Stocks That Could Go Up on Monday, October 26, 2026

Target: the expected rise from the open to the day’s high; confidence: the chance we gave it of getting there. “To the high” and “to the close” are counted from the 9:30 AM opening price.

1. 1

   Tesla (TSLA)

   Consumer discretionary · +2% pre-market to about $380

   ▲ +2% target

   60% confidence

   UpgradeBarclays upgrades Tesla to Overweight from Equal Weight, target raised to $450 from $370 — TradingKey

   Barclays moved Tesla to Overweight and lifted its target to $450, about 21% above the pre-market price, citing a return to auto sales growth after two years of declines, a sharp rise in Robotaxi miles and nearly sold-out 2027 energy-storage orders. A first-tier upgrade on a stock with a wide daily range makes a 2% push above the open likely.

   Risk: Part of the bull case rests on an uncertain Tesla–SpaceX merger, and Fed-week caution could cap the move.

   From $383.83 at 9:30 AM:high +3.50% at 1:13 PMclose +2.03%day +5.21%✓ Reached +2%
2. 2

   Ross Stores (ROST)

   Consumer discretionary · Up about 3% early Monday; one report had it up 6.5% before the open

   ▲ +1.5% target

   56% confidence

   UpgradeUBS upgrades Ross Stores to Buy from Neutral, target raised to $315 from $239 — Investing.com

   UBS expects Ross to close its store-productivity gap with TJX under CEO Jim Conroy and forecasts about 8.5% yearly revenue growth over the next two years, roughly 260 basis points above the Street. The $315 target is about 37% above Friday's $229.30 close, a large enough gap to keep buyers coming after the open.

   Risk: A pre-market gain of 3% or more can fade if early buyers take profits.

   From $235.15 at 9:30 AM:high +1.20% at 9:55 AMclose −0.44%day +2.10%✗ Missed +1.5%
3. 3

   Nvidia (NVDA)

   Information technology · +1.4% pre-market

   ▲ +1.5% target

   55% confidence

   SectorAnthropic plans public IPO filing Monday, expects to match or beat SpaceX's IPO size — Bloomberg

   Anthropic's public IPO filing, planned for about 9 AM ET, lifted AI chip stocks before the open, with Nvidia up 1.4%. Lower oil and firmer futures add support heading into Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon earnings later this week, all large buyers of AI chips.

   Risk: Elon Musk's warning of a shake-out among 200+ neocloud GPU renters hit CoreWeave, Nebius and Iren, which are Nvidia customers.

   From $213.11 at 9:30 AM:high +2.18% at 11:02 AMclose +1.36%day +2.39%✓ Reached +1.5%
4. 4

   Verizon Communications (VZ)

   Communication services · +2% pre-market after the report

   ▲ +1.2% target

   54% confidence

   EarningsVerizon Q3 adjusted EPS rises 8.3% to $1.31; 2026 guidance raised for a third straight quarter — Verizon

   Postpaid phone net additions jumped to 406,000 from 44,000 a year ago and free cash flow rose 12.1% to $7.8 billion. Verizon raised its 2026 adjusted EPS outlook to $5.04–$5.06 and its postpaid phone net add target to 1.1–1.2 million, a beat-and-raise that tends to hold through the session.

   Risk: Revenue grew only 1.5% and equipment revenue fell 9%, and telecom stocks rarely run far in one day.

   From $43.49 at 9:30 AM:high +0.80% at 11:20 AMclose −0.90%day −3.49%✗ Missed +1.2%
5. 5

   Micron Technology (MU)

   Information technology · +2.3% pre-market

   ▲ +2% target

   53% confidence

   SectorChip and AI stocks rise before the open as Anthropic moves to file publicly for its IPO — CNBC

   Micron rose 2.3% before the bell as AI-linked chip stocks gained on Anthropic's planned public IPO filing. Memory demand is tied to AI data-center build-outs, and Micron's large daily swings make a 2% rise above the open reachable on a firm tape.

   Risk: Memory stocks swing hard on worries about debt-funded AI spending, which pushed the market lower on Friday.

