Microsoft Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Salesforce, Inc.

Intuit Inc.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

Snowflake Inc.

Samsara Inc.

Windows operating system developer and Azure cloud service owner Microsoft, agent AI developer Salesforce, and Oracle, which specializes in serving hyperscalers, were among the favorites for 2026 among stocks of enterprise software creators according to investment firm Evercore, Seeking Alpha<a href="https://seekingalpha.com/news/4534032-microsoft-salesforce-among-evercores-top-software-stocks-for-2026"> reports</a>. In addition, Intuit, which makes financial software for small businesses, as well as cloud processing and storage platform Snowflake and Samsara, which offers software for the Internet of Things, made the list.

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Snowflake, a cloud platform for storing, processing and analyzing data, <a href="https://investors.snowflake.com/news/news-details/2025/Snowflake-Reports-Financial-Results-for-the-Third-Quarter-of-Fiscal-2026/default.aspx">presented an</a> operating margin forecast that was below analysts' expectations. This increased investors' concerns about the profitability of new tools based on artificial intelligence, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/snowflake-gives-weak-profit-margin-outlook-fueling-ai-cost-fear">writes</a>.

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UiPath, Inc.

Five Below, Inc.

C3.ai, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.

Dollar Tree Inc. R

Wall Street begins the last month of the year with a <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/salesforce-marvell-technology-dollar-general-ulta-beauty-and-more-stocks-to-watch-this-week-c660c7b4?mod=RTA#:~:text=a%20packed%20slate%20of%20earnings%20and%20economic%20data">busy</a> schedule of macroeconomic data releases and corporate reporting. Since any signs of weakness in the labor market or economic activity will increase the likelihood of a Fed interest rate cut, the market may react to the results of the November surveys on industrial and service sector sentiment, as well as employment data to be released in the U.S. this week, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-u-s-ism-adp-data-in-focus-as-fed-rate-cut-looks-likely-d98de199?mod=economy_feat3_central-banking_pos2#:~:text=ISM%20surveys%20for%20November%20for%20manufacturing%20on%20Monday%20and%20services%20on%20Wednesday%2C%20as%20well%20as%20the%20ADP%20private%20payrolls%20figures%20for%20November%20on%20Monday%2C%20will%20be%20closely%20watched.%20Any%20signs%20of%20weakness%20in%20the%20job%20market%20or%20in%20economic%20activity%20would%20add%20to%20prospects%20of%20a%20rate%20cut.">writes.</a> Traders now estimate the probability of a rate cut at the December meeting of the central bank at about 80% - indicating that the market does not yet consider the issue fully resolved, WSJ <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/week-ahead-for-fx-bonds-u-s-ism-adp-data-in-focus-as-fed-rate-cut-looks-likely-d98de199?mod=economy_feat3_central-banking_pos2#:~:text=Most%20market%20commentators%20expect%20a%20rate%20cut%2C%20but%20it%20isn%E2%80%99t%20yet%20considered%20a%20done%20deal.%20U.S.%20money%20markets%20currently%20price%20around%20an%2080%25%20chance%20of%20a%20rate%20reduction.">notes</a>. The Fed itself late last week <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stocks-drift-back-towards-record-highs-as-the-final-month-of-2025-gets-underway-what-to-watch-this-week-122743129.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS9uZXdzLw&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGMfpdQ197q3j2A6VuOXkEy6Amd2MpudikCdhDVbwuIlfJy8aYipfZICQVWSAmxKR7eHxtVSoa4gk1CGiuNp8BiRWy1vd3d_sCAZJ0SECg5h89NpNHHgohfVRjNcP58ZU3eFBMOZK2iOn55agc3A8nq-1EcQSN2R1yP3zYard4yU#:~:text=The%20Fed%20entered%20its%20mandatory%20blackout%20period%20on%20Saturday%2C%20marking%20the%20start%20of%20a%20quiet%20week%20and%20a%20half%20before%20the%20Federal%20Open%20Market%20Committee%20meets%20on%20Dec.%209%2D10.">entered a</a> period of silence before the December meeting.

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NVIDIA Corporation

Pure Storage, Inc.

Kohl's Corporation

Photronics, Inc.

The J. M. Smucker Company

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Alibaba Group Holding Limited

After the speech of the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell in Jackson Hole, which strengthened Wall Street's confidence in lowering interest rates in September, the focus of investors this week will be a key indicator of inflation for the U.S. regulator, <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/nvidia-alibaba-crowdstrike-snowflake-inflation-and-more-to-watch-this-week-1978f5c1?mod=RTA">writes</a> Barron's.

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An analyst expects Snowflake shares could rise another quarter, one of the most optimistic forecasts on Wall Street
