2 S&P 500 Stocks to Keep an Eye On and 1 We Find Risky

StockStory highlights Western Digital (WDC) and Vertiv (VRT) as two S&P 500 stocks positioned to outperform, citing WDC's projected 43.7% revenue growth and expanding margins, and VRT's 23.7% average organic revenue growth driven by data center demand. Halliburton (HAL) is flagged as the risky pick, weighed down by a low 16.8% gross margin, high extraction costs, and unfavorable asset economics in the oilfield services sector.

Why it matters: WDC trades at 34.8x forward P/E while VRT commands a premium at 44.4x forward P/E; HAL sits at 14.5x forward P/E but faces margin compression concerns.