15 Best Large-Cap Value Stocks to Buy in 2025

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4. Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (NYSE:ITUB)

Analyst Upside as of January 20, 2025: 41%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 26

Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (NYSE:ITUB) is a financial services company that ranks fourth on our list. The company is headquartered in Brazil and has more than 70 million clients. It provides corporate and investment banking, private banking, asset management, and retail business services to customers in 18 countries.

On January 17, Thiago Batista, an analyst at UBS upgraded his rating on Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (NYSE:ITUB) to buy from neutral with a price target of R$41. According to Batista, the stock has an impressive valuation in Brazil, keeping in mind the country’s high cost of equity. He expects ITUB to report decent profitability going forward and a double-digit dividend yield. Similarly, on January 13, Carlos Gomez-Lopez, an analyst at HSBC, upgraded his rating on ITUB from buy to hold with a price target of $6.8.

Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. (NYSE:ITUB) is a prominent name in the financial services industry and we say that because of its dominance in the industry. Analysts are also bullish on the stock and their median price target represents an upside of 41% from current levels.

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