🧠 The Signal Brief: AI Stock Insights & Picks
What a week.
There were Greenland headlines almost every day, people worrying about war, and flavor-of-the-week stock tickers bouncing around everywhere online.
But did you catch the data center stock with strong financials and soaring web traffic? Because we think it kind of got lost in the World Economic Forum news storm.
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We’re going to tell you something that will not shock you: AI data centers are in demand.
And that’s why our system is highlighting Vertiv (VRT), a data center company that works with Nvidia, Oklo, Alibaba, AT&T, and many more big names.
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Stock spotlight: Vertiv (VRT)
Vertiv Holdings Co. is an American, Ohio-based provider of equipment and services for data centers. The company focuses on critical digital infrastructure technologies and lifecycle services, providing comprehensive solutions to help keep business-critical applications up and running consistently and efficiently. Vertiv specializes in power management, thermal management, IT management solutions, and more, playing a crucial role in today’s AI and data-centric economy.
Media buzz about Vertiv (VRT) from AltIndex’s news aggregator:
Jim Cramer is bullish on Vertiv currently
Bank of America has raised their price target for VRT by $10
The data:
Revenue: $2.68B. That’s a 1.43% increase since last quarter and a 29.05% surge since last year.
Net income: $399M. Increased by 22.92% quarter over quarter and increased 125.65% year over year.
EBITDA: $590M. Up by 14.49% quarter over quarter and 58.16% year over year.
Price momentum: Positive over the past month (+9.52%) and over the past year (+24.62%).
10-Day Simple Moving Average: Bullish. SMA10 is $177.10, which is higher than the previous 10-day SMA of $176.16.
RSI (relative strength index): Neutral at 33.2.
P/E (price-to-earnings ratio): High at 68.48. Potentially overvalued.
Analyst rating: 100% buy
Alt data from the past few months:
Job listings ↑ 28%
Web traffic ↑ 182%
Employee rating: 74
Instagram followers ↑ 3%
The verdict:
AI score: 79 — buy signal.
Current price: $182.08
Price prediction: $216.61 (19% upside)
Bottom line: In summary, Vertiv presents a compelling investment opportunity based on its solid fundamental performance, bullish technical indicators, and favorable alternative data signals. The company demonstrated strong revenue growth, significant net income and EBITDA improvements, and an increasing trend in key technical metrics. Although the high P/E ratio might signal potential overvaluation and warrant caution, the overall bullish trends in both short-term and long-term analyses, along with proactive expansion efforts, suggest a positive outlook. The substantial AI score further supports this optimistic view.
🔎 Alt-Data Signals
What’s cooking in the markets right now?
Congress Trades
Here are some of the most interesting, eye-catching trades that congress members reported over the past couple of days:
Rep. David Taylor just filed his first five trades of 2026. Here are the two biggest trades:
Bought IBM ($15K - $50K) on January 8th
Sold LRCX ($15K - $50K) on January 8th
Reddit Alerts
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AMD (AMD): Redditors are buzzing about the significant increase in AMD's stock price, highlighting a 30% rise over two weeks and expressing surprise at the lack of conversation about this surge. Some users are also reflecting on past skepticism about the company's potential for growth, noting that its value has more than tripled since last year despite warnings against investing in it.
Nvidia (NVDA): People are actively discussing NVIDIA's recent approval by Beijing for purchases made by Chinese hyper scalers, which has led to a positive trend in its stock value. They are also talking about the substantial role NVIDIA plays in the AI ecosystem, with many startups revolving around it. However, there are mixed sentiments regarding the stock's performance with some users expressing skepticism about the recent pump and anticipating a potential drop.
Other Alternative Data Signals (3 Month Time Frame)
Planet Fitness’s (PLNT) Facebook engagement rose by 164.9%.
Zimmer Biomet’s (ZBH) job listings increased by 23.4%.
IonQ (IONQ) sentiment is down 13.3%.
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That’s it for today. Hope you found these signals helpful and/or interesting.
Have a great weekend, and happy trading.
— Brandon and Blake
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