Share prices are always changing, so it can be smart to look across a wide range of ASX shares for potential market-beating returns.
Analysts are always looking for opportunities â it’s interesting when one expert a stock is a buy. It could be a significant indicator of an opportunity when numerous analysts rate an ASX share as a buy.
With that in mind, we’re going to look at two businesses with the most buy ratings.
Orica Ltd (ASX: ORI)
Orica is one of the world’s leading mining and infrastructure solution providers. It produces explosives, blasting systems, specialty mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring.
According to CMC Invest, there are currently 10 ratings on the business, with all of those being a buy. That’s an extremely bullish view by the experts.
Based on those 10 ratings, the average price target on the ASX share is $26.86, suggesting a possible rise of 23% from where it is at the time of writing. The most optimistic price target on the business is $37.44, suggesting a potential increase of more than 70% within the next year.
Even the most pessimistic price target is $24.04, implying a possible rise of more than 10%.
Of course, positive price targets are not guarantees of returns. But, the company is delivering earnings growth for shareholders.
In the FY26 half-year result, the business reported that its underlying net profit increased by 8% to $283.1 million, with underlying operating profit (EBIT) climbing by 5% to $512 million and the dividend per share growing by 14% to 28.5 cents.
Orica also noted that it’s working on a cost-cutting program to reduce its annual cost base by at least $100 million. It has also reached an agreement to acquire Nelson Brothers’ explosives business in North America, providing increased exposure to the US quarries and construction sectors and direct channels to market.
Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd (ASX: CWY)
Cleanaway is a leading sustainable waste management, industrial and environmental services company. It has Australia’s largest waste and industrial services fleet, with more than 6,400 vehicles, as well as an extensive network of recycling facilities, transfer stations, landfills, liquid treatment plants and refineries.
According to CMC Invest, eight analysts currently rate the business as a buy. Of those eight ratings, the average price target is $3.04, suggesting a possible rise of 35% from where it is at the time of writing, if the analysts end up being right.
The ASX share has a blueprint on how it expects to deliver pleasing shareholder returns.
It says that the underlying growth of the continuing business is linked to GDP and favourable secular trends, which is underpinned by its scale, infrastructure, capabilities and customer relationships.
The company is also targeting high value revenue growth, expanding its margins by more than 260 basis points (2.60%), optimising its branch network, leveraging its scale and utilising its assets.
It plans to utilise its growth through investments in technology, automation, data and analytics.
Finally, it’s exploring selective investments in new, profitable and scalable ‘growth platforms.’
In the company’s FY26 half-year result, it reported 13.7% revenue growth, 16.9% underlying EBIT growth and 17.8% underlying net profit growth. In other words, the numbers are generally going in a very positive direction.
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