Citi reveals most and least preferred stocks across four sectors for H2 2026

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Citi has released its stock picks and pans for the second half of 2026, covering real estate, technology and communications, consumer, and healthcare sectors. The bank's year-end S&P 500 target of 8100 is driven by the AI-capex super cycle, according to strategist Scott Chronert. In real estate, most preferred REITs include WELL, PLD, and CPT, while BDN is least preferred. In technology and communications, favored names span sub-sectors such as internet with AMZN, GOOGL, and DASH, and semiconductors with AMD, TXN, and AMAT, while least preferred include OPTU, UNIT, and CCOI in communications infrastructure and QRVO, SWKS, and OLED in semiconductors. Consumer sector top picks feature CL, PG, and KO in beverages, and MCD, CMG, and BROS in restaurants, with KMB and CBRL among the least preferred. In healthcare, most preferred stocks include LLY, VRTX, and GILD in biotech and large cap pharma, and EW, ISRG, and SYK in medical technology, while BAX and XRAY are among the least preferred.

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Consumer Discretionary± Mixed · 13 stocks
Artificial Intelligence · 8 stocks
Alphabet Inc Class C
GOOG
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Citi lists GOOGL as most preferred in internet sub-sector, driven by AI-capex super cycle.

Amazon.com Inc
AMZN
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Citi names AMZN as most preferred in internet, driven by AI-capex super cycle.

Biotech & Genomic Medicine · 7 stocks
Gilead Sciences Inc
GILD
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Citi names GILD as a most preferred stock in biotech and large cap pharma

Aging Population± Mixed · 4 stocks
Health Care · 3 stocks
Consumer Staples · 2 stocks
Real Estate · 2 stocks
Robotics & Physical AI · 1 stocks
Semiconductors · 1 stocks
Applied Materials Inc
AMAT
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Citi names AMAT as most preferred in semiconductors, driven by AI-capex super cycle.

Industrials · 1 stocks
Communication Services · 1 stocks
Information Technology · 1 stocks
Others · 1 stocks