By Selena Maranjian
Publication Date: 2026-02-16 02:36:00
These investments have done well in the past, and the future looks bright.
Who wouldn’t want some hyper-growth tech stocks in their portfolio?
Here are some to consider. I’ll start off with their performance in recent years, to demonstrate just how hyper-growthy they are, and I’ll include returns for a low-fee S&P 500 index fund, too, for comparison. (Note that these S&P 500 returns are a bit outsize, too, as the S&P 500 has averaged annual returns of closer to 10% over many long periods, including years when it declined.)
|
Equity |
5-Year Avg. Annual Return |
10-Year Avg. Annual Return |
15-Year Avg. Annual Return |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nvidia (NVDA 2.21%) |
67.87% |
76.81% |
47.10% |
|
Palantir Technologies (PLTR +1.77%) |
30.22% |
N/A |
N/A |
|
MercadoLibre (MELI 1.15%) |
1.62% |
37.26% |
25.35% |
|
Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT +0.16%) |
15.70% |
24.24% |
18.72% |
|
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO +0.06%) |
13.82% |
16.09% |
13.77% |
Source: Morningstar.com, as of Feb. 9, 2026.
Image source: Getty Images.
1. Nvidia
What assortment of hyper-growth stocks wouldn’t include semiconductor giant Nvidia? It’s been riding the artificial intelligence (AI) wave as it cranks out chips used in data centers for AI processing. Its future looks quite promising, as big tech companies are committing billions of dollars to AI infrastructure.

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