   From $889.88 at 9:30 AM:high +2.91% at 2:12 PMclose +1.55%day +2.98%✓ Reached +2%
6. 6

   SpaceX (SPCX)

   Industrials · +0.7% to +1.1% pre-market, near $149

   ▲ +2% target

   50% confidence

   DealSpaceX secures $40 billion debt financing to buy GPUs; Bernstein raises target to $268 — Investing.com

   Elon Musk said late Sunday that SpaceX secured $40 billion of debt financing to buy GPUs, tied to deliveries in the first half of 2027, and Bernstein raised its target to $268 from $248 with an Outperform rating. Barclays calling a Tesla–SpaceX merger a key part of its Tesla bull case keeps the stock in focus.

   Risk: Heavy borrowing for GPUs comes as investors worry about debt-funded AI spending.

   From $146.84 at 9:30 AM:high +2.32% at 11:28 AMclose +0.04%day −0.40%✓ Reached +2%
7. 7

   Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH)

   Industrials · No pre-market quote confirmed by 9:15 AM ET

   ▲ +2% target

   48% confidence

   UpgradeTD Cowen upgrades Booz Allen Hamilton to Buy from Hold, target $95 — Newsquawk

   TD Cowen raised Booz Allen to Buy with a $95 target, and Jefferies upgraded government-services peer CACI to Buy the same morning. Two upgrades in one group on one day tend to pull sector buyers in at the open.

   Risk: Upgrades on beaten-down stocks often fade after the first hour if no new business news follows.

   From $78.71 at 9:30 AM:high +7.85% at 11:16 AMclose +5.91%day +6.44%✓ Reached +2%
8. 8

   Lockheed Martin (LMT)

   Industrials · No pre-market quote confirmed by 9:15 AM ET

   ▲ +1.2% target

   47% confidence

   UpgradeMorgan Stanley upgrades Lockheed Martin to Overweight from Equal Weight — Daily Trade Alert

   Morgan Stanley lifted Lockheed Martin to Overweight on Monday, one of the few upgrades of a large-cap defense name this morning. A major-bank upgrade on a widely held stock, with futures higher, should draw buyers early in the session.

   Risk: Lockheed usually moves less than the market's growth names, and the note's target and reasoning were not confirmed.

   From $613.37 at 9:30 AM:high +3.78% at 3:57 PMclose +3.56%day +5.13%✓ Reached +1.2%

1. Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Verizon, Tesla, Moderna & more — CNBC
2. Stock futures rise as tech gains, oil prices drop to start week: Live updates — CNBC
3. Premarket movers: Moderna, Brazil ADRs drop; SpaceX rises — Investing.com
4. Stock Market Today, Oct. 26: Futures rise ahead of big tech earnings and Fed's rate decision — TipRanks
5. Verizon third-quarter 2026 earnings release (Form 8-K, Exhibit 99) — Verizon
6. Tesla Rises Over 2% Pre-Market as Barclays Upgrades to Overweight, Lifts Price Target 20% to $450 — TradingKey
7. Ross Stores climbs as UBS upgrades shares to Buy on stronger sales outlook — Investing.com
8. Anthropic Is Said to Plan Public Filing for Mega-IPO Monday — Bloomberg
9. US broker moves: TSLA upgraded at Barclays; FICO downgraded at Wells Fargo — Newsquawk
10. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades for Monday, 10/26 — Daily Trade Alert

• Every trading day at 9:00 AM ET, before the 9:30 AM open, we read last night’s and the morning’s company news — earnings and guidance, analyst upgrades, deals and contracts, product and regulatory news, index changes — and pick the 6–10 liquid US stocks most likely to rise that day.
• Each pick gets a target (the expected rise from the open to the day’s high) and a confidence (the chance of getting there), and we weigh the size of the surprise, the pre-market move and the market’s mood. Stocks under $5, thinly traded ones, and targets of cash takeovers are left out.
• Each list is measured from the moment it could be acted on: the 9:30 AM opening price, or the minute it went public if that was later. “To the high” is the rise from there to the session’s highest price; “to the close”, to the closing price. A pick reaches its target when its rise to the high is at least the target.
• The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) over the same minutes is shown as the bar to beat. Results are live while the market trades and final after the close; every past list stays online with its results.