Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (Feb. 23 to Feb. 27) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow.

Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), and Salesforce Inc. (NYSE:CRM), spanning software, semiconductors, streaming, cybersecurity, and AI, reflected diverse investor interests.

Nvidia

• NVDA reported record revenue of $68.1 billion, up 73% YoY and beating estimates, this week driven by explosive Data Center growth to $62.3 billion from surging AI chip demand, including strong initial Blackwell ramp sales. However, the stock plunged 8.5% on Feb. 26 and 5.46% Feb 27, wiping out hundreds of billions in market cap, as investors reacted lukewarmly. Meanwhile, Michael Burry also compared NVDA’s purchase obligations to those of Cisco Systems Inc.‘s (NASDAQ:CSCO) collapse during the dot-com bubble.

• Some retail investors were upset with NVDA’s decline following its earnings and were taking jibes at the market’s reaction.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $86.63 to $212.19, trading around $185 to $187 per share, as of the publication of this article. It rose 53.88% over the year and 1.81% over the last six months.

• NVDA had a weaker price trend in the short and medium terms but a strong trend in the long term, with a strong quality ranking, as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.

Netflix

• Netflix on Thursday said it declined to raise its offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ:WBD), and WBD’s board officially labeled Paramount Skydance Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:PSKY) offer a "superior proposal." Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters announced they would not match the higher price. Meanwhile, analysts like Gary Black turned bullish on NFLX, raised the price target on NFLX to $100 apiece.

• Retail investors hailed NFLX’s move to walk out as it may get the $2.8 billion termination fee since WBD declined its offer.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $75.01 to $134.12, trading around $90 to $92 per share, as of the publication of this article. It declined by 12.15% over the year and 30.85% in the last six months.

• NFLX had a weaker price trend in the medium and long terms but a strong trend in the short term, with a poor value ranking as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.

Advanced Micro Devices

• AMD signed a blockbuster multiyear strategic partnership announced on Feb. 24 with Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) as it agreed to supply up to 6 gigawatts of its Instinct GPUs to power Meta’s next-generation AI infrastructure, in a deal valued at up to $60 billion over five years. The agreement also grants Meta an option to acquire up to a 10% stake in AMD via warrants. Experts like Daniel Newman said that AMD has provided the "receipts" needed to validate its AI roadmap, where Rosenblatt analyst Kevin Cassidy reiterated a "Buy" rating with a $300 price target, representing a nearly 40% upside.

• Retail investors believed that Mark Zuckerberg wouldn’t let AMD stock collapse.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $76.48 to $267.08, trading around $201 to $204 per share, as of the publication of this article. It advanced 104.68% over the year and 21.87% in the last six months.

• Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings showed that AMD had a weaker price trend in the short and medium terms, but a strong trend in the long term, with a solid quality score.

Palantir Technologies

• PLTR signed a few new and ongoing deals with GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) for defense supply chain AI, and also announced a strategic partnership with Rackspace Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:RXT), targeting deployment of Palantir's AI platform within Rackspace's Private Cloud and UK Sovereign data centers.

• Some retail investors compared PLTR to GOOG amid the bullishness.

• The stock had a 52-week range of $66.12 to $207.52, trading around $134 to $137 per share, as of the publication of this article. It was up 60.36% over the year and down 13.26% over the last six months.

• PLTR maintains a weaker price trend over the long, short, and medium terms, with a solid growth score, as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings.

Salesforce

• CRM delivered record results with revenue of $11.2 billion and non-GAAP EPS of $3.81, driven by accelerating Agentforce AI momentum. Full-year FY26 revenue hit $41.5 billion. However, shares initially dipped post-earnings on a slightly cautious FY27 revenue guidance of $45.8 to $46.2 billion amid broader AI disruption concerns and enterprise software spending caution—despite positives like a massive new $50 billion share buyback authorization, and an ambitious FY30 revenue target of ~$63 billion.

• Some retail investors mocked the company, calling CRM’s as “dinosaur tech.”

• The stock had a 52-week range of $174.57 to $304.92, trading around $194 to $201 per share, as of the publication of this article. It declined by 32.36% over the year and 20.26% over the last six months.

• According to Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings, CRM was maintaining a weak price trend over short, medium, and long terms, with a solid quality ranking.

Retail focus blended meme-driven narrative with earnings outlook and corporate news flow, as the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq witnessed negative market action during the week.

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