We recently compiled a list of the 13 Best Aggressive Growth Stocks to Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) stands against the other aggressive growth stocks.
US stocks delivered a positive performance on Wednesday, April 23, after President Trump pointed out that he does not intend to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. This statement helped ease Wall Street’s fears about the independence of the central bank. Additionally, Trump softened his tone on tariffs and hinted that the high duties on Chinese imports could be scaled back in the future.
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The Nasdaq led the gains as it increased by 2.5%. The S&P 500 rose nearly 1.7%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased about 1.1%, or 400 points. Earlier in the day, the Nasdaq was up over 4% at one point and the Dow had added about 1,100 points. However, these gains faded after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters there has been “no unilateral offer from the president to deescalate” the trade war with China.
Despite this pullback, Wall Street remained optimistic because of President Trump’s softer tone on both the Fed and tariffs. On Tuesday, Trump said he expects China tariffs to come down significantly after Bessent had called the current tariffs “unsustainable.”
Trump also told reporters from the Oval Office that he never intended to remove Powell but repeated his desire for the Fed chair to lower interest rates. These comments brought relief to investors who had feared that a possible conflict between President Trump and Powell could add further uncertainty in a market that is already affected by tariffs.
Methodology
To compile our list of the 13 best aggressive growth stocks to buy now, we looked for stocks with a year-over-year revenue growth rate exceeding 35%. To ensure the reliability of our findings, we consulted SeekingAlpha for the year-over-year revenue growth rate for each company. Next, we focused on the top 13 aggressive growth stocks most favored by institutional investors. Data for the hedge fund sentiment surrounding each stock was taken from Insider Monkey’s Q4 2024 database of more than 1,000 elite hedge funds. Finally, the 13 best aggressive growth stocks to buy now were ranked in ascending order based on the number of hedge funds holding stakes in them as of Q4 2024.
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Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU)
Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth: 48.73%
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 79
Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) is a Brazilian financial technology company that operates one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world. The company has a fully digital model and offers a broad range of financial products and services to more than 114 million customers in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) is one of the best aggressive growth stocks to invest in.
On April 8, JPMorgan analyst Yuri Fernandes upgraded the rating on Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) from “Neutral” to “Overweight” but cut the price target from $14 to $13. Despite expecting a challenging year in 2025 due to an anticipated slowdown in personal loans, Fernandes believes that the risks are already reflected in the current stock price following the global market sell-off. According to the analyst, the recent downturn presents an attractive opportunity for investors to buy Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU), even when JPMorgan’s earnings estimates for the company in 2025-2026 are 5-10% lower than the consensus estimates. Fernandes believes that even with cautious estimates, Nu Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NU) is still expected to grow its earnings by over 30% in the next 3 years, a rate that is not easy to find elsewhere. The analyst praised the company’s management and execution and pointed out that the company’s performance surpassed JPMorgan’s IPO expectations for 2024 earnings by 5 times. Fernandes also highlighted Nu Holdings Ltd.’s (NYSE:NU) competitive cost advantages in Brazil’s retail banking sector and the large market that is available for the fintech company to reach.
Overall, NU ranks 11th on our list of the best aggressive growth stocks to buy now. While we acknowledge the potential of NU 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 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 NU but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
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