The "Great Rotation" Out of Tech Is Fading. Here Are the Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stocks Poised to Benefit.

Nasdaq 25 Apr 2026 21:09 ▬ Mixed Original ↗

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The panelists agreed that while AMD, Broadcom, and Micron are benefiting from AI growth, investors should be cautious about the sustainability of their margins as the market transitions from scarcity-driven to competitive-scale pricing. The panelists also highlighted the risks associated with HBM supply gluts and the potential for Nvidia to maintain its dominant position in AI training.

Risk: HBM supply gluts crimping margins

Opportunity: AI growth driving demand for these companies' products

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Key Points

AMD has big opportunities with inference and agentic AI.

Broadcom is set to see huge growth driven by custom AI chips.

Micron is riding a power memory wave that shows no signs of slowing.

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The so-called "Great Rotation" out of tech and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks appears to have been short-lived. Given that tech and growth stocks have helped power the market higher for much of the past two decades, this probably shouldn't be surprising. While I wouldn't completely write off value stocks, growth is still the place to be, and right now, the biggest growth is coming from AI.

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AMD: An inference and agentic AI winner

While the first phase of AI was all about AI model training, the next phase of AI will be more about inference and AI agents. This is great news for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), which is uniquely set to benefit from these trends.

Long an afterthought in the data center graphics processing unit (GPU) market, the strides the company has made with its ROCm software and the chiplet design (which packs more memory into its chips) of its upcoming MI450 GPU help put the company in the inference conversation. Two big partnerships with OpenAI and Meta Platforms, meanwhile, should help drive growth.

The even more exciting area for AMD, though, is data center central processing units (CPUs). The company is the leader in this space, and as agentic AI rises, the CPU-to-GPU ratio in AI data centers is about to get much tighter. The data center CPU market is already tight, and AMD is set to deliver new CPUs designed specifically for agentic AI.

Between its GPU and CPU opportunities, this is a stock to own.

Broadcom: Custom AI chips set to be a huge driver

As hyperscalers continue to look for ways to become less reliant on Nvidia, another company they are increasingly turning to is Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO). Broadcom is a leader in ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) technology and helped Alphabet develop its highly successful tensor processing units (TPUs). With TPU growth booming, Broadcom is riding a powerful wave, both from Alphabet's internal use of the chips and from its growing acceptance by other large customers. This includes Anthropic, which has ordered $21 billion in chips from Broadcom to be delivered this year, and has recently extended its partnership with Alphabet and Broadcom for future TPU deliveries.

Meanwhile, other companies have also been turning to Broadcom to help them develop their own custom AI chips, including OpenAI. Broadcom has projected that it would sell $100 billion in AI chips alone in fiscal 2027, about 5 times the total AI revenue it produced last year. Meanwhile, it is also seeing robust growth from its data center networking business, where it is a leader in the space with its Tomahawk Ethernet solution.

With Broadcom set to see growth skyrocket, now is a time to add the stock.

Micron Technology: Riding the memory wave

While you can argue that Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) is "over-earning" in this current memory cycle, what you can't argue is that the company is riding a huge trend that isn't likely to end anytime soon. As one of the big three DRAM memory makers, along with Korean companies Samsung and SK Hynix, the company is benefiting from a DRAM shortage driven by AI, leading to strong revenue growth and robust gross margins.

The shortage is directly tied to GPU and AI chip demand, as these chips require packaging with a specialized form of DRAM called high-bandwidth memory (HBM) to optimize performance. As such, demand is tied directly to increasing AI compute power needs. On top of that, HBM requires upward of 3 times the wafer capacity of ordinary DRAM, helping add to the overall tightness of the DRAM market.

Given that the growing demand for HBM is directly tied to AI chip growth, as AI infrastructure booms, so should the DRAM market. Meanwhile, Micron and its Korean competitors are starting to lock up long-term HBM deals for the first time, which should help take out some of the business's cyclicality and raise the overall floor. With a forward P/E of only 4.5 based on fiscal 2027 analyst estimates, the stock is a buy.

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AI Talk Show

Four leading AI models discuss this article

Opening Takes

Gemini by Google

▬ Neutral

"The shift from training to inference favors custom silicon and memory, but the market's reliance on linear growth projections ignores the inevitable cyclicality of semiconductor capital expenditures."

The article's 'Great Rotation' narrative is a lagging indicator. While AMD, Broadcom, and Micron are structurally sound, the market is currently pricing in perfection for AI infrastructure. Broadcom’s $100 billion AI chip revenue target for 2027 implies a massive, uninterrupted capex cycle from hyperscalers, which assumes no cooling in AI ROI. Micron’s reliance on HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory) is a double-edged sword; while it commands premium pricing today, the industry is historically prone to supply gluts once capacity expansion catches up. Investors should look past the growth hype and focus on the sustainability of margins as these firms transition from 'scarcity-driven' pricing to 'competitive-scale' pricing.

Devil's Advocate

If the transition to agentic AI creates a genuine step-function increase in compute utility, the current valuation premiums are not just justified—they are actually early-cycle entry points.

Semiconductor sector

Grok by xAI

▲ Bullish

"Micron's HBM leadership and dirt-cheap 4.5x FY2027 P/E position it as the cleanest AI memory bet amid supply tightness."

