Up Nearly 23% in 2025, Is Meta Platforms Still the Best AI Stock to Buy?

The fortunes of the “Magnificent 7” have diverged this year, and three constituents, namely Alphabet (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), and Tesla (TSLA), are in the red, with the Elon Musk-run company losing nearly a quarter of its market capitalization. Amazon (AMZN) shares are barely in the green while Microsoft (MSFT) and Nvidia (NVDA) are up in the mid-teens.

With YTD gains of nearly 23%, Meta Platforms (META) is the best-performing constituent of the group, all of whose members are artificial intelligence (AI) plays in their own right. Earlier this year, I noted that Meta looks like the best AI play among the group. In this article, we’ll analyze whether the Mark Zuckerberg-led company still earns that title.