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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:

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) is the #1 top tech stock out of 771 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 Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 11 points higher than the tech sector average of 31. It passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Diebold Nixdorf has seen its stock return 83.21% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 75 percentage points.

Diebold Nixdorf has an average 1 year price target of $100.00, an upside of 26.76% from Diebold Nixdorf's current stock price of $78.89.

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

Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) is the #2 top tech stock out of 771 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 Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the tech sector average of 31. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Daktronics has seen its stock return 70.41% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 62 percentage points.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is the #3 top tech stock out of 771 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 8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

8x8 (NASDAQ:EGHT) has a Due Diligence Score of 12, which is -19 points lower than the tech sector average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates EGHT as a "A".It passed 4 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. 8x8 has seen its stock lose -4.31% over the past year, underperforming other tech stocks by -12 percentage points.

8x8 has an average 1 year price target of $2.75, an upside of 23.87% from 8x8's current stock price of $2.22.

8x8 stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering 8x8, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 118 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 18.03%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 2.06%. 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 13.62%, which is 12 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 2.06%.

Alight's dividend payout ratio of -2.7% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Xerox Holdings (NASDAQ:XRX) has an annual dividend yield of 11.76%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 2.06%. Xerox Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Xerox Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Xerox Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -5.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Tech stocks were down -2.12% in the last day, and down -0.32% over the last week. Mongodb was the among the top losers in the technology sector, dropping -22.24% yesterday.

MongoDB shares are trading lower after the company reported Q4 financial results and issued Q1 adjusted EPS guidance below estimates. Also, multiple firms lowered their respective price targets on the stock.

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 34 points higher than the tech sector average of 23. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hp's stock has dropped -36.72% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -45 percentage points.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) 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.

Vontier has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the tech sector average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vontier's stock has gained 11.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the tech sector by 3 percentage points.

Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI) 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.

Consensus Cloud Solutions has a valuation score of 86, which is 63 points higher than the tech sector average of 23. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Consensus Cloud Solutions's stock has gained 19.22% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the tech sector by 11 percentage points.

49.11% of tech stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect tech stocks to rise by 24.38% over the next year.

6.2% of tech stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.27% of tech stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.96% are rated C (Hold), 10.05% are rated D (Sell), and 4.52% are rated F (Strong Sell).