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2 Magnificent Stocks Near 52-Week Lows

A stock trading at a 52-week low is simply when the stock price is at its lowest point of the past 12 months. While this indicator does not guarantee that a stock is set to rebound and do well for shareholders, it can pay to look at a basket of 52-week low stocks and see if there are any high-quality businesses getting thrown out with the bath water. You might find some cheap stocks to buy for your portfolio.

As of this writing on April 23, few stocks are trading at their 52-week lows due to the massive broad market bounce we've seen in the last two weeks as investors try to navigate the tariff-based economic uncertainty. But there are a few strong growth stocks near their 52-week lows that look promising for investors who plan to buy and hold for many years. Here's why Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) and Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) are two magnificent stocks to buy that fit this criterion.

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Coupang's growing market share

E-commerce has been a massive tailwind for innovative businesses, such as Amazon, that are able to take advantage of this shift in consumer spending. Coupang is an Amazon clone taking over the South Korean market. In fact, one might argue that Coupang has a better e-commerce value proposition than Amazon.

Subscribers to Coupang's Rocket Wow service get free same-day and next-day delivery when ordering by midnight the night before, discounts on food delivery, fresh groceries delivered in hours, and streaming video options. The service is so good, Coupang representatives will even change your tires and install household appliances for free, as long as the products are ordered on the Coupang marketplace, of course.

Most households in South Korea now use Coupang. It generates $30 billion in annual revenue and $1 billion in free cash flow, even as it expands into new countries such as Taiwan and reinvests heavily to improve its offering with add-on services such as the luxury marketplace Farfetch it acquired on the cheap.

Gross profit increased 29% year over year last quarter, excluding changes in foreign currency conversions and inorganic revenue from acquisitions, an impressive growth rate for such a large company. At still a small percentage of overall retail spending in South Korea, I believe there is plenty of room for Coupang to keep growing quickly, especially when you include the expansion into Taiwan.

At today's price of around $22.50, Coupang is only slightly above its 52-week low of $19.76 hit earlier this year. At a market cap of just $41 billion and a long runway to grow its $30 billion in annual revenues, Coupang stock looks like a magnificent steal at today's prices.

Airbnb's expansion plans

Airbnb is a well-known brand around the world, with hundreds of millions of people trying its home-sharing marketplace as an affordable or unique way to travel. Over the years, it has become an increasingly important piece of the global travel pie. Last year, $81.8 billion was spent on the Airbnb marketplace, up 12% year over year.

Growth should continue from this original concept for years, even in Airbnb's more mature markets like North America and Western Europe. The concept is still only a small sliver of the gigantic global travel market. However, to supercharge growth in the years to come, Airbnb is deliberately expanding its marketplace, both geographically and with the products offered to customers.

Management is now custom-tailoring the Airbnb marketplace to unique travel markets such as Japan and Brazil, which is leading to fast growth in these regions. Latin America and Asia Pacific both saw 20%+ growth in nights and experiences booked in Q4 of last year, which is faster than overall Airbnb growth. On top of this global expansion, Airbnb has been prepping for years to add on new services to its marketplace. These will be new products for both guests and hosts on the Airbnb platform, and could possibly include travel packages, cleaning services, and other add-ons to improve the value proposition for both sides of the marketplace.

These growth prospects make Airbnb a great stock to buy at its current price of $118, not far off its 52-week low of $105.69. You can buy Airbnb stock at a reasonable price and hold it in your portfolio for the long term.

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Tesla Stock's 50% Crash: 1 Metric Suggests More Pain Is Ahead for the Electric Vehicle Giant

There is never a dull moment in the land of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). The electric vehicle (EV) giant's shareholders went through a period of euphoria that sent the stock surging after the 2024 election. Today, with the stock down by around 50% from its all-time high, all these gains have been erased. Meanwhile, the company's margins continue to erode, and it's losing market share in countries around the world.

As ever, CEO Elon Musk has grand ambitions for the future of Tesla. Cybercabs, a new roadster, artificial intelligence (AI) projects, and even a Tesla Diner are in the works. Yet regardless of how excited Musk is about the company's future, one earnings metric matters above all else for this stock price, and it looks ugly right now.

