Amazon has seen double-digit revenue growth across multiple industries as its AI chips gain traction.
SoFi recently brought back crypto trading, which could speed up its investment products.
Pinterest is an underrated social media stock that’s seeing strong growth and positioning itself as an AI-powered shopping assistant.
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Amazon(NASDAQ: AMZN) has been a surprise laggard this year, showing just a 3% gain as 2025 approaches its final weeks. However, the e-commerce leader continued to deliver attractive financial growth rates that suggest a comeback is on the way.
Amazon’s 13% rise in Q3 net sales and widening profit margins outperformed the stock’s one-year return. While online store revenue saw moderate growth, the company’s cloud platform and online advertising continued to grow. Amazon Web Services grew 20% year-over-year, while online advertising revenue grew 24% year-over-year.
Technology stock provides exposure to multiple business segments. Amazon also has plenty of cash flow to invest in additional opportunities. Amazon’s Trainium2 AI chips could become a major revenue driver in the future. AI chip sales are up 150% quarter over quarter for the company and are already a multi-billion dollar business.
It may take a few years for AI chip sales to have a significant impact on Amazon’s revenue, as they brought in $180.2 billion in Q3. However, cloud computing and its advertisements are already having a tangible impact on overall sales. Amazon’s revenue growth may accelerate as these two business segments continue to gain momentum.
SoFi(NASDAQ: SOFI) the stock has nearly doubled this year as the fintech leader continues to gain ground in multiple categories. Online banking has become more accepted, and some people see the benefits of online banking over traditional banks, such as higher APYs and lower fees.
The fintech company’s revenue grew 38% year-over-year in Q3, with several product categories performing well. SoFi Invest was the worst performing category, up 27% year-on-year. That’s still pretty good, and five other components of SoFi’s business fared even better.
However, SoFi Invest shouldn’t be the slowest part of the business for long. SoFi recently brought back crypto trading, which is likely to increase trading volume, attract more users, and bring additional attention to SoFi’s other financial products.
The fintech leader now has 12.6 million members after adding 905,000 members in Q3. Total membership is up 35% year over year. SoFi could see new members grow with its crypto offering.
When most people think of social media, they think of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X. However, Pinterest(NYSE: PIN) is another fast-growing platform that is an underrated growth stock. It has over 600 million monthly active users and recently posted 17% year-over-year revenue growth in Q3. Pinterest tripled its profits this quarter as well.
Pinterest CEO Bill Ready said he sees Pinterest as “an AI-powered shopping assistant” and a leader in visual search. He also told investors that the social network is attracting more international advertisers.
The visual platform has grown in all key regions, but has great opportunity in Europe and other international countries. Revenues from these regions increased by 41% and 66%, respectively, from year to year. The company’s average per user in those regions also grew, with Europe up 31% and international markets up 44% year over year.
Pinterest’s ability to attract more users while increasing average revenue per user is a healthy dynamic that could pave the way for additional stock gains. The stock has fallen 15 percent this year, with some analysts citing tariff issues for U.S. retailers as a headwind. However, Pinterest drove revenue growth of 14% to 16% year-over-year in Q4, which is in line with Q3 results. If Pinterest can maintain its momentum, the social media stock could become a winner in 2026.
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