Despite a summer swoon for tech stocks as investors fret over capex spending at the likes of Meta (META), Alphabet (GOOG), and Amazon (AMZN), tech still looks to be the place to be when analyzing fund inflows.
Tech stock reality check:
Tech stocks are on track for a yearly inflow of $216 billion, according to new data from Bank of America Global Research (see chart below). The figure dwarfs the total annual inflows of each year dating back to 2015.
AlphaSpace Stat to Know: 26
The Nasdaq Composite’s (^IXIC) forward price-to-earnings ratio is about 26 times, compared to 20.4 times for the S&P 500 (^GSPC), per Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace analysis. The relative premium for the Nasdaq underscores the sector’s higher growth tendencies and helps explain why investors often overweight the sector in their portfolios.
The bottom line
BofA’s tech fund inflows data sends a key message to investors: While volatility has entered the space on AI overspending fears, confidence in the long term isn’t being lost.
“AI monetization is increasingly visible through backlog and cloud revenues. As elevated backlogs convert into recognized revenue, cloud growth should remain well supported, helping validate rising AI capex, strengthen order coverage, and further ease return on invested capital concerns,” JPMorgan strategist Dubravko Lakos-Bujas wrote in a note on Monday.
Confidence in tech is a key reason Lakos-Bujas raised his S&P 500 price target to 8,000 from 7,800 in the same note.
Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance’s Executive Editor, host of the ‘Power Players With Brian Sozzi’ podcast and a member of Yahoo Finance’s editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email brian.sozzi@yahoofinance.com.
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