Daba Pro Predictions That Beat Expectations in 2025

2025 was a year that reminded investors of a simple truth: disciplined research still matters. Across African capital markets, volatility remained high, liquidity uneven, and sentiment often driven by headlines rather than fundamentals. 

Against that backdrop, Daba Pro delivered a series of stock recommendations that, while not perfect, largely moved in the direction anticipated by our research.

This recap highlights stocks that rallied following Buy recommendations and stocks that declined after Sell calls, reinforcing the value of structured analysis, patience, and risk management.

BOA Cote d’Ivoire

BOAC delivered one of the cleanest upside surprises of the year.

• Prediction date: 1/24/2025
• Initial price: 4,725
• Target price: 5,546
• Current price: 7,180

Initially modeled for a 17% upside, BOAC ultimately returned 52%, beating expectations by 35 percentage points. What changed wasn’t the thesis — it was the speed. Earnings momentum, improved investor confidence, and stronger visibility on cash generation pushed the stock beyond its original valuation range faster than anticipated.

Nsia Banque

NSBC’s performance highlighted the power of consistency.

• Prediction date: 1/2/2025
• Initial price: 7,200
• Target price: 10,200
• Current price: 11,350

The stock delivered a 58% gain, outperforming the expected 42% return by 16%. Strong execution, balance-sheet resilience, and predictable earnings made NSBC a beneficiary of capital rotation into fundamentally solid names.

Nestlé Côte d’Ivoire

NTLC is a reminder that markets often take time to catch up to fundamentals.

• Prediction date: 1/2/2025
• Initial price: 7,900
• Target price: 9,460
• Current price: 10,605

The stock exceeded its 20% expected upside, delivering a 34% gain. As earnings visibility improved and risk perception declined, investors reassessed fair value — pushing prices beyond the initial target.

Palm Cote d’Ivoire

PALC delivered one of the strongest relative beats of 2025.

• Prediction date: 1/17/2025
• Initial price: 4,800
• Target price: 5,400
• Current price: 8,105

Originally forecast to rise 13%, PALC surged 69%, outperforming expectations by 56%. This reflects both improving fundamentals and market momentum amplifying the original thesis — a classic case where upside optionality mattered.

Societe Generale

SGBC demonstrated how target prices are reference points, not limits.

• Prediction date: 1/2/2025
• Initial price: 20,800
• Target price: 25,000
• Current price: 29,900

A 20% expected return turned into a 44% gain, beating expectations by 24% as the market repriced long-term earnings durability and dividend potential.

SMB Cote d’Ivoire

Not every win needs to be dramatic to be meaningful.

• Prediction date: 1/24/2025
• Initial price: 7,400
• Target price: 9,200
• Current price: 9,600

SMBC exceeded expectations by 5%, delivering steady, predictable upside — exactly the kind of outcome long-term investors value.

Sitab

STBC was the standout Buy call of 2025.

• Prediction date: 1/2/2025
• Initial price: 7,295
• Target price: 8,500
• Current price: 19,490

What began as a 17% upside scenario turned into a 167% gain, beating expectations by 151%. This is a powerful reminder that markets can sometimes reward conviction far beyond what models predict — particularly when fundamentals and sentiment align.

Analyzing Sell Calls

While Buy recommendations tend to draw the most attention, Sell calls play an equally important role in protecting capital. In 2025, a few Daba Pro Sell recommendations moved in the expected direction, even if prices did not fully reach their downside targets. We highlight both below

Orange Cote d’Ivoire

• Prediction date: 1/2/2025
• Initial price: 17,500
• Target price: 12,700
• Current price: 14,300

ORAC was expected to decline by 27%. While the stock did not reach its target, it still fell 18%, validating the core thesis around downside risk and deteriorating momentum. For investors who reduced or exited exposure following the Sell call, this translated into meaningful capital preservation.

TotalEnergies Cote d’Ivoire

• Prediction date: 1/2/2025
• Initial price: 2,500
• Target price: 2,100
• Current price: 2,340

TTLC was modeled for a 16% downside and delivered a 6% decline year-to-date. While the move was more muted than expected, price action confirmed the direction of risk, reinforcing the importance of Sell signals even when targets are not fully met.

What This Tells Us

Sell recommendations are not about predicting the exact bottom. They are about identifying asymmetric risk early, avoiding drawdowns, and reallocating capital more efficiently. In both and a few other cases, Daba Pro’s Sell calls helped investors step aside as weakness emerged — even if markets stopped short of full repricing.

On a general note, not every recommendation will outperform. 

Markets are complex, timing is imperfect, and even strong research can face unexpected headwinds. But 2025 showed that clear valuation frameworks, disciplined entry points, and patience can meaningfully improve outcomes.

That is the philosophy behind Daba Pro: not predicting markets perfectly, but consistently making better-than-average decisions — and letting time do the rest.