In this article, we will take a look at the 13 Best FAANG+ Stocks to Invest in Right Now.
Back in 2013, Jim Cramer used the term “FAANG” to refer to a group of tech stocks that were performing extremely well and appeared to be gaining traction. Originally grouped for their strong stock market performance and prospects for expansion, FAANG companies are now widely used as shorthand for US technology leaders, including the original names of Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet, and Facebook (now Meta Platforms). Although there have been changes to this moniker and newer monikers like “Magnificent Seven” have become more prominent, FAANG+ has broadened its scope to include other large and mega-cap companies and thus still holds weight in investor conversations.
2026 has been an interesting year so far, as megacap tech companies fell out of favor due to investor concerns around their excessive spending, prompting an index of the Magnificent Seven equities to tumble by over 6% in the first two months of the year. Meanwhile, investors were concerned that AI technologies would disrupt well-established businesses, prompting major sell-offs in recent weeks across industries such as software, asset management, and insurance.
However, the turmoil in the Middle East has made technology the best-performing S&P 500 sector since the conflict began, with the sector up 1.5% from the market close on February 27, the day before the US-Israeli strike. This relative outperformance of US technology stocks represents a substantial shift in market attitude. Speaking on the tech industry, Michael Walsh, multi-asset portfolio manager at T Rowe Price, recently said the following:
“In a more uncertain environment where the outlook for inflation and growth is less clear . . . at least we know [the big tech companies] are growing, they’re generating profits, they’re throwing out cash.”
Our Methodology
For this list, we noted down all stocks that comprise FAANG+. For this, we added those stocks to the original FAANG list that, although not part of the original FAANG group, possess valuations and influence that position them at the forefront of the tech industry. These stocks are widely held by hedge funds and followed by analysts.
Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 498.7% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 303 percentage points (see more details here).
13. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL)
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) ranks among the best FAANG+ stocks to invest in right now. On March 11, Deutsche Bank reinforced its Buy rating and $300 price target for Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) following the company’s earnings release, which reported revenue of $17.2 billion, exceeding analysts’ expectations of $16.9 billion.
The company’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service revenue increased by 84% year-over-year to $4.9 billion, exceeding the street’s projection of $4.7 billion. Moreover, Oracle’s cloud revenue increased by 41% year-over-year to $8.9 billion, while AI infrastructure revenue increased by 243%.
Deutsche Bank remarked that the quarter indicated continuous execution, which will sustain OCI acceleration into fiscal year 2027. It also identified specific non-AI options for additional backlog contributions, particularly non-capital-intensive AI. The firm added that it believes multicloud availability will be a significant enabler for Oracle’s future workload transfer.
Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) offers an extensive suite of database and cloud computing software and hardware. The Company offers databases and relational servers, application development and decision-support tools, and enterprise business applications.
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