There's a saying in investing: "Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful."

Easy to say. Hard to actually do.

So we screened through stocks on AltIndex, which tracks real-time social sentiment, Reddit activity, insider moves, and traditional fundamentals across thousands of stocks.

And we found something interesting: a handful of stocks that the internet seems to hate right now, but that the underlying data says might be worth a closer look.

Here are 3 of them.

This is not financial advice. Always do your own research. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results.

We used AltIndex, a platform from our partners that combines alternative data (social sentiment, Reddit mentions, insider transactions, job postings, web traffic) with traditional fundamentals into a single AI Score.

What we were looking for: stocks where social sentiment is in the gutter, but the AI Score still says "Buy." When everyone hates a stock but the numbers are solid, history says that's often an opportunity.

Why everyone hates it: Thermo Fisher is the backbone of the life sciences industry. Lab equipment, diagnostics, reagents. They beat Q4 earnings ($6.57 EPS vs $6.44 expected) but then guided 2026 below expectations, citing cautious spending in U.S. academic and government sectors while NIH budgets remain in limbo. Insiders Michael Shafer D and Casper Marc N have been selling shares. Sentiment collapsed from 93 in January to 43 today. The stock is down 19% in three months while industry peers like Amgen (94) and Gilead (100) haven’t fallen nearly as much.

What the data sees that the crowd doesn't:

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If you've been reading S&I, you already know Blue Owl. The story has gotten rougher since we last covered it.

Why everyone hates it: Blue Owl manages $307 billion in alternative assets, mostly private credit. This quarter, redemption requests surged: 22% of Credit Income investors asked for their money back, and 41% of Technology Income investors tried to leave. They capped withdrawals at 5% to prevent a stampede. Then Moody's cut their outlook to negative. A shareholder lawsuit followed. The stock is down 48% in three months.

What the data sees that the crowd doesn't:

Why everyone hates it: CF Industries is America's largest nitrogen fertilizer producer. The stock actually ripped 46% over three months thanks to the Iran war spiking fertilizer prices (urea surged 26%). But sentiment has done the opposite, dropping from 90 to 59 since January. Why? The ceasefire just tanked the stock 6% as traders priced in normalized Gulf gas exports killing CF's pricing advantage. On top of that, a plant explosion at their Yazoo City, Mississippi facility last November, which doesn’t help anything. Mizuho downgraded the stock.

What the data sees that the crowd doesn't:

This is what happens when you combine traditional financials with alternative data like hiring trends, social sentiment, and web traffic. Sometimes the crowd is right. But sometimes the noise drowns out what the numbers are actually saying.

If you want to run this kind of screener yourself, AltIndex offers a 7-day free trial with full access to AI scores, sentiment data, insider moves, and more for every stock in the market. It's what we used to find these three names.

US stocks bounced back Thursday after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed to direct talks with Lebanon, easing fears that the fragile US-Iran ceasefire might collapse.

Oil whipsawed after Wednesday's historic plunge, jumping 5% to $99 a barrel as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked. Iran says it won't reopen the vital shipping route until Israel stops striking Lebanon.

Friday's CPI print came in lower than expected. Economists forecast headline inflation at 3.4% year-over-year, but it was at 3.3%. Core CPI was at 2.6%, slightly lower than the expected 2.7%. Overall, this means that “underlying inflation was contained,” although gas prices are still much higher due to the war with Iran.

Palantir stock cratered 14% after "Big Short" investor Michael Burry posted (then deleted) that Anthropic is eating its lunch. He pointed to the AI startup's explosive growth from $9B to $30B in ARR, arguing Palantir's labor-intensive model can't compete with plug-and-play AI APIs. The stock mildly recovered after Trump then posted that “Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment. Just ask our enemies!!!”

The answer: Applovin!

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Brandon & Blake of Invested Inc