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Zacks' 4 auto stock picks trail the S&P 500 by 13 points after 3 months
Article published Jul 6, 2026 · 130 days ago
Source article by Rimmi Singhi, Zacks Investment Research
Updated October 2, 2026
3 Months Later — Oct 2, 2026
How are Zacks Investment Research's July 2026 auto stock picks performing?
Zacks Investment Research's four auto stock recommendations from early July are down 10.7% on average three months in, while the S&P 500 gained 2.6% over the same window. That puts the portfolio 13.3 percentage points behind the broader market.
Only one of the four picks is outperforming the index. GM leads the group with a 5.9% gain, the sole positive return among the recommendations. The other three stocks are dragging the average into negative territory.
Zacks published the picks in a July 6 article highlighting what Wall Street analysts were buying in the auto sector. The firm's research typically synthesizes analyst ratings and earnings estimate revisions, though this particular set of stocks has underperformed so far.
3 Days Later — Jul 9, 2026
How are Zacks Investment Research's July auto stock picks performing?
Zacks Investment Research's four auto stock recommendations are showing a modest 1.1% average gain just three days after publication. That edges out the S&P 500's 0.9% return over the same window by 0.2 percentage points.
Two of the four picks are outperforming the benchmark so far. GTX leads the group with a 2.6% gain, while the other stocks trail closer to flat or slightly positive.
The early numbers offer little to extrapolate from—three trading days is too narrow a timeframe to draw meaningful conclusions. Zacks' piece highlighted analyst buy ratings on these names, but the performance spread is still tight and the sample period brief.
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