While most of Wall Street focuses on large-cap and mega-cap stocks, as they provide a degree of safety and liquidity, many investors are limited in the number of shares they can buy. Many of the biggest public companies, especially the technology giants, trade in the hundreds, all the way up to over $1,000 per share or more. At those steep prices, it is difficult to get any decent share count leverage.
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Many investors, especially more aggressive traders, look at lower-priced stocks as a way not only to make some good money but to get a higher share count. That can really help the decision-making process, especially when you are on to a winner, as you can always sell half and keep half.

We screened our 24/7 Wall St. research database looking for well-known companies that could very well offer patient investors some huge returns for the rest of 2022 and beyond. Skeptics of low-priced shares should remember that at one point both Amazon and Apple traded in the single digits. One stock we featured over the years, Zynga, recently was purchased by Take-Two Interactive.

While all five stocks are rated Buy, it is important to remember that no single analyst report should be used as a sole basis for any buying or selling decision.

Angi

Shares of this popular home services company have been crushed and have huge upside potential. Angi Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) connects home service professionals with consumers in the United States and internationally.

The Angi Ads business connects consumers with service professionals for local services through the Angi nationwide online directory of service professionals in various service categories. It provides consumers with valuable tools, services and content, including verified reviews, to help them research, shop and hire for local services, and it sells term-based website and mobile and digital magazine advertising to service professionals, as well as provides quoting, invoicing and payment services.

The company also owns and operates Angi Leads digital marketplace service, which connects consumers with service professionals for home repair, maintenance and improvement projects; offers consumers with tools and resources to find local, pre-screened and customer-rated service professionals, as well as online appointment booking; and connects consumers with service professionals by telephone and home services-related resources.
Angi also operates Handy, a platform for household services, primarily cleaning and repair services; Angi Roofing, which provides roof replacement and repair services; and home services marketplaces under the Travaux, MyHammer, Werkspot, MyBuilder and Instapro names.

Goldman Sachs has a $12 price target for Angi stock, while the consensus target is $9.68. The shares closed almost 7% higher on Friday at $5.68.
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Infinera

Some feel that this top company would be an outstanding addition to a networking giant as a takeover candidate. Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN) provides Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators, governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate service innovation and simplify optical network operations.

Infinera’s portfolio of solutions includes optical transport platforms, converged packet-optical transport platforms, optical line systems, router platforms and a suite of networking and automation software offerings.

Earlier this month, the company announced that the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) Consortium, owner of one of the largest consortium cable systems in the world, selected Infinera’s ICE6 coherent 800G solution to increase its submarine network capacity and provide diverse, resilient connectivity across European, Asian, African and Middle Eastern markets. AAE-1’s submarine upgrade will more than double the current capacity, providing in excess of 100 terabytes per second, resulting in the largest-scale submarine upgrade in history.

Goldman Sachs has set a $10 price objective, while the consensus target on Infinera stock is $9.30. The shares last traded on Friday at $5.84, up over 4% for the day.

Nokia

This telecommunications company ruled the cell phone arena until the advent of the smartphone in 2007 and recently re-emerged as a top meme stock. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) owns two main businesses: 1) Nokia Networks, a network infrastructure equipment supplier to global wireless and wireline operators, and 2) Technologies, its patent/IPR licensing activities.

In a very positive sign for investors, the company has resumed its quarterly dividend and initiated a share buyback program after reporting very solid fourth-quarter results, with comparable operating earnings above market estimates as the telecom equipment maker kept costs in check. Nokia also forecasted annual revenue that was largely ahead of projections and set a long-term target for operating margins of at least 14%, replacing its earlier 2023 target of between 11% and 13%.

Morgan Stanley’s $7.50 target price compares with the $7.10 consensus target. Nokia stock closed at $5.14 on Friday.

After a red-hot initial public offering in 2019, this stock has had a wild three years but looks to be putting in a bottom. RealReal Inc. (NASDAQ: REAL) is San Francisco-based and enables secondhand luxury consignment sales. RealReal has an active member base of 14 million, with over 600,000 active buyers.
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Through its unique sourcing and fulfillment operations, RealReal helps individuals sell unwanted or unused personal luxury clothing, accessories (fine jewelry, watches, handbags) and home and art goods by matching their consigned inventory with a buyer base on its marketplace. Some 76% of new inventory supply sells within 90 days, making warehouse efficiency critical. The analysts at BofA Securities were impressed by the scale and efficiency. One key financial takeaway was that variable cost (including authentication) is relatively smaller than expected.

The RealReal target price at BofA Securities Buy is $7. The consensus target is even higher at $10.07. Shares closed at $3.27 on Friday, which was up a stunning 13% on the day.

Southwestern Energy

This stock has broken out and could be ready to run, as natural gas prices are hitting levels not seen since 2008. Southwestern Energy Co. (NYSE: SWN) is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the United States. The company focuses on the development of unconventional natural gas and oil reservoirs located in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Louisiana.

As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 768,050 net acres in Appalachia; 1,527 wells on production; and approximately proved natural gas, oil and NGLs reserves of 21,148 billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent.

Southwestern Energy also engages in the marketing and transportation of natural gas, oil and NGLs. The company serves LNG exporters, energy companies, utilities and industrial purchasers of natural gas.

The $10.50 Raymond James price target may be poised to increase. The consensus target is $10.99, and Southwestern Energy stock closed almost 6% higher on Friday at $9.32.

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These are five stocks for aggressive investors looking to get share count leverage on companies that have sizable upside potential. While not suited for all investors, they are not penny stocks with absolutely no track record or liquidity, and major Wall Street firms have research coverage.

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