The Best Stocks to Invest $10,000 in Right Now
Key Points
Nvidia is set to benefit from surging AI infrastructure spending.
Alphabet has a long-term advantage by having a complete AI stack.
Meta has been great at using AI to drive growth.
- 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia ›
If you're investing a large chunk of money, like $10,000, you're likely going to want to stick to market leaders with strong growth potential trading at reasonable prices. Let's look at three leading artificial intelligence (AI) stocks that fit that bill.
Nvidia: The AI infrastructure king
The engine that is powering the AI infrastructure buildout, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) remains well positioned to benefit from the continued surge in data center spending. Demand for its chips continues to be off the charts, as its graphics processing units (GPUs) and the ecosystem it has built around them are still the best way to train large language models (LLMs).
Will AI create the world's first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an "Indispensable Monopoly" providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. Continue »
The company has seen incredible growth over the years, including whopping 73% revenue growth last quarter. Incredibly, it expects that growth to accelerate this current quarter, and its long-term outlook remains bright. Meanwhile, the stock is cheap, trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of under 22.5.
Image source: Getty Images.
Alphabet: The total package
With the most complete AI stack, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is one of the best-positioned AI stocks to own over the long haul. It is the only company that has developed both a world-class LLM and its own custom AI chips. By having its own AI chips, Alphabet has a huge cost advantage with AI model training and inference over competitors that are largely beholden to Nvidia. Best of all, as the need for computing power grows, this advantage just keeps getting bigger.
At the same time, Alphabet is seeing huge growth in its cloud computing segment, while it has embedded its Gemini AI model within its Google search business to drive revenue. Its YouTube business remains a strong contributor, while its Waymo robotaxi business holds a lot of potential. Meanwhile, the stock is attractively valued, trading at a forward P/E of just over 26.
Meta Platforms: Using AI to drive growth
While many companies are looking to demonstrate how AI can help improve their businesses, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has already shown it can be a big growth driver. Meta is using AI to help keep users on its platform longer by improving its recommendation engine and by helping advertisers better target and convert users. This is leading to Meta serving more ads and getting higher ad prices, which is the holy grail in digital advertising.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, Meta grew its revenue by an impressive 24%, with an 18% increase in ad impressions and a 6% rise in ad prices. Its revenue growth is only expected to accelerate in Q1. Meanwhile, it is just starting to serve ads on both WhatsApp and Threads, leaving a long runway of growth with these two platforms. The stock is also a great value, trading at a forward P/E of below 21.
Should you buy stock in Nvidia right now?
Before you buy stock in Nvidia, consider this:
The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Nvidia wasn’t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.
Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $508,877!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $1,115,328!*
Now, it’s worth noting Stock Advisor’s total average return is 936% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 189% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.
See the 10 stocks »
*Stock Advisor returns as of March 18, 2026.
Geoffrey Seiler has positions in Alphabet and Meta Platforms. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Recommended Articles
