Buy these stocks to ride the next big AI wave - connectivity, analyst says
Deutsche Bank analyst Gianmarco Conti initiated coverage on eight hardware stocks, highlighting Lumentum (LITE) and Coherent (COHR) as 'highest conviction' picks due to their roles in AI-driven data-center connectivity. Conti also rated Arista (ANET), Cisco (CSCO), and HPE (HPE) as buys, citing their competitive advantages in networking. LITE and COHR shares have surged 553% and 204% respectively over the past year. Conti noted Nvidia's (NVDA) investments in LITE and COHR, securing purchase comm







