There's no shortage of great companies to invest in, but narrowing down your decision to just a couple of top stocks can be difficult.
Volatility in the market earlier this year has left some investors wondering which companies have the stability, growth spects, and lead in their respective to be long-term winners.
If you're ing for two such companies, I think Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM 2. 02%) and Amazon (AMZN 2. 66%) fit the bill perfectly.
Both dominate their niches and are tapping into long-term trends that should keep their es humming for years to come. Here's why. Image source: Getty Images.
Taiwan Semiconductor continues to benefit from AI chip demand It's hard to escape the constant drumbeat of artificial intelligence (AI) news, but there's a good reason it's getting so much attention.
AI could add nearly $16 trillion to global GDP by 2030, according to PwC data, and it's transforming industries at a rapid pace.
Nology companies are racing to integrate AI into their ducts and services at breakneck speed, fearing that if they don't, they'll be left behind.
That's causing giants, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, and others, to invest trillions of dollars into data centers with advanced cessors.
This is where Taiwan Semiconductor (often referred to as TSMC) comes in.
The company is the leader in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, holding nearly 90% of the market, and it's resulting in gangbuster growth.
Artificial intelligence sales are expected to double this year, according to management, and consensus estimates from analysts put the company's total sales at $4.
2 billion for fiscal 2026, up 16% from the previous year. What's more, TSMC is very fitable, with earnings rising 53% to $2. 12 per American depositary receipt (ADR) in the most recent quarter.
Some people have worried that demand for high-performance AI cessors will cool down, but so far that hasn't happened.
Companies appear to be locked into an AI race that has them vying for the best infrastructure available, which means spending to build new data centers and upgrade older ones with TSMC-manufactured cessors.
Amazon's cloud computing and advertising es are driving growth Amazon might be easy to overlook because other players with more direct exposure to AI, Nvidia, are getting a lot of attention.
But Amazon is benefiting from the AI boom as well with its Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS is the largest public cloud company with 30% of the market, leading Microsoft's 21% and Google's 12%.
This is notable because companies are ramping up their need for AI services, and that's pushing demand for AWS higher.
Artificial intelligence demand will push total cloud computing revenue to an estimated $2 trillion by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs, and AWS is already benefiting.
Its sales rose 17% in the first quarter to $29. 3 billion and generated $11. 5 billion operating income -- which was twice Amazon's e-commerce figure.
Amazon is also benefiting from its fast-growing advertising, which increased sales by 18% in the quarter to nearly $14 billion.
That makes advertising Amazon's fastest-growing revenue segment, and there's ly more on the way. An estimate by eMarketer says the company could take 17% of U.
Digital ad spending by 2027, up from less than 12% in 2022.
Keep this in mind with both stocks There's been a lot of uncertainty in the market over the past several months, but that doesn't mean you should avoid buying great stocks.
Amazon and Taiwan Semiconductor have established themselves as leaders and are continuing to benefit from their ability to outpace their rivals.
While there could be short-term ups and downs with their prices, investors who buy and hold for the long term will ly be rewarded.
John Mackey, former CEO of Whole Foods Market, an Amazon subsidiary, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors.
Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Chris Neiger has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
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