A Pair Of AI Stocks Lead 5 Top Performers Onto Best Stock Screens

Keeping your watchlist up to date is key to making money in the stock market. IBD helps you do that by regularly updating stock screens like the IBD 50, IBD Sector Leaders, IBD Big Cap 20 and IPO Leaders. In the tables below, you can see which stocks like AI play and memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU) have just been added to or removed from these lists.

Today’s best stock lists feature two AI stocks along with leaders in retail, gold mining and medical groups. Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), the other AI chipmaker earning a spot on the lists Friday, is joined in the IBD 50 by Royal Gold (RGLD) and genetic medicines stock Stoke Therapeutics (STOK).

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Meanwhile, a pair of top performers qualified for the Big Cap 20. Retail beverages behemoth Monster Beverage (MNST) and Micron qualified here. These five outstanding stocks qualified for two IBD best stock lists Friday.

Each list helps identify the best stocks to buy and watch by using The IBD Methodology, which looks for stocks displaying the same common traits typically shared by the best-performing stocks in the early stages of their big price moves.

Check this column daily to help build and maintain your watchlist with alerts to the most recent changes.

Micron, Monolithic Power Help Drive AI Megatrend

Nvidia (NVDA) chips and talkative chatbot ChatGPT are seen as the pioneers of artificial intelligence systems. But others are joining the megatrend including memory chipmaker Micron and Monolithic Power Systems. AI chips do the heavy lifting in artificial intelligence systems, but that data has to be held in a memory chip, like those Micron makes, as it’s being massaged by the system. Likewise, computer systems have various functions enabled by chips like those made by Monolithic Power. Applications for Monolithic’s chips include: power controls, sensors and communications, among others.

Keep in mind that you should never buy a stock just because it’s on an IBD list. Always do your own research and run all your stock ideas through a buying checklist. You can also streamline your investing process with IBD’s simple three-step routine to quickly track general market trends, find stocks to watch, and pinpoint the best time to buy and sell.

Changes made as of February 20, 2026 5:50 PM ET.

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IBD Sector Leaders

IBD’s most stringent and powerful screen, IBD Sector Leaders highlight the best growth stocks in IBD’s 33 sectors. All IBD Sector Leaders show outstanding earnings and sales growth in recent quarters and are strong across many other fundamental and price-performance metrics.

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IBD Big Cap 20: Micron, Monster Qualify For BC 20

Large cap companies Monster Beverage and AI chipmaker Micron are today’s new Big Cap 20 entries. This daily screen uncovers top-rated, large-cap growth stocks for your consideration. Big Cap 20 companies can deliver outsize gains without the volatility of smaller growth stocks.

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Recent IPO stocks are where you often find some of the market’s best stocks. New IPOs are typically in their early stages of growth, and it’s big earnings growth that generally fuels a stock’s price performance. IPO Leaders has special screening criteria to find up-and-coming stocks with strong fundamental and technical traits.

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