AI Stock League Table: Live Performance Tracker For 2026
Artificial intelligence has become one of the most talked about market trends, with the capitalization of some companies so huge they’re distorting traditional technology indices. However, AI stocks are volatile and not all firms’ share prices move together. We built our AI Stock League Table to track the most talked about US-listed, AI-linked companies in real-time, so you can see which firms are rising, which are falling, and how they compare to other AI stocks.
Live AI Stock League Table
Here’s what each column tells you:
- Rank: The relative position of the stock based on its YTD performance.
- Stock: The name of the company being tracked (e.g., Nvidia, Apple, AMD).
- Live Price: The current share price, updated in near real-time from Google Finance.
- Return YTD: The percentage gain or loss of the stock since Jan 1, 2026.
- Returns on $10k YTD: The current total value of a $10,000 hypothetical investment made on Jan 1, 2026.
- Market Cap: The total dollar value of the company’s outstanding shares, showing its overall size.
- Risk (Beta): How much the stock tends to swing compared to the broader market (1.0 is average).
- 7 Day Trend: A visual line showing the stock’s price movement over the last week, showing momentum.
Want to see another AI stock added to our league table or additional data? Let us know: james.barra@daytrading.com
Why Real-Time Is Important
In a market full of noise, a live league table is useful because it shows, at a glance, where performance is actually being rewarded in the market, rather than where attention and headlines are simply the loudest.
A stock’s share price may rise because of strong demand for AI chips, growth in cloud compute usage, enterprise AI adoption, or rising demand for custom silicon and server infrastructure. Equally, it may fall because investors react differently to valuation, competition, regulation, customer concentration, or broader market sentiment. The share price of AI firms can also be impacted, both positively and negatively, by broader macroeconomic and geopolitical influences.
Company Guide
Below you can find a comparison of the current stocks in our league table, including their AI specialism and details of their stock exchange listings.
| Company | Ticker | Exchange | IPO Year | AI Exposure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | GOOGL | Nasdaq | 2004 | AI models and cloud infrastructure |
| Amazon | AMZN | NASDAQ | 1997 | Hyperscale cloud and AI compute |
| AMD | AMD | NASDAQ | 1972 | AI accelerators and data-centre semiconductors |
| Broadcom | AVGO | NASDAQ | 2009 | Custom silicon and AI infrastructure |
| Meta | META | NASDAQ | 2012 | AI models, recommendation systems and infrastructure |
| Microsoft | MSFT | NASDAQ | 1986 | Cloud AI platform and enterprise software |
| NVIDIA | NVDA | NASDAQ | 1999 | AI GPUs and accelerated computing infrastructure |
| Oracle | ORCL | NYSE | 1986 | Cloud infrastructure, enterprise data and AI platforms |
| Palantir Technologies | PLTR | NASDAQ | 2020 | Enterprise AI software and operational deployment |
| Super Micro Computer | SMCI | NASDAQ | 2007 | AI servers and systems hardware |
Below you can read more details about each company in our league table or follow links to resources to learn more about their recent and planned operations, plus their financial performance.
Alphabet
- Ticker used: NASDAQ: GOOGL
- Also listed: NASDAQ: GOOG
- Investor relations: Alphabet Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Alphabet builds large AI models and also operates cloud infrastructure used by external customers, giving it a dual role as both a builder and seller of AI capabilities.
Amazon
- Ticker: NASDAQ: AMZN
- Investor relations: Amazon Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Amazon Web Services give the company a significant position in AI computing, model deployment, and enterprise cloud demand. Amazon’s massive scale also makes it a counterweight to some smaller and more concentrated AI names.
AMD
- Ticker: NASDAQ: AMD
- Investor relations: AMD Investor Relations
- Role in AI: AMD is one of the key semiconductor firms. It has data-centre GPUs, broader compute portfolio, and acts as an accelerator supplier in a market mostly dominated by NVIDIA thus far.
Broadcom
- Ticker: NASDAQ: AVGO
- Investor relations: Broadcom Investor Center
- Role in AI: Broadcom is a major infrastructure and custom silicon player. It supplies connectivity components that help move vast amounts of data efficiently across data centres.
Meta
- Ticker: NASDAQ: META
- Investor relations: Meta Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Meta has AI exposure through model development, recommendation systems, advertising optimisation, and large-scale infrastructure investments. It is less of a ‘pure’ AI stock compared to the likes of NVIDIA or AMD, but it’s still one of the largest corporate AI spenders and operators.
Microsoft
- Ticker: NASDAQ: MSFT
- Investor relations: Microsoft Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Through Azure, Copilot, and its broader enterprise software solutions, Microsoft has exposure to AI monetisation via cloud consumption, productivity software, and enterprise deployment.
NVIDIA
- Ticker: NASDAQ: NVDA
- Investor relations: NVIDIA Investor Relations
- Role in AI: NVIDIA is probably the best-known AI stock. The company sits at the centre of training and inference demand through its accelerated computing hardware and data-centre platform.
Oracle
- Ticker: NYSE: ORCL
- Investor relations: Oracle Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Oracle’s role in AI comes from providing the cloud capacity, database systems, and enterprise software environment that businesses use to store data, run models, and deploy AI tools at scale.
Palantir Technologies
- Ticker: NASDAQ: PLTR
- Investor relations: Palantir Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Palantir provides auditable, secure, systems that connect AI tools to real-world operations and sensitive data. They work across the public and private sector, supporting a range of companies across industries and geographies.
Super Micro Computer
- Ticker: NASDAQ: SMCI
- Investor relations: Super Micro Computer Investor Relations
- Role in AI: Super Micro Computer works on the AI server and systems hardware side. It is a wide-ranging IT solutions provider for AI, cloud, storage, HPC, and 5G/Edge.
Disclaimer
This league table is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Market data from Google Finance may be delayed by up to 20 minutes. The companies included in the league table may change over time as the AI market evolves.