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Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns, or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.


Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:

IBM, $287.65, is a #1 Buy for 2025. The company (New York symbol IBM; Shares outstanding: 929.4 million; Market cap: $267.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 2.3%; www.ibm.com) now plans to build an advanced quantum computer at its datacentre in Poughkeepsie, New York.


Quantum technology uses electrons rather than transistors....

TERADATA CORP. $22 is a hold. The company (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 95.6 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts of data for its clients—individual businesses....

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., $280.97, New York symbol IBM, is a buy.

The company is one of the world’s largest computer firms, with operations in over 175 countries.

With the June 10, 2025, payment, IBM raised your quarterly dividend by 0.6%, to $1.68 a share from $1.67....

WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY INC., $10.03, Nasdaq symbol WBD, remains a hold.

The company took its current form in April 2022 when AT&T Inc. (New York symbol T) merged its WarnerMedia business with Discovery Inc. AT&T investors received 0.241917 shares of WBD as a tax-free distribution for each share they owned.

The new firm is a leading producer of entertainment, sports and information programming....

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO., $48.53, New York symbol ADM, is a hold.

The company processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed and other crops into a variety of food ingredients such as flour, oils and sweeteners. It’s also a leading producer of ethanol from corn, a gasoline additive that reduces harmful emissions.

In the quarter ended March 31, 2025, Archer’s revenue fell 7.7%, to $20.18 billion from $21.85 billion a year earlier....

Broadridge is far from a household name outside of the financial sector. Regardless, since it was spun off by Automatic Data Processing (symbol ADP on Nasdaq) in 2007, the company has become a dominant player.

We added the stock as a buy in our February 2008 issue of Wall Street Stock Forecaster at $22 a share....