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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 767 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: C, 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 152.42% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 149 percentage points.

Allient has an average 1 year price target of $58.00, a downside of -5.68% from Allient's current stock price of $61.49.

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.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) is the #2 top tech stock out of 767 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: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE:DBD) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 10 points higher than the tech sector average of 30. It passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Diebold Nixdorf has seen its stock return 66.47% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 63 percentage points.

Diebold Nixdorf has an average 1 year price target of $76.67, an upside of 10.07% from Diebold Nixdorf's current stock price of $69.65.

Diebold Nixdorf stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Diebold Nixdorf, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% 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 #3 top tech stock out of 767 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: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Daktronics (NASDAQ:DAKT) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is 4 points higher than the tech sector average of 30. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Daktronics has seen its stock return 31.75% over the past year, overperforming other tech stocks by 28 percentage points.

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 17.89%, which is 16 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 1.91%. 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.

Marketwise (NASDAQ:MKTW) has an annual dividend yield of 11.88%, which is 10 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 1.91%.

Marketwise's dividend payout ratio of 65.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Alight (NYSE:ALIT) has an annual dividend yield of 10.13%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the tech sector average of 1.91%.

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

Tech stocks were down -0.86% in the last day, and up 0.01% over the last week. Hub Cyber Security was the among the top losers in the technology sector, dropping -34.89% yesterday.

Hub Cyber Security shares are trading lower after the company announced a 1-for-15 reverse stock split effective January 16.

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:

Consensus Cloud Solutions (NASDAQ:CCSI) 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.

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 -5.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -9 percentage points.

Concentrix (NASDAQ:CNXC) 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.

Concentrix has a valuation score of 71, which is 49 points higher than the tech sector average of 22. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Concentrix's stock has dropped -10.89% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -14 percentage points.

Hp (NYSE:HPQ) 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.

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 -36.42% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the tech sector by -40 percentage points.

49.05% of tech stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect tech stocks to rise by 18.56% over the next year.

4.3% of tech stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.65% of tech stocks are rated B (Buy), 60.17% are rated C (Hold), 9.42% are rated D (Sell), and 4.46% are rated F (Strong Sell).