13 Best Big Data Stocks to Buy According to Analysts

1. Strategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR)

Upside Potential: 105.12%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 44

Strategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) is a big data analytics platform due to its robust capabilities in handling and analyzing large volumes of data. It enables organizations to process vast datasets efficiently, providing tools for data discovery, advanced analytics, and interactive dashboards. Strategy’s integration with big data technologies, such as Apache Hadoop, allows it to manage and analyze data stored across distributed systems.

Maxim Group increased the company’s price target to $500 from $480, while keeping a “Buy” rating after it announced a rebranding from Microstrategy to Strategy, which the firm thinks is better aligned with the company’s dual focus as a Bitcoin treasury company and a business intelligence software company. Between March 17 and March 23, Strategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) acquired an additional 6,911 Bitcoins for $584 million, bringing its total holdings to over 500,000 Bitcoins. This positions MicroStrategy as the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, with holdings valued at approximately $45 billion.

On the big data front, Strategy Incorporated (NASDAQ:MSTR) recently  partnered with STACKIT to introduce the MicroStrategy Sovereign European Cloud. This collaboration aims to provide highly regulated European businesses with Strategy’s cloud-native AI/BI solutions, facilitating data-driven decision-making while ensuring compliance with local data sovereignty requirements.

While we acknowledge the growth potential of MSTR, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold great promise for delivering high 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 MSTR but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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