We recently compiled a list of the 15 AI Stocks That Are Dominating Headlines. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) stands against the other AI stocks that are dominating headlines.
AI stocks are soaring and AI startups are receiving billions in funding from venture capital firms as the new technology sweeps investors off their feet. However, as the AI boom plays out, the central bank in Europe has issued a dire warning about the development of an AI bubble. The warning was included in the biannual Financial Stability Review, a report that lists the risks that could threaten the financial well being of world markets. In the review, the European Central Bank noted that the stock market, particularly in the United States, had become increasingly dependent on a handful of companies perceived as the beneficiaries of the AI boom.
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Per the ECB, this concentration among a few large firms raises concerns over the possibility of an AI-related asset price bubble. It added that in a context of deeply integrated global equity markets, it points to the risk of adverse global spillovers, should earnings expectations for these firms be disappointing. The ECB further underlined that investors were demanding a low premium to own shares and bonds while funds had cut their cash buffers. Given relatively low liquid asset holdings and significant liquidity mismatches in some types of open-ended investment funds, cash shortages could result in forced asset sales that could amplify downward asset price adjustments, the ECB said.
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For this article, we selected AI stocks by combing through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds.
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Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 30
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) is a real estate investment trust that focuses on storage and information management services. It offers high-performance compute architecture to AI businesses. The firm recently announced that it had acquired two data center development sites in Virginia – adding significant planned capacity to support rapid growth in the data center market. These latest acquisitions bring more than 100 acres to the data center development portfolio of the company, and add an estimated 350 megawatts of planned future capacity – taking the total data center capacity of the firm to over 1.2 gigawatts globally when fully developed.
Overall IRM ranks 13th on our list of the AI stocks that are dominating headlines. While we acknowledge the potential of IRM as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than IRM but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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