We recently published a list of Top 10 AI Stocks Making Headlines on Wall Street. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stands against other top AI stocks making headlines on Wall Street.
US President Donald Trump is strengthening global ties aimed at long-term cooperation. In its latest, he has announced Saudi Arabia’s $600-billion commitment to invest in the United States on the first day of a four-day tour of the Gulf, paving the way for a series of business deals. These deals aim to strengthen the U.S.’s energy security, defense industry, technology leadership, and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals.
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Only recently, the Department of Commerce announced that it was going to rescind President Joe Biden’s rule regarding AI chip exports and implement a “much simpler rule” instead. Fast-forward to Trump’s tour of the Gulf beginning Tuesday, global political and business leaders gathered in Riyadh to discuss topics such as the artificial intelligence boom and global trade.
The elimination of Biden’s rule made sense when a White House official made remarks about how the United States does not need to block the global spread of its AI chips and technology to control national security risks — comments that were made to reflect on the flexible approach being adopted by the US toward sharing advanced technology to trusted allies such as Saudi Arabia.
As evident, President Donald Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and several deals were announced between the two countries, with Saudi Arabia benefiting from deals with top tech firms to advance artificial intelligence in the Kingdom. While Saudi Arabia is investing $600 billion in the U.S, the White House also publicized a nearly $142 billion deal to provide the Kingdom with weapons and services from U.S. defense firms.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a deal to provide Saudi Arabia with its high-end AI Blackwell chips, amongst deals made by other notable firms such as AMD, Uber, Cisco, and Amazon. Some notable attendees besides Huang included Elon Musk, Andy Jassy, Sam Altman, President Ruth Porat, Arvind Krishna, Alex Karp, and Cristiano Amon.
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 166
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a technology company known for its consumer electronics, particularly the iPhones and MacBooks. On May 14, Loop reiterated the stock as “Hold.” After a lookahead analysis of Apple’s iPhone product pipeline, the firm believes there is much work to be done for the tech giant.
“As Loop’s AAPL coverage has been highlighting for the past 12-18 months the ongoing AI struggles, move to the internal modem, integrating internally designed chips at higher velocity, and navigating a stagnant iPhone device strategy, there is no shortage of challenges to discuss as AAPL seeks to get its mojo back.”
Analysts on Wall Street currently have a consensus “Buy” rating on the stock. The average price target of $235 implies an 11% upside, however, the Street-high target of $308 implies an upside of 45%.
Overall, AAPL ranks 5th on our list of top AI stocks making headlines on Wall Street. While we acknowledge the potential of AAPL as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than AAPL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.
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