Hottest Stocks in CW 05/26

While the Magnificent Seven stocks got off to a comparatively weak start to the new stock market year, memory chip manufacturer Micron Technology easily continued its spectacular rally in the first three weeks. After a weekly gain of around eight per cent, the balance sheet for 2026 now shows an increase in value of 40 per cent. Last year, the share price had already more than tripled. The main reason for this is likely to be that profit estimates for the US company have literally gone through the roof. The EBIT margin is expected to more than double in the current year, accompanied by a significant increase in sales, after already more than quintupling in 2025 (albeit from a very low level).

Micron Technology primarily supplies the AI industry (specifically companies such as AMD and Nvidia) with RAM and flash memory, which is exactly what is needed to meet the rapidly growing challenges facing Artificial Intelligence capabilities. High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), which is used in AI accelerators, is the main driver of revenue and margins. The management board expects the global memory market to remain undersupplied until at least 2027. Structurally high demand therefore seems to be assured, which gives Micron Technology a relatively high degree of planning security in the normally highly volatile semiconductor market. Despite the sharp rise in its share price, the stock is currently trading at a 12-month forward P/E ratio of only 11. The EV/sales ratio, on the other hand, has risen to a 10-year high. This clearly reflects the surge in profit margins.

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For Teyin Liu, the share price still appears to have room for improvement. The member of the Executive Board acquired Micron shares worth around $7.8 million in mid-January. This caused quite a stir, not least because Liu was previously Co-CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing and has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor sector. The majority of wikifolio traders have also been active in recent days and weeks. The current trading sentiment at Micron Technology shows a clear buying surplus.

Richard Dobetsberger further expanded his position at Micron Technology in the UMBRELLA wikifolio last week and referred in his accompanying commentary to a massive change in the price target (from $270 to $500) by a European investment bank: ‘Upweighted by BNP Paribas analysts, increase from 8.8 per cent to 10 per cent, beneficiary of the current memory and AI cycle.’ Exactly two weeks earlier, he had already bought more shares in view of the ‘growing interest on the part of analysts and the very dynamic price development’: ‘The breakout that has already occurred in the chart has recently accelerated further and confirms the positive momentum.’ In the portfolio, which currently comprises eleven stocks, the storage specialist is the fourth-largest stock with a book profit of 37 per cent. The wikifolio, which was opened in autumn 2012, has achieved a more than impressive performance of almost 4,300 per cent, which means an annual average gain of around 33 per cent. And that with a maximum drawdown of less than 35 per cent.

Wacker Neuson shares suffered a sharp drop of around 22 per cent last Friday. The trigger for the slide was the announcement by conglomerate Doosan Bobcat on Thursday evening that it had decided against a takeover of the Munich-based company. According to industry experts, this could be related to the fact that the South Koreans are also said to be interested in buying SK Siltron, the world's third-largest wafer manufacturer. At the beginning of December, Wacker Neuson's management board confirmed that it was in ‘advanced talks’ with the potential buyer. At that time, the share price shot up from around 19 euros to 26 euros within two days. After Friday's slump, the SDAX stock is now back at its initial level. Around 60 per cent of the shares in the manufacturer of construction equipment and compact construction machinery are owned by the founding families Wacker and Neunteufel.

The analysts active at Wacker Neuson have not (yet) changed their target price despite the failed takeover on Friday. Jefferies (target price: €21) says that it cannot be ruled out that the founding families could make another attempt to sell their shares. However, the focus is now on the company's operational development. The strategists do not expect any major improvements in the short term. However, the effects of the German infrastructure programme are likely to be reflected in the figures in the second half of 2026 (at the earliest). In December, our colleagues at Warburg Research (target price: €26) raised the fair value for Wacker Neuson by €3 in view of a possible takeover after Korean newspapers reported an enterprise value in the region of €2 billion. Despite this ‘takeover premium of ten per cent,’ which was reiterated in the latest update, the increased target price was confirmed for the time being.

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This means that the share price still has plenty of room for growth, which is also the view of several wikifolio traders. A look at the trading sentiment shows a clear buyer surplus for Wacker Neuson in recent days. Ralph Markus Sonderhüsken had already started to build up a position for his wikifolio Top Hedge on Thursday evening when prices fell significantly after trading hours. On Friday morning, he added to his position. With a share of around three per cent, the stock made it straight into the top 10 of his stock portfolio. The portfolio currently consists of a total of 37 stocks, nine ETFs and seven leveraged products. With a very flexible approach, the trader aims to achieve ‘the highest possible annual profit’, which he has done quite successfully with an average increase in value of around 14 per cent per year since the end of 2015. The overall performance is 280 per cent.

