1 Glorious Growth Stock to Buy Before It Soars by 45%, According to Wall Street

2026-02-24 19:02:00 ET

Most enterprise software companies experienced a sharp decline in value during the early stages of 2026, as investors worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will eat their lunch. There is a concern that tools like Anthropic's Claude Code will enable businesses to rapidly build their own software tools, reducing their reliance on external vendors. Plus, as AI makes every business more productive, they will have fewer employees and will therefore purchase fewer software licenses.

Workiva (NYSE: WK) stock is down 25% this year already, but I'm not so sure the decline is warranted. Its flagship platform helps organizations aggregate their data to create one trusted source, which managers use to draft executive reports and even regulatory filings. I think it will be a long time before managers trust AI with such a critical workflow -- after all, sending an error-riddled report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, for example, could have dire consequences.

Wall Street appears to agree with that sentiment, because the majority of the analysts tracked by The Wall Street Journal gave Workiva stock a buy rating, and not a single analyst recommends selling. Their consensus price target implies a potential upside of 45% over the next 12 months or so, and here's why I agree.

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