Research · refreshed nightly · August 17, 2026

The Most Explosive Growth Stocks (October 2026)

The highest growth-engine scores in the world.

Strip away everything except the growth engine and what remains are the most explosive growth stocks in our coverage. Palantir tops the list with a growth score of 90, NVIDIA and AppLovin sit at 88, and Credo Technology matches them while compounding revenue 80% a year. The lens grades the quality and durability of the growth machine itself, not just last year's rate.

That distinction is the tension worth noticing: Astera Labs grows revenue 105% a year yet scores 84, below AppLovin's 88 on 17% growth, because durability counts for more than the current sprint. With a median of 80 across fifty names, this is a fast crowd from top to bottom. Click any name for the full citation-backed analysis.

50companies qualify
80median growth
68median MGI
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The ranking

Sorted by growth
1
AppLovin CorporationAPP🇺🇸
growth 90 · revenue +20%/yr · asset light
G 72V 65O 79Cap $106.0B
2
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO🇺🇸
growth 88 · revenue +80%/yr · asset light
G 75V 46O 73Cap $48.5B
3
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA🇺🇸
growth 88 · revenue +60%/yr · asset light
G 38V 47O 36Cap $5.25T
4
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR🇺🇸
growth 86 · revenue +32%/yr · asset light
G 61V 40O 56Cap $418.2B
5
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.FIX🇺🇸
growth 85 · revenue +30%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 56O 72Cap $66.1B
6
Amphenol CorporationAPH🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +22%/yr · scale economics
G 74V 50O 74Cap $211.7B
7
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +29%/yr · asset light
G 68V 53O 70Cap $232.5B
8
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedTSM🇹🇼
growth 84 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 50V 45O 47Cap $2.22T
9
Eli Lilly and CompanyLLY🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 50V 42O 46Cap $1.09T
10
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +118%/yr · asset light
G 73V 39O 68Cap $55.8B
11
Arm Holdings plcARM🇬🇧
growth 84 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 74V 33O 65Cap $338.6B
12
FOPE S.p.A.FPE.IT🇮🇹
growth 83 · revenue +27%/yr · asset light
G 70V 62O 74Cap $247.5M
13
Axon Enterprise, Inc.AXON🇺🇸
growth 83 · revenue +30%/yr · asset light
G 58V 44O 55Cap $47.7B
14
argenx SEARGX🇳🇱
growth 83 · revenue +58%/yr · asset light
G 71V 57O 74Cap $55.6B
15
Atour Lifestyle Holdings LtdATAT🇨🇳
growth 83 · revenue +38%/yr · scale economics
G 72V 66O 79Cap $4.7B
16
Reddit, Inc.RDDT🇺🇸
growth 83 · revenue +42%/yr · asset light
G 74V 62O 77Cap $33.8B
17
Dave Inc.DAVE🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +33%/yr · asset light
G 61V 66O 66Cap $4.5B
18
BillionToOne, Inc.BLLN🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +77%/yr · asset light
G 77V 58O 81Cap $5.0B
19
Shopify Inc.SHOP🇨🇦
growth 82 · revenue +24%/yr · scale economics
G 73V 49O 72Cap $173.9B
20
Microsoft CorporationMSFT🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 39V 50O 39Cap $3.22T
21
Goodwin PLCGDWN.GB🇬🇧
growth 81 · revenue +13%/yr · scale economics
G 76V 58O 79Cap $2.1B
22
Insulet CorporationPODD🇺🇸
growth 81 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 72V 68O 80Cap $10.2B
23
BBB Foods Inc.TBBB🇲🇽
growth 80 · revenue +32%/yr · scale economics
G 57V 41O 54Cap $5.8B
24
Plejd ABPLEJD.SE🇸🇪
growth 80 · revenue +28%/yr · asset light
G 75V 68O 81Cap $858.6M
25
Mastercard IncorporatedMA🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +13%/yr · asset light
G 63V 59O 67Cap $474.8B
26
KLA CorporationKLAC🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 67V 39O 58Cap $266.2B
27
Broadcom Inc.AVGO🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +22%/yr · asset light
G 49V 49O 49Cap $1.94T
28
Kuros Biosciences LtdKURN.CH🇨🇭
growth 80 · revenue +63%/yr · asset light
G 70V 58O 73Cap $1.1B
29
Liquidia CorporationLQDA🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +104%/yr · asset light
G 47V 48O 46Cap $6.9B
30
Bloom Energy CorporationBE🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +26%/yr · scale economics
G 66V 39O 60Cap $78.3B
31
Samsara Inc.IOT🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +36%/yr · asset light
G 74V 54O 76Cap $20.5B
32
Synektik S.A.SNT.PL🇵🇱
growth 80 · revenue +48%/yr · scale economics
G 73V 60O 76Cap $764M
33
Veeva Systems Inc.VEEV🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 75V 60O 83Cap $39.6B
34
Next Geosolutions Europe SpANXT.IT🇮🇹
growth 79 · revenue +47%/yr · scale economics
G 56V 63O 61Cap $686.1M
35
ASML Holding N.V.ASML🇳🇱
growth 79 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 64V 42O 59Cap $794.8B
36
Vertiv Holdings CoVRT🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +18%/yr · scale economics
G 67V 57O 71Cap $121.0B
37
Marvell Technology, Inc.MRVL🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +17%/yr · asset light
G 65V 46O 63Cap $173.6B
38
Rush Street Interactive, Inc.RSI🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +23%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 61O 73Cap $6.2B
39
Sezzle Inc.SEZL🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +36%/yr · asset light
G 62V 56O 64Cap $5.1B
40
Aritzia Inc.ATZ.CA🇨🇦
growth 79 · revenue +25%/yr · scale economics
G 63V 58O 65Cap $12.1B
41
Ascendis Pharma A/SASND🇩🇰
growth 79 · revenue +167%/yr · asset light
G 75V 55O 77Cap $18.3B
42
IES Holdings, Inc.IESC🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +19%/yr · scale economics
G 64V 53O 65Cap $14.9B
43
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ALNY🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +42%/yr · asset light
G 73V 59O 77Cap $35.4B
44
LIMES Schlosskliniken AGLIK.DE🇩🇪
growth 78 · revenue +37%/yr · asset light
G 65V 64O 70Cap $202.3M
45
innoscripta SE1INN.DE🇩🇪
growth 78 · revenue +43%/yr · asset light
G 66V 70O 73Cap $867.5M
46
Yuanbao Inc.YB🇨🇳
growth 78 · revenue +65%/yr · asset light
G 69V 62O 73Cap $620.7M
47
Datadog, Inc.DDOG🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +31%/yr · asset light
G 68V 49O 67Cap $92.6B
48
Applied Nutrition plcAPN.GB🇬🇧
growth 78 · revenue +44%/yr · scale economics
G 62V 57O 64Cap $1.1B
49
Natera, Inc.NTRA🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +34%/yr · asset light
G 70V 50O 70Cap $41.8B
50
Visa Inc.V🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 62V 53O 64Cap $660.4B

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