Our AI knew it: +98%, +75%, +73% - these picks crushed earnings and keep climbing

Wall Street experienced a challenging week in late October 2026, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 652.82 points to 52,215.16, as AI-related stock declines extended to blue-chip companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.52% to 7,623.68, and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered their second consecutive weekly decline. Meanwhile, the price of oil made a surprising rebound, with WTI climbing 3.99% to $103.44 and Brent reaching a six-month high at $116.72.

Despite the overall market downturn, our ProPicks AI strategy has identified a set of companies that not only beat earnings months ago but have maintained their gains even during this turbulent period. ProPicks AI members, who receive monthly updates of stock picks, were positioned in these companies before the earnings were released.

InvestingPro members can access the full list of October picks and rationales at the provided link. Five timely calls were made by the AI model prior to the recent earnings releases, with gains measured from the day each stock was picked until Friday's close. Delek US Holdings stands out, with a remarkable +98.39% increase since entering the Energy Elite book on March 1 at $37.51, closing at $74.41 on Friday, nearly doubling.

Consensus Cloud Solutions, a small-cap software company, has also outperformed, rising +75.42% since February 1. Three of the five AI-powered picks belong to the Energy Elite strategy, which has achieved the strongest calendar-year return of any US strategy this year, up +78.63% and 28.71% ahead of the S&P 500 Energy index. The Energy Elite book currently contains 12 holdings up against 3 down, led by EOG Resources (+16.15% in October) and Chord Energy (+15.55%).

While Energy Elite has underperformed relative to the energy sector this month, the broader year-to-date gap remains favorable. Consensus Cloud, held in Small-Cap Sprinters, and Amneal, in Mid-Cap Movers, have also demonstrated impressive returns, with the Mid-Cap Movers strategy leading in excess return over the S&P Midcap 400 by a wide margin of +36.46%.

Heading into a crucial week where the Federal Reserve meets on October 28, and with earnings reports due from HF Sinclair and Microsoft on the same day, four US strategies are currently outperforming their benchmarks by double digits in 2026: Mid-Cap Movers, Energy Elite, Small-Cap Sprinters, and Dominate the Dow. The underlying pattern across these top-performing names is that they represent businesses where strong cash generation has emerged early, and share prices have followed suit.