With May just around the corner, it could be a great time to be thinking about your next move in the market.
Whether you're looking to build a new portfolio or top up existing holdings, investing $5,000 wisely today could set you up for strong long-term growth. Especially after recent market weakness.
With that in mind, let's look at three ASX 200 shares that analysts rate as buys. They are as follows:
Goodman Group (ASX: GMG)
First on the list is Goodman Group, Australia's leading industrial property giant.
Goodman specialises in high-quality logistics and warehouse real estate, including facilities that cater to some of the biggest names in e-commerce. As global online shopping continues to expand and demand for cloud services explodes, Goodman is extremely well-positioned to benefit.
It has also just started to develop data centres, which looks set to be its next key driver of growth. Especially given the artificial intelligence (AI) megatrend, which is expected to underpin increasing demand for capacity in data centres.
Analysts at Citi think that Goodman's shares are undervalued at current levels. So much so, earlier this month they put a buy rating and $40.00 price target on them.
Lovisa Holdings Ltd (ASX: LOV)
Another ASX 200 share to buy in May could be Lovisa. It operates a fast-fashion jewellery chain that has taken the world by storm.
After mastering the Australian market, Lovisa has rapidly expanded into the US, Europe, and Asia — and there's still plenty of runway left. This has proven highly successful, with its unique and affordable product offering going down well with global consumers.
The team at Morgans is very positive on the company's outlook. It has an add rating and $35.00 price target on its shares. The broker recently stated that Lovisa "has continued to deliver and will, in our opinion, continue to do so in the years ahead."
Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO)
Finally, Xero could be an ASX 200 share to buy with $5,000 in May.
This cloud accounting software giant has transformed the way millions of small businesses manage their finances, offering user-friendly, cloud-based platforms that make accounting, payroll, and business management simple.
At the last count, the company had 4.5 million subscribers. While this is a large number, it is only a fraction of a total addressable market (TAM) estimated by Goldman Sachs to be around 100 million. This gives Xero a significant growth runway over the next decade or two.
Goldman currently has a buy rating and $201.00 price target on its shares.
