Whoa, okay, so 2025, what a crazy ride for the stock market, huh? It’s like every time you turn around, something else is going haywire. China drops this bomb with the DeepSeek R-1 thing, and then we’ve got the trade war dragging everyone into a what-the-heck-is-happening vortex. SP500’s knocked down like 9%—a real bruise, but hey, could’ve been worse. And then the Nasdaq? Oh boy, it’s getting clobbered too, like down 13.5% as it stumbles along. But you know, sometimes chaos means there’s a golden egg lurking under all this mess if you’ve got the nerve (or maybe, the luck) to dig for it.
Now, I’m not saying I’m some kind of stock genius here, but check this—there’s a couple stocks some folks at Motley Fool have their eyes on. Suppose you’re in for the wild ride. Could be they got smacked just a bit too hard this year, and maybe, maybe there’s some dough to be made in the long run. Let’s dive in.
First up, let’s talk Reddit (RDDT + who even cares anymore %). February was just brutal, the stock’s been in free fall since they dropped those meh end-of-year numbers. User engagement took a nap, and trade wars aren’t helping either. So here we are, the stock’s been cut like almost in half, down freaking 52% from its peak. But here’s a twist! Revenue’s actually skyrocketed 71% year over year. Go figure! And those daily average uniques, yeah, they didn’t hit the Wall Street dartboard, but still jumped 39%—not bad, right? Reddit’s sneaking into the AI game, and I dunno, maybe it’s a real sleeper pick right now if you’re feeling adventurous.
Okay, shifting gears… Hexcel (HXL + some-odd %), totally different story but still stuck in the mud. They make these neat carbon fiber things for planes, and look, planes are cool, but not when Boeing and Airbus hit the brakes because the supply chain is more tangled than my old headphone wires. Sales predictions? Hah, they took a dive when that A350 deal went south. Down to 68 shipsets from 84. Ouch. But wait! Hexcel might just be sitting on a gold mine whenever all this drama shakes out—those planes aren’t gonna build themselves eventually without Hexcel’s nifty materials.
And the big guns at Hexcel say they’re not fretting too much about tariffs thanks to their home-grown sourcing strategy. Plus, there’s this shiny revised guidance thing: they’re looking at adjusted earnings of $1.85 to $2.05 in 2025. Multiples look kinda decent if you squint, considering their potential once airplane assembly lines are back to cranking things out.
So, is this the chance to pick up some gems in all this rubble? Heck if I know, but if you’re the adventurous type, maybe these two stocks are worth a glance. Be wise, take a breath, and definitely grab a snack. It’s gonna be quite the rollercoaster, folks. Buckle up!
