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Credit Suisse's research team put out a note to clients Friday with its most differentiated, highest conviction stock recommendations. "This report identifies companies where our

analysts stand apart from the consensus view, companies where our analysis reveals opportunities that the market has not yet priced in," they wrote. "We screened our current US

coverage universe to identify companies where our analysts' views diverged from that of the Street, focusing on rating, earnings projections as well as target price. To further

strengthen the list of stocks, we worked closely with the research analysts to select stories in which our conviction level is high." Smart fund managers like to avoid over-owned

consensus stock ideas, because when sentiment shifts there may be more downside risk as investors flee for the exits at once. Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Savita Subramanian has said

it's more difficult for crowded stocks to move higher since everyone is already in the trade. Here are the details on Credit Suisse's six outperform-rated "contrarian"

stock picks and their 12-month price forecasts. 1) Hershey (HSY) Credit Suisse's Hershey price target is $121, representing 11 percent upside from Thursday's close. "We also

believe that confectionary trends will improve in FY18, and forecast higher revenue growth than the Street because we believe the company will breathe new life into the category with

investments in innovation. Hershey's valuation premium is highly correlated with its revenue growth premium to peers." 2) Nationstar Mortgage Holdings (NSM) Credit Suisse's

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings price target is $22, representing 39 percent upside from Thursday's close. "We believe growth in earnings will begin to ramp up in 2Q as the company

gets past the expense overhang in originations and continues to board subservicing balances. With the recent growth of subservicing, NSM's cash flow outlook remains attractive allowing

the company to de-lever the balance sheet." 3) ONEOK (OKE) Credit Suisse's ONEOK price target is $64, representing 14 percent upside from Thursday's close. "Our 2018-2019

EBITDA estimates for OKE are 12- 13% higher than the Street estimates for 2018 … Volumes expected to increase, particularly in 2H17 for NGL [natural gas liquids] transport volumes." 4)

Transocean (RIG) Credit Suisse's Transocean price target is $18, representing 43 percent upside from Thursday's close. "Management has done a good job of improving liquidity

and extending its debt profile which provides the company with ample runway into an offshore drilling recovery which we expect to start in 2018 with rig activity stabilizing." 5) WESCO

International (WCC) Credit Suisse's WESCO International price target is $83, representing 18 percent upside from Thursday's close. "We think WCC has flown under the radar as

one of the best ways to play the Trump administration in our space. In addition to any infrastructure stimulus, WCC benefits the most from deregulation which should push large projects

forward and could help surprise on the margin line." 6) WisdomTree Investments (WETF) Credit Suisse's WisdomTree Investments price target is $16, representing 78 percent upside

from Thursday's close. "WETF is the largest independent ETF manager with scale, and we think there would be a lot of interest from acquirers if WETF was ready to sell … we believe

the firm will generate strong net flows in 2017, and if you combine that with positive marks, the firm will be able to expand its operating margin again."