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Wednesday's Exclusive Story
Cybersecurity Stocks Are Holding Up as the AI Trade Starts to CrackBy Ryan Hasson. Article Published: 7/20/2026. 
Key Points
- Cybersecurity stocks have shown notable relative strength as many semiconductor and AI infrastructure names have pulled back.
- CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks remain near their highs, supported by AI-driven security demand and platform strategies.
- Valuations and analyst price targets remain key risks, but the group’s resilience could signal a leadership rotation.
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The AI trade has, at least for the time being, run out of steam. Many of its leaders have broken below major support levels and key moving averages, signaling a shift in market momentum. Semiconductors, memory names, neoclouds and photonics — the groups that led the market for most of the year — have sold off hard over the past month. But one corner of technology has barely flinched: cybersecurity. In a tape like this, that kind of relative strength is often what comes before a leadership change. The numbers tell the story clearly. The Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (NYSEARCA: HACK) is up 15.4% over the past 30 days and hit a fresh 12-month high in early July. Over that same 30-day stretch, the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SMH) fell almost 9%. The gap widens further when measured against their peaks. HACK sits less than 5% below its 52-week high, while SMH trades roughly 17% below its own, and many memory and semiconductor leaders are 15% to 25% off their recent highs. It is worth noting that Bank of America recently called long semiconductors the most crowded trade ever, while cybersecurity stocks actually rose on one of the market's ugliest sessions last week.
When money rotates out of a crowded theme, it looks for quality groups with their own demand drivers. Cybersecurity, with rising AI-driven threats and non-discretionary budgets, fits that description well. Three names in particular have been leading the way. CrowdStrike: The Platform Leader Keeps CompoundingCrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) is up around 75% year to date and trades within striking distance of its 52-week high of $217.50. That momentum and outperformance have been backed by real business progress. The company recently expanded its strategic partnership with Schwarz Digits to deliver sovereign cybersecurity across Europe and agreed to acquire XM Cyber's IP, while Frost & Sullivan named it Company of the Year for identity threat detection. Analysts project earnings growth of almost 71% for the year ahead, and the recently completed 4-for-1 stock split has broadened retail accessibility. One potential flag for investors to note, however, is that the consensus price target of $180.42 across 50 analysts now sits below the share price, a familiar dynamic in stocks that move faster than models can be updated. Fortinet: The Stock That Doubled While Nobody Was WatchingFortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) has quietly been one of the best large-cap stocks in the entire market, up almost 100% year to date and still trading within roughly 6% of its 52-week high. Unlike many high-flyers this year, Fortinet pairs that performance with elite profitability. The company has net margins of 27.5%, a return on equity above 130%, and $1.85 billion in trailing net income. The news flow keeps improving, too, with TD SYNNEX selected this week as a global distributor and the FortiEndpoint platform expanding into AI security and governance. The consensus rating is Hold, with a target well below the current price, reflecting analyst caution after the double. But the tape has been ignoring that caution all year. Earnings arrive on July 29 for the cybersecurity outperformer, giving investors the nearest near-term catalyst of the three. Palo Alto Networks: The Sector Heavyweight at the HighsPalo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is the largest name in the group, with a market cap of almost $295 billion. The stock is up over 90% year to date and trades within 5% of its 52-week high. The platformization strategy — consolidating firewalls, cloud security, and AI-driven security operations into a single stack — has made it the default enterprise choice as companies rush to secure their AI deployments. The stock jumped almost 7% in a single session; Tigress Financial just raised its target to $430, and PANW currently sits on MarketBeat's most-upgraded stocks list with one of the strongest news sentiment scores among large-cap tech stocks. The valuation is undeniably rich, and the consensus target of $327.74 trails the share price. But leadership stocks in emerging themes rarely look cheap. A Changing of the Guard?Rotation is how bull markets stay alive. With the AI trade crowded and in the process of correcting, capital appears to be finding the one technology group whose demand continues to grow as the AI buildout expands. Every new model, agent, and data center creates a new attack surface to defend. If that relative strength holds, cybersecurity may not just be weathering this sell-off. It may be auditioning to lead the next leg higher. . |
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