10 most popular stocks in August 2025 on Robinhood UK
- Palantir (PLTR)
- MARA (MARA)
- Tesla (TSLA)
- Robinhood (HOOD)
- NVIDIA (NVDA)
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Nebius (NBIS)
- SoFi Technologies (SOFI)
- Apple (AAPL)
- UnitedHealth (UNH)
This list does not constitute advice or trading recommendations. Most popular stocks included in the S&P 1500 or Nasdaq Composite, which have also carried a minimum average market cap of $1bn throughout August. Measured by total value of buy trades.
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10 most popular stocks in July 2025 on Robinhood UK
Another month, another big showing for AI, crypto and tech in general among the most popular stocks in August 2025 on Robinhood UK.
Are AI earnings enough to soothe the market’s concerns?
A few worries that AI won’t be the big profit accelerator sector fans were hoping for shook markets towards the end of August. But, renewed hopes of a September interest rate cut helped keep spirits high nonetheless.
Palantir’s stock had a busy month, hitting all-time highs thanks to impressing the market with Q2 results, before calming down on the back of valuation concerns. A price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of over 100 clearly widened a few eyes and, with a recent report from MIT questioning the extent of corporate America’s revenue uplift due to AI, the stock trended downwards heading into the back end of August.
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Staying in AI, AMD had a choppy month, with the stock gyrating on a stream of news items including an announcement that the company, along with NVIDIA, plans to give 15% of revenue generated from Chinese chip sales to the US government. Data centre sales have been hampered by the revoking of AMD’s export license so, with this deal in the works, the firm will be hoping trade disruption is close to an end. It was a similar story for NVIDIA, with restrictions meaning zero sales of its H20 processors to China-based customers in its latest quarter. That said, the world’s most valuable company did beat earnings and revenue estimates and guided for sales growth this quarter to stay above 50%.
Dutch AI infrastructure firm, Nebius, rose up the most popular stock list as its shares continued their post-Liberation Day rise. Bumper Q2 earnings and a guidance upgrade helped lift the stock in August, with broader AI nerves stepping in to stall the party somewhat from the middle of the month.
Tesla’s still among the most popular buys, with the stock making a charge in August on the back of announced plans to expand the company’s robotaxi service and word that a new full self-driving model is being developed.
On the crypto front, MARA (the artist formerly known as Marathon Digital) makes the most popular list after Bitcoin’s summer rally breathed further life into appetite for miners and exchanges. That didn’t translate into another positive month for MARA stock though, with July marking recent highs.
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Fintech firm SoFi makes the list after investors lifted the stock on the back of beating Q2 earnings estimates and raising revenue guidance. An expanding user base and hike in profits prompted buying throughout August.
Apple’s stock had a chirpier month, initially buoyed by news the firm will boost its US manufacturing spending to a total of $600bn over four years, directly hiring 20,000 people in the US. All eyes are now on September’s iPhone 17 big reveal and any significant AI upgrades on show.
If there’s one name company management likes to see on the shareholder register it’s Warren Buffett. The Sage of Omaha snapped up more than 5m shares of UnitedHealth in the second quarter of the year, the announcement of which gave UNH stock a pop in August. The shares have had a rough 2025 but the news gave the company its best one-day gain since pre-Covid.
Important information
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Make sure to do your own research on what investments are right for you before investing or consider seeking expert financial advice. Please note that this article is meant for information and does not constitute any financial advice. This is not an offer, recommendation, inducement or invitation to buy, sell, or hold any securities, or to engage in any investment activity or strategy.
