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5 Brilliant Stocks to Buy in June
As the calendar flips to June and we have nearly reached the halfway point of 2025, stocks are nearly flat for the year despite the turmoil in the market. As of the time of writing, the S&P 500 is basically flat for the year. Although the landscape has shifted since 2025 began, stock prices are generally the same. That may worry some investors, but I'm focused on the long term, and it still looks bright for many companies. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Learn More » If you shift your mindset from five months to five years, all five of these stocks look incredibly attractive, which is why I think they're solid buys for June. Nvidia Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a leading artificial intelligence (AI) stock, providing graphics processing units (GPUs) widely used in training and running AI models. However, we haven't come close to the computing capacity needed to run an AI-first business approach across the entire economy, which is why Nvidia cites third-party estimates that data center capital expenditures will rise from $400 billion in 2024 to $1 trillion by 2028. That's huge growth, and the company will be a massive beneficiary from that trend because it gets the majority of its revenue from GPUs specific to data centers. The company crushed it during its 2026 first quarter (ending April 27), with revenue rising 69%. While some headwinds are brewing with its China business, Nvidia still offers a compelling growth case that makes me want to purchase more shares. Taiwan Semiconductor Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) is an even more neutral way to play the AI race, as nearly all high-tech companies use TSMC (as its known for short) as their chip foundry. Its business model is to offer the most advanced chip production available to attract clients that want to have their chips fabricated. Because it isn't marketing its own chips to its clients, it removes the conflict of interest facing other chip foundries. Because it's one of the most widely used foundries in the world, it has phenomenal vision into the future, because chip orders are often placed years in advance. Over the next five years, management expects AI-related revenue to have a 45% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), and overall revenue to rise at nearly a 20% CAGR. That's impressive growth over five years, and the stock can still be purchased for around 21 times forward earnings, which is less than the S&P 500 trades at (22.1 times forward earnings). That's an incredible deal for a company expected to outgrow the market, making Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing a no-brainer buy in June. Alphabet Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) is even cheaper than TSMC, at a mere 18 times forward earnings. GOOGL PE Ratio (Forward) data by YCharts. That's well below the S&P 500, and even further behind its big tech peers. There is a lot of pessimism surrounding Alphabet's stock, including AI disruption and a potential breakup forced by the U.S. government. This has caused the stock to drop and have a less-than-market multiple, but I think that's a mistake. The company already entered the AI race and is offering AI-powered search and AI overviews to bridge the gap between traditional search and a full generative AI experience. And we're years away from learning the outcome of its various court cases. As a result, I think the fear concerning Alphabet's stock is overblown, and I think it's an excellent value play right now. Adobe Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) faces the same AI-induced fears as Alphabet does. Investors are worried that images created by generative AI could steal market share from Adobe. But most of these image-creation engines lack the control that a product like Adobe provides. Furthermore, its Firefly -- its own generative AI software -- dovetails nicely into its existing product line. Adobe hasn't seen a ton of disruption yet, and its revenue is still rising at a steady pace. ADBE Operating Revenue (Quarterly YoY Growth); data by YCharts. YoY = year over year. The stock trades around 20 times forward earnings. That's a cheap price tag, especially when you consider the pace at which the company is repurchasing shares, which will cause its earnings per share (EPS) to rise much faster than revenue. This makes Adobe a great value pick for June. If you're patient, the stock will reward shareholders with market-beating performance. Amazon Lastly, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has many investors worried about how tariffs will impact its e-commerce business, which is a reasonable fear. However, they need to understand that the majority of the company's profit doesn't come from its commerce divisions; it comes from Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is Amazon's cloud computing wing, and it accounted for only 19% of revenue in the first quarter. However, because its operating margin is superior to the commerce side of the business, it accounted for 63% of total operating profits. As AWS goes, so will Amazon's stock, since it is the profit driver. Cloud computing benefits from two trends: AI and the general migration to the cloud. AWS is slated to grow rapidly over the next few years, which will push company profits higher because it accounts for the majority of the profits. With the market concerned about how tariffs will affect Amazon's commerce business, I'm using its weakness to buy shares. I'm looking at it as more of a cloud computing play than a commerce one. Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now? 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Globe and Mail
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These 3 Dow Stocks Are Set to Soar in 2025 and Beyond
