Prediction: This Growth Stock Could Outperform the S&P 500 in 2026

2026-02-08 13:50:00 ET

The ultimate goal for growth investors is to outperform the S&P 500 . Otherwise, you're just wasting your time and should look for an index fund. Although I consider myself a growth investor, the reality is that it's all just different varieties of value investing. If you're a growth investor, you're buying a stock because you believe its business will rapidly grow and allow the stock to outperform your chosen index. At its core, that is value investing because you're buying something for a discount now in hopes that it will rise to a higher price later.

While most definitions of value investing point toward buying a currently cheap asset, sometimes growth and value investing intersect. That's exactly what I see happening for The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) . The Trade Desk has historically been a growth stock, but after its 80% decline from its highs, it's easily in value investing territory as well.

I think this stock has an incredible chance of outperforming the S&P 500 during 2026, and investors should load up on this fallen growth stock while it's still cheap.

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