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Best Tech Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top tech stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best tech stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the technology sector.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best technology stocks to buy right now are:

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is the #1 top tech stock out of 768 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 12 points higher than the tech sector average of 30. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Allient has seen its stock return 150.37% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 155 percentage points.

Allient has an average 1 year price target of $58.00, a downside of -5.98% from Allient's current stock price of $61.69.

Allient stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Allient, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN) is the #2 top tech stock out of 768 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN) has a Due Diligence Score of 24, which is -6 points lower than the tech sector average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates VISN as a "A".It passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Vistance Networks has seen its stock return 261.75% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 267 percentage points.

Vistance Networks has an average 1 year price target of $20.25, an upside of 11.51% from Vistance Networks's current stock price of $18.16.

Vistance Networks stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Vistance Networks, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Liveramp Holdings (NYSE:RAMP) is the #3 top tech stock out of 768 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Liveramp Holdings (NYSE:RAMP) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Liveramp Holdings (NYSE:RAMP) has a Due Diligence Score of 56, which is 26 points higher than the tech sector average of 30. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Liveramp Holdings has seen its stock lose -33.3% over the past year, underperforming other tech stocks by -29 percentage points.

Liveramp Holdings has an average 1 year price target of $35.00, an upside of 53.44% from Liveramp Holdings's current stock price of $22.81.

Liveramp Holdings stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Liveramp Holdings, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 116 tech stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 tech stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Mind Cti (NASDAQ:MNDO) has an annual dividend yield of 18.8%, which is 17 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 1.97%. Mind Cti's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Mind Cti's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Mind Cti's dividend payout ratio of 169.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Alight (NYSE:ALIT) has an annual dividend yield of 10.06%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 1.97%.

Alight's dividend payout ratio of -3.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX) has an annual dividend yield of 9.8%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 1.97%. Himax Technologies's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Himax Technologies's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Tech stocks were down -1.56% in the last day, and down -7% over the last week. Advanced Micro Devices was the among the top losers in the technology sector, dropping -17.31% yesterday.

Advanced Micro Devices shares are trading lower after the company reported Q4 financial results. The CEO said the company is not forecasting any additional revenue from selling AI chips to China beyond $100 million in Q1 and expected the total addressable PC market to be slightly down due to inflationary pressures.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued tech stocks right now are:

Hp (NYSE:HPQ) is the most undervalued tech stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Hp has a valuation score of 57, which is 35 points higher than the tech sector average of 22. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hp's stock has dropped -38.08% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -33 percentage points.

Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI) is the second most undervalued tech stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Consensus Cloud Solutions has a valuation score of 86, which is 64 points higher than the tech sector average of 22. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Consensus Cloud Solutions's stock has dropped -19.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -15 percentage points.

Open Text (NASDAQ:OTEX) is the third most undervalued tech stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Open Text has a valuation score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the tech sector average of 22. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Open Text's stock has dropped -19.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -15 percentage points.

49.14% of tech stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect tech stocks to rise by 28.9% over the next year.

4.36% of tech stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.94% of tech stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.3% are rated C (Hold), 9.55% are rated D (Sell), and 4.86% are rated F (Strong Sell).