These are tricky times for investors. Oh, the market's never exactly easy to navigate. Things are proving particularly unpredictable right now, however. Some tickers are performing well when they seemingly shouldn't be, while others are lagging when they should be soaring. Never even mind all the uncertainty stemming from the ongoing tariff wars. If you can take a step back and look through all the near-term fuzziness at the bigger picture though, many of the market's long-term winners become clear. Three of its best bets right now, in fact, are blue chip stocks that help make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Here's a closer look at each one and why they're all likely to soar this year ... and beyond. 1. Home Depot At first blush, Home Depot (NYSE: HD) seems like a name to avoid right now. Consumers are feeling fiscally pinched, and mortgage loan rates are holding near multi-year highs. Both work against a home improvement retailer that relies on professional contractors for half of its revenue (which, of course, means the other half comes from consumers themselves). Be wary of jumping to conclusions based on a mere perception of data, however. Things may not be quite as dire as they appear at this time. Take, for instance, last month's sales of newly built homes. Despite the challenging economic environment, the U.S. Census Bureau reports April's new home sales reached a multi-year high annualized pace of 743,000 units. Meanwhile, the Conference Board's consumer-confidence measure for May bounced back quite a bit from April's plunge, with expectations that international trade deals will turn constructive again soon enough. Harvard University's Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) index indicates that remodeling and home-upgrade outlays are likely to grow 2.5% through the first quarter of the coming year. That's not exactly thrilling, but it is a nice turnaround from last year's 1.5% dip. This stock's weakness since the beginning of the year doesn't reflect any of this upside. Just don't tarry if you want to capitalize on the mostly unmerited pullback. Even if you're not looking for dividend income right now, you'll be plugging in while this ticker's forward-looking dividend yield stands at a healthy 2.5%. That's not a bad little add-on perk for owning a stock that could -- and likely will -- start soaring at the first real hint of an economic rebound. It's just going to take a little patience. 2. Walt Disney Speaking of patience, there's a light at the end of the tunnel for Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) shareholders who've stuck with the entertainment stock through three long years of underperformance. What's changed? Almost everything, really. Take its streaming business as an example. After years of complicated and sometimes conflicted partial ownership of Hulu and the reporting of its specific results, the company is offloading this particular streaming service onto FuboTV so it can focus on its flagship platform Disney+. It's also still on schedule to debut a stand-alone streaming version of ESPN later this year, pitting it directly against its cable television partners that offer the very same programming. Although this could accelerate the cord-cutting movement that's already hurting Disney's other cable TV channels like The Disney Channel, National Geographic, Freeform, and broadcast network ABC, on balance, the company is better served by offering this sports-focused streaming service that consumers increasingly want. And this is all taking shape at a time when Disney's collective non-sports streaming services (likely led by Disney+) are starting to show a consistent operating income anyway. Connect the dots. The initial vision of sustainable streaming dominance is finally coming to fruition. In the meantime, higher theme park ticket prices don't appear to be deterring crowds even a little bit -- its parks are still as packed as they've ever been. During March, in fact, heavy spring break foot traffic meant its theme parks were forced to deny entry to many walk-up, would-be guests. To this end, last quarter's parks and experiences revenue improved another 9% year over year, driving a 13% uptick in operating income. It's encouraging simply because parks and experiences account for nearly 40% of Disney's total revenue and are its biggest profit producer, consistently accounting for more than half of its bottom line. There's still plenty to figure out to be sure, like its film business, which has lost its magic of late. But there's hope on this front as well. CEO Bob Iger commented in early May that the releases scheduled for the next 18 months are some of the best work Disney's movie studio has done since 2019. Bottom line? This is the regrouped Walt Disney Company the world's been waiting on. Now the stock just needs the right nudge. 3. Walmart Finally, add Walmart (NYSE: WMT) to your list of Dow stocks that could start climbing this year and continue climbing indefinitely. You know the company. Walmart is, of course, the world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, doing $681 billion worth of business last year, and turning $29.7 billion of that into operating income and about $20 billion in net income. Revenue improved 5.6% year over year, while profits jumped nearly 10% (and per-share profits grew a little more than 13% year over year). Both are extensions of well-established trends that should carry on at the same basic pace for at least the next few years. This alone isn't the reason you'll want to have a stake in Walmart while shares are still stuck in a bit of a rut since peaking in February, though. It's not easy to see unless you're looking for it. But the consumer/retailing landscape is changing. Value means more than brand again, and shoppers don't really care where or how they find value. That's why Walmart repeatedly reported market share growth among households earning in excess of $100,000 in 2023 and 2024 ... when inflation was relentless. The retailer's ongoing evolution isn't solely about value. It's delivering the convenience consumers are increasingly seeking by offering actual delivery. Last quarter's membership income (mostly from Walmart+ memberships) was up nearly 15% year over year. Although the company itself doesn't regularly report the number, it's easily in the tens of millions now and clearly still growing. Walmart also continues to blur the lines separating retailing, media, and advertising. Last year's worldwide advertising revenue reached $4.4 billion, up 27% year over year. While the bulk of that came from brands promoting their goods at the company's acquisition of connected-television brand Vizio, completed in December, opens the door to a new opportunity to connect itself and its vendors with nearly 20 million TV watchers. Simply put, this isn't the Walmart of yesteryear. This is a retailer that's quietly become a powerful omnichannel outfit that does digital about as well as any rival. The fact that it's bigger than any other brick-and-mortar retailer just means it enjoys an unfair advantage whenever it pulls one of the aforementioned growth levers. The market should start seeing -- and appreciating -- this not-so-subtle nuance sooner rather than later. Should you invest $1,000 in Home Depot right now? Before you buy stock in Home Depot, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Home Depot wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $651,049!