Nvidia is expected to be the best performer in -2-

   Insulet Corp.                         PODD                  83%                    17%                  0%        $188.79                 $235.57                                25% 
   DexCom Inc.                           DXCM                  88%                    12%                  0%        $116.75                 $147.49                                26% 
   Oneok Inc.                            OKE                   52%                    48%                  0%         $69.11                  $77.12                                12% 
   Palo Alto Networks Inc.               PANW                  80%                    18%                  2%        $368.33                 $345.20                                -6% 
   Tesla Inc.                            TSLA                  39%                    45%                 16%        $188.71                 $214.76                                14% 
   Targa Resources Corp.                 TRGP                  96%                     0%                  4%         $88.34                 $107.70                                22% 
   Extra Space Storage Inc.              EXR                   42%                    53%                  5%        $139.60                 $159.25                                14% 
   Western Digital Corp.                 WDC                   67%                    29%                  4%         $56.08                  $68.17                                22% 
                                                                                                                                                                        Source: FactSet 

An overwhelming percentage of analysts rate Nvidia a buy or the equivalent, but the stock has gotten ahead of the consensus 12-month price target. Maybe even the analysts believe that setting one-year price targets isn't very helpful for long-term investors.

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