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It's not common to find ASX shares that numerous analysts all rate as a buy at the same time. But, there are a few names that are (almost) universally liked by every analyst that has rated the business.

It's interesting when one expert rates a business as a buy, but when multiple investment professionals say a company is worth owning, it's a very interesting situation to look at.

Let's look at two businesses that have extremely positive ratings.

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Aussie Broadband Ltd (ASX: ABB)

Aussie Broadband describes itself as the fifth largest provider of broadband services in Australia, with long-term growth in the residential segment. The business provides other offerings like data, voice and managed solutions to business, enterprise and government customers. It also provides wholesale services to other telcos and managed service providers.

According to CMC Invest, there have been eight recent analyst ratings on the business, with seven of those being buys. The average price target of all of those ratings is $6.16, which suggests a possible rise of 14% over the next year from where it is at the time of writing.

The ASX share is delivering good growth, which is helping it deliver pleasing financial performance.

In the FY26 half-year result, it reported 13.7% year-over-year growth of broadband connections to 827,683. This helped it deliver revenue growth of 8.4% to $637.8 million, underlying operating profit (EBITDA) grew 13.5% to $74.7 million and underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) rose 40.9% to $22.3 million.

The business is expecting to grow its FY26 EBITDA to grow by between 17% to 21%, to between $162 million to $167 million, which is an excellent growth rate, in my view.

According to the projection on CMC Invest, the business is valued at 18x FY27's estimated earnings.

Universal Store Holdings Ltd (ASX: UNI)

Universal Store owns a portfolio of premium youth fashion brands. Its main business is Universal Store (trading under the Universal Store and Perfect Stranger retail banners) and CTC (trading under the THRILLS and Worship brands). It has close to 120 stores across Australia.

According to CMC Invest, there have been seven recent analyst ratings on the ASX share, with all of those being buys.

The average price target on Universal Store is $10.45, suggesting a possible rise of more than 40% over the next 12 months.

This business is growing at a rapid pace – in the FY26 half-year result, group sales increased by 14.2% to $209.6 million. Universal Store sales rose 11.9% to $174.8 million and Perfect Stranger sales soared 41.5% to $17.8 million.

Universal Store is expecting to open up to 17 stores in FY26 and it's pursuing "additional new store opportunities" while "being prudent to ensure long-term profitability."

According to the projection on CMC Invest, the ASX share is valued at just 12x FY27's estimated earnings.  

Motley Fool contributor Tristan Harrison has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia's parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Aussie Broadband. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Aussie Broadband and Universal Store. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

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