Prediction: AI stocks will outperform again in 2025 and Nvidia will hit $200

Over the last two years, Nvidia stock has soared on the back of AI. Ed Sheldon believes the stock, and others in the AI space, can outperform again in 2025.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a hot investment theme for several years now. Since early 2023, AI stocks such as Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Amazon, and Alphabet have outperformed the market by a wide margin.

I’m expecting a lot of AI stocks to outperform again in 2025. And my prediction for Nvidia – which is spearheading the AI revolution – is that it will hit $200 this year.

AI is just getting started

The adoption of AI over the last two years has been incredible. ChatGPT, for example, now has around 460m visitors each month. Across the world, people are using this app to answer questions, write emails, plan trips, and much more. Here at the Fool, some of us have been having fun asking it for stock ideas (the results have been questionable).

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What we’ve seen from AI so far is pretty basic, however. There’s much more to come.

In the years ahead, we’re likely to see AI go to the next level. I expect ‘AI agents’ – autonomous AI systems that can operate independently in the real world – to become a big thing. Businesses will be able to use these to automate their operations and lower costs. Meanwhile, consumers will be able to use them to plan their lives and assist with everyday tasks (scheduling appointments, booking flights, etc.).

I believe that this next phase of AI will be in focus in 2025. And I expect the share prices of companies offering genuine AI solutions (Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Sage, etc.) to do well.

Nvidia at $200?

Zooming in on Nvidia, I’m targeting a share price of $200 in 2025. That would represent a gain of 43% from here.

There are several reasons I believe the stock can hit that price.

One is that Nvidia continues to roll out ground-breaking AI products. For example, earlier this week CEO Jensen Huang revealed the Cosmos world foundation model platform. This is a powerful software platform designed to advance the development of ‘physical’ AI systems such as autonomous vehicles (AVs) and robots. He also revealed a processor for AVs called Thor, solutions for agentic AI, and an AI supercomputer.

These kinds of products suggest that the company has tons of growth potential. AVs – which Huang believes will be a ‘multi-trillion dollar robotics industry’ – could be a huge revenue driver for the company, for example.

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Another reason I’m targeting $200 is that the stock actually looks cheap today (despite the fact that it’s up 800%+ in two years).

For the year ending 31 January 2026 (FY2026), Nvidia’s earnings per share (EPS) are projected to rise 50% to $4.43. So, at today’s share price of $140, the forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is only 31.6.

That’s not high given the EPS growth. The price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio is just 0.63 (a ratio under one suggests that a stock’s undervalued).

Now, let’s say that for FY2027, Nvidia can grow earnings by 30%. That would take EPS to $5.76. Apply a forward-looking P/E ratio of 35 to that and we have a $202 price target.

Of course, my forecasts here could be off the mark. If Big Tech companies like Microsoft stop buying Nvidia’s chips, its earnings growth could stall.

I’m very bullish on this stock, though. If it doesn’t hit $200 in 2025, I think it will hit it in the years ahead.

Pound coins for sale — 31 pence?

This seems ridiculous, but we almost never see shares looking this cheap. Yet this Share Advisor pick has a price/book ratio of 0.31. In plain English, this means that investors effectively get in on a business that holds £1 of assets for every 31p they invest!

Of course, this is the stock market where money is always at risk — these valuations can change and there are no guarantees. But some risks are a LOT more interesting than others, and at The Motley Fool we believe this company is amongst them.

What’s more, it currently boasts a stellar dividend yield of around 10%, and right now it’s possible for investors to jump aboard at near-historic lows. Want to get the name for yourself?

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Edward Sheldon has positions in Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Sage Group Plc. The Motley Fool UK has recommended Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, Sage Group Plc, and Salesforce. Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool’s board of directors. John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool’s board of directors. Views expressed on the companies mentioned in this article are those of the writer and therefore may differ from the official recommendations we make in our subscription services such as Share Advisor, Hidden Winners and Pro. Here at The Motley Fool we believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors.

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