Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet

Zinger Key Points
  • The Benzinga Stock Whisper highlights five stocks seeing increased attention from readers during the week.
  • Several of the stocks mentioned had recent developments in the growing AI sector.

Each week, Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks just under the surface and warrant attention.

Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With countless methods available to retail traders, the challenge often lies in sifting through the abundance to uncover new information.

This index layers editorial commentary to help make sense of why these stocks should be of interest and whether investors or casual readers should watch them.

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Here's a look at the Benzinga Stock Whisper Index for the week of June 21:

Zimmer Biomet Holdings ZBH: The orthopedic and surgical equipment company saw strong interest from readers during the week. The company recently signed an exclusive co-marketing agreement with RevelAi Health. The partnership will see Zimmer commercialize generative AI-powered engagement solutions with RevelAi a software-as-a-service health technology company that utilizes AI for healthcare providers.

"Our AI-enabled asynchronous care model delivers personalized, timely, and effective patient care while reducing clinician burnout. Our collaboration with Zimmer Biomet is a significant step towards ensuring that every patient receives the care they deserve," RevelAi Health CEO Christian Penn said.

Pure Storage Inc PSTG: The enterprise data storage company announced new efforts in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Pure Storage announced new efforts to help organizations reduce risk of cybersecurity incidents.

"As Pure Storage continues to revolutionize enterprise data storage, our mission remains: to provide a simple, flexible, and resilient as-a-service storage platform that not only addresses current data and storage management needs, but mitigates future risk and uncertainty," Pure Storage GM Digital Experience Prakash Darji said.

Pure Storage is building its AI storage-as-a-service platform to help customers in the rapidly growing market. The company said the efforts will help IT and business leaders improve their AI deployment, improve cyber resilience and modernize their applications. Pure Storage said its AI copilot for storage is an industry first.

Apollo Global Management APO: The alternative investment management company saw increased attention with minimal news. The company could be seeing increased attention as investors look for ways to capitalize on trends of real estate and alternative assets being more in favor with younger investors.

Cisco Systems CSCO: The networking equipment company is seeing strong interest from readers. Cisco recently partnered with Taiwan on an effort to combat cybersecurity threats. Cisco's efforts come as the company works to enhance digital security infrastructure.

Bank of America analyst Tai Liani said Cisco's recent Investor Day highlighted its large addressable market and guidance may be conservative. The analyst has a Buy rating and $60 price target.

The analyst said Cisco's guidance does not include growing opportunities like "AI networking."

Cisco recently announced plans to launch a $1 billion global investment fund targeting the AI sector, which could bring more interest to the stock from investors.

GE Aerospace GE: The aerospace company saw strong interest from readers, which comes as plans for its hybrid electric engines garnered attention. GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid electric engine that could power future airplanes. The company is working with NASA on the project and recently completed initial tests of the hybrid engine. According to a report, the hybrid electric engine could revolutionize the aerospace market through its carbon emissions reductions. GE could see strong interest from airplane companies for the engine given the new emission reductions. Several other companies are working on similar engines, which could make news that GE completed initial testing a positive news piece for investors in what could become a hot market.

Stay tuned for next week’s report, and follow Benzinga Pro for all the latest headlines and top market-moving stories here.

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