{"id":197993,"date":"2026-03-21T05:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/2-artificial-intelligence-ai-stocks-that-are-quietly-outperforming-micron-technology-in-2026-with-76-and-82-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T14:50:14","slug":"2-artificial-intelligence-ai-stocks-that-are-quietly-outperforming-micron-technology-in-2026-with-76-and-82-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/2-artificial-intelligence-ai-stocks-that-are-quietly-outperforming-micron-technology-in-2026-with-76-and-82-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Are Quietly Outperforming Micron Technology in 2026 With 76% and 82% Gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/markets\/markets-news\/motley\/877216\/2-artificial-intelligence-ai-stocks-that-are-quietly-outperforming-micron-technology-in-2026-with-76-and-82-gains\/\">2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Are Quietly Outperforming Micron Technology in 2026 With 76% and 82% Gains<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/markets\/markets-news\/motley\/877216\/2-artificial-intelligence-ai-stocks-that-are-quietly-outperforming-micron-technology-in-2026-with-76-and-82-gains\/\">https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/markets\/markets-news\/motley\/877216\/2-artificial-intelligence-ai-stocks-that-are-quietly-outperforming-micron-technology-in-2026-with-76-and-82-gains\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-21 05:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.theglobeandmail.com\">www.theglobeandmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Surpassing Micron in 2026 Growth<\/strong>: Despite Micron&#8217;s strong market performance with a 62% stock increase, both Lumentum and Western Digital have outperformed it, with gains of 90% and 77% respectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI and Market Growth<\/strong>: Western Digital and Lumentum are positioned to benefit significantly from the booming AI market, driven by massive growth in demand for their respective technologies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lumentum&#8217;s AI Connectivity Solutions<\/strong>: Lumentum is supplying optical and photonic products critical for AI data centers&#8217; fast data connectivity needs, contributing to its revenue surge and improving profitability.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Western Digital&#8217;s Storing Solution Demand<\/strong>: The AI-driven surge in data has led to skyrocketing demand for Western Digital\u2019s hard-disk drives, leading to strong revenue and earning growth, with the company even selling out of its 2026 HDD capacity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Potential for Further Growth<\/strong>: Both companies&#8217; earnings growth is expected to remain strong, with Lumentum&#8217;s guidance forecasting significant revenue increases and Western Digital&#8217;s long-term agreements securing future revenue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic Investment Consideration<\/strong>: Despite Lumentum&#8217;s impressive growth, it wasn&#8217;t selected among the top 10 recommended stocks by The Motley Fool Stock Advisor for future returns, highlighting a need for individual investment strategy evaluation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks That Are Quietly Outperforming Micron Technology in 2026 With 76%&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/FC\/cb125b25a543210270a01905ed823c2e\/%3Furl%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fg.foolcdn.com%252feditorial%252fimages%252f861171%252fcables-plugged-into-servers.jpg%26amp%3Bw%3D700","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-197993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197993"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197995,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197993\/revisions\/197995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}