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Technology Stocks To Watch Now - April 18th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat's stock screener names NVDA, SNDK, and MSFT as the Technology stocks to watch today based on the highest dollar trading volume over the last several days.
  • NVIDIA (NVDA) is highlighted for its GPUs and compute/networking solutions across gaming, data centers, vGPU/cloud, automotive platforms, and the Omniverse, giving it significant exposure to AI and graphics-driven demand.
  • SanDisk (SNDK) is noted for its flash storage products including SSDs and removable media, while Microsoft (MSFT) is emphasized for its software and cloud services portfolio—centered on Microsoft 365, Teams, and Copilot—driving recurring revenue and enterprise adoption.
  • MarketBeat previews top five stocks to own in May.

NVIDIA, Sandisk, and Microsoft are the three Technology stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Technology stocks are shares of companies that develop, manufacture, or provide products and services based on computing, communications, and information technologies—such as software, hardware, semiconductors, internet platforms, cloud services, and related industries. For investors, these stocks typically offer higher growth potential but also greater volatility, with performance driven by innovation cycles, competitive shifts, and regulatory developments, so investors often emphasize growth metrics and market share alongside traditional valuation measures. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Technology stocks within the last several days.

NVIDIA (NVDA)

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.

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Sandisk (SNDK)

SanDisk Corporation offers flash storage solutions. The Company designs, develops and manufactures data storage solutions in a range of form factors using flash memory, controller, firmware and software technologies. The Company operates through flash memory storage products segment. Its solutions include a range of solid state drives (SSD), embedded products, removable cards, universal serial bus (USB), drives, wireless media drives, digital media players, and wafers and components.

Read Our Latest Research Report on SNDK

Microsoft (MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.

Read Our Latest Research Report on MSFT

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