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AI Stock News Briefing — Monday, May 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM

📈 AI Stocks5/25/2026🕐 6:15 AM⏱ 6:49Market watchPre-market

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#1BROAD MARKET — AI Rally Drives Best Momentum Run on Record

Bloomberg reports that MSCI's global momentum gauge has beaten the MSCI All Country World Index by 17 percentage points since the end of March — the strongest two-month outperformance on record, in data going back to 1991. The AI trade has broadened beyond chip names into power companies, data center owners, and networking suppliers, helping push the S&P 500 above 7,500 for the first time.

#2DELL — Stock Surges 15% on $43B AI Server Backlog

Dell Technologies ripped 15% on Thursday to a new 52-week high of $291.17, fueled by its Dell World showcase and disclosure of a $43 billion AI server backlog heading into FY2027. Management guided full-year AI revenue toward $50 billion, prompting Evercore ISI and Barclays to lift price targets into the $320–$340 range.

#3ARM — Wave of Analyst Upgrades After Q4 Beat

Arm Holdings saw a flood of price target hikes after beating fiscal Q4 estimates: Jefferies to $290, Rosenblatt to $270, TD Cowen to $265, and Bernstein initiated at Outperform with a $300 target. The stock climbed 27% in weeks, from ~$201 to ~$258, on surging demand for AGI-optimized CPUs and data center royalty growth.

#4NVDA — First Company to $5.5 Trillion Market Cap; BofA Lifts Target to $320

NVIDIA made history as the first company to reach a $5.5 trillion market capitalization, with shares touching $227.16 intraday. BofA raised its price target to $320 (implying ~45% upside) and projects the AI data center TAM will hit $1.7 trillion by 2030. Meanwhile, Michael Burry issued a public warning on May 24 about the current phase of AI investment — Nvidia felt compelled to respond.

#5DDOG — Crosses $1B Revenue; Guggenheim Upgrades to Buy

Datadog reported Q1 revenue of $1.006 billion, triggering a Guggenheim upgrade to Buy (from Neutral), calling DDOG "a primary beneficiary of AI-driven growth." Citi placed the stock on a 90-day upside catalyst watch with a $175 target tied to accelerating enterprise agentic AI rollouts. Oppenheimer maintained a $200 target.

#7AMD — Up 66% YTD, Outpacing NVIDIA on Data Center Surge

AMD's Q1 revenue hit $10.3 billion (up 38% YoY), with data center revenue surging 57% to $5.8 billion, both beating estimates. Meta committed to deploying up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs. AMD's 2026 stock gain of 66% now outpaces NVIDIA's 15%, pushing its market cap to $731 billion.

#8AVGO — AI Revenue Doubles to $8.4B; CEO Eyes $100B by 2027

Broadcom's Q1 AI revenue reached $8.4 billion, up 106% year-over-year, driven by custom accelerators for Google TPU and Meta MTIA. CEO Hock Tan projected custom AI chips will generate over $100 billion annually by end of 2027. The company holds a $73 billion backlog with an 18-month delivery runway.

#10PLTR — Q1 Revenue Up 85%, Fastest Growth Since IPO

Palantir posted Q1 revenue of $1.63 billion (up 85%), its fastest growth since going public in 2020. EPS of $0.33 beat the $0.28 estimate. The company raised full-year guidance to $7.65–$7.66B (71% growth). However, the stock sits at $136, down 27% from its 52-week high, trading at a demanding 154x trailing P/E.

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