His fellow trader Torsten Maus had already entered the market via the wikifolio TREND-SURFER in the wake of takeover rumours at Wacker Neuson and subsequently sold part of his position at a profit. The remaining position has now been significantly increased, as ‘cyclical stocks in particular have risen significantly in the meantime, which implies a higher price level for Wacker Neuson’. As the third-largest stock, it is one of a total of 15 stocks that the trader is currently betting on. Three days before the wikifolio's seventh birthday, its performance stands at 117 per cent (11.6 per cent p.a.). Over the year, it has achieved a 30 per cent increase in value and jumped to new record highs.

The price of silver currently seems to be skyrocketing. At the start of the week, the price per troy ounce climbed sharply to £109, after breaking into triple digits for the first time ever on Friday. Since the beginning of the year, silver has risen in price by more than 50 per cent, and since the beginning of 2025, it has risen by a whopping 280 per cent. Mine operators are, of course, also benefiting from this price explosion. Among the top performers of the current year is Coeur Mining, for example, with a 46 per cent increase in its share price. Since its low last April, the share price has now almost sextupled. The company is described as a diversified precious metals producer whose profit margins are likely to increase significantly due to high gold and silver prices. This is particularly true as the group has significantly increased its capacity, among other things through the purchase of SilverCrest Metals, and reduced its operating costs.

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Nevertheless, some wikifolio traders may have found the stock a little too hot in the short term. In any case, there has been an increase in profit-taking in recent days and weeks. Marc Ziegenbein also made two partial sales of Coeur Mining in his wikifolio 1000 Prozent last week, which brought the trader a whopping profit of around 260 percent. However, this was probably only due to the regular rebalancing of the weights in the model portfolio. In mid-October, the business graduate and certified financial analyst (CFA) had already reduced the position once and commented as follows: ‘Small rebalancing due to the strong performance of Coeur and the resulting overweighting in the wikifolio’. In the portfolio, which consists of a total of 42 stocks and three ETFs, the stock is now the second-largest position with a book profit of around 320 per cent and a weighting of just over five per cent.

When the wikifolio was launched, the trader aimed to increase capital tenfold within 10 years and therefore originally wanted to invest only in a few selected stocks that he believed offered an outstanding risk/reward ratio. While the selection of eligible stocks is based on fundamental aspects, chart analysis is particularly helpful in determining the right time to enter or exit the market. After a good 10 ½ years, it can be said that although the target was not achieved, the performance of 280 per cent (13.2 per cent p.a.) is still very respectable. The past few months in particular have been very good. Over the year as a whole, the price has risen by 89 per cent, and in the first few weeks of the new year it has already climbed by 20 per cent. This puts the wikifolio at an all-time high.

Nebius Group shares suffered double-digit losses last week. Overall, they fell by a good 14 per cent, more than halving the gains made since the turn of the year to 13 per cent. Last year, the share was one of the top performers on the stock markets. After a cautious start and the ‘tariff crash low’ in April, the technology company's share price more than sextupled (+660 per cent) within just six months. Since then, however, there has been a rather volatile consolidation.

Nebius Group is a specialist provider of GPU cloud infrastructure and is therefore considered to be benefiting from the AI boom. The company's proprietary platform gives developers and businesses direct and efficient access to AI-optimised computing power. Its customers include industry giants such as Microsoft and Meta Platforms, with whom it has signed framework agreements worth billions. The news that Microsoft will be provided with GPU infrastructure capacity worth $17.4 billion as part of such a five-year contract caused quite a stir. The company's revenues are expected to grow at a high triple-digit percentage rate, which should then lead to sustainable profitability from 2027 onwards.

Although concerns have recently grown that the high investments will not pay off in the end, the majority of analysts are very positive. The average target price for the share, which is currently trading at around 95 dollars, is 153 dollars, which would represent a premium of over 60 per cent. The most optimistic analysts even estimate the fair value of the share at over $221, while even the lowest target price of $111 is still well above the current share price.

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Despite these impressive figures, some wikifolio traders have recently become somewhat more cautious. After purchases clearly outweighed sales in recent weeks and months, there has been an increase in sales over the last seven days. Last Monday, Dieter Jaworski removed Nebius Group shares from his wikifolio Die Dividendenstrategie (The Dividend Strategy) via a stop-limit sale, pocketing a profit of around 31 per cent. The trader may have been reminded of the bursting of the dot-com bubble, when he lost half of his capital (‘greed eats brains’). Since then, he has preferred ‘the value strategy according to Graham and Dodd and, in a broader sense, according to Buffett’ and, regardless of political, economic and market conditions, seeks out undervalued companies that, if possible, also pay high dividends for this wikifolio. Since the launch of the model portfolio at the end of 2012, the trader has generated a value increase of 261 per cent (10.3 per cent p.a.) with this strategy.

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