Global AI spending is projected to hit $400 billion in 2025. Major tech companies are investing trillions in infrastructure to meet growing demand for chips and cloud services.
Five stocks stand out based on analyst ratings and financial performance. Each company offers different exposure to the AI value chain.
NVIDIA remains the clear leader in AI accelerators with its H100 and Blackwell GPUs. The company posted Q3 2025 data center revenue of $30.8 billion, up 94% year-over-year.
  NVIDIA Corporation, NVDA
Major customers include OpenAI and Meta. CEO Jensen Huang highlighted “reasoning models” as a new growth driver with expanding token volumes.
NVIDIA holds over 80% market share in AI chips. The stock has a $4.4 trillion market cap and trades at 45x forward earnings.
Analysts rate NVIDIA strongly with 43 of 48 giving “Buy” or “Strong Buy” ratings. The average price target is $211, representing 10% upside from current levels of $191.49.
HSBC upgraded the stock to “Buy” with a $320 target. The firm expects 2026 sales to exceed $200 billion.
Microsoft’s Azure platform and Copilot AI tools drove 39% growth in Q1 2025. The company plans $80 billion in AI capital spending through its OpenAI partnership.
  Microsoft Corporation, MSFT
Q4 revenue beat estimates at $76.4 billion. AI services now generate multibillion-dollar revenue growing in triple digits.
Wall Street gives Microsoft 33 “Buy” ratings out of 34 total. The average price target of $622 shows 19% upside from $522.
Alphabet is investing $75 billion in AI infrastructure for 2025, up 43% year-over-year. This includes a $15 billion data center in India.
Google Cloud grew 32% in Q2, outpacing rivals. AI-enhanced search ads rose 12% to $58 billion.
Analysts give Alphabet 25 “Buy” ratings with a $215 average target. This represents 15% upside from $186.
The stock trades at 24x forward P/E. This valuation appears attractive compared to competitors given its advertising strength.
AMD’s Instinct MI300X GPUs compete directly with NVIDIA. The company secured a major OpenAI deal for 6 gigawatts of chips starting 2026.
The OpenAI agreement is worth billions and includes a 10% stake option. Q2 data center revenue jumped 115% to $3.5 billion.
AMD guided Q3 revenue at $8.7 billion. Changes to U.S. AI export policy could add $1-2 billion in 2026 revenue.
Analysts give AMD a “Buy” consensus with 28 of 35 positive ratings. The average price target is $234, showing 13% upside from $207.
Palantir’s AIP platform is scaling rapidly across commercial and government sectors. Q2 U.S. commercial revenue rose 71% to a $1 billion run-rate.
The company won a £1.5 billion UK defense contract. Backlog reached $2.4 billion, up 77% year-over-year.
Palantir guided full-year 2025 revenue at $3.75 billion, representing 31% growth. Analysts are divided with a “Hold” consensus and $158 average target.
The stock trades at 118x sales and 394x P/E. The high valuation reflects its position as an AI software pure-play.
NVIDIA and Microsoft receive the strongest analyst support among the five stocks. AMD offers growth potential as it challenges NVIDIA’s market dominance while Alphabet provides value at lower valuations.
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