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4 Buy-and-Hold-Forever Stocks Available at a Bargain

Even as Warren Buffett prepares to officially retire as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), investors are likely to continue to honor his legacy by emulating his investing strategies. One of the hallmarks of Buffett’s approach is identifying exceptional stocks and maintaining positions in them for a long time—even decades in many cases. For many investors, a buy-and-hold approach works well in that it minimizes the temptation to trade impulsively or too often.

A critical challenge to buy-and-hold investing is selecting appropriate companies to target. Each investor’s stipulations for what constitutes an attractive hold-forever stock are different, but one common consideration is whether a company represents a good value. Consider the four companies below, all of which offer a compelling investment proposition at a bargain price.

Upside Potential and a 6.7% Dividend Yield Make This Midstream Stock a Long-Term Buy

Midstream energy outfit Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) saw share prices drop in early April amid tariff concerns, and as of mid-June, they have yet to fully recover. This presents a unique opportunity for investors to gain exposure to an energy company with 15% upside potential and eight analysts flashing a Buy rating.

Although Enterprise missed earnings expectations in its last quarterly report, it nonetheless noted nearly 5% year-over-year (YoY) revenue growth during a period of difficult external challenges.

This suggests the company is resilient in the face of threats. Analysts predict earnings growth to accelerate even further going forward.

Enterprise draws attention from long-term investors for its dividends. The company provides a high dividend yield of 6.70%. Although the dividend payout ratio of 80.15% is on the high side, the firm’s strong balance sheet and nearly three-decade history of increasing distributions speak to its ability to manage cash effectively.

Opportunity to Solidify Position as Leading Space Services Provider for Lunar Missions

Intuitive Machines Inc. (NASDAQ: LUNR) provides space station, satellite, and other orbital services, as well as lunar data services. With NASA renewing plans to send humans to the moon in the coming years through the Artemis program, Intuitive has an opportunity to cement itself as the leading services provider for any number of future lunar missions beyond Artemis.

The company aims to provide a wide range of tools to make communication, mining, and energy generation possible in space.

Investors watching for short-term financial success might overlook Intuitive, given its lack of profitability and minimal capacity to generate revenue thus far. But analysts are more willing to take a longer view, with six out of nine recommending LUNR as a Buyand assigning upside potential of more than 47%.

Should the Artemis missions prove successful, Intuitive could play a significant role in humanity’s next wave of space exploration.

Ambitious Expansion Plans and Attractive Profit Proposition

Alaska Air Group Inc. (NYSE: ALK) is often overlooked compared with larger rivals, but this one-time regional airline is rapidly expanding through its ambitious Alaska Accelerate initiative. Thanks to its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines in 2024, the company is on track to deliver $1 billion in incremental profit by 2027 as it expands its global footprint and builds customer loyalty.

Alaska’s margins are strong, its balance sheet and cash flow have historically caught investor attention, and it is growing its premium revenue at a steady pace. The airline seems poised to position itself as a major contender for air travel across the United States and internationally alongside legacy competitors.

Shares of Alaska are down about a quarter in the last year, but analysts see strong upside potential going forward, and 11 out of 12 analysts view ALK as a Buy. This dip may represent an opportunity to buy ALK shares before they soar again.

Death Care Demand Likely to Grow, Fueling Interest in Service Co.

Although investors may not like to think about it, cemetery and funeral services providers can be lucrative businesses. Service Co. International (NYSE: SCI) is among the largest of these companies readily accessible to investors, with a market cap nearing $12 billion.

The death services market is poised to accelerate growth in the coming decades; by the early 2030s all Baby Boomers will be senior citizens, and this generation of roughly 76 million will need to make plans for eventual end-of-life processes.

Service Co. is successfully adapting to changing demands and has pivoted toward an insurance-funded pre-need sales model while maintaining a strong average revenue per service and growing its overall services.

Perhaps most importantly, the company has the infrastructure in place to accommodate increasing demand, even as the overall number of funeral homes across the country is in decline.

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Palantir Defies Bears, Leads S&P 500 in 2025

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) continues to defy conventional expectations. In midday trading on June 16, PLTR stock is trading at $142.05. That’s slightly down from the all-time high (ATH) made earlier in the session. However, the stock is now the best-performing S&P 500 stock, up more than 89% in 2025.

The immediate catalyst for PLTR stock was the conflict between Israel and Iran. Investors frequently make decisions based on probability. There is no confirmation that Palantir’s technology is being used. But the company has had a presence in the country since 2021, and it’s reasonable to presume the company’s technology is being used in some capacity.

What is confirmed is that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is using Palantir’s technology. The company has also been listed as one of several companies that would be part of the Golden Dome missile defense system being proposed by the Trump administration. Palantir is also becoming an essential company in the space economy.

That being said, PLTR stock is more than overdue for a pullback. However, rather than view that as a concern over the company’s valuation, retail investors should look at any downside move as a natural step in what likely will remain a bullish pattern.

Volatility and Liquidity Continue to Drive PLTR Stock

Institutional investment in Palantir has increased in the last three quarters, but overall institutional ownership is still around 45%. It’s fair to say that retail investors continue to lead this charge higher. In fact, the uncertainty and volatility that define the broader market help make the case for PLTR stock.

Investors are looking for stocks with liquidity, and Palantir fits that description. For example, on Friday, July 13, the volume on PLTR stock was over 93 million shares, above its average of 80.86 million shares.

