PYPL, DJT, MU And More: 5 Stocks Investors Couldn't Stop Buzzing About This Week
Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (Dec. 15 to Dec. 19) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by earnings, retail hype, AI buzz, and corporate news flow.
The stocks, PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL), Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.(NASDAQ:DJT), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Rivian Automotive Inc.(NASDAQ:RIVN), and Nike Inc.(NYSE:NKE), spanning finance, crypto, semiconductors, AI, automotive, and sports, reflected diverse retail interests.
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PayPal Holdings
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PayPal’s key developments centered on its Dec. 15 announcement of applications to establish “PayPal Bank,” a Utah-chartered industrial loan company, aiming to directly accept deposits and issue loans amid a more open U.S. regulatory environment for fintechs. This sparked mixed reactions, with shares dipping slightly mid-week before Morgan Stanley’s Dec. 18 downgrade, citing sluggish growth prospects through 2028.
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Some retail investors were mocking Morgan Stanley’s downgrade following PYPL’s banking application.
Source: Reddit
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The stock had a 52-week range of $55.85 to $93.24, trading around $58 to $60 per share, as of the publication of this article. It was down 31.03% year-to-date and 31.50% over the year.
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The stock had a weaker price trend in the short, medium, and long terms, with a moderate value ranking, as per Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings. Other performance details are available here.
Trump Media & Technology Group
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DJT announced a $6 billion all-stock merger with nuclear fusion companyTAE Technologies, aimed at developing utility-scale fusion power plants to meet AI-driven energy demands. The deal, expected to close in mid-2026, would make shareholders of each company own about 50% of the combined entity, with TMTG as the holding company for Truth Social and TAE’s operations.
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Some retail investors were still bullish on DJT after the news.
Source: Reddit
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The stock had a 52-week range of $10.18 to $43.45, trading around $14 to $16 per share, as of the publication of this article. It was down 56.32% year-to-date and 58.03% over the year.
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Benzinga's Edge Stock Rankings showed that the stock had a weaker price trend in the short, medium, and long terms. Additional performance details are available here.
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Micron Technology
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MU was dominated by pre-earnings anticipation followed by its fiscal first quarter 2026 results on Dec. 17, where the company reported strong beats on revenue and EPS, driven by soaring AI-related memory demand and tight supply.
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