JPMorgan has refreshed its list of favorite stock ideas for October, and every one of the five new names carries an overweight rating from the bank's analysts.

American Express, Liberty Energy and Thermo Fisher Scientific headline the additions, which the bank files under four strategies, including growth. The complete roster of new names and the full set of strategies are laid out in the bank's research note, which is where readers can find the two remaining names and the three strategies beyond growth.

An overweight rating is a standard equity research designation indicating that an analyst expects a stock to outperform the average return of stocks in its coverage sector over the relevant horizon. Ideas lists of this kind are a staple of sell-side equity research, distilling a bank's analyst coverage into a single lineup that market participants track; a rating, however, reflects analyst expectations over a stated horizon rather than a guaranteed outcome. JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States by total assets, regularly publishes thematic ideas lists that group analyst stock picks under strategies such as growth, and the October refresh follows that recurring format.

The three lead additions are established players in their respective industries:

• American Express is a global payments and financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card and travel-related services.
• Liberty Energy is a North American provider of hydraulic fracturing and related oilfield services to onshore oil and gas producers.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific supplies laboratory instruments, reagents, consumables, software and services to customers in the life sciences, healthcare and diagnostics markets.

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