--- title: "Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet" description: "Benzinga's Stock Whisper Index highlights five stocks gaining investor interest: Crown Holdings (CCK) beat earnings estimates for the sixth consecutive quarter, prompting analysts to raise price targe" type: "news" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/252378810.md" published_at: "2025-08-10T11:31:16.000Z" --- # Benzinga's 'Stock Whisper' Index: 5 Stocks Investors Secretly Monitor But Don't Talk About Yet > Benzinga's Stock Whisper Index highlights five stocks gaining investor interest: Crown Holdings (CCK) beat earnings estimates for the sixth consecutive quarter, prompting analysts to raise price targets. Unum Group (UNM) saw interest despite missing earnings and revenue estimates, with lowered guidance. EMCOR Group (EME) continued its streak of beating estimates, raising full-year guidance. Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) reported strong results, improving its balance sheet, while Visa (V) beat revenue and earnings estimates, despite concerns over market share. Investors are encouraged to monitor these stocks for potential opportunities. Each week, **Benzinga’s Stock Whisper Index** uses a combination of proprietary data and pattern recognition to showcase five stocks that are just under the surface and deserve attention. Investors are constantly on the hunt for undervalued, under-followed and emerging stocks. With countless methods available to retail traders, the challenge often lies in sifting through the abundance of information to uncover new opportunities and understand why certain stocks should be of interest. **Read Also: EXCLUSIVE: June's 20 Most-Searched Tickers On Benzinga Pro — Where Do CoreWeave, Nvidia, Apple Stock Rank?** **Here's a look at the Benzinga Stock Whisper Index for the week ending August 8:** **Crown Holdings Inc** CCK: The metal packaging company saw increased interest from readers during the week. The interest comes after the company reported second quarter results on July 22. The company beat analyst estimates for earnings per share for a sixth straight quarter. The company also beat analyst estimates for revenue in the quarter, which was a fourth straight beat. Analysts raised their price targets after the quarterly results and as Crown Holdings reported strong third-quarter guidance and raised its full-year earnings per share estimates. **Unum Group** UNM: The insurance company saw strong interest from investors during the week. Unum reported quarterly results on July 29 with earnings per share missing analyst estimates and revenue missing analyst estimates. The company also lowered its full-year earnings per share guidance after the miss. Several analysts lowered their price targets after the results. With the company seeing strong interest and shares being down 5% year-to-date, the stock could be one to keep on the watchlist for a potential rebound. **EMCOR Group Inc** EME: Investors are paying more attention to electrical and mechanical construction company EMCOR Group. The interest likely comes from recent second quarter results. The company beat analyst estimates for earnings per share for a 10th straight quarter. The company also beat revenue estimates, which was the eighth beat in the last 10 quarters. Investors are also likely equally impressed with the company raising full-year guidance for both earnings per share and revenue. While shares trade at all-time highs, the company has been consistently beating analyst estimates and showing strong results. Several analyst raised their price targets ahead of the quarterly earnings and DA Davidson maintained a Buy rating and took the price target from $725 after the quarterly results. **Agnico Eagle Mines** AEM: Gold mining stocks have been popular among Benzinga readers in 2025 and many have found their way onto the Benzinga Stock Whisper Index. The latest candidate is Agnico Eagle Mines, which recently reported second quarter financial results. The company beat analyst estimates for both earnings per share and revenue. This was the company's seventh straight analyst beat for earnings per share and represented the sixth out of the last seven quarters beating revenue estimates. Agnico said it strengthened its balance sheet in the quarter, paying down long-term debt. Agnico was also recently a recommendation by **Blue Line Capital** founder **Bill Baruch** on CNBC's "Halftime Report." Baruch highlighted that Agnico beat estimates and almost doubled its free cash flow from the previous quarter. **Visa Inc** V: The well-known credit card company finds its way onto the list with increased interest from investors. The company recently reported third-quarter financial results, beating both revenue and earnings per share estimates from analysts. Visa said its revenue growth was helped by year-over-year growth in payments volume, cross-border volume and processed transactions. Visa beat analyst estimates for earnings per share for a fourth straight quarter and for the ninth quarter out of the last 10 overall. The company also beat revenue estimates for a fourth straight quarter and ninth quarter out of the last 10. Analysts raised their price targets on Visa stock after the quarter. There has been growing concern over Visa's market share of global payments volume with growing competition and the rise in the use of cryptocurrency and stablecoins for payments worldwide. The company's recent quarterly results and commentary suggests that Visa remains a healthy player in the global financial markets. ***Stay tuned for next week’s report, and follow Benzinga Pro for all the latest headlines and*** ***top market-moving stories here.*** **Read the latest Stock Whisper Index reports here:** - **July 4** - **July 11** - **July 18** - **July 25** - **August 1** - **EXCLUSIVE: 2025's First Half Most-Searched Tickers On Benzinga Pro — Where Do Nvidia, Tesla, Apple Stock Rank?** ### Related Stocks - [UNM.US - Umum](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/UNM.US.md) - [EME.US - EMCOR Grp](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/EME.US.md) - [AEM.US - Agnico Eagle Mines](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AEM.US.md) ## Related News & Research | Title | Description | URL | |-------|-------------|-----| | OPEC 月报：1 月全球产油盟国产量大幅下滑，维持今明两年需求预测不变 | 受哈萨克斯坦、委内瑞拉及伊朗供应中断影响，OPEC+ 1 月日均产量环比锐减 43.9 万桶至 4244.8 万桶，远超市场预期。其中哈萨克斯坦因 Tengiz 油田停产贡献了过半降幅，但目前该油田已开始复产，供应冲击或为短期。尽管产量骤降 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275613183.md) | | 怡安集团｜10-K：2025 财年营收 172 亿美元不及预期 | | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275945420.md) | | 美团：本集团预期 2025 年度录得亏损约人民币 233 亿元至人民币 243 亿元 | 美团预计 2025 年度将录得亏损约人民币 233 亿元至 243 亿元，而 2024 年度则录得溢利约 358.08 亿元。预期亏损主要源于核心本地商业分部的经营溢利从 2024 年的约 524.15 亿元转为 2025 年的约 68 亿 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275897016.md) | | Essent 集团｜8-K：2025 财年 Q4 营收 3.12 亿美元不及预期 | | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275896590.md) | | UNUM 集团重申 2026 年增长目标，计划实现 100% 资本回报，并将关闭的区块转移至 “线下” | Unum Group 高管重申了他们的 2026 年增长目标，预计保费增长为 4% 到 7%，每股收益增长为 8% 到 12%。他们计划通过分红和股票回购返还约 100% 的收益。公司还讨论了一项报告变更，将封闭区块的结果移至下方，以提供对 | [Link](https://longbridge.com/en/news/275411367.md) | --- > **Disclaimer**: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.