credit suisse refreshed its top of the crop stock picks for february as the market tries to build on its strong start to the year the s  p 500 is up more than 7 in 2023 as traders bet on easing inflation and the federal reserve slowing its pace of rate hikes on tuesday fed chair jerome powell said inflation is starting to quell but noted that interest rates are still likely to rise  the broader market index rallied following those remarks but it fell nearly 1 on wednesday despite the uncertain market backdrop credit suisse highlighted several stocks it thinks can outperform going forward the bank added three new names to its list of highestconviction top picks diamondback energy  servicenow and powerschool  according to analyst bill janela oil and gas company diamondback energy has an attractive relative valuation the analyst also said while m  a headline risk was the frequent pushback on fang for much of last year acquisitions made in 4q22 were sufficiently accretive and well received by the market such that the m  a concerns have been alleviated diamondback shares have climbed almost 10 in 2023 the stock is coming off backtoback years of strong gains it rallied 268 last year and more than doubled in 2022 credit suisse has a price target of 195 per share implying upside of 358 from tuesdays close powerschool meanwhile stands to achieve strong growth as the education market shifts more toward digital and flexible learning pathways according to analyst rich hilliker we believe the acceptance and implementation of digitally enabled learning present today is only scratching the surface and we see powerschool as poised to address the growing education market with its sophisticated yet simple and easytouse unified platform solutions hilliker said we believe powerschool is poised to compound doubledigit growth for the next decade as it seeks to drive multiproduct adoption and expand internationally he added powerschool shares have rallied 215 in the past 12 months credit suisse has a price target of 27 per share implying upside of 182 credit suisse also sees strong gains for software stock servicenow with the banks price target of 575 implying upside of more than 20 servicenow is a strategic priority for the csuite during the great reprioritization in which investments in digital transformation that provide rapid roi have become a necessity analyst sami badri said in a note servicenow shares have been on fire this year rallying nearly 20 returning names to the list include transdigm group  discover financial and chipotle mexican grill transdigm group is experiencing a strong start in 2023 with shares popping 201 year to date credit suisse set its target price for shares at 830 implying a 152 upside from tuesdays close analyst scott deuschle said the company could exceed this estimate as china continues to reopen tdg is our preferred way to participate in the commercial aero cycle as the company looks well positioned to beatraise its aftermarket numbers—we think the midteens aftermarket growth guide could turn into 2530 given that china was likely contemplated at flat in guidance and price realizations are likely in the lowdoubledigits the flowthrough of this revenue upside to ebitda should be nicely supportive of positive revisions particularly as input cost pressure eases and labor productivity improves wrote deuschle discover shares meanwhile have rallied 19 to start 2023 the company posted betterthanexpected earnings last month however the bank also boosted its provision for credit losses compared to 2022 potentially forecasting a weaker economy this year dfs ytd mountain dfs in early 2023 chipotle is also off to a strong start for the year gaining 18 however the stock fell 5 on wednesday after the fast casual food chain posted d isappointing quarterly earnings report  analyst lauren silberman wrote that chipotle is a rare compounding growth story for years to come and anticipates the companys margins to approach the high 20 range over time cnbcs michael bloom contributed to this story