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Posted August 18, 2025 at 10:15 am
The NASDAQ 100’s impressive rally has delivered substantial gains for investors. Yet viewing only the index’s overall success misses a key point: many individual stocks within the index still present attractive investment opportunities, even after the market’s significant rise.
During extended bull markets, critics often dismiss entire indices as “overvalued,” but this broad-brush approach ignores important nuances. A closer look reveals that many NASDAQ 100 companies maintain strong fundamentals and offer solid investment potential, especially when market pullbacks create more favorable entry points.
Validea uses a sophisticated multi-strategy screening approach to identify these hidden gems within the NASDAQ 100. Their analytical framework evaluates companies using 22 different investment strategies, built on two foundational pillars:
Time-tested approaches from master investors: This draws from Warren Buffett’s emphasis on companies with sustainable competitive advantages and consistent profitability, combined with Peter Lynch’s approach of finding growth at reasonable prices.
Evidence-based academic research: This includes empirically validated market patterns and value-generating factors that have proven effective across various market cycles.
Through this comprehensive evaluation process, Validea identifies NASDAQ 100 companies with strong underlying business quality, even during periods of broader market turbulence and uncertainty.
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Here are the NASDAQ 100 stocks using our guru models as of August of 2025.
| Ticker | Company Name | Price | Market Cap ($mil) | PE Ratio | Price/ Sales | Relative Strength | Price/ Book | Price/ Cash Flow | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMCSA | COMCAST CORP | $33.45 | $123,504 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 38 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 3.8% |
| AMAT | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | $161.76 | $129,808 | 19.3 | 4.5 | 32 | 6.7 | 17.9 | 1.0% |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM INC | $157.85 | $170,245 | 15.2 | 3.9 | 43 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 2.2% |
| LRCX | LAM RESEARCH CORP | $99.51 | $125,942 | 23.9 | 6.8 | 65 | 12.8 | 21.9 | 0.9% |
| KLAC | KLA CORP | $874.94 | $115,458 | 28.8 | 9.5 | 59 | 24.6 | 25.8 | 0.8% |
| CPRT | COPART INC | $47.08 | $45,523 | 31.1 | 9.9 | 43 | 5.2 | 26.9 | 0.0% |
| TMUS | T-MOBILE US INC | $254.63 | $286,565 | 24.0 | 3.4 | 77 | 4.7 | 11.5 | 1.3% |
| MSFT | MICROSOFT CORP | $520.17 | $3,866,510 | 38.1 | 13.7 | 73 | 11.3 | 28.4 | 0.6% |
| META | META PLATFORMS INC | $785.23 | $1,972,609 | 28.2 | 11.0 | 82 | 10.1 | 22.2 | 0.3% |
| AMZN | AMAZON.COM INC | $231.03 | $2,463,915 | 35.3 | 3.7 | 76 | 7.4 | 19.1 | 0.0% |
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Originally Posted August 18, 2025 – NASDAQ 100 Stocks Passing Strategies of Legends
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