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In a recent appearance on CNBC, when billionaire Paul Tudor Jones was asked which stocks he was buying, the hedge fund manager shared what he saw as similarities between today’s trading era and the 1970s and 1980s, when the personal computing revolution was starting. He linked ChatGPT to Apple and Claude to Microsoft:
“So, again, I’m a macro trader, so I just buy baskets. And what I would simply say is, it’s a crazy, crazy time. If I had to pick, you know I love always to find, historical precedents. You can kind of look at the productivity miracle around the introduction of the PC, 81′, 82′. Really, 81′, 77′, see I would kind of say 1977 when Apple dropped theres, it was kind of like ChatGPT but it wasn’t until Microsoft brought their PC in 81 when you got widespread commercial adoption. So ChatGPT in 22, I kind of think Claude Code January of this year would be equivalent of when Microsoft came out in 81.”
Our Methodology
To make our list of the stocks that might skyrocket, we scanned investment newsletters from Stock Gumshoe and narrowed down 24 stocks from newsletters issued in January 2026. These were ranked by the number of hedge funds that had bought the shares in Q4 2025 and the top 14 stocks were chosen. Stock Gumshoe’s thesis and the date of each newsletter are also mentioned.
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14. PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 44
Date of Newsletter: January 15th, 2026
This stock is a part of an advertisement run by Adam O’Dell. It’s touted as a firm with exposure to smart factories. According to the ad, this company “Supplies digital backbone that turns blueprints into smart factories.” With the Trump administration promising a rebirth of the American industrial age, O’Dell further teases us by claiming that the firm “sits at the center of America’s industrial comeback.”
Gumshoe’s best guess suggests that the stock is PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC). The firm is an industrial software provider that helps customers with their product development lifecycles and operations. PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC)’s shares are down by 10% over the past year and by 13% year-to-date. Since January 19th, the day before which you should have bought the stock according to O’Dell, the shares are down by 9%. However, PTC Inc. (NASDAQ:PTC)’s stock did close 8% higher on May 7th after the firm’s fiscal second quarter earnings report.
13. WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 48
Date of Newsletter: January 15th, 2026
As is the case with most newsletters these days, this stock also caters to the needs of the AI buildout. The newsletter mentions it as one of “five companies who stand to make you an absolute fortune.” It advises readers to “act now” before the news on January 19th. It touts the firm as one of the companies “who profit when every company in the world has to build new facilities here to access that quartz for their technology product.” Another teaser markets the stock as “While everyone chases AI chips, this Pennsylvania company quietly provides the backbone that makes the facilities run.”
WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC) is a classic stock that could ‘skyrocket’ pick in an investment newsletter. The firm is one of the biggest electrical equipment and supplies distributors in North America. WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE:WCC)’s shares are up by 119% over the past year, 41% year-to-date, and by 28.9% since January 19th. The shares closed 14% higher on April 30th, the day the firm reported its first quarter earnings, to post a 70% annual data center sales bump.
12. Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 50
Date of Newsletter: January 28th, 2026
In this newsletter, Enrique Abeyta teases a stock that’s part of the ‘AI Endgame.’ Call us intrigued. Quoting the consultancy McKinsey, he remarks that “McKinsey has gone so far as to call AI ‘the greatest threat…and defense…in cybersecurity today.’” Naturally, this hints that the stock he’s going to be talking about belongs to the cybersecurity sector. To make it even more attractive, Abeyta points out that “even government agencies like NASA and the Department of Defence use this company’s technology to protect their most sensitive systems…”
Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT) is the firm he’s talking about. The shares are up by 17% over the past year and by 46% year-to-date. The stock closed a whopping 20% higher on May 7th. The jump followed the firm’s first quarter-earnings report, with media reports commenting that Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT) had dispelled fears of AI disrupting its business. Wells Fargo had set a $63 share price target and an Underweight rating on March 3rd as it wondered about the impact of hardware-centric markets on the firm’s business.
11. Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 52
Date of Newsletter: January 28th, 2026
Another stock part of Abeyta’s newsletter, this one’s pitched as the one that “plays a vital role in solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in the AI industry.” Naturally, it’s also part of the AI infrastructure, and according to Abeyta, the firm is responsible for the communication between the processors that work inside an AI data center. In fact, as the AI buildout accelerates even more, this firm could become “one of the most critical players in the entire AI industry,” says the author.
Johnson is cautiously optimistic that the stock being talked about in the newsletter is Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB). The firm provides connectivity products that rely on microcontrollers, sensors, and its COSMOS suite. The shares are up by 180% over the past year and by 11% year-to-date. RBC Capital discussed Astera Labs Inc. (NASDAQ:ALAB)’s stock on April 21st. It raised the share price target to $250 from $225 and kept a Buy rating on the shares. The financial firm commented that the connectivity company could benefit from a growth in usage of Amazon’s Trainium chips.
10. MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 53
Date of Newsletter: January 28th, 2026
According to Abeyta, this firm “is one of the only large-scale producers of rare-earth permanent magnets in the United States.” Rare earth metals created quite a bit of hype last year after trade tensions between the US and China heated up. The Chinese threatened America’s rare earth metal supply, and the US government responded by providing favorable incentives for American rare earth firms. Abeyta adds that the firm “on track to produce ten times more U.S.-made magnets than today” by 2028.
These teasers lead Gumshoe to speculate that the stock being talked about is MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP). The firm is a Nevada-based company that makes magnets, magnetic precursors, and operates mines. Its shares are up by a whopping 207% over the past year and by 22.7% year-to-date. Wedbush discussed MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP)’s stock on April 20th as it set an Outperform rating and a $90 share price target. The firm’s long-term prospects and its role as the only rare earth concentrate producer outside China were among the factors that Wedbush discussed.
9. CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 58
Date of Newsletter: January 22nd, 2026
This stock is part of Alex Green’s list of “secret picks.” In fact, he goes as far as to call it an AI “Superstock.” To back up the claim, Green touts the firm as having agreements with OpenAI, Meta, NVIDIA, and other technology giants. “Everyone wants what they have,” he says, and adds that when it comes to revenue, the firm has exhibited “36,000% growth in three years.” These factors suggest to Green that “the worst thing you can do is to wait” when it comes to the firm.
The superstock, or the stock to rule all AI stocks, is CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV). The firm is a computing infrastructure provider that hosts GPUs to allow AI software companies to train and run their models. The shares are up by 122% over the past year and by 43% year-to-date. Cantor Fitzgerald discussed CoreWeave, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRWV)’s shares on April 16th as it raised the share price target to $156 from $149 and kept an Overweight rating. Like Green, the firm discussed the computing company’s agreements with big technology firms.
8. Dutch Bros Inc. (NYSE:BROS)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 61
Date of Newsletter: January 7th, 2026
This stock marks a nice break from the technology-focused picks. It’s part of a newsletter sent by the well-known financial publication, Motley Fool. As opposed to the pitches for most of the stocks that we’ve discussed in this list, the pitch for this one is rather brief, as the Fool simply comments that the firm “has built a fanatical following serving coffee to customers who never leave their cars. It’s opening hundreds of new locations each year.”
As per Gumshoe, the firm is Dutch Bros Inc. (NYSE:BROS). The firm is a drive-through coffee retailer whose shares are down by 16.9% over the past year and by 15% year-to-date. Financial firm Piper Sandler discussed the coffee company on March 9th. It reduced Dutch Bros Inc. (NYSE:BROS)’s share price target to $59 from $63 and kept a Neutral rating on the stock. The financial firm remarked that the stock had struggled even though the company had performed well on the financial firm through its distinct financial metrics.
7. BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 64
Date of Newsletter: January 22nd, 2026
Another stock in Green’s coverage is a nuclear power play operating in the small and medium reactor (SMR) industry. It also runs “the ONLY large nuclear manufacturing facility in North America,” he says, and adds: “like Rockefeller’s Standard Oil back in its day – controls the supply” of SMR nuclear reactors. Its orders are so hot that the firm is expanding production by 50%, and Green believes that “like the industrial revolution would have stopped without oil,” SMRs will play a similar role.
The all-important firm, according to Gumshoe, is BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT). It’s an SMR developer whose shares are up by 89% over the past year and by 12% year-to-date. The firm reported its earnings on May 4th to post $860 million in revenue and $1.12 in earnings per share. On April 20th, BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:BWXT) secured a key deal in the nuclear power industry as it entered into a deal with PCG to acquire the firm. This deal is expected to close in the second half of this year.
6. Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 77
Date of Newsletter: January 22nd, 2026
Green starts strong with this particular stock. He tells anyone who’s interested that fret not, if you’ve missed investing in AI GPU giant NVIDIA, and says “this is your chance to get in on the next phase.” Another stock that’s pitched to benefit from the Trump administration’s efforts to boost American manufacturing, he believes he’s “found a company that’s solving” the problem of robotics in industrial operations. These robots “work alongside humans,” he says, and to make things even sweeter, the firm “partnered with Nvidia to bring AI chips to their cobots.”
The firm, according to Stock Gumshoe, is Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER). It provides testing robots for chip manufacturers and mobile robots and other items for other industries. The shares are up by 364% over the past year and by 73% year-to-date. Goldman Sachs discussed Teradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:TER)’s shares on April 30th, as it raised the share price target to $350 from $300 and kept a Buy rating on the stock. The bank discussed strong trends in the semiconductor industry as part of its coverage.
While we acknowledge the potential of TER to grow, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and have limited downside risk. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than TER and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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