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $828,224!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is979% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to171%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025
Globe and Mail
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2 Top Tech Stocks That Can Double by 2030
Investing in innovative technology leaders can help you build wealth over the long term. The tech-centric Nasdaq Composite has doubled in the last five years, and there are still opportunities to buy top tech stocks at attractive valuations relative to their growth prospects. Here are two companies serving the increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips whose shares could potentially double in value by 2030. 1. Nvidia Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the leading supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs), which are in high demand to power AI workloads in data centers. After the stock dipped earlier this year over concerns about potential softening in data center spending, Nvidia reported another quarter of strong growth that has its stock closing in on new highs. Revenue was reported at $44 billion, up 69% year over year and 12% over the previous quarter. Despite missing out on $2.5 billion in revenue for its H20 chip over new export requirements to China, the company still managed to beat Wall Street's revenue estimate in the quarter. CEO Jensen Huang spoke to how strong the demand for AI is in the earnings report. "Countries around the world are recognizing AI as essential infrastructure -- just like electricity and the internet -- and Nvidia stands at the center of this profound transformation," he said. AI spending is expected to boost the global economy by $20 trillion by 2030, according to IDC. AI is the next industrial revolution, and it spells enormous growth potential for the leading AI chip supplier. Nvidia continues to benefit from growing demand from the leading cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services and Alphabet 's Google Cloud. Demand based on cloud applications made up nearly half of the chipmaker's data center sales last quarter, which grew 73% year over year to $39 billion. It is providing AI computing systems for a variety of markets, including autonomous driving and robotics. These are potentially multitrillion-dollar industries that could drive long-term demand for the company's chips. Nvidia faces increasing competition from other technology leaders designing their own custom semiconductors. But these chips are still no comparison for the general-purpose computing power its GPUs provide. The company should continue to see growing revenue this year as it ramps up its Blackwell computing system, which provides a significant boost in performance for AI workloads. Analysts expect earnings to grow 29% on an annualized basis over the next several years. Assuming the stock continues to trade at the same forward price-to-earnings multiple of 33, this would be more than enough earnings growth to double the share price in five years. 2. Lam Research Another company playing a vital role in meeting increasing demand for chips is Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX). Its expertise is in providing etch and deposition equipment, which are essential steps in the chip manufacturing process. The rise in demand has sent the stock up more than 200% in the last five years. Shares are currently trading about 25% off previous highs, which sets up a good buying opportunity. Lam just reported another solid quarter of growth with revenue surging 24% year over year. While there is near-term uncertainty for the semiconductor industry due to the impact of tariffs, Lam's management is very upbeat about its long-term prospects. CEO Tim Archer said, "Lam's portfolio is the most compelling it's ever been, driving opportunities to expand our addressable market, gain share, and deliver innovative services as deposition and etch intensity increases in the production of advanced semiconductors." The semiconductor industry can be cyclical, but it has grown for decades. AI will be a major catalyst over the next decade. As it relates to Lam, wafer equipment spending grew at an annualized rate of 11% from 2013 through 2024, while revenue grew faster at 14%. The company expects to outperform the industry. As semiconductors continue to transition to more sophisticated designs, Lam's focus on etch and deposition, which create the intricate electrical patterns on a wafer, should drive more growth for shareholders. Analysts expect Lam Research to grow earnings at an annualized rate of 15%, yet the stock trades at a reasonable forward earnings multiple of 21. Investors should expect the stock to climb on par with the company's earnings, which are pointing to a double in five years. Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now? Before you buy stock in Nvidia, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Nvidia wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $651,049!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $828,224!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor 's total average return is979% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to171%for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor. See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of May 19, 2025 Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. John Ballard has positions in Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, Lam Research, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
