Welcome to our 7investing Market Madness competition!

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, you can help determine which tock will win each round and ultimately the tournament.

In this first-round matchup, the top-ranked energy juggernaut Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) squares up against consumer lending disruptive Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST).  Exxon’s stock returned an impressive 86% during 2022, while Upstart returned a dismal (91%).

But past performance is not predictive of future returns. Which of these stocks do you believe will provide investors with the best forward three-year return? Read our investing thesis and cast your vote in the poll below!

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Our Market Madness tournament is in support of our new 7investing Starter membership, which we are giving away free during the entire month of March. To get started with Starter — and to see how it’s already beating the market by 20 percentage points — click here to automatically apply your “madness” promo code.