An artificial intelligence-powered stock-picking strategy has delivered year-to-date returns of 76.93%, 35.41% and 29.16% across three of its portfolios, significantly outperforming their benchmarks and helping the overall model accumulate returns of roughly 199% since its launch in November 2023.
According to data from InvestingPro's ProPicks AI platform, the Energy Elite portfolio has gained 76.93% year-to-date, beating its benchmark by 34.47 percentage points. The Mid-Cap Movers strategy returned 35.41%, outpacing its reference index by 21.76 percentage points, while Small-Cap Sprinters posted 29.16%, a margin of 16.36 percentage points over its peer group.
The broader AI model's total return of 198.81% since inception compares with an S&P 500 gain of approximately 80% over the same period, representing an outperformance of roughly 118.5 percentage points. For context, the S&P 500 rose 11.55% year-to-date through September, the Nasdaq gained 12.99% and the Dow Jones climbed 8.98%.
In just over a week in September, several recently selected names delivered sharp moves: Intel surged 19.41%, Hewlett-Packard rose 15.79% and Oracle advanced 14.37%.
Among the strategy's longest-standing winners, Lenovo Group has climbed 237.81% since first picked, followed by MediaTek at 224.11%, Nordex SE at 174.01%, Bazan at 171.41% and Dogu Aras Enerji Yatirimlari AS at 153.52%. Delek US Holdings more than doubled, gaining 100.71% in six months since its March selection.
Delek US Holdings reported second-quarter earnings of $5.48 per share, crushing consensus estimates of $2.21 by more than 148%. Adjusted EBITDA surged 279% quarter-over-quarter to $638.7 million. The company also posted a fourth-quarter 2025 adjusted EPS of $2.31 against analyst forecasts of -$0.07, a 3,400% beat. Its Enterprise Optimization Plan targets at least $200 million in annual savings, while its logistics arm is guiding for $520 million to $560 million in 2026 earnings. Analyst price targets average around $40, with some reaching $53.
Everforth reported revenue of over $1.007 billion in the second quarter with adjusted EBITDA of $96.7 million and free cash flow of $46.3 million. The company secured a $115 million U.S. Army AI research contract and completed a $77.5 million share-buyback tranche, retiring more than 1.79 million shares under a $1 billion buyback program. Everforth guided for Q3 revenue of $1.024 billion and trades near $18, approximately 63% below its year-to-date high and at a trailing adjusted P/E of roughly 6 times. Management is targeting $5.74 in earnings per share by 2027, implying a forward valuation of about 3 times estimated earnings.
Other notable AI-selected winners include Consensus Cloud Solutions (+70.32%), Nucor (+61.98%) and HF Sinclair (+53.67%). Past prominent selections referenced by the platform include Super Micro Computer (+185%) and AppLovin (+157%).
