In 2025, Nvidia’s stock rose an impressive 39%, while Meta gained 13%. In a normal year, those would both be considered strong results. But last year, the S&P 500 <\/strong>(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) rose by more than 16%, which made Meta a market laggard. However, I still think each is well worth buying today.<\/p>\n Where to invest $1,000 right now?<\/strong> Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks <\/strong>to buy right now. Continue \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Image source: Getty Images.<\/p>\n Nvidia<\/p>\n What I wrote about Nvidia a year or so ago could nearly be copied and pasted into today’s analysis, as its outlook is nearly the same. Nvidia’s graphics processing units (GPUs)<\/a> are still the top processors available for training and running artificial intelligence<\/a> models. Additionally, Nvidia is again preparing to ship another revolutionary chip architecture. Last year’s launch was the Blackwell Ultra architecture, which provided major improvements over 2024’s Blackwell architecture. In 2026, the new tech is the Rubin platform, which provides further huge gains. Tech companies using Rubin hardware will be able to train AI models with a quarter of the processors they needed before, and they’ll only need a tenth as many to handle the same volume of inference workloads, compared to using Blackwell. <\/p>\n A year ago, Wall Street analysts were projecting 52% revenue growth for Nvidia in its fiscal 2026. Ironically, that’s the same growth rate being projected right now for its fiscal 2027, which ends in January 2027. Now trading at 40 times forward earnings<\/a>, the stock is cheaper than it was in January 2025, when it traded at 47 times forward earnings. <\/p>\n In sum, nothing has changed for Nvidia’s stock except that it’s a bit cheaper. This makes it a no-brainer buy right now, and I think it will crush the markets again in 2026.<\/p>\n Meta Platforms<\/p>\n Meta Platforms’ base business did incredibly well in 2025. In Q3, its revenue rose by 26% year over year, continuing the acceleration it started in Q2.<\/p>\n META Revenue (Quarterly YoY Growth)<\/a> data by YCharts.<\/a><\/p>\n However, the bigger issue that has been dragging on the stock price is the company’s capital expenditure plans. Wall Street is concerned about how much Meta will spend on data centers<\/a> in 2026, and as a result, the stock is down around 15% from the all-time high it touched in August. <\/p>\n Its social media businesses are still doing well, so its valuation of 22 times expected forward earnings is fairly reasonable. The market is primarily concerned about whether Meta will get a return on investment for all of its AI spending. If it can deliver solid growth, then the stock has room to soar. If it cannot, it may remain stuck in a lower valuation range.<\/p>\n I think Meta’s stock is a great buy at its current price, and investors should consider scooping it up to benefit from a potential rebound from the slump it has been in since last summer.<\/p>\n Should you buy stock in Meta Platforms right now?<\/p>\n Before you buy stock in Meta Platforms, consider this:<\/p>\n The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks<\/a><\/strong> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Meta Platforms wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n Consider when Netflix<\/strong> made this list on December 17, 2004… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $456,457<\/strong>!* Or when Nvidia<\/strong> made this list on April 15, 2005… if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,174,057<\/strong>!*<\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s worth noting Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 950% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 197% 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n *Stock Advisor returns as of January 29, 2026. <\/p>\n Keithen Drury<\/a> has positions in Meta Platforms and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Meta Platforms and Nvidia. 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