By Geoffrey Seiler
Publication Date: 2025-12-12 15:49:00
AI stocks still have plenty of upside.
Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks once again helped lead the market higher in 2025, and with the technology still looking like it could be in its early innings, this is a good place to find investment opportunities.
As we head into 2026, let’s look at four no-brainer AI stocks to buy right now.
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1. Nvidia
Nvidia (NVDA 2.09%) has been the biggest beneficiary of the AI infrastructure boom, and that should continue. The company has more than 90% market share in graphics processing units (GPUs), which are the main chips used for AI workloads.
With data center spending continuing to ramp up and the company recently getting approval to once again sell its H200 chips to China, it has a lot of growth still ahead of it.
Today’s Change
(-2.09%) $-3.78
Current Price
$177.15
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$4397B
Day’s Range
$175.21 – $182.81
52wk Range
$86.62 – $212.19
Volume
3.8M
Avg Vol
190M
Gross Margin
70.05%
Dividend Yield
0.02%
Nvidia has been growing quickly, and the company has created a moat through its CUDA software, the platform on which nearly all foundational AI code was written. Management sees the AI data center market growing to between $3 trillion and $4 trillion by 2030, and given its position, it will get more than its fair share of this opportunity.
2. Broadcom
If there is one emerging challenger to Nvidia, it’s Broadcom (AVGO 10.55%), which is helping customers design custom AI ASICs (application-specific…
