The 2 Best-Performing Stocks of the Past Year Are Still Screaming Buys, According to Certain Wall Street Analysts – Yahoo Finance
Russell 1000 The index includes 95% of US stocks by market value. YCHARTS screened the group to identify the best-performing stocks for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025. Applovin(NASDAQ: App) and Palantir Technologies(NASDAQ: PLTR) They top the list with 283% and 267% returns, respectively.
Some Wall Street analysts anticipate the continued continuity of these stocks, as detailed below.
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Rob Sanderson of Loop Capital Markets recently allocated Applovin a target price of $650 per share. This means a 173% increase from the current share price of $238.
Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities recently allocated a target price of $120 per share to Palantir. This means a 28% increase from the current share price of $94.
Here’s what investors need to know about Applovin and Palantir.
Applovin will develop AdTech Software This allows developers to market and monetize applications across mobile and connected TV campaigns. While most advertising on the platform has historically focused on video games, the company is driving the core boundaries of the consumer market with its new e-commerce advertising product.
Applovin differentiated from Axon, a recommendation engine that helps brands target campaigns very accurately. Its machine learning algorithms assess the potential value of ad impressions to match the demand of advertisers with the supply of the most appropriate publisher. In doing so, Axon benefits from the network effects, and therefore its prediction capabilities improve over time.
Applovin reported strong financial results for the fourth quarter. Revenues rose 44% to $1.4 billion, and generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) revenues rose 253% per diluted share to $0.49. In particular, management also said its early e-commerce advertising products reached a $1 billion run rate in just a few months, and should account for around 10% of 2025 revenue.
CEO Adam Foroughi highlighted the pilots who have managed to surpass consumer brands in their fourth quarter revenue calls. “This opens up a great opportunity as there are over 10 million companies worldwide who will ultimately promote online that can use our platform usefully,” he said. In other words, Applovin’s addressable market is expanding.
Wall Street expects its revenue to rise by 45% in 2025, with its current valuation showing a relatively low revenue of 53 times. These figures show the ratio of revenue to growth (PEG) from price of 1.2. Additionally, Axon averages 26% ahead of its consensus revenue estimates over the past six quarters, making the stock even more attractive. in spite of Recent attacks from short sellersPatient investors should consider purchasing a position.
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Palantir develops software platforms that help commercial and government agencies integrate and analyze complex data. The company says its main differentiator is its ontology-based software architecture. Ontology is a framework that maps digital data to actual objects to define subtle relationships.
Users can use analytical applications and machine learning models to query ontology data, express insights, and facilitate decisions to improve over time. Furthermore, the software revolves around ontology, allowing businesses to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to operations in ways that create real value.
To quote Shyam Sankar’s Chief Technology Officer, “Long-standing fundamental investments in infrastructure and ontology have positioned us uniquely to leverage and realize the demand for AI.” In 2023, Palantir relied on its benefits with the introduction of the Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), a product that enhances its core analytics platform by adding support for large-scale language models and natural language processing.
Palantir has been offering increasingly impressive financial results since launching AIP, and that trend continued in the fourth quarter. Revenues rose 36% to $828 million, six consecutive accelerations, and non-GAAP net income rose 75% per diluted share to $0.14.
Wall Street expects Palantier’s adjusted revenue to increase by 36% in 2025. This makes the current 229x adjusted revenue valuation look irrational. These numbers give a PEG ratio of 6.4. Certainly, Palantir has averaged 13% above its consensus revenue estimates over the past six quarters, but the current valuation will appear expensive even as the trend continues.
Importantly, stock analyst Dan Ives admits the current valuation is expensive, but believes investors should consider the future further. Ives sees Palantier reaching a market value of $1 trillion, perhaps within a few years. This means that the current market value has risen by 355% from $220 billion.
Consider this before purchasing stocks at Palantir Technologies.
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