3 Soaring Stocks to Hold for the Next 20 Years | The Motley Fool

Stocks are rallying this year, and naturally, some names are faring better than others. It may be tempting to pass on some of the top stocks of 2025 as big gainers in 2026 and beyond, but that could be a huge mistake. Winners keep winning. The market is up 16% this year. Nvidia ( NVDA +1.21%), Alibaba ( BABA +1.22%), and Nu Holdings ( NU +0.73%) have at least doubled the S&P 500 's year-to-date gain. I think these are three soaring stocks that could serve you well over the next two decades. Let's take a short look a their long-term potential. Image source: Getty Images. 1. Nvidia: Up 35% in 2025 They say that the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Owner of the country's largest market cap for most of the time since the summer of last year, Nvidia certainly fits the bill as the biggest U.S. exchange-listed stock. If I can revisit the old adage, I would say that the bigger they are, the harder they enthrall. Nvidia became the first company to ever cross a market cap of $5 trillion two months ago. It has since retreated to $4.4 trillion, but don't get caught up in how high a market price tag can go. Focus on Nvidia's growth potential, its forward valuation, and how this generational wealth builder might be cheaper than you think. NASDAQ: NVDA Key Data Points The Nvidia story has been told often and better than I could ever tell it. In a nutshell, it's a chipmaker that made breakthroughs with graphics cards, initially appealing to video gamers. Nvidia would introduce the first single-chip graphics processing unit (GPU) 26 years ago. Flash forward to now, and GPUs and other high-performance chips are at the heart of crypto mining and more importantly, cranking out artificial intelligence (AI) results. Growth has been spectacular as the world clamors for its AI chips to fuel data centers. After back-to-back years of triple-digit revenue growth, Nvidia's top line is still expected to increase at a healthy 63% pace for the current fiscal year that ends next month. Business is expected to continue decelerating in the year ahead, rising at a still-impressive 49%. The bottom line is expected to rise even higher, increasing by 60% next year. Despite the stock's stellar run -- it's a 13-bagger over the past five years -- the shares are surprisingly cheap. You can buy Nvidia for just 24 times forward earnings . Bears will argue that today's growth isn't sustainable, but it's not as if the company is operating at full strength. It's currently dealing with revenue- and margin-gnawing trade restrictions in China that have been holding back its true potential. 2. Alibaba Group: Up 78% Nvidia's challenges in China could be an opportunity for one of the world's largest e-commerce companies . Alibaba is in a great place. It operates China's leading business-to-consumer platform and consumer-to-consumer marketplace. The two businesses account for 45% of Alibaba's consolidated revenue, but generated 113% of...

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