Market Madness Round 1: Exxon (#1) vs Upstart (#16)

<p>Welcome to our 7investing Market Madness competition!</p> <p>We are on a quest to find the best current stock opportunity for investors. All month, we’re matching popular stocks up in head-to-head matchups to determine which will provide the greatest upcoming three-year return. And through voting poll we include at the bottom of each article, <strong>you</strong> can help determine which tock will win each round and ultimately the tournament.</p> <p>In this first-round matchup, the top-ranked energy juggernaut <strong>Exxon Mobil </strong>(NYSE: XOM) squares up against consumer lending disruptive <strong>Upstart </strong>(NASDAQ: UPST). &nbsp;Exxon’s stock returned an impressive 86% during 2022, while Upstart returned a dismal (91%).</p> <p>But past performance is not predictive of future returns. Which of these stocks do you believe will provide investors with the best&nbsp;<em>forward&nbsp;</em>three-year return? Read our investing thesis and cast your vote in the poll below!</p> <p>Follow along with our Market Madness tournament at <a href="//7investing.com/marketmadness" target="_blank">7investing.com/marketmadness</a></p> <p><em>Our Market Madness tournament is in support of our new 7investing Starter membership, </em><em><strong>which we are giving away free during the entire month of March</strong></em><em>. To get started with Starter — and to see how it’s already beating the market by 20 percentage points — </em><a href="https://7investing.com/checkout/?add-to-cart=145698&amp;variation_id=145699&amp;coupon_code=madness"><em><strong>click here</strong></em></a><em> to automatically apply your “madness” promo code.</em></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/7investing/message