2 Tech Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for the Next Decade

Key Points

• Meta Platforms could tap into a huge opportunity by leveraging its AI technology in consumer products.

• Netflix has a promising future as it grows advertising revenue and expands into live sports streaming.

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Technology is historically where innovation and growth happen in the economy, making it a promising sector to look for long-term winners. Despite a severe drawdown in 2022, the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite has doubled in value over the last five years. This shows the value of buying and holding shares of great companies instead of trading in and out.

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1. Meta Platforms

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has been one of the top beneficiaries of artificial intelligence (AI) on the consumer and advertising side in the past few years. With over 3.4 billion people using its social media platforms every day, Meta will benefit tremendously over the next decade as AI proliferates into people's lives.

Meta is integrating AI deeply into its ad business, which drives virtually all the company's $178 billion in trailing revenue. AI-powered advertising leads to more relevant ads, higher conversions, and more engagement from users, which ultimately creates positive returns for advertisers. The company's revenue grew 22% year over year in the second quarter, driven by higher ad impressions and average price per ad.

Meta AI has been a key driver of engagement for the company's family of apps. This AI-powered assistant has over 1 billion active users. Meta AI is helping create more relevant product recommendations and information for users, making it a valuable asset in growing ad revenue.

On the consumer side, Meta is showing great potential with smart glasses. Its Ray-Ban AI glasses have been a hit, and Meta is preparing to launch new sports glasses in partnership with Oakley to drive more growth.

AI glasses have the potential to replace phones one day as technology continues to advance. As CEO Mark Zuckerberg noted on the company's earnings call, these products could become the main way that people use AI over time. If that happens, Meta Platforms would benefit from having one of the hottest consumer products in the next 10 years.

Meta wouldn't be able to pursue these opportunities without substantial cash resources. Its lucrative ad business helped generate $50 billion in free cash flow over the last four quarters, which is funding massive investments in data centers and AI. Meta is one of the few consumer-facing companies making billions off of AI technology right now, making it a compelling investment.

2. Netflix

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has grown into a dominant entertainment streaming service over the last decade, which has created tremendous wealth for shareholders. But it's not done. As it expands into advertising and other content like live sports, the stock has real potential to keep climbing in the years to come.

Netflix recently completed the rollout of its proprietary ad-tech platform. The significance of this is that it lessens the dependence on third-party technology and enables the company to push full throttle into serving large advertisers.

It's already showing tremendous potential. Ad revenue is expected to double this year, indicating strong demand for ad-supported subscription plans. This puts Netflix in a strong position to continue growing its already massive subscriber base.

Streaming became significantly more competitive in recent years, but Netflix continues to deliver above-average growth. Revenue has consistently grown around 16% year over year in recent quarters. While advertising revenue is not disclosed partly because it's still a small part of the business, Netflix's growing content library and entry into live sports streaming could make the platform a digital entertainment juggernaut in the next decade.

Management is only interested in pursuing sports deals where it generates a healthy profit for shareholders. So far, the live events make up a small portion of total content spending, but management indicated that these are high-value engagements. Sports streaming has had a significant impact on subscriber conversion and retention.

Growth in advertising and sports streaming is going to turn Netflix into a more valuable business in the next decade. Over the next several years, analysts expect earnings to grow at an annualized rate of 23%, which should deliver market-beating returns for shareholders.

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John Ballard has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Meta Platforms and Netflix. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.