Some shares on Wall Road that made sizable positive factors in February may nonetheless have extra room to run, whereas others could also be dropping steam. The three main averages are on tempo to finish the month increased, even because the S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Common have whipsawed from all-time highs hit final week. Among the largest gainers over the previous month had been synthetic intelligence favourite Nvidia in addition to Meta Platforms , each of which soared on the heels of better-than-expected quarterly outcomes. What’s extra is that analysts count on each know-how shares to climb much more. However different shares that noticed robust strikes by February resembling Constellation Power and Axon Enterprise could possibly be poised to chill from a gradual run, as analyst worth targets indicate a powerful downward transfer within the subsequent 12 months. This is a take a look at the highest 20 inventory gainers up to now month and the place consensus analyst worth targets indicate they’re heading subsequent, based mostly on the CNBC Professional Inventory Screener device. All consensus targets and inventory strikes are as of Feb. 28. Chipmaker Nvidia notched a 24% achieve up to now month, and analyst consensus worth targets name for practically 9% upside forward. The corporate reported a blowout fiscal fourth quarter that noticed Nvidia beat Wall Road expectations on the highest and backside traces. Nvidia additionally famous a staggering 265% income enhance from a yr earlier, due largely to a booming AI section and demand for its chips. NVDA mountain 2024-02-01 Nvidia inventory. Wanting forward, Citi’s Chris Danely is staying lengthy on Nvidia, together with AMD and Broadcom, citing the burgeoning alternative in AI. “The AI market continues to develop and our checks point out [total addressable market] enlargement with authorities businesses, universities and huge/medium companies all shopping for AI chips,” he wrote in a report Thursday. Meta additionally nonetheless has some room to develop, with analysts seeing one other 4% upside within the subsequent 12 months. Shares have gained practically 21% over the previous month. Meta’s better-than-expected fourth quarter , in addition to plans to difficulty its first-ever dividend, helped supercharge the inventory in February. META mountain 2024-02-01 Meta Platforms inventory. Financial institution of America analyst Justin Put up thinks Meta’s efforts to seize extra of the generative AI alternative, by each creating its personal chips and computing merchandise, can stoke additional progress for shares forward. He added that integrating AI and machine studying will assist Meta broaden consumer engagement in addition to develop promoting income. For Constellation Power , nevertheless, analysts posit the inventory may slip greater than 24% within the subsequent 12 months. Over the previous month, the inventory popped greater than 41%. CEG mountain 2024-02-01 Constellation Power inventory. Mizuho Securities analyst Anthony Crowdell mentioned in a Feb. 21 report that Constellation’s progress prospects “stay extra opaque” in comparison with friends within the renewable power sector. That is as a result of new provisions within the Treasury Division’s replace to its tax credit score for clear hydrogen manufacturing might exclude legacy nuclear tasks, which may have an effect on Constellation, Crowdell wrote. He’s impartial on the inventory however raised his worth goal to $132 from $116.