Analysts expect their favorite Nasdaq stocks to rise as much as 43% in 2018 By: MarketWatch January 02, 2018 at 13:32 PM EST The Nasdaq 100 outperformed the S&P 500 in 2017, and analysts see great things for the group again this year. By Phil van Doorn. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Align Technology Alphabet-A Alphabet-C Amazon.com Applied Materials Autodesk Biomarin Pharmaceuticals Comcast Corp Ctrip.com Intl Ltd Facebook Jd.com Inc ADR Lam Research Mercadolibre Inc Micron Technology NDX Netease Inc ADR Netflix Shire Plc Ads T-Mobile US Take-Two Interactive Tesla, Inc. Vertex Pharmaceuticals Workday Inc