Palantir Technologies was the best-performing member of the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC 1.26%) in 2024. Its share price surged 340% last year as growing demand for its artificial intelligence platform excited investors. Palantir has grown into a $181.9 billion business, but I think semiconductor comany Arm Holdings ( ARM 10.05%) can top that figure in 2025.

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR) was one of the best-performing stocks of 2024. The analytics and software management platform for government agencies, the military, and big business soared 340% for the year and sports a market cap of $167 billion as of this writing.

Palantir Technologies (PLTR) stock is extending its pullback from all-time highs after its Nasdaq-100 (NDX) debut

The Nasdaq is home to many of the best growth stocks in the world. But to join the Nasdaq 100 index is particularly exclusive, since as the name implies, it contains the top 100 (nonfinancial) stocks on the exchange.