20 Best Performing Stocks in 2025

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1. ABIVAX Société Anonyme (NASDAQ:ABVX)

Total Returns in 2025: 1,742.2% 

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 56

ABIVAX Société Anonyme (NASDAQ:ABVX) is among the Best Performing Stocks.

According to a story in the French-language newspaper La Tribune on December 24, 2025, there have been rumors that Eli Lilly has been drawing interest in the French biotechnology business ABIVAX Société Anonyme (NASDAQ:ABVX, TheFly reported. Its shares surged after the release, rising $4.62, or 3%, to $142.97 in pre-market trade in New York.

The company also declared that it was going to be included in the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index. The inclusion went into effect on Monday, December 22, 2025.

Thefly revealed on December 18, 2025, that Guggenheim analyst Yatin Suneja has increased the company’s price objective for ABIVAX Société Anonyme (NASDAQ:ABVX) from $150 to $175. The analyst maintained a Buy rating for the stock. Guggenheim’s positive forecast for obefazimod ahead of an impending 44-week maintenance readout is the basis for the price target hike.

The firm has €589.7 million in cash despite high R&D-driven losses and a €15.3 million monthly cash burn.

Nonetheless, the stock is down by 10.04% YTD as of January 6, 2026.

The goal of ABIVAX Société Anonyme (NASDAQ:ABVX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, is to develop novel treatments that utilize the body’s own regulatory systems to modulate the immune response in individuals with chronic inflammatory conditions.

While we acknowledge the potential of ABVX 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 ABVX and that has 100x upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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