Investors can no longer ignore the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). There are some experts who believe it will completely upend how the economy operates. And corporate executives are making strategic moves to better position their businesses for long-term success in an AI-driven world.<\/p>\n
There are certainly investment implications. The best thing to do is to gain exposure in your portfolio to this tech revolution. What is one of the best AI stocks to buy now? <\/p>\n
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 \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n Selling picks and shovels<\/p>\n The AI boom is on. And there has been no single business within this trend that can top Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA)<\/a> success. Its shares have skyrocketed 1,280% in the past five years (as of Sept. 26). That incredible run comes from unbelievable demand for the company’s graphics processing units (GPUs) that power AI data centers, helping to train large language models<\/a>. <\/p>\n Nvidia is the classic pick-and-shovel investment<\/a>. It sells the necessary infrastructure, consisting of its popular GPUs, as well as its CUDA programming platform, for customers to develop AI applications. Consequently, the business gains from the massive amount of AI-related spending that’s happening now. <\/p>\n Worth a closer look<\/p>\n Even after the stock’s jaw-dropping gain in recent years, the stock isn’t that expensive. Investors can scoop up shares at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 39.7. This is what the market is asking in order to own the clear leader in the AI race.<\/p>\n Wall Street analysts expect Nvidia’s revenue and earnings per share to increase at compound annual rates of 34.9% and 35.5%, respectively, between fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2028. This is a very robust outlook that justifies buying the stock today.<\/p>\n Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now?<\/p>\n Before you buy stock in Nvidia, consider this:<\/p>\n The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Nvidia wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $651,593!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,089,215!*<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s worth noting Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 1,058% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 188% for the S&P 500. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join Stock Advisor.<\/p>\n See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n *Stock Advisor returns as of September 22, 2025<\/p>\n Neil Patel<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Points This business has so far been the leader in the AI race, as customers rush to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,125],"class_list":["post-40564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n