By Geoffrey Seiler
Publication Date: 2026-01-07 04:00:00
Nvidia and Broadcom are two top AI stocks to own in 2026 and beyond.
According to The Motley Fool’s 2026 AI Investor Outlook Report, 9 out of 10 investors surveyed said they planned to buy or hold artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in 2026. While Motley Fool Senior Investment Analyst Asit Sharma believes that smaller semiconductor and data center ecosystem stocks are set to outperform in the coming years, that doesn’t mean your portfolio shouldn’t include some megacap AI stocks as well.
Let’s look at two market-leading AI stocks that should be in your portfolio in 2026.
1. Nvidia
Today’s Change
(-2.15%) $-4.07
Current Price
$185.04
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$4.5T
Day’s Range
$183.71 – $189.55
52wk Range
$86.62 – $212.19
Volume
172M
Avg Vol
187M
Gross Margin
70.05%
Dividend Yield
0.02%
No company has benefited from the AI infrastructure buildout more than Nvidia (NVDA 2.15%). Its growth over the past few years has been like a rocket ship. In its fiscal Q3 2023, the company generated $5.9 billion in…
