Wall Street has set ambitious price targets for the stocks in this article. While this suggests attractive upside potential, it’s important to remain skeptical because analysts face institutional pressures that can sometimes lead to overly optimistic forecasts.

Unlike the investment banks, we created StockStory to provide independent analysis that helps you determine which companies are truly worth following. That said, here are three stocks where Wall Street may be overlooking some important risks and some alternatives with better fundamentals.

Home Depot (HD)

Consensus Price Target: $377.19 (29.8% implied return)

Founded and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a home improvement retailer that sells everything from tools to building materials to appliances.

Why Does HD Give Us Pause?

1. Large revenue base makes it harder to increase sales quickly, and its annual revenue growth of 3% over the last three years was below our standards for the consumer retail sector
2. Disappointing same-store sales over the past two years show customers aren’t responding well to its product selection and store experience
3. Gross margin of 33.1% is an output of its commoditized inventory

Home Depot is trading at $290.60 per share, or 19x forward P/E. Dive into our free research report to see why there are better opportunities than HD.

Cognex (CGNX)

Consensus Price Target: $79.63 (35.3% implied return)

Founded in 1981 when computer vision was in its infancy, Cognex (NASDAQ: CGNX) develops machine vision systems and software that help manufacturers and logistics companies automate quality inspection and tracking of products.

Why Does CGNX Fall Short?

1. 2.1% annual revenue growth over the last five years was slower than its business services peers
2. Earnings per share have dipped by 2.5% annually over the past five years, which is concerning because stock prices follow EPS over the long term
3. Shrinking returns on capital suggest that increasing competition is eating into the company’s profitability

At $58.84 per share, Cognex trades at 31.6x forward P/E. Read our free research report to see why you should think twice about including CGNX in your portfolio.

Forestar Group (FOR)

Consensus Price Target: $34 (29.4% implied return)

As a majority-owned subsidiary of homebuilding giant D.R. Horton, Forestar Group (NYSE: FOR) develops and sells finished residential lots to homebuilders, focusing primarily on land acquisition and development for single-family homes.

Why Are We Out on FOR?

1. Products are reaching more customers as its number of lots sold averaged -18.6% growth over the past two years
2. Cash-burning history makes us doubt the long-term viability of its business model
3. Waning returns on capital from an already weak starting point displays the inefficacy of management’s past and current investment decisions

Forestar Group’s stock price of $26.28 implies a valuation ratio of 9.8x forward P/E. To fully understand why you should be careful with FOR, check out our full research report (it’s free).

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