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Slow deliveries, sinking revenue

Tesla reported its first-quarter results after the close of trading Tuesday, and its stock surged in after-hours trading. However, that upswing -- which, despite sharp oscillations in sessions that followed, has largely persisted as of midday Thursday -- was likely due in part to the broad market reaction to President Donald Trump's statements around U.S. tariffs on China and his lack of a plan to try to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. If you take a look at the underlying Tesla report, the numbers do not look good.

Tesla's EV deliveries fell 13% year over year. Revenue sank 9%, only slightly buoyed by the rapid growth of the energy generation and storage segment. Gross margin sank to 16.3%. Operating margin in Q1 was a razor-thin 2.1%, illustrating how threatened Tesla is by rising costs and competitive threats from other EV brands. The company's market share gains have stalled in all three of its important markets -- China, North America, and Europe -- as competitors gain ground on the once-dominant EV brand.

Management is not optimistic about the rest of 2025, either. It delayed providing guidance numbers until next quarter, and offered no thoughts about what growth might look like for the rest of 2025. This is not a good spot for what was once considered one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world.

Where are the new products?

Upbeat investors may say that investors should look to the future. Tesla claims that it will bring a new, more affordable vehicle model into production in 2025, and says it plans to boost its annual production capacity to 3 million vehicles. (Tesla produced just under 2 million vehicles in 2024.) To which a bear might reply: Where are the people clamoring to buy these vehicles? Demand for Teslas has fallen off a cliff, and sales volume is only being supported by steep price cuts that have collapsed profit margins. Adding capacity for 1 million new vehicles while competitors such as BYD wipe the floor with it by gaining market share in China does not seem like a wise move.

The company is also making bold promises about new products outside of its core consumer EV niche. There is the Cybercab, an autonomous vehicle that it expects to ramp up to volume production in 2026. Its Optimus Robot is still under testing, and there's no publicly available timeline for when it might be released. These products may be technologically innovative, but nobody should expect them to move the needle financially for Tesla anytime soon. In my opinion, any investor who is betting on Tesla stock today because of the Cybercab or Optimus is giving too much credit to a management team that time and time again has made promises it later proved unable to fulfill.

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One metric matters above all else

Generally speaking, a company's stock price will move higher over the long term if the earnings power of the underlying business is growing. But for investors to benefit from that earnings growth, it helps to buy the stock at a reasonable price, too.

In Tesla's case, neither bottom-line growth nor an appealing valuation are on offer. Its earnings keep declining -- in the first quarter, its $0.27 in adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in well below the $0.39 analyst expectation. Tesla's operating income has fallen since the end of 2022, and will likely keep falling in 2025 if its profit margins remain in the gutter.

Investors can't pick up Tesla shares at a reasonable price today, either. The stock trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 95 -- and that figure doesn't yet reflect how analysts are likely to update their longer-term forecasts based on Q1's disappointing earnings. Forward P/E is the one metric that will matter above all else in determining Tesla's stock direction over the next few years, and it is wildly high relative to the market's average, which tends to sit in the 20 to 25 range.

In that light, the fact that Tesla carries such a lofty forward P/E ratio suggests that more pain is coming for its shareholders in the years to come. Avoid buying this stock right now.

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Alphabet Is the Cheapest "Magnificent Seven" Stock on This Key Valuation Metric. Does That Make the Stock a Buy?

At the end of the day, earnings will drive stock prices. A company is worth the cumulative profits it generates for shareholders, discounted back to today. As investors, we want to buy a piece of these earnings -- what you are doing when buying a stock -- as cheaply as possible. One way to measure the cheapness of a stock is to look at its forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), which takes the current market cap and divides it by Wall Street estimates for earnings over the next 12 months. The lower the number, the better.

Today, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) is trading at one of its lowest forward P/E ratios ever. In fact, Alphabet has the lowest forward P/E ratio of any Magnificent Seven stock. Does that mean you should buy the stock for your portfolio today? Let's analyze Alphabet's business in the age of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Discounted forward earnings

Alphabet is the parent company of Google, YouTube, Google Cloud, DeepMind, Waymo, and other technology subsidiaries. Mainly, its profits come from Google Search and related properties.

