UBS spotlights top 30 stocks across all S&P sectors

Seeking Alpha News (Mon, 31-Mar 9:09 AM)

The UBS CIO Americas wealth management equity sector strategy team came out and spotlighted its 30 most preferred stocks across each of the 11 S&P sectors as Wall Street closes out its first quarter of trading in 2025.

“Our equity sector strategists have worked together to identify one to four Most Preferred recommended stocks per sector, which we believe are best positioned to outperform the respective sector benchmark over a 12-month investment horizon,” UBS said in a recent investor note.

Outlined below are the 30 stocks that the investment bank spotlighted. Moreover, Seeking Alpha then ranked the 30 stocks UBS listed in accordance to its quant metrics.

For reference, Seeking Alpha's Quant system is driven by powerful computer processing and SA's special 'Quantamental' analysis. It awards grades to stocks based on collective value, growth, profitability, earnings per share revisions, and price momentum metrics.

See the list below:

No. 30: Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM), quant grade of 2.71.

No. 29: American Tower (NYSE:AMT), quant grade of 2.77.

No. 28: Dexcom (NASDAQ:DXCM), quant grade of 2.78.

No. 27: Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL), quant grade of 2.83.

No. 26: Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR), quant grade of 2.90.

No. 25: Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST), quant grade of 2.97.

No. 24: Air Products & Chemicals (NYSE:APD), quant grade of 3.01.

No. 23: Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX), quant grade of 3.02. 

No. 22: Eaton (NYSE:ETN), quant grade of 3.02.

No. 21: Prologis (NYSE:PLD), quant grade of 3.09.

No. 20: United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS), quant grade of 3.16.

No. 19: Boeing (NYSE:BA), quant grade of 3.19. 

No. 18: Salesforce (NYSE:CRM), quant grade of 3.23.

No. 17: Home Depot (NYSE:HD), quant grade of 3.25.

No. 16: NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE), quant grade of 3.28.

No. 15: Micron (NASDAQ:MU), quant grade of 3.29.

No. 14: Abbot Laboratories (NYSE:ABT), quant grade of 3.34. 

No. 13: United Health Group (NYSE:UNH), quant grade of 3.37.

No. 12: Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), quant grade of 3.37. 

No. 11: Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU), quant grade of 3.40. 

No. 10: Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL), quant grade of 3.40.

No. 9: Kinder Morgan (KM), quant grade of 3.43.

No. 8: Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), quant grade of 3.44.

No. 7: Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), quant grade of 3.46. 

No. 6: Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), quant grade of 3.47.

No. 5: Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR), quant grade of 4.48.

No. 4: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), quant grade of 4.52.

No. 3: Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET), quant grade of 4.58.

No. 2: MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX), quant grade of 4.81.

No. 1: Life Time Group (NYSE:LTH), quant grade of 4.92.