10 Hottest Mega-Cap Stocks of 2025

8. Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWD)

Crowdstrike’s global outage on July 19th, 2024 brought the stock’s 18-month-long bull rally to a screeching halt. After crashing 44% over the subsequent couple of weeks, the stock resumed its upward trajectory and is almost back at the same level as before the outage.

At the turn of the new year, the US government released a report on how the Department of Treasury was hacked, exposing critical documents and workstations to the hackers. Cyber attacks like these are becoming increasingly common in the US. Cybersecurity Ventures, a magazine that covers global cybersecurity issues, estimates the cost of cyber-attacks globally at $10.5 trillion. There is an increasing realization now that with Software forming a core part of national defense, cybersecurity needs to be given priority at the government level.

This improved prospect of government backing makes cybersecurity stocks an interesting play in 2025. Crowdstrike is a major player in the sector and grew its cloud security business by 80% in 2024, despite its fair share of issues.

RBC Capital recently increased its target price on the stock from $365 to $420. This was preceded by Goldman Sachs raising its target from $372 to $415. The analysts are bullish on the stock and so are we.