last week a number of big names splashed across our lists as the stock market started the week setting new records while some us economic data disappointed investors – notably a dip in the us service sector on the back of delta concerns – the fda’s fulluse authorization for pfizer’s covid19 vaccine appears to be a step toward reopening once again a number of companies universities and government departments including the pentagon have already given vaccine mandates the green light following the fda’s approval meanwhile delta air lines opted for a 200 per month health insurance premium surcharge for its employees instead of an outandout mandate and although the previous week’s jobless claims data came in at just 353000 the federal reserve’s chairman jerome powell on friday noted at the annual jackson hole symposium that the central bank would not tighten its policy or taper stimulus with “substantial slack remaining in the labor market” now to the real reason you’re here to kick off every week we round up all the stocks that trended in the prior sessions as well as those that our ai predicts may continue to trend whether these stocks just announced their quarterly financials hit a bout of amplified press or just knocked the socks off the rest of the market they’ve topped our charts for a reason qai runs daily factor models to get the most uptodate reading on stocks and etfs our deeplearning algorithms use artificial intelligence ai technology to provide an indepth intelligencebased look at a company – so you don’t have to do the digging yourself sign up for the free forbes ai investor newsletter here to join an exclusive ai investing community and get premium investing ideas before markets open moderna inc slid 45 on friday closing down to 38222 per share with 132 million trades on the docket the stock is up nearly 266 for the year though it rests down over 13 from its 22day price average at this time moderna trades at 87x forward earnings moderna trended last week as it rode the wave of pfizer’s fda success the full use authorization gave moderna investors hope that moderna’s own covid19 vaccine could be next in line for approval which would allow moderna to sell directly to consumers in addition to current activities however moderna hit a bad patch of press over the weekend after two people in japan died after receiving their moderna covid19 vaccine japan’s health ministry reported on saturday that the two shots came from batches that have since been recalled following contamination concerns moderna and its domestic distributor takeda pharmaceutical reported that there is “no evidence” at this time that the deaths are linked to the vaccine over the last three fiscal years moderna’s revenue has soared nearly 5100 climbing from 135 million to over 803 million in the same period operating income leapt from 413 million to 763 million while pershare earnings saw even greater growth from 196 to 495 additionally return on equity grew from 357 to almost 40 in the threeyear period currently moderna is expected to see around 57 revenue growth in the next year our ai rates this biotech stock c in technicals and quality value d in low volatility momentum and f in growth nvidia corporation popped almost 26 on friday trading 3047 million shares to a final price of 22636 the stock is up 734 for the year and 22 over its 22day price average currently nvidia trades at 523x forward earnings nvidia hit our trending lists last week after its q2 2021 earnings report had investors seeing green the company reported 65 billion in revenue for the quarter up 68 yoy with an operating income of 244 billion and a net income of 237 billion as a result diluted pershare earnings came in at a healthy 94 cents but nvidia also saw some turbulence in the near future involving its prospective 54 billion acquisition of englandbased chip designer arm last week europe’s competition authority expressed misgivings about the takeover noting that it would give nvidia a competitive advantage in throttling creativity and competitors’ access to forwardthinking designs many of nvidia’s competitors – and even the company’s own client elon musk – have disclosed similar sentiments since the original announcement over the last few fiscal years nvidia’s revenue has surged nearly 87 to 16675 billion compared to 1172 billion three years prior while operating income saw even more spectacular growth of 93 from 38 billion to 47 billion meanwhile pershare earnings surged 68 to 172 – though return on equity actually fell from 493 to 298 all told nvidia is expected to see around 56 revenue growth in the next year our ai rates this chipmaker a in technicals and growth b in low volatility momentum and c in quality value best buy company inc slid 05 on friday closing out the day at 11750 on the back of 2 million trades the stock sits up almost 18 for the year and trades at 133x forward earnings best buy made our trending lists last week after its q2 2022 earnings report hit the news cycle the tech retailer and geek squad purveyor reported 1185 billion in revenue for the quarter for total growth of 20 yoy coming out to an adjusted eps of 298 all told net income came out to 734 million up from 432 million in the yearago quarter thanks to its excellent performance the retailer raised the remaining year’s forecast on the back of a “dramatic and structural increase in the need for technology” in the coming quarter best buy expects revenue in the range of 114 to 116 billion though management also predicts samestore sales will decline up to 3 over the last three fiscal years best buy’s revenue has jumped 22 from 4288 billion to over 4726 billion operating income surged nearly 70 to 259 billion compared to 196 billion three years prior while eps soared 88 from 520 to 684 however return on equity grew only marginally from 423 to 446 at this time our ai grades best buy the ultimate b with bs in technicals growth low volatility momentum and quality value advanced micro devices inc surged 39 friday to end the week at 11140 per share closing the session with over 61 million trades on the docket at this time the stock sits up 215 for the year and trades at 416x forward earnings amd hit our trending lists last week thanks to an unlikely partnership with the rival nvidia to provide the us department of energy with specialorder semiconductor chips to power its new supercomputer the computer itself oddly enough is only a placeholder as currently the department of energy is waiting on yet another chipmaker – intel – to deliver an even more powerful supercomputer once or if intel’s supercomputer is delivered it’s predicted to perform a whopping 1 quintillion calculations per second however with intel’s “aurora” supercomputer months behind and looking to stay that way at least until 2022 amd is taking its fortunes where it can find them and this is far from the first time amd has stolen market share as the chipmaker has been quickly gaining in intel after the larger rival has faced one production woe after another in recent years in the last three fiscal years amd’s revenue surged over 106 from 647 billion to over 976 billion with operating income climbing an astonishing 462 from 451 million to 137 billion meanwhile pershare earnings soared from 32 cents to 206 in the period as return on equity climbed from 362 to 575 currently amd is expected to see around 72 revenue growth in the next year our ai rates this chipmaker a in growth b in quality value c in low volatility momentum and f in technicals salesforcecom inc nicked down 05 friday to 26653 per share closing out the session with nearly 8 million trades on the books the stock sits up 20 for the year and 16 over its 22day price average currently salesforce trades at 694x forward earnings salesforce – now the owner of slack – is an enterprise software maker and cloud company the firm hit our trending lists after blowing past analyst expectations during its q2 2022 earnings call the software company reported 634 billion in revenue or 23 growth since the yearago quarter with a diluted eps of 56 cents and operating cash flow of 386 million on the back of its eyewatering performance salesforce management raised its fullyear guidance to 262 billion in revenue and profits reflecting up to 15 yoy growth and following its earnings call the company’s ceo marc benioff reported that the company’s performance remains strong in light of the rise of remote work around the world according to benioff employees – including its own – “can be successful from anywhere” with the right tools contrary to statements provided by some of the company’s rivals and peers and benioff may have a point over the last three years salesforce’s revenue has surged 772 from 1328 billion to 2125 billion even during the pandemic meanwhile pershare earnings soared from 143 to 438 as return on equity grew from 85 to 108 the only metric on our list that decreased was operating income which fell from 535 million to 455 million currently salesforce is expected to see around 105 revenue growth in the next 12 months our ai rates this cloudbased company b in quality value c in technicals and growth and d in low volatility momentum liked what you read sign up for our free forbes ai investor newsletter here to get ai driven investing ideas weekly for a limited time subscribers can join an exclusive slack group to get these ideas before markets open