Two stocks from very different industries are drawing strong buy ratings from top Wall Street analysts, according to CNBC, with artificial intelligence demand driving optimism in both cases.
CrowdStrike Holdings, a cloud-native cybersecurity company, recently announced an expanded partnership with Schwarz Digits to bring its Falcon platform to European enterprises. After hosting several European investor meetings with the CrowdStrike CFO, Stifel analyst Adam Borg reiterated a buy rating on the stock and raised his price target to $230 from $220.
Borg said the meetings raised his confidence in CrowdStrike being an "important, well-positioned cybersecurity platform vendor that is an AI beneficiary given its expansive portfolio, unique data set, and ability to both secure AI and use AI to improve security."
A key concern driving demand, Borg noted, is that AI is lowering the barrier for cyberattacks. Capabilities once limited to government-backed hacking groups are now accessible to less sophisticated actors, pushing companies to make cybersecurity a higher priority. That has increased customer interest in CrowdStrike's AI Detection and Response solution and its broader platform.
Borg also said AI-driven demand is expanding CrowdStrike's pipeline and supporting confidence in the company's higher fiscal 2027 net new annual recurring revenue guidance. He believes CrowdStrike has multiple growth drivers that can sustain revenue growth in at least the high-teens range while improving profitability. Borg ranks No. 651 among more than 12,300 analysts tracked by TipRanks, with ratings that have been profitable 65% of the time and an average return of 15%.
The second stock drawing attention is AST SpaceMobile, which is building a global cellular broadband network in space using satellites that connect directly to smartphones. Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter recently initiated coverage of space-related stocks and assigned AST SpaceMobile a buy rating with a price target of $100.
Potter took a neutral stance on rocket builders SpaceX and Rocket Lab due to valuation concerns. "We prefer ASTS, due to a more palatable valuation, and a clearer path to EBITDA upside," Potter said.
Both stocks were identified through TipRanks, a platform that ranks analysts based on their past performance. Major indexes have remained volatile as investors sort through earnings releases and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