Historically, Alphabet would get a premium P/E ratio due to the fast growth of Google Search. The minimum trailing P/E ratio -- which takes the current market cap and divides it by trailing earnings -- hit 16.6 in the last 10 years, but was usually well above this level. Today, Alphabet's forward P/E ratio is right around 18, meaning that Alphabet stock is at one of its most discounted levels ever.

All else equal, investors want to buy a stock at the lowest P/E ratio possible. That way, you are buying the stock at the cheapest price possible. You can get a higher dividend payout (Alphabet's dividend yield is currently 0.5%) and more bang for your buck when the company repurchases stock. Alphabet repurchased $62 billion worth of stock in 2024. At that rate of repurchases, it can reduce its shares outstanding by 3.4% a year, which will directly affect earnings per share (EPS) growth.

But why is Alphabet stock so discounted? It comes down to risks from both AI and monopoly lawsuits.

OpenAI growth and monopoly lawsuit

A consumer AI renaissance is upon us. Start-ups across the board are getting billions of dollars in funding to make conversational AI tools useful for everyone around the world. None are more popular than OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has an estimated 400 million active users and a goal to hit 1 billion users by the end of 2025.

OpenAI growth scared investors away from Alphabet, as it looks like the cash cow in Google Search has been disrupted. That could be true, but Alphabet is not taking these competitive threats lying down. It has embedded AI features into Google Search, allows users to search pictures with Google Lens, and is operating its own conversational AI bot called Gemini.

Gemini's advanced tools and the popular NotebookLM product are now a part of the Google One subscription, which gives you a bundle of Google Services for $20 a month. Using its economies of scale, I believe that Alphabet has the power to push back against OpenAI and win the consumer AI race.

Another risk to Alphabet's business is the monopoly lawsuits it is facing. A federal court judge ruled that the company's advertising exchange business is an illegal monopoly, meaning the business is likely to be broken up. While this is not good for Alphabet, the online ad exchange is only a sliver of its overall revenue today.

More important is Google Search, which is in the middle of its own antitrust case. Today, it's unclear what the result of this second antitrust case will be, but there are rumors it could be forced to sell the Google Chrome browser or stop its hardware exclusive deals with phone makers like Apple.

A monopoly antitrust case is a risk to Alphabet's business, but it may not be all sour for the technology giant. It's currently facing new competition from the likes of OpenAI that makes this case increasingly moot, with TikTok and Instagram also serving as new use cases for young people to search. Plus, a ruling that stops Alphabet's payments to hardware makers may actually help the company increase earnings. Bloomberg reported that Alphabet paid Apple $20 billion in 2022 to make Google Search the default on Safari. Take that away, and Alphabet's expenses drop by $20 billion annually, albeit with added risk that search engine competitors could take share on Apple devices.

AMZN PE Ratio (Forward) Chart

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Why Alphabet stock is a buy today

All the noise around AI competition and monopoly lawsuits has investors scared of buying Alphabet stock. There's also the potential effect of tariffs on its business in 2025. That presents a buying opportunity for investors with a longer-term time horizon.

Alphabet has a phenomenal track record of innovation in consumer technology, and billions of people use its services every day around the globe. It was traditionally a monopoly in Google Search. Now, the industry may end up being a duopoly with the rise of the new AI tools like ChatGPT. This is not the end of the world for a growing sector with hundreds of billions in consumer and advertising spending each year (including both traditional search and AI).

Last quarter, Alphabet's overall revenue grew 12% year over year to $96.5 billion. Operating income grew 31% year over year due to strong operating margin expansion. If this fast earnings growth continues, Alphabet's P/E ratio will fall quickly from this already low starting point. This makes the stock a fantastic buying opportunity today for investors with an eye on the future.

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Apple Stock's 27% Crash: Here's Where I Predict It Will Trade Next

The United States government is trying to upend global supply chains with China, slapping a tariff rate approaching 150% as of this writing on imports from China into the U.S. Multinational corporations are getting caught in the middle. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be the company with the worst exposure.

