U.S. Stock Market Top 20 by Trading Value: Meme Stock Beyond Meat Surges ~600% in Three Days

 

Tesla, the top stock by trading value on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, fell 1.08% to $442.60 with $23.925 billion traded, per the finance card above. CEO Elon Musk threatened to leave Tesla or step down as CEO unless awarded a high compensation package. Investor Cathie Wood predicted Tesla could grow 30x in 10 years, to which Musk responded, “Indeed.”

 

Nvidia, second in trading value, fell 0.83% to $181.16 with $21.519 billion traded, per the finance card above. Reports indicate Dutch AI chip startup Axelira launched its Europa chip, positioning it as a competitor. Nvidia is also discussing loan guarantees for OpenAI. Media revealed that CEO Jensen Huang, eager to join the AI infrastructure boom, negotiated a $100 billion investment deal with OpenAI’s Sam Altman after tense talks.

 

Apple, third in trading value, rose 0.20% to $262.77 with $12.225 billion traded, hitting a new all-time high, per the finance card above. Counterpoint Research reported iPhone 17 sales in the U.S. and China surpassed iPhone 16 by 14% in the first 10 days, with standard iPhone 17 sales up nearly a third.

 

Wells Fargo maintained an “overweight” rating, forecasting Q4 EPS of $1.79 and revenue of $102.4 billion. Goldman Sachs kept a “buy” rating, expecting EPS of $1.81 and revenue of $103.5 billion, beating consensus estimates of $1.77 and $101.8 billion.

 

Google (GOOG), fourth in trading value, fell 2.21% to $251.34 with $11.459 billion traded, per the finance card above. Cloudflare’s CEO urged media to stop providing content to Google, arguing Google should compete for content used in AI.

 

Amazon, sixth in trading value, rose 2.56% to $222.03 with $10.683 billion traded, per the finance card above. AWS experienced a day-long outage on Monday, impacting millions of websites and apps globally, finally resolving late Monday.

 

Analysts noted damage to Amazon’s reputation as a reliable cloud provider, potentially losing some market share, though not critically. The outage, linked to Virginia data centers’ DNS and DynamoDB issues, was Amazon’s worst since 2021, highlighting risks of over-reliance on a few cloud providers.

 

Broadcom, 11th in trading value, fell 1.88% to $342.66 with $5.128 billion traded, per the finance card above. Mizuho raised its price target from $430 to $435.

 

Beyond Meat, 14th in trading value, surged 146.26% to $3.62 with $4.952 billion traded and a turnover rate exceeding 130%, per the finance card above. The plant-based meat company soared ~596% over three days after announcing expanded distribution to over 2,000 Walmart stores. Analysts noted this rally, driven by low nominal share price, retail enthusiasm, active options trading, and high short interest, exemplifies a meme stock surge.

 

While not fundamentally driven, the Walmart deal fueled further gains.

 

Philip Morris (PM), 16th in trading value, fell 3.83% to $152.00 with $4.165 billion traded, per the finance card above. Q3 adjusted EPS was $2.24, beating estimates of $2.09, up 17.28% from $1.91 last year. Revenue reached $10.85 billion, topping forecasts of $10.69 billion, up 9.42% from $9.91 billion.

 

Ford, 17th in trading value, rose 4.75% to $12.56 with $3.706 billion traded, per the finance card above.

 

Rigetti Computing (RGTI), 19th in trading value, fell 7.64% with $3.37 billion traded, marking four consecutive days of declines with a cumulative 46.8% drop.