2 Dirt Cheap Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now

By Geoffrey Seiler – Feb 14, 2026 at 10:45AM ESTKey PointsNvidia and Micron should be big beneficiaries of the continued AI infrastructure construction boom.With no signs of data spending slowing down, both stocks look like great deals.We’re bullish on these 10 stocks ›NASDAQ: NVDANvidiaMarket Cap$4.4TToday's Changeangle-down(-2.21%) $4.13Current Price$182.81Price as of February 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM ETNvidia and Micron Technology are real bargains right now.The market is trading near its all-time highs, but there are still some very inexpensive stocks out there for consideration by long-term investors. Here are two that investors can dip their toes into with a $1,000 investment. Nvidia Nvidia (NVDA 2.21%) has gone from a stock often talked about as being overvalued to one of the cheapest megacap artificial intelligence (AI) names. It trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of around 24.5, based on analyst estimates for fiscal 2027 (ending in January), but if you go another year out, that multiple falls to just 19 times. Image source: Getty Images Given the company's incredible revenue growth (62% last quarter) and the opportunity still in front of it, that valuation is dirt cheap. Nvidia is very closely tied to the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure building boom, since its graphics processing units (GPUs) are the main chips used to power AI workloads. If there were any inclinations that AI spending was set to slow, those notions were put to rest when the big cloud computing companies and other big AI players announced their capital expenditure (capex) plans for the year. Spending is going to be through the roof, which will greatly benefit Nvidia. ExpandNASDAQ: NVDANvidiaToday's Change(-2.21%) $-4.13Current Price$182.81Key Data PointsMarket Cap$4.4TDay's Range$181.59 - $187.5552wk Range$86.62 - $212.19Volume5.4MAvg Vol180MGross Margin70.05%Dividend Yield0.02% Even more importantly, chip manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing announced after careful due diligence that it would expand its own capex to increase capacity to meet long-term AI chip demand. TSMC, as it's also known, talked not just to its chip customers but also to its customers' customers to make sure the long-term demand was there and felt comfortable ramping up the building of new chip manufacturing facilities. That's great news for Nvidia and makes its stock look like a real bargain at current levels.

Micron Technology Sticking with semiconductor stocks, Micron Technology (MU 0.60%) is the definition of "dirt cheap" despite the stock's strong performance. It trades at a forward P/E of 11 times fiscal year 2026 analyst estimates (ending August 2026) and just above 8.5 times the fiscal 2027 consensus. Micron's low valuation can be attributed to the cyclical nature of the memory market, but with AI infrastructure needing a boatload of memory, the market appears to have shifted toward a structural growth story. ExpandNASDAQ: MUMicron TechnologyToday's Change(-0.60%) $-2.49Current Price$411.48Key Data PointsMarket Cap$463BDay's Range$392.83 - $420.8552wk Range$61.54 - $455.50Volume1.7MAvg Vol33MGross Margin45.53%Dividend Yield0.11% Micron is one of the big three DRAM memory makers, and to optimize the performance of GPUs, the chips need to be packaged with a special form of DRAM called high-bandwidth memory (HBM). With AI infrastructure spending booming, so is the demand for HBM. However, it takes upward of three times the wafer capacity of ordinary DRAM, which has created a huge supply shortfall and soaring DRAM prices. While Micron and others are increasing capacity, demand is expected to continue to outstrip supply in the coming years, making Micron's stock look very attractive. The company should see continued strong growth and robust gross margins over the next several years.Read NextFeb 14, 2026 •By Keithen DruryThe 5 Best Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy for FebruaryFeb 14, 2026 •By Trevor JennewineNvidia Stock Investors Just Got Good News From Amazon, Google, Meta Platforms, and MicrosoftFeb 14, 2026 •By Keithen DruryThis Is the Best AI Stock to Buy in February 2026, According to Wall StreetFeb 13, 2026 •By Harsh ChauhanGot $1,000? 2 Top Growth Stocks to Buy That Could Double Your Money.Feb 13, 2026 •By Manali Pradhan, CFA2 AI Stocks That Could Go ParabolicFeb 13, 2026 •By Adria CiminoMicrosoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta Platforms Just Announced Fantastic News for Nvidia.About the AuthorGeoffrey Seiler is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst covering technology, consumer goods, healthcare, energy, and materials stocks. Prior to The Motley Fool, Geoffrey was a senior equity analyst at Raging Capital Management, a $600 million long-short hedge fund. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Haverford College.TMFFindProfitStocks MentionedNvidiaNASDAQ: NVDA$182.81 (2.21%) $4.13Micron TechnologyNASDAQ: MU$411.48 (0.60%) $2.49*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.