Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq crater after China announces first retaliatory tariffs
Yahoo Finance’s Brian Sozzi scoured the Wall Street community’s avalanche of research notes from the past 48 hours to see what analysts are saying about the winners and losers of President Trump’s trade war.
First up, the good news. Analysts at Evercore ISI and RBC Capital Markets found seven stocks that are relatively tariff-proof.
They noted that auto parts sellers like Genuine Parts Company (GPC) and O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY) are well-positioned for tariffs. Some cheaper software names, such as Microsoft (MSFT), Salesforce (CRM), Intuit (INTU), Workday (WDAY), and Adobe (ADBE), may also be relatively safe bets.
“While there are no ‘safe havens’ … we believe companies that are already back to their 2022 trough multiple on enterprise value/free cash flow or price-to-earnings are probably a bit safer (on a relative basis),” Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne wrote.
Read more about the seven tariff-proof stocks here.
However, sentiment on a legion of other names has rapidly shifted. Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA) immediately come to mind, but as Sozzi notes, there are some less obvious names also getting bruised.
Citi and Evercore ISI analysts named internet companies with significant exposure to discretionary spending, such as Shopify (SHOP), Airbnb (ABNB), Booking Holdings (BKNG), eBay (EBAY), Etsy (ETSY), Trade Desk (TTD), Snap (SNAP), Roku (ROKU), as at risk. The analysts were also down on Wayfair (W) and Best Buy (BBY), which mostly source products from China.
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