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3 Stocks Under $6 to Buy in the Fall
I won’t bury the lede. Low prices come with high risks on Wall Street. I’ll be diving into some of the market’s more compelling stocks with single-digit price tags, but there’s often a price to pay, given how low the price can be. Investing in low-priced stocks often means being in the market alongside speculators or less-experienced investors who misinterpret a rock-bottom share price as an opportunity rather than weighing the ugly circumstances that got us here.
Who do I like here, as summer blends into autumn? I think that Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR), StubHub Holdings (NYSE: STUB), and Snap (NYSE: SNAP) are interesting stocks for those willing to stomach the risks. Let’s take a closer look at these three stocks trading under $10 apiece.
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1. Archer Aviation: $5.26
Archer Aviation stock seems to be flying low these days. The developer of the emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft industry has seen its shares fall by 30% this year, even as its next-gen Midnight aircraft nears open availability.
Archer kicked off what it calls the No Roads flight tour two weeks ago, flying its aircraft between destinations ahead of a widespread launch in the coming years. The limitations are real in terms of passenger and weight capacity, as well as the distance that can be traveled. However, it won’t be long before premium air taxi services take passengers from metropolitan airports with notorious street traffic into city centers in a fraction of the time cabs, rideshare services, and mass transit can.
Archer has struck what could be lucrative deals with commercial airlines and military partners. It’s already closing in on its opportunity to shine on the largest stage as the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, now just two summers away.
Yes, it’s losing money. It’s hard to make money when you’re not making revenue. However, analysts expect this business to take off and fly high once it gets off the ground, literally and figuratively. Here’s how analyst revenue targets see the business jumping 150-fold in just the next four years:
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2026: $15 million
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2027: $143 million
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2028: $511 million
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2029: $1.39 billion
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2030: $2.25 billion
A lot can happen between now and when it hits these beefy milestones, but its balance sheet is built for the market turbulence. Archer’s market cap, just above $4 billion, gets whittled down to an enterprise value of $2.6 billion when you factor in its $1.6 billion in cash.
2. StubHub Holdings: $5.92
You know what can sometimes be riskier than a pre-revenue company? How about a potentially post-revenue company? StubHub is a name that should be familiar to many of you. It’s a leader in the secondhand ticket market for concerts, sporting events, and shows.
StubHub’s business thrived after the COVID-19 pandemic, but revenue declined slightly in 2025 following several years of double-digit growth. The business has bounced back this year. Revenue surged 33% in its latest quarter, fueled by the heavy demand for World Cup tickets. It wasn’t enough to thrust StubHub into profitability, and it will be many years before the World Cup returns to the U.S. market.
The biggest risk for StubHub is that the U.S. market could follow the lead we’ve seen in the United Kingdom and certain Canadian provinces by banning the resale of tickets above face value. This is the heart of StubHub’s business. Investors are certainly worried. StubHub stock has plummeted 75% since going public just 12 months ago.
3. Snap: $5.53
Snap stock is a third company that has plummeted more than 30% in the otherwise effervescent 2026. Snapchat’s parent company continues to draw a crowd to its visual social hub. There were 971 million active users on the platform at the end of June. This is a modest 4% increase over the past year, but there has been marginal sequential improvement in each quarter.
Monetization is growing even faster. Revenue increased 19%, with average revenue per user rising to $3.25 from $2.87 in the prior year’s second quarter. Red ink is a concern on a reported basis, but those losses are narrowing. Snap’s positive free cash flow has almost tripled through the first half of this year. Analysts see a return to profitability by the fourth quarter of this year, with another year of double-digit revenue growth and sustainable positive earnings come 2027.
Snap may not pass the snap test. There are larger social hubs out there. However, as long as it remains relevant and continues to grow, the stock seems too cheap to ignore at these levels.
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3 Stocks Under $6 to Buy in the Fall was originally published by The Motley Fool
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