10 most popular stocks in February 2026 on Robinhood UK
- Micron Technology (MU)
- Palantir (PLTR)
- IREN (IREN)
- Ondas (ONDS)
- Amazon (AMZN)
- Tesla (TSLA)
- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
- Microsoft (MSFT)
- Strategy (MSTR)
- Applied Digital (APLD)
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 February. Measured by total value of buy trades.
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There was no room for NVIDIA among the most popular buys in February, with interest in AI still dominating investors’ appetite but moving past the biggest name in the sector.
AI infrastructure and sector partnerships fuel buys in February
Memory and storage firm Micron Technology zoomed to the top of the most popular buys on Robinhood UK in February. It followed the company’s plans to spend more than $200bn in the coming years to increase capacity in the US, with pledges to increase production spending abroad too. While capital expenditure (capex) announcements from the AI hyperscalers have tended to spook the market rather than enthuse it recently, a surge in demand for memory has seemingly quelled that fear around Micron for now.
AMD’s stock had a tough month even after fourth-quarter earnings pipped expectations and Q1 projections topped estimates. Shares stepped down partly due to a lack of visibility on future earnings from China - while the company made $390m in the country in Q4 2025, CEO Lisa Su said the firm isn’t forecasting additional China chip revenue beyond $100m in Q1 2026.
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A tumbling Bitcoin price took with it broader appetite for IREN stock as the crypto-miner-cum-AI-infrastructure outfit struggled on both fronts over the month. Despite the firm saying it’s on track to meet its AI cloud annualised recurring revenue target of $3.4bn by the end of 2026, IREN missed expectations on Bitcoin mining revenue and AI cloud services revenue, sending shares lower.
That fall in BTC dealt a blow to Strategy, with investors likely reassessing their allocation to the crypto-proxy stock. MSTR has increasingly shed its image as a software business as it has steadily become one of the most well-known leveraged Bitcoin plays on the market. Rounding out the crypto-linked names on our list, Applied Digital shares suffered a blow as NVIDIA announced it had sold its entire stake in the miner-turned-AI company.
Robinhood UK investors kept their enthusiasm for Palantir even as the firm felt the pressure of a wider tech selloff in February. Sector valuations can be punchy, reflecting the high-growth nature of the space, but trading at 100x forward earnings means Palantir could be vulnerable to sector worries more than other lower-valued stocks. That could be even more prevalent if the sector leaders actually become vulnerable to the sector’s advancements. Anthropic’s recent news of Claude’s increased utility hitting software stocks is a keen example.
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Microsoft, Amazon and Tesla felt the heat too, with all three headline stocks pulling back in February. In its latest earnings update, Microsoft reported spending around $37.5bn in one quarter, largely dedicated to AI infrastructure - that sparked a few nerves given it implies an annualised spend of c$150bn. Similarly, Amazon’s $200bn spending plan for 2026 raised questions about near-term profitability. Tesla’s dip was likely linked to investors scratching their heads over immediate earnings drivers too. Longer-term growth stories like robotaxis and Optimus robotics may be keeping some investors on board but a high valuation and the slowdown in international car sales might just be sapping confidence from other corners of the market.
Drone maker Ondas was the most popular stock last month and, while it’s still within the top five, sentiment cooled somewhat on the back of its recent capital raise. A bout of profit-taking, after nearshoring news had boosted the stock, looks to be a likely reason for the stock’s weakness in February, along with uncertainty over near-term profitability.
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