11 Best Innovative Stocks to Buy According to Analysts

1. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

Average analysts’ upside: 55.93%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 223

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is a global leader in graphics processing units (GPUs) and AI software. The company designs and manufactures GPUs for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, as well as system-on-a-chip (SoCs) for mobile devices. Its leading products are GeForce GPUs in gaming and A100 GPUs used in AI applications, machine learning, and high-performance computing. The company also develops software platforms such as CUDA and NVIDIA Deep Learning AI to enable innovation in various industries. The US-based company ranked 2^nd on our recent list of 10 Hot AI Stocks to Buy Now.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) delivered another record quarter with Q4 revenue of $39.3 billion, up 12% sequentially and 78% on a YoY basis, significantly exceeding their outlook of $37.5 billion. For fiscal 2025, the company achieved total revenue of $130.5 billion, representing a remarkable 114% increase from the prior year. Data Center revenue was particularly strong at $115.2 billion for fiscal 2025, more than doubling from the previous year. The fourth quarter saw record Data Center revenue of $35.6 billion, up 16% sequentially and 93% YoY, driven by the successful Blackwell ramp and continued Hopper 200 growth.

The Blackwell architecture has demonstrated unprecedented success, with $11 billion in revenue during Q4, marking the fastest product ramp in the company’s history. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is experiencing extraordinary demand for Blackwell, particularly as AI evolves beyond perception and generative AI into reasoning. Management expects strong growth in 2025, with data centers increasingly dedicating most of their Capex to accelerated computing and AI. The company’s outlook for Q1 is robust, with expected revenue of $43 billion, plus or minus 2%, driven by significant Blackwell ramp-up and sequential growth in both the Data Center and Gaming segments.

Overall, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) ranks first among the best innovative stocks. While we acknowledge the potential of NVDA, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than NVDA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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