As 2025 approaches, BTIG offers some opportunities for investors. After two years of unusually strong gains for stocks, investors are wondering which areas of the market could fuel further gains. The financial services firm’s research team this week dropped its top picks for the first half of 2025, which represent its strongest ideas for the next 12 months. Here are the 10 stocks that made the list: Howmet Aerospace is the pick after a stellar year for the stock, which more than doubled in 2024. “The stock has been on a very consistent upward trend over the past few years,” the team said, noting the stock’s December retracement of more than 7%. “Assuming it can now continue higher and surpass the previous high and move to $130.” HWM YTD Mountain Howmet, 1-Year BTIG’s $130 price target implies that the stock could rise 15% from Friday’s closing price. Howmet caught the attention of some on Wall Street. Ari Wald, head of technical analysis at Oppenheimer, told CNBC on Thursday that traders should use the recent pullback as an entry point. “The industry hasn’t really taken off, but the stock continues to work,” he told CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “We still like it.” BTIG also lists Starbucks, noting that it sells from Domino’s Pizza Got a preferred spot in (Domino’s Pizza). Starbucks experienced negative growth for the third consecutive year in 2024. Have held equivalent positions. “Given the leadership changes at Starbucks, the turnaround potential we see, and the likely timing of these efforts throughout the calendar year, our preferred switch … creates an intriguing scenario as we enter the second half of 2025. Attention returns set to 2026,” the BTIG team wrote in a letter to clients. SBUX 1Y mountain Starbucks, 1-year The company has a price target of $115, which represents a 24% upside from Thursday’s closing price. Boot Barn is one of the smaller companies on the BTIG list. The company said the retailer’s shares remain attractively positioned even after rising nearly 98% in 2024. The company’s shares have retreated from their mid-October highs after announcing the departure of longtime CEO Jim Conroy and reporting mixed second-quarter earnings. BTIG said the report was otherwise strong. Boot Barn is seen as the winner of the recent U.S. fashion industry’s focus on Western clothing. What’s more, Circana reports that sales of Western boots jumped more than 20% in the week following the release of Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album last year. BOOT 1Y mountain Boot Barn, 1-year The company’s $185 price target implies a potential upside of nearly 17% from Friday’s closing price.
BTIG’s top ideas for 2025 include Starbucks and a Western retailer | Real Time Headlines
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