Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) have recently been two of the hottest stocks on Wall Street because both companies play a key role in the artificial intelligence economy.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the hottest stocks on the market in recent years. Nvidia is currently worth $3.3 trillion, but certain Wall Street analysts see upside arising from its Blackwell GPUs and robotics computing solutions.

Investors were not impressed by Nvidia's quarterly performance and outlook even though it handily beat Wall Street's expectations thanks to the booming demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

But one Wall Street analyst thinks investors should take advantage of that lull. Oppenheimer 's Rick Schafer just made the company one of his top picks for 2025 in the semiconductor sector. His firm's price target of $175 per share would represent a 27% gain from recent levels.

Nvidia Corp.’s $3 trillion run-up in market value in the two years since ChatGPT helped trigger an AI frenzy is bigger than any stock rally in history in such a short time span. But the landscape is now changing for the chipmaker.

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) hasn't been on sale much during the last few years. Nvidia has been one of the largest beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence (AI) competition. Its graphics processing units (GPUs) are best-in-class products and crucial to creating these powerful AI models.

While the long-term outlook for AI remains encouraging and this technology has real-world applications in most industries around the globe, Nvidia's chances of becoming Wall Street's first $5 trillion company are likely going to be thwarted by history.

The incredible rise of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been one of the biggest stories of the past two years. Dominating the AI hierarchy, NVDA holds a

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