P500 companies alone every single day. Today we will be showing you our top 3 stock picks we have hand picked for this week:
1 year performance
AZO - 14%
CVNA - 130%
RDDT - 172%
This Week (Here’s our top 3 stock picks)
Autozone Inc. (AZO)
1 Year Performance: +14%
Category: Growth
Market Cap: $59.6B
Company Info:
AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is a leading automotive parts retailer that provides replacement parts, accessories, and maintenance products for cars, trucks, and other vehicles. The company operates thousands of stores across the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil, catering to both do-it-yourself (DIY) customers and professional mechanics with a strong focus on customer service and inventory availability.
Why it’s a buy:
AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is a strong buy due to its dominant position in the automotive parts retail market, benefiting from consistent demand driven by vehicle maintenance and repair needs.
The company reported a 9% year-over-year increase in net sales for Q4 2024, reaching $6.20 billion, with a 0.7% rise in same-store sales.
Despite facing challenges such as currency fluctuations and inflationary pressures that led to a 2% decline in net sales to $3.95 billion in Q2 2025, AutoZone's domestic same-store sales rose by 1.9%, surpassing the previous year's 0.3% increase.
Analysts have a consensus "Strong Buy" rating for AutoZone, with an average price target of $3,813, suggesting a potential upside of approximately 7.26% from the current price of $3,554.91.
The company's focus on serving both DIY customers and professional mechanics, along with its commitment to share repurchases and dividends, enhances shareholder value and positions AutoZone for long-term growth.
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Carvana Co. (CVNA)
1 Year Performance: +130%
Category: Growth
Market Cap: $37.6B
Company Info:
Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) is an online platform that allows customers to buy, sell, and trade used cars through its website, offering a fully digital experience with home delivery. The company uses technology to simplify the vehicle purchasing process, providing tools like financing options and a 7-day return policy to enhance customer satisfaction.
Why it’s a buy:
Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) is considered a buy due to its innovative online platform that has significantly disrupted the traditional used-car market, offering customers a convenient and transparent vehicle purchasing experience.
The company has demonstrated strong financial performance, with recent reports indicating a 75% year-over-year increase in earnings per share for Q4 2024, reaching $0.56 and surpassing analysts' expectations.
Analyst sentiment is positive, with 37.5% of 16 analysts recommending Carvana as a Strong Buy, and an average price target of $271.50, suggesting substantial potential upside from the current trading price of $181.18.
These factors, combined with Carvana's continued expansion and operational improvements, position the company for sustained growth, making its stock an attractive investment opportunity.
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Reddit Inc. (RDDT)
1 Year Performance: +172%
Category: Momentum
Market Cap: $22.5B
Company Info:
Reddit is a popular online platform that hosts a wide variety of user-generated content and discussions through forums known as subreddits. Users can post text, links, and media, while engaging in discussions, voting on content, and moderating communities to create a dynamic space for conversations across virtually every topic.
Why it’s a buy:
Reddit's stock (ticker: RDDT) presents a compelling investment opportunity due to its substantial user base and strong financial performance.
In Q4 2024, Reddit reported a 71% year-over-year revenue increase, reaching $427.7 million, with advertising revenue contributing $394.5 million, a 60% rise from the previous year.
The platform's Daily Active Users (DAU) grew by 39% year-over-year, totaling 101.7 million.
For the full year of 2024, Reddit achieved a 62% revenue growth, amounting to $1.3 billion, with advertising revenue accounting for $1.2 billion, and a gross margin of 90.5%, an improvement of 430 basis points from the prior year.
Despite a net loss of $484.3 million, primarily due to IPO-related expenses, the company achieved an Adjusted EBITDA of $298.0 million, marking a $367.3 million improvement from the prior year.
Additionally, Reddit's Monthly Unique Visitors reached 1.1 billion as of January 2025, up from 864.6 million in January 2024.
These metrics underscore Reddit's robust market position and growth trajectory, reinforcing its status as an attractive investment opportunity.
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