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Best AI Stocks — Tech-Sector Leaders Scored by the Tapeline Composite

Every retail trader wants a piece of the AI story. The problem is that 'AI stocks' as a screen is messy — it's not a sector and the qualifying companies range from semis (NVDA, AMD) to hyperscalers (MSFT, GOOGL, META, AMZN) to applied-AI plays (PLTR, ORCL). The list below filters to Information Technology — the GICS sector with the densest AI exposure — and ranks by Tapeline composite. The score knows trend, relative strength, and fundamentals matter more than the headline label.

Updated September 18, 2026. 30 stocks currently make today's AI Stocks list (composite 60+ on Tapeline's published six-factor methodology). At the top of the list right now: RDVT, DCBO, GREE, DJCO, APPS — composites across the list range from 67 to 83 out of 100.

Scores are a descriptive reading of six weighted factors, not a forecast or a buy call. Each recorded daily top-10 pick is published — wins and losses — on the public scorecard, which currently trails SPY.

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#TickerNameScoreSignalPrice1d
1RDVTRed Violet Inc83STRONG SETUP$76.37-0.97%
2DCBODocebo Inc. Common Shares76STRONG SETUP$23.55-0.80%
3GREEGreenidge Generation Holdings Inc. Class A Common76STRONG SETUP$2.85+0.41%
4DJCODaily Journal Corp75STRONG SETUP$661.29-0.77%
5APPSDigital Turbine, Inc.74STRONG SETUP$10.62-3.06%
6HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise Company74STRONG SETUP$61.08+0.07%
7FTNTFortinet, Inc.73STRONG SETUP$167.73-2.81%
8ASXASE Technology Holding Co Ltd73STRONG SETUP$40.26+0.67%
9TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.73STRONG SETUP$432.41+0.50%
10MGRTMega Fortune Company Limited Ordinary Shares73STRONG SETUP$119.01+0.86%
11QLYSQualys, Inc. Common Stock72STRONG SETUP$173.48-2.58%
12NTAPNetApp Inc72STRONG SETUP$194.35-1.31%
13PDPagerDuty Inc72STRONG SETUP$14.24-1.35%
14OKTAOkta, Inc. Class A Common Stock72STRONG SETUP$184.35-2.98%
15DELLDell Technologies Inc.71STRONG SETUP$585.58-0.48%
16FIVNFIVE9, INC.71STRONG SETUP$33.08-4.12%
17PMTSCPI Card Group Inc71STRONG SETUP$23.96-0.91%
18ALOTAstroNova, Inc. Common Stock71STRONG SETUP$28.990.00%
19KAROKarooooo Ltd. Ordinary Shares70STRONG SETUP$67.28-2.08%
20ZETAZeta Global Holdings Corp.70CONSTRUCTIVE$29.68-2.26%
21RBRKRubrik Inc69CONSTRUCTIVE$106.36-1.36%
22TWLOTwilio Inc69CONSTRUCTIVE$240.11-2.49%
23MTLSMaterialise NV69CONSTRUCTIVE$7.68-0.39%
24GTLBGitLab Inc. Class A Common Stock68CONSTRUCTIVE$49.81-0.91%
25HPQHP Inc.68CONSTRUCTIVE$33.98-1.98%
26TEAMAtlassian Corp68CONSTRUCTIVE$190.99-0.80%
27CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock68CONSTRUCTIVE$236.72-3.65%
28RNGRingCentral Inc68CONSTRUCTIVE$73.09-2.26%
29OSPNOneSpan Inc67CONSTRUCTIVE$17.65-1.67%
30AMPLAmplitude, Inc. Class A Common Stock67CONSTRUCTIVE$13.40-2.93%

Signal key: HIGH CONVICTION 85–100 · STRONG SETUP 70–84 · CONSTRUCTIVE 55–69 · NEUTRAL 40–54 · CAUTION 25–39 · WEAK 0–24. Labels describe where the six factors sit today — they are not buy or sell recommendations.

How the AI Stocks ranking works

The Tapeline composite is a transparent weighted blend of six named factors: Trend, Relative Strength, Fundamentals, Smart Money, Macro, and Momentum — weighted most toward Trend and Relative Strength, and least toward Momentum. For the ai stocks view, the emphasis is on score + sector concentration — but the composite is the better summary signal than any single factor in isolation.

Read the full methodology on /how-it-works, or see how today's picks have performed historically on the public scorecard.

Browse every scored US name in the full stock directory, or see how a scanner differs from a screener in screener vs scanner.

Questions about ai stocks on Tapeline

Why filter to Information Technology only?

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Because the GICS taxonomy doesn't have an 'AI' sector — AI exposure is spread across Information Technology (most semis, most software), Communication Services (the AI-leveraged platforms), and Industrials (robotics, automation). Information Technology is the densest single bucket. For a broader view including Communication Services giants like META and GOOGL, see /sector/communication-services or use /app/scanner with multi-sector filtering.

Which specific AI names show up most often?

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Mega-caps with strong scores: NVDA, AMD, AVGO, MSFT, ORCL, TSM (when scored), and the applied-AI software names. The composite tends to favour names where the AI story is backed by actual revenue traction (Fundamentals factor) plus chart confirmation (Trend + RS factors). Pure-narrative AI plays without revenue confluence tend to score lower.

Is this just the same as the Technology sector page?

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Closely related but not identical. /sector/information-technology shows the full Tech-sector ranking. This page applies an explicit composite-60 floor and limits to 30 names, which surfaces the leaders rather than the full list. Same universe, different opinionated cut.

Are AI stocks a bubble?

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Tapeline doesn't make valuation calls — that's not a six-factor question. What the composite can tell you: if trend and fundamentals are diverging (rising price, deteriorating margins) the score drops, regardless of theme. The names that stay near the top of the list over time are the ones where the AI story is being confirmed by actual factor improvement, not just multiple expansion.

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