Investing.com’s stocks of the week

Investing.com -- It has been a very positive week for U.S. equities as earnings season winds down, with the S&P 500 hitting a new high. While Friday saw traders take some gains off the table, stocks appear poised to close the week higher.

Here are Investing.com’s stocks of the week.

UnitedHealth Group

UNH shares surged on Friday, currently up more than 14%, its strongest day since 2008, after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway showed a new 5 million shares stake in the beleaguered healthcare provider. 

The value of the stake is $1.37 billion based on Thursday’s closing price. 

It was also reported that the “Big Short” investor Michael Burry and Appaloosa Management’s David Tepper had also disclosed stakes in the company.

Intel

Intel shares popped over 7% in Thursday’s session, followed by a more than 6% gain (as of 13:30 pm ET) on Friday. 

The stock rose on reports that the Trump administration is discussing the possibility of the U.S. government taking a stake in the chipmaker.

Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that the potential investment would help support Intel’s efforts to expand domestic semiconductor manufacturing, particularly its repeatedly delayed factory hub in Ohio. 

The company had previously announced plans to make the Ohio site the world’s largest chipmaking facility.

Following the report, Bernstein reiterated a Market Perform rating on INTC, stating that “the hope trade on Intel is probably back (for now) as investors wait to see if Trump can Make Intel Great Again.”

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However, they warned investors that “there is, as always, huge uncertainty around anything this administration does, and we are still not hugely tempted to get involved.” 

Bullish

Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish made its market debut this week, opening at $90 per share, well above its initial public offering price of $37. The stock spiked to $118 on the first day before closing at $68. 

On Thursday, the stock gained more than 9%, while so far on Friday, it is down around 6% at just over $70.

CoreWeave

CoreWeave shares are down 22% in the last week after the company reported its latest quarterly results after the close on Tuesday, disappointing investors. 

The stock plunged over 20% on Wednesday and a further 15.5% on Thursday after the company missed earnings expectations.

Reacting to the release, analysts at Wells Fargo said the "results were largely in-line," with their expectations.

Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley reiterated an Equalweight rating on the stock, stating: "Bottom line, accruing and expanding large contracts from the most demanding GenAI users provide strong validation of CoreWeave’s strong positioning for the ramping GPU build-out, broadening the customer base likely proves key to increasing investor confidence in the durability of this growth."

Monday.com

Monday .com also plunged this week (-29.8%) following its earnings release. 

"Monday’s stock is down ~26% after reporting 2Q financial results below expectations driven primarily by higher customer acquisition costs in its SMB segment limiting customer growth, revenue, and reducing 2H revenues $3mm below prior implied guidance.," explained Needham analysts in a note. "We reiterate our Buy rating viewing the sell-off as overdone for a mid-20%, highly profitable SaaS vendor."

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Meanwhile, Wolfe Research stated: "MNDY delivered a mixed bag of 2Q25 results that either made you feel really good from strength upmarket and CRM (>$100M ARR was ahead of our estimates), or not so good given headwinds downmarket."

"With shares -30% MNDY now trades at 5x CY26 and 4x CY27 revs and 24x, 19x FCF, respectively, setting up for a BTD [buy the dip] scenario. We adjust growth estimates and PT to $220 (from $340) but reiterate OP."

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