Stock Power Watchlist for the Week of 2 March 2026

The 19 highest-scoring names based on our model.

19. Applied Materials ($AMAT)
Applied Materials, Inc. continues to benefit from elevated AI and memory wafer‑fab spending, with independent forecasts still pointing to multi‑year revenue and earnings growth, although a reversal in capex plans would likely hit both results and its roughly 30x earnings multiple.

18. Lam Research ($LRCX)
Lam Research Corporation’s share price has risen about 165% over the past year, supported by Q4 2025 revenue up 28% year‑on‑year to $5.32B and non‑GAAP EPS beating consensus by 4.1%, and further underpinned by analyst price‑target upgrades into the $195–$210 range, but this leaves the stock exposed if AI‑driven tool demand or margins normalise.

17. Celestica Inc ($CLS)
Celestica Inc has been a major 2025–26 beneficiary of AI and data‑centre hardware demand, with sizeable revenue growth and margin expansion already reflected in a strong share‑price run‑up, so future returns now depend on sustaining AI‑related orders at elevated levels.

16. Bristol‑Myers Squibb ($BMY)
Bristol‑Myers Squibb Company is generally held for income and defensive healthcare exposure, with consensus modelling modest earnings progression through patent cycles, so expectations should centre on stability rather than high growth.

15. Verizon Communications ($VZ)
Verizon Communications Inc offers a high dividend yield underpinned by telecom cash flows and 5G monetisation, but forecasts show only limited growth and highlight regulatory and competition risk, making it more suited to income‑seeking than growth‑seeking investors.

14. Walmart Inc ($WMT)
Walmart Inc remains a defensive compounder, with models pointing to mid‑single‑digit sales growth from grocery, value positioning and e‑commerce, plus a reliable dividend, though recent strength in the share price limits immediate valuation upside.

13. ASML Holding ($ASML)
ASML Holding N.V. expects EUV sales to rise about 30% in 2025 on AI and memory demand, and Zacks’ 2025 revenue estimate implies roughly 24% growth. Yet management also notes that 2026 visibility is clouded by macroeconomic, export controls, and tariff risks, so while long‑term demand drivers are strong, near‑term cycles and geopolitics introduce risk.

12. Taiwan Semiconductor ($TSM)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited features in 2026–2036 forecasts, placing its share price in the low‑$300s if it maintains process leadership and AI chip demand. Still, geopolitical tensions and semiconductor cycles mean realised returns could diverge significantly from these projections.

11. Visa Inc ($V)
Visa Inc has 2026 forecasts targeting roughly $395 per share (low‑teens percent above recent levels), built on revenue estimates near $45B and EPS around $13, but these projections and its mid‑20s–30x P/E assume resilient global spending and manageable regulatory pressures.

10. Micron Technology ($MU)
Micron Technology, Inc. stock more than tripled in 2025 on AI optimism, with Q1 2026 results showing revenue of about $13.6B and Q2 guidance in the $18.3–$19.1B range, and management calling the AI‑driven high‑bandwidth memory shortage “unprecedented”, yet history suggests memory earningsand the share pricecan still be highly cyclical.

9. Apple Inc ($AAPL)
Apple Inc’s 2025 performance, including better‑than‑expected Q3 and Q4 demand for iPhone 17 and services, supports mid‑single‑digit revenue growth assumptions. Still, regulatory scrutiny and maturing hardware cycles cap the long‑term growth embedded in many models.

8. Cisco Systems ($CSCO)
Cisco Systems, Inc. offers defensive tech exposure with steady cash flows and a covered dividend from networking and security, while consensus only expects low‑single‑digit revenue growth, reflecting a focus on stability over high‑beta AI upside.

7. Boeing Co ($BA)
The Boeing Company has multi‑year recovery potential as commercial deliveries normalise, and defence programmes progress, but continuing safety, regulatory and balance‑sheet issues make it a higher‑risk turnaround that may not align with all investors’ risk appetites.

6. Microsoft Corp ($MSFT)
Microsoft Corporation is projected by analysts to grow EPS at a mid‑teens rate over the next few years as Azure and Copilot‑driven AI scale, though its elevated valuation and dependence on enterprise IT budgets mean returns are vulnerable to any slowdown in AI or cloud spend.

5. Meta Platforms ($META)
Meta Platforms, Inc. is projected to deliver high‑teens percentage upside over the past 12 months, as AI‑enhanced ad tools, Reels monetisation, and cost discipline support earnings, but digital‑ad cyclicality and regulatory risk remain central uncertainties.

4. Amazon.com Inc ($AMZN)
Amazon.com, Inc. is widely modelled as a long‑term compounder with AWS and retail efficiency supporting mid‑teens revenue growth and margin expansion into 2027, even though heavy AI and logistics investment can make near‑term free‑cash‑flow lumpy.

3. Alphabet Inc ($GOOGL)
Alphabet Inc.’s Class A shares appear in 2025–2030 projections showing steady appreciation backed by Search, YouTube, and cloud/AI growth, while current prediction tools see only mid‑single‑digit short‑term moves, highlighting uncertainty around the timing of returns rather than the long‑run direction.

2. Broadcom Inc ($AVGO)
Broadcom Inc is expected to increase free cash flow across many 2026–2030 forecasts through AI networking, custom accelerators, and infrastructure software. Still, its cyclical chip exposure and strong 2025 rally mean actual returns could be more volatile than smooth modelled paths suggest.​

1. NVIDIA Corp ($NVDA)
NVIDIA Corporation traded just under $200 in early January, with one AI‑based scenario placing a late‑January 2026 base‑case at $240–$260, and longer‑term 2026 forecasts pointing above $300 if AI demand remains very strong; such projections are inherently uncertain and sensitive to macro and competitive developments.