High P/E, High Hopes: 3 Stocks with Over 80% Upside in 2026
Using the TipRanks Stock Screener Tool, we identified three large-cap companies with high price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios, Strong Buy consensus ratings, and more than 80% upside potential over the next 12 months, making them compelling opportunities for growth-focused investors.
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An investment’s true value lies in its future growth prospects, in any asset class. High P/E ratios may signal “overpriced,” but they often reflect expectations of explosive earnings ahead. The key is comparing current prices to projected growth.
Buying high P/E stocks means betting on companies with rock-solid fundamentals, relentless innovation, and expanding markets.
Here Are This Week’s High P/E Stocks
Riot Platforms (RIOT) – Riot’s P/E ratio of 40.6x is about 29.7% higher than the sector average of 31.3x. On TipRanks, the average Riot Platforms price target of $27.19 implies an impressive 98.9% upside potential from current levels. Meanwhile, RIOT stock has surged nearly 34% year-to-date.
Riot Platforms gives investors exposure to Bitcoin mining infrastructure and potential upside from scalable data-center assets. Plus, it plans to convert megawatts of power capacity into higher-margin compute assets over time. This combination can offer both growth leverage from crypto cycles and optionality from data-center opportunities. Citi analyst Peter Christiansen maintains a constructive view on the sector, citing legislative reform as a potential driver for stocks in this space.
Nebius (NBIS) – Nebius has a P/E ratio of 98.2x, which tops the sector average of about 32x. On TipRanks, the average Nebius price target of $164.20 implies 82% upside potential from current levels. Meanwhile, NBIS stock has rocketed over 225% year-to-date.
Nebius runs a full-stack AI cloud platform with Nvidia (NVDA) GPU (graphics processing unit) clusters for training and deploying AI models globally. The company offers efficient infrastructure for AI in healthcare, robotics, and finance, and is set to benefit from the booming AI demand, long-term contracts, cost edges, and strong growth potential. Nebius has also announced multi-billion-dollar deals with Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META), underscoring strong demand for its high-performance AI computing services.
Core Scientific (CORZ) – CORZ’s P/E ratio of about 111x is significantly higher than the sector median of 31.3x. The average Core Scientific price target of $28.27 on TipRanks suggests 82.6% upside potential. Year-to-date, its shares have gained 10.2%.
Core Scientific has a solid power pipeline to win more high-performance computing (HPC) leases beyond CoreWeave (CRWV), supporting rising HPC demand. The rejection of CoreWeave takeover is viewed as refocusing Core Scientific on its core HPC role, suggesting the stock could be undervalued with meaningful upside in the growing HPC data-center market.
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