Of course, volatility works both ways. Palantir shareholders only need to look back to February, when the stock dropped by more than 40%. At that time, the market’s concern was the potential for less AI infrastructure spending. But now, as was the case then, this shouldn’t be an issue for Palantir.

Palantir Is Architecture Agnostic

Palantir is frequently referred to as a data analytics company. That may be too simplistic, but it does point to a tension that some investors feel. A core strength of Palantir is its ability to integrate data from any source.

This plays well with centralized databases such as Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. These platforms rely on as much data as possible to train their models.

For some investors, that could put Palantir at odds with a world that’s increasingly adopting blockchain technology. But Palantir is architecture agnostic. This means its platforms (Foundry, Gotham, AIP, etc.) can also integrate data from decentralized systems such as public blockchains and distributed ledgers.

And blockchain is not a rejection of AI. Instead, it offers an antidote of sorts to the excesses of centralized databases that have gaps in security and privacy. Palantir excels in both security and privacy.

Analyst Ratings Show a Higher Ceiling and a Higher Floor

There’s no way to get around the lofty valuation on PLTR stock. Even for those who consider Palantir to be a unicorn among technology stocks, the share price is expensive. Going beyond the company’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, its price-to-sales (P/S) ratio and other conventional metrics, investors have to ask themselves how much they’re willing to pay for a $1 of Palantir’s earnings.

Currently, estimates are for earnings to increase by about 10% in the next 12 months. Even if the company were to keep that going for the next 10 years, critics would say it doesn’t justify its valuation.

Analysts are divided on the issue. For example, Loop Capital recently raised its price target on PLTR stock to $155 from $130. However, the consensus price target among sell-side analysts is a price target of $101.32, which is a 26% decline in the stock.

However, once again, this shows that the floor for PLTR stock is moving higher. This is essential to Palantir’s long-term buy-and-hold case.

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Why Analysts Are Bullish on Celsius Stock After 30% Drop

In today’s volatile market—shaken by recent trade tariffs introduced by President Trump—analysts have been cautious, avoiding bold predictions that could risk their reputations. When the broader S&P 500 is swinging unpredictably, optimistic stock calls become rare.

That is why a recent analyst upgrade for Celsius Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CELH)deserves attention. This boost is rooted in the underlying risk-to-reward ratio, which is heavily skewed in favor of buyers, and in the underlying fundamental growth tied to the business and its product popularity. The company’s momentum, both in sales and market sentiment, has attracted institutional interest and analyst optimism—signs pointing to a potential mispricing in the consumer discretionary sector.

In short, this may be one of those rare bullish signals that shine through market uncertainty, and investors would be wise not to ignore it.

Don’t Count Celsius Out Yet

Once the hottest name in the sector, Celsius has now fallen to only 64% of its 52-week high prices to join other names in the space that shouldn’t be trading that low. One peer and close ally is found in shares of PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which has invested in Celsius for not only upside but stewardship.

Unlike other snacks and beverage brands under its umbrella, Pepsi has given Celsius access to some of its logistics chain while also letting it operate as a standalone company. This strategy gives Celsius the infrastructure support to scale its operations, along with the benefit of Pepsi’s decades of industry and operational expertise.

However, because both of these great names now trade at such low levels compared to their 52-week highs, it becomes difficult to imagine any further downside from here—especially given that these declines likely price in most (if not all) of the worst-case scenarios that could come up for these stocks and the broader sector.

Taking that setup into account, it’s easier to understand why some Wall Street analysts are upgrading Celsius. But their optimism likely stems from more than just the technical setup; there’s a deeper story unfolding for Celsius that investors should pay attention to.

Big Money Is Betting on Celsius—Should You Follow?

As of early June 2025, Truist Financial analyst W. Chappell reiterated a Buy rating for Celsius stock and gave it a price target of up to $50. Considering how low this stock has traded recently, implying a potential upside of nearly 24%, which is significant considering the stock has dropped around 30% over the past year.

Part of the recent decline stems from concerns over new U.S. trade tariffs, which have hit consumer-focused companies particularly hard. With a relatively modest market cap of $10.6 billion, Celsius may have been seen as more vulnerable to volatility. But Chappell’s bullish stance suggests confidence in the company’s fundamentals and long-term trajectory.

As it turns out, Chappell wasn’t alone in making this bold call, as institutional investors are also making bold moves. For example, AllianceBernstein boosted its stake in Celsius by 26.3% as of mid-May 2025, bringing its entire position to a high of $642.8 million—about 7% ownership of the entire company. For individual investors, this can be seen as a vote of confidence from “smart money” signaling growing momentum behind the stock.

Of course, if the stock does rally to meet these double-digit price targets, it could attract even more institutional buying as many of these “long only” funds favor momentum stocks with enough fundamental reasoning to back them.

Wall Street analysts now expect Celsius to report up to 23 cents in earnings per share (EPS) for the third quarter of 2025, a jump of 27.8% from today’s reported 18 cents. This strong earnings growth would directly support bullish price targets and suggest that the potential upside is not just sentiment-driven but anchored in improving performance.

Even better, current analyst estimates already factor in some tariff-related risk. If a favorable trade deal is struck, these projections could rise even further, paving the way for upgraded valuations and potentially a renewed bull run for Celsius stock.

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