Not only is the smartphone and computer brand a huge user of Chinese manufacturing and electronics assembly, it also sells billions of dollars' worth of products into the Chinese market every year. The sale of these products may be at risk due to retaliation from the Chinese government.

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Unsurprisingly, Apple stock has crashed 27% from all-time highs on this news. But the pain may be far from over. Here's how tariffs could affect Apple's business, and where the stock could move through the rest of 2025.

More expensive iPhones

Apple has worked to diversify its global supply chain, but still greatly utilizes China to build its iPhones. In order to bring these products into the United States using existing manufacturing lines, Apple will need to pay a 150% surcharge on these imports, unless the levy is waived. That could have some ugly ramifications for Apple's unit costs.

The Wall Street Journal made some estimates of how tariffs could affect the cost of an iPhone for Apple. It was estimated that an iPhone previously cost $550 to build. With a 54% tariff -- the original proposed increase on Chinese imports -- an iPhone will now cost Apple $850 to bring to America. Add on the newly minted tariffs, and you are getting a bill of well over $1,000 per phone.

This presents a problem for Apple. Ever since iPhone production scaled up, Apple has sported a consolidated operating margin of 25%, best in class for an electronics manufacturer. That is because it could make an iPhone for half of what it sold it to customers for. Today, you can buy a new iPhone for $1,000, with some models costing more and some a little less. If Apple wants to maintain its same unit economics under the tariffs, it will have to raise the price of a new iPhone to $1,500 based on these new Chinese tariffs.

Can its existing customer base afford this upgrade? I doubt it. My hunch is that a $500 increase in selling prices will lead to cratering demand for new iPhones. Many customers will delay upgrades, especially since new iPhones currently come with minimal upgrades from previous versions. This is an ugly situation for Apple, which could see collapsing demand with tightening margins that could drastically affect its earnings power.

Slow-moving supply chains and stagnant revenue

Wait, can't Apple just make its iPhone somewhere else? Sure, it can. But at what cost? First, it will take many years to move supply chains and replicate them in other Asian countries, or perhaps even in Latin America. Apple has aimed to move some of its production to India and Vietnam over the last few years, but that still remains a small sliver of its production sourcing. This will not be cheap, either.

Moving production back to the United States is technically an option, but this would take much longer and lead to higher selling prices due to the high manufacturing wages paid to laborers in the U.S. Plus, Apple would still have to pay tariffs on imports of raw materials. This isn't an option, unless you think people will willingly pay for $5,000 iPhones.

Even before these changes, Apple's revenue was stagnating. It has barely grown since the end of 2021, with profit margin expansion the only growth engine at the moment. This margin expansion is about to reverse course. Apple's $126 billion in operating income will start falling over the next 12 months if these tariffs on China are not rolled back.

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Where Apple stock is headed next

As you can see, there is a ton of risk to Apple's business right now. You might think this means Apple's stock is trading at a dirt chip earnings multiple to counteract this risk. Logical, but incorrect.

Miraculously -- or perhaps frighteningly -- Apple stock still trades at a price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 30. This is well above the S&P 500 average and the long-term market average of 15 to 20. Remember, Apple's earnings are lining up to fall this year, which will lead its P/E ratio to climb even higher. Its forward P/E ratio may be above 50 in a worst-case scenario.

In my view, this makes Apple stock radically overvalued. I predict more pain for Apple shareholders in 2025 unless these tariffs are completely walked back.

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Stock Market Sell-Off: The 3 Best Stocks to Buy Right Now

The stock market has crashed. In just the last five trading days, the Nasdaq-100 index is down more than 10% and has officially entered a bear market, meaning it is down at least 20% from its recent high. That has created some panic among a subset of investors. Panic can be infectious, but you have to stay rational when Wall Street is being irrational. Now is not the time to start trading manically. Extend your time horizon and keep laser-focused on your long-term goals.

But what should you buy during this market crash? If you have cash sitting around, here are three stocks to buy during this market dip and hold for the ultra-long term.

