5 Best Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold in 2026

2. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

With one-year EPS and revenue growth estimates of 34.77% and 30.61%, respectively, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) earns a place on our list of the best growth stocks to buy and hold in 2026.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) heads into late April 2026 with robust analyst backing. As of April 23, 2026, 94% of analysts covering the stock have a Buy rating on it, and the consensus price target of $260 points to roughly 30% upside potential.

On April 15, 2026, ahead of NAB Show 2026, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) rolled out new updates across creative tools and system optimization, with RTX technology making inroads into professional video workflows and AI-assisted PC management.

Adobe’s Premiere Color Mode was the marquee item, a beta feature built into Premiere that taps GPU acceleration on NVIDIA GeForce RTX and RTX PRO systems. It is the first time 32-bit color depth has come to Premiere, with the feature designed to make the editing experience faster and more responsive while improving real-time color grading across layered edits and tonal adjustments.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) also used the occasion to push Project G-Assist further into the market.

The experimental on-device assistant for GeForce RTX AI PCs delivered better detection of gaming settings, a stronger knowledge base for esports and AAA game recommendations, and broader control over features in the NVIDIA App, including DLSS Overrides, Smooth Motion, RTX HDR, Digital Vibrance, and encoder settings.

Project G-Assist is not a new idea. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) first showed it off at Computex 2024 as a tech demo designed to simplify complex PC environments through voice- and text-based system optimization. The April 15 update moves that concept further along.

The developments, taken side by side, reflect where NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is putting its energy: making powerful hardware easier to use for creators and gamers alike.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is a fabless semiconductor and AI computing company that designs GPUs, AI accelerators, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and system-on-a-chip units. Through its CUDA ecosystem, the company enables industries ranging from autonomous vehicles to scientific research by advancing AI, accelerated computing, and data center infrastructure.