Zacks.com featured highlights include Illumina, Commercial Metals and Newmont

For Immediate ReleaseChicago, IL – December 9, 2025 – Stocks in this week’s article are Illumina, Inc. ILMN, Commercial Metals Co. CMC and Newmont Corp. NEM.Bet on These 3 Stocks with Upgraded Broker Ratings Amid UncertaintiesAs the U.S. economy continues to face sticky inflation and softening job growth, the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates are high now. Alternatively, tariffs, supply-chain pressures and uneven business investment are weighing on growth. Thus, it is difficult for retail investors to interpret market signals and generate solid returns.One way to cut short this task is to follow brokers’ recommendations. In this regard, stocks such as Illumina, Inc., Commercial Metals Co. and Newmont Corp. are worth considering.Brokers develop informed perspectives on companies through direct engagement with senior management, detailed analysis of public disclosures and active participation in earnings calls. Their broad sector knowledge allows them to evaluate a company’s fundamentals within the wider economic and competitive landscape, offering valuable context on potential stock performance.Hence, when a broker upgrades a stock, it is typically driven by new information, an earnings surprise, improving industry conditions, margin expansion, balance-sheet progress or a valuation that has become more attractive relative to growth. Since brokers update models based on fresh guidance, channel checks and revised assumptions, an upgrade can capture a turning point earlier than the broad market consensus.But a broker’s upgrade is only one input, not a decision-making anchor. Sustainable long-term returns require investors to weigh multiple factors, including fundamental strength, valuation, industry dynamics and personal risk checks.3 Stocks with Upgraded Broker Ratings to Bet OnSan Diego, CA-based Illumina provides sequencing and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis. ILMN’s portfolio of sequencing platforms represents a family of systems designed to deliver industry-leading productivity, cost-efficiency and accuracy in NGS (next-generation sequencing) technology.ILMN’s 2025 earnings are expected to soar 92.2% year over year. Illumina, which currently sports a Zacks Rank #1, has witnessed a 5% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.Commercial Metals, based in Irving, TX, manufactures, recycles and markets steel and metal products, related materials and services. CMC provides these through a network of facilities that includes seven electric arc furnace ("EAF") mini mills, two EAF micro mills, a re-rolling mill, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses, and metal recycling facilities in the United States and Poland.Commercial Metals’ fiscal 2026 earnings are projected to surge 87.5% on a year-over-year basis. CMC, sporting a Zacks Rank #1 at present, has witnessed an 8.3% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.Based in Perrysburg, OH, Newmont is one of the world's largest producers of gold with several active mines in Nevada, Peru, Australia and Ghana. NEM’s operating segments are North America, South America, Australia and Africa.Newmont’s 2025 earnings are expected to jump 74.1% year over year. NEM, currently sporting a Zacks Rank #1, has witnessed a 4.8% upward revision in broker ratings over the past four weeks.Get the remaining stock on the list and start putting this and other ideas to the test. It can all be done with the Research Wizard stock picking and backtesting software.The Research Wizard is a great place to begin. It's easy to use. Everything is in plain language. And it's very intuitive. Start your Research Wizard trial today. 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