--- title: Boyar Research’s Flagship Report, The 2025 Forgotten Forty, Featured in Barron’s description: Boyar Research's flagship report, the 2024 Forgotten Forty, was featured in Barron’s in an interview conducted by senior writer Nicholas Jasinski. 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La Monica. The feature highlights five companies from this year’s list that are currently (or could eventually be) in the crosshairs of activist investors — a trend we believe could unlock significant value for shareholders. **Excerpt from the Article:** *Jonathan Boyar, principal of Boyar Value Group, is banking on top institutional firms looking to shake things up at some companies with underperforming stocks. Several of those are on Boyar’s new annual Forgotten Forty list, a group of stocks he and his research team feel are undervalued and have potential to rebound.* *Boyar’s research team said in a report profiling the 2025 Forgotten Forty list that there has been strong activist activity in the U.S. and Asia—particularly Japan. They think activists will keep focusing on companies where a strategic or operational change could boost returns.* *"Valuation and stock picking matter. These types of names should do well,”* Boyar told *Barron’s* in an interview. 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