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Coupang's strong position in South Korea

If you're worried about tariffs, then Coupang (NYSE: CPNG) is a stock for you. Even though the company is listed in the United States, it does not operate in the country. The e-commerce marketplace is centered on South Korea, with some small exposure to Taiwan as well. South Korea just got hit with a tariff on exports to the United States, but that does not impact Coupang importing goods from other countries to South Korea. Sure, Coupang could be affected if the South Korean economy goes into a recession, but it is not directly hurt by tariffs.

The company looks strong enough to get through any economic volatility in South Korea that occurs, too. At the end of 2024, the company had close to $6 billion in cash on its balance sheet and minimal debt. It generated $1 billion of free cash flow last year. Gross profit -- a better top-line figure than revenue due to how Coupang does its accounting -- grew 29% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2024 when you exclude one-time gains and growth from acquisitions. This is much faster than the entire retail sector in South Korea, indicating that Coupang can grow simply through market share gains even if the broader economy slows down in Korea.

Coupang generated $30 billion in revenue last year. Over the long term, management believes it can achieve a 10% profit margin once the company stops reinvesting so aggressively for growth. That would be $3 billion in earnings at today's revenue level that can grow in the years to come. Today, Coupang stock trades at a market cap of around $36 billion, or just over 10 times these look-through earnings projections. That makes the stock dirt cheap for those who plan to hold for the long haul.

Take the long view with Amazon

A stock right in the line of fire with these tariffs is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). As the largest e-commerce marketplace in the United States, the company sources a lot of supply from Asian nations now getting large tariffs slapped on exports. While this could hurt Amazon's financials in 2025, the company is set up to do just fine over the long term.

Most of Amazon's business is not selling online goods itself, but facilitating transactions for third-party sellers. This will help it push back against tariff volatility (although it may hurt a lot of its existing sellers). If a lot of Amazon sellers go bankrupt or have to rapidly switch supply chains, that is not a cost Amazon has to shoulder. Most of its investment has been in the United States, as opposed to other technology companies like Apple, which has most of its fixed costs in China and other Asian nations.

Amazon also makes a lot of money from advertising, subscription services, and the cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS should still grow this year due to the boom in demand for artificial intelligence (AI) services. Advertising may see a slowdown if the broad economy tumbles, but over the long term it should remain a highly profitable division for Amazon.

The stock has tumbled to a market cap of $1.87 trillion and now has a forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) under 28, one of its lowest figures ever. Even if the numbers look bad in 2025, now looks like a fine time to buy Amazon stock for your portfolio.

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American Express and a resilient customer base

Financials, banks, and lenders can be very procyclical with the economic cycle. This means that when the economy is doing well, loans perform well and earnings are high. But when a recession occurs, rising loss rates and bankruptcies send earnings down rapidly. American Express (NYSE: AXP) gets tossed in this group as one of the largest credit card issuers in the United States. However, it is much more equipped to handle a recession than its peers.

American Express caters to a more affluent customer base with high credit scores. Even going through the elevated-inflation period of 2022 and 2023, the company's loss rates remained around 2%, which is around or below its pre-pandemic figures. A recession will likely cause these loss rates to increase, but the company is well-capitalized to deal with these temporary issues. Using history as a guide, it will do much better than other banks and lenders during a recession.

As of this writing, American Express stock is down almost 30% from all-time highs. I believe this is an example of the baby getting thrown out with the bath water. With the stock at a forward P/E of 15, you can buy American Express with confidence that it will perform well for your portfolio over the long haul.

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On rare occasions, our expert team of analysts issues a “Double Down” stock recommendation for companies that they think are about to pop. If you’re worried you’ve already missed your chance to invest, now is the best time to buy before it’s too late. And the numbers speak for themselves:

  • Nvidia: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2009, you’d have $244,570!*
  • Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $35,715!*
  • Netflix: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2004, you’d have $461,558!*

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John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. American Express is an advertising partner of Motley Fool Money. Brett Schafer has positions in Amazon and Coupang. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Amazon and Apple. The Motley Fool recommends Coupang. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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