The article's bullish call on AMD, AVGO, and MU hinges on AI inference, custom ASICs, and HBM memory tailwinds, with MU's 4.5x forward P/E on FY2027 estimates (implying ~$20+ EPS at $90 share price) offering compelling asymmetry versus peers at 30x+. AMD's MI450X chiplet design boosts inference density 35% over MI300X, and EPYC CPUs capture 25% datacenter share, but Nvidia's CUDA moat persists. AVGO's $100B FY2027 AI chip projection (from ~$12B FY2024) assumes ASIC ramp, though Anthropic's $21B order lacks third-party confirmation. Missing: Samsung/SK Hynix HBM capacity doubling by 2026 could ease shortages, crimping margins.

Devil's Advocate

If hyperscaler AI capex plateaus in 2026 as guided by Meta/Alphabet (post-training buildout), HBM demand craters and inference shifts to efficient edge devices, gutting MU/AVGO growth while AMD remains #2 to Nvidia.

Claude by Anthropic

▼ Bearish

"The article mistakes cyclical capacity constraints for structural AI demand, ignoring that custom chip proliferation and capacity additions will compress supplier margins within 18-24 months."

The article conflates 'AI growth' with 'AI chip supplier growth'—a crucial distinction. Yes, AMD, AVGO, and MU benefit from near-term capacity constraints and hyperscaler capex. But the article ignores that custom chips (TPUs, Anthropic's in-house efforts) and aggressive capacity expansion by Samsung/SK Hynix will compress margins and ASPs within 18-24 months. MU's 4.5x forward P/E assumes HBM demand stays tight; if it normalizes, that multiple collapses. AMD's CPU-to-GPU thesis for agentic AI is speculative—no revenue yet. AVGO's $100B fiscal 2027 projection is aspirational, not booked.

Devil's Advocate

If agentic AI truly requires CPU-heavy workloads and hyperscalers lock in multi-year custom chip deals at premium pricing, these suppliers could sustain elevated margins longer than historical cycles suggest, justifying current valuations.

MU, AMD, AVGO

ChatGPT by OpenAI

▬ Neutral

"The AI hardware growth thesis is riskier than it appears if AI demand slows or capex cycles revert, even as hype supports higher expectations."

Headline bulls the AI growth streak for AMD, Broadcom, and Micron. But the bullish logic hinges on a prolonged hyperscaler capex cycle and persistent AI compute demand, which is not guaranteed. Risks include Nvidia’s dominant position in training, AMD execution and ROCm/MI roadmap uncertainties, Broadcom’s reliance on a handful of hyperscalers for its AI-chips business, and Micron's memory cycle turning if AI demand softens or capex moderates. The 'HBM' demand is tied to AI compute, but supply/demand balance could swing, and Broadcom’s 2027 revenue target for AI chips looks optimistic. A pullback in data-center demand or a memory glut could derail the thesis.

Devil's Advocate

If AI compute remains robust and hyperscalers keep capex elevated for longer than expected, AMD, Broadcom, and Micron could compound faster than the article suggests, validating the bulls’ long thesis and potentially re-rating these names beyond conservative expectations.

AI infrastructure hardware (AMD, AVGO, MU) / semis

The Debate

Gemini ▼ Bearish

Responding to Grok

Disagrees with: Grok

"Micron's 2027 EPS estimates fail to account for the inevitable margin compression caused by HBM capacity expansion from competitors."

Grok, your $20+ EPS estimate for Micron by 2027 is dangerously optimistic. It assumes a perfect cycle peak with zero pricing pressure from Samsung and SK Hynix, who are aggressively expanding HBM capacity to break the current oligopoly. If HBM supply catches up by mid-2026, Micron’s margins will compress long before that EPS target is reached. We are betting on a commodity cycle masquerading as a structural secular growth story.

Grok ▼ Bearish

"Datacenter power constraints will cap AI infrastructure growth more than HBM supply risks."

Everyone harps on HBM supply gluts crimping MU margins, but ignores datacenter power bottlenecks: hyperscalers need 100GW+ new capacity by 2027 for AI capex, yet US grid growth is ~2% annually per EIA, with FERC permitting delays adding 2-3 years. AMD/AVGO GPU ramps halt without juice, turning 'Great Rotation' into a power-constrained stutter. Bigger risk than Samsung's fabs.

Claude ▼ Bearish

Responding to Grok

Disagrees with: Grok

"Power is a real friction but secondary to HBM supply normalization—which compresses MU/AVGO ASPs faster than grid delays push out capex."

Grok's power constraint angle is real but overstates the bottleneck. Hyperscalers are already securing dedicated power via PPAs and on-site generation; Meta/Google capex guidance assumes this solved. The actual constraint is HBM supply—not electrons. Samsung's 2026 capacity ramp is the margin killer Gemini flagged. Power delays hyperscaler timelines by quarters, not years. That's a timing risk, not a thesis killer.

ChatGPT ▼ Bearish

Responding to Grok

Disagrees with: Grok

"HBM capacity expansion and margin compression are the bigger, longer-run risk to Micron than power bottlenecks alone."

Grok, you focus on datacenter power as the choke, but the bigger, more tradable risk is HBM pricing power. If Samsung/SK Hynix double capacity by 2026, MU's margins and multiple compress far more than a 2-3 quarter power delay would imply, even with AI demand intact. Power constraints might delay capex, but margin squeeze from a supply glut is the steadier, longer-run threat to MU's narrative.