Stocks to Buy for 2026, According to Citi’s Market-Beating List

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Citi compiles an annual large-cap stock list filled with buy-rated names.
The group has beaten the S&P 500 over the last couple of years.
Listed below are the 11 new additions to the stock basket for 2026.

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A team of equity strategists at Citi said the bank just updated its Large Cap Recommended list — a group of 20 stocks compiled by the firm that has outperformed the S&P 500 over the last couple of years.

The list, which is made of large-cap companies analysts at the bank have rated as a “Buy,” returned 26% over the course of 2025, compared to the S&P 500’s 19% gain at the time the bank wrote the report.

Last year, the list fetched a 27% return, compared to the index’s 25% gain, the bank said in note to clients last week.

“We select stocks from the universe with a bottom-up fundamental methodology while incorporating our US Equity Strategy views,” strategists wrote, noting that the bank considered factors like a company’s balance sheet, growth prospects, and valuation when adding a company.

Strategists said the bank added 11 new stocks to its large-cap list, which reflected its broader market outlook for 2026. Here are the new names Citi now has its eye on: