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

Each week, Benzinga's Stock Whisper Index uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve 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 of information to uncover new opportunities and understand why certain stocks should be of interest.

Here’s a look at the Benzinga Stock Whisper Index for the week ending March 14:

Franco-Nevada Corporation FNV: The metals company saw increased interest from Benzinga readers during the week as gold hits record highs. The company reported quarterly results on March 10 with earnings per share of 95 cents per shares and revenue of $321 million each beating analyst estimates. The company reported revenue was up 6% year-over-year and said it saw strong production from new assets. Guidance from the company said it expects to have 25% higher revenue in 2025 on a year-over-year basis. A five-year outlook from the company also highlighted new upcoming production products and how it will increase precious metal GEOs for the company. Several analysts raised their price targets after the quarterly results and guidance.

The stock was up around 4% on the week, as seen in the Benzinga Pro chart below. The stock is up 32% over the last year.

PDD Holdings PDD: The Chinese online commerce company saw strong interest from readers during the week, which could be related to a number of items, including tariffs on Chinese goods. The company could be impacted by President Donald's Trump trade war with China. PDD Holdings is set to report fourth-quarter financial results on March 20, which could provide a deeper look at the impact tariffs could have. Analysts expect the company to report earnings per share of $2.56 and revenue of $15.68 billion, both figures up from last year's fourth quarter. The company missed earnings per share and revenue in the third quarter, but has a strong streak of more beats than misses for both figures over the last 10 quarters with earnings per share beating estimates in 8 of the last 10 quarters and revenue beating in 7 of the last 10 quarters.

Okta Inc OKTA: The cloud-native cybersecurity company saw increased interest from readers during the week, which comes after recently reporting fourth-quarter financial results and seeing analysts raise price targets. Okta beat analyst estimates for both earnings per share and revenue. The company said revenue was up 13% year-over-year in the quarter. Guidance from the company for the first quarter came in ahead of analyst estimates as did full fiscal year guidance. The company announced it passed $1 billion in total sales on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace in January. Okta first listed secure identity solutions in AWS back in December 2020. Okta has beaten analyst estimates for both revenue and earnings per share in more than 10 straight quarters. Optimism remains high in this stock with many analysts raising their price targets.

Axon Enterprise Inc AXON: The defense company and owner of TASER saw strong interest from readers during the week. The company recently reported fourth-quarter financial results with earnings per share and revenue each beating analyst estimates. Axon has beaten earnings per share and revenue estimates from analysts in more than 10 straight quarters. In the 2024 fiscal year, Axon Cloud & Services revenue was up 44% year-over-year while recurring revenue was up 37% year-over-year. In the fourth quarter, revenue was up 34% year-over-year, marking the 12^th consecutive quarter of 25%+ growth.

Citizens Capital Market analyst Trevor Walsh reiterated a Market Outperform rating with a $725 price target after the financial results. Axon's total addressable market has grown from $77 billion to $129 billion thanks to a handful of acquisitions, he added.

Axon stock was up on the week and the stock remains up around 80% over the last year.

Charles Schwab Corporation SCHW: The brokerage and wealth management company saw strong interest from readers during the week with shares gaining after the company reported February 2025 activity. The company said its core net new assets from new and existing clients were $48.0 billion, up 44% year-over-year. Total client assets in February were $10.28 trillion, up 16% year-over-year. The company saw 362,000 new brokerage accounts opened in February.

Outside of the February report, Charles Schwab has also made recent headlines working with Trump Media & Technology Group on its TruthFi expansion into financial products. The brokerage is also set to expand retail trading hours for stocks and ETFs to 24 hours a day, five days a week.