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NvidiaNVDACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Information Technology›Semiconductors

Designs GPUs and full-stack AI computing systems (chips, networking, software) that train and run AI models in data centers.

Momentum weak 26
Mkt cap
$4.50T
US dollars, full cap
Free float
96%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$24.4B
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
15.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+76.8 pp
WACC 15.8%
Hurdle
-41 pp
Req g minus delivered
Official | Implied
AA / BBB+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
11 days
17 Nov 2026
Close · USD$186.64
1D+2.8%
1W-8.8%
1M-19.0%
3M-14.2%
6M-13.2%
YTD+0.2%
1Y-4.3%
ATR %4.2%
Beta1.93
52w lowhigh23.3% off high

What Nvidia does

Designs GPUs and full-stack AI computing systems (chips, networking, software) that train and run AI models in data centers.

Earns most of its income from data-center systems sold to a small number of large cloud companies, with chips, networking and software bundled so buyers adopt a whole computing platform. It designs but does not manufacture: TSMC makes its chips. Gaming graphics cards, the original business, are now the smaller line.

Products and services

  • Data-center GPUs (Hopper, Blackwell)
  • Networking (InfiniBand, NVLink)
  • Gaming GPUs (GeForce)
  • CUDA software/AI platform
  • Automotive & robotics (Drive, Jetson)

Customers

  • Microsoft
  • Amazon
  • Google
  • Meta
  • Oracle

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Semiconductors
  • GPU/AI accelerator design
  • Data-center AI systems & software

What could go right

  • AI data-center capex supercycle
  • Sovereign AI/enterprise AI adoption

What could go wrong

  • Customer concentration among hyperscalers
  • China export restrictions
  • Custom-silicon competition from cloud vendors

Moat: wide (scale, network effects, installed base). CUDA software lock-in and sustained AI-chip performance leadership make its accelerators the default AI platform.

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, US · Founded: 1993 · Employees: 42,000

Named competitors

Nvidia at a glance

Size Nvidia (NVDA) is a United States Information Technology company (Semiconductors) with a market value of $4.50T, the 2nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $186.64 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 13.2%, against -13.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 19 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 83.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +34.9%); the operating margin is 65.2% (peer median 37.2%).

Valuation It trades at 15.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 22.4× (6th cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 26% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +67%, so the hurdle is -41 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 76.8 points above its cost of capital (15.8% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $3.20B at 26 Jul 2026, up 68% on a year earlier — 0.0 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Credit Nvidia has 13 bonds outstanding ($32.5B), rated AA by the agencies and trading like BBB+ at a weighted spread of 87 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 1.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 17 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026NVDA 85Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Nvidia against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Nvidia financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2026-01-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$303B$216B$130B$60.9B$27.0B
Revenue growth—+65%+114%+126%—
Gross profit$226B$153B$97.9B$44.3B$15.4B
EBITDA$201B$133B$83.3B$34.5B$7.12B
Net income$193B$120B$72.9B$29.8B$4.37B
Free cash flow$127B$96.7B$60.9B$27.0B$3.81B
Capital expenditure$7.35B$6.04B$3.24B$1.07B$1.83B
Total debt$38.9B$11.4B$10.3B$11.1B$12.0B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Nvidia competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%0%+50%+100%+150%-40%-20%0%2330AVGO005930MU000660ASMLINTCTXNARMQCOMADIMRVL285A0981688256NVDA6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Nvidia is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+100%+200%0×25×50×75×2330AVGO005930MUAMD000660ASMLINTCARMQCOM285A3308688256NVDARevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Nvidia is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+20%+40%+60%0%25%50%2330AVGO005930MUAMD000660ASMLINTCTXNKLACQCOM2454MRVL285A3308NVDAGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Nvidia is the large dot.

Nvidia competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NVDA vs AMD vs INTC vs AVGO)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Nvidia NVDA$4.50T-13%+83%65%15.5×26.3%
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$733B-1%+42%18%30.0×60.9%
Intel INTC$299B-55%+12%11%39.9×46.1%
Broadcom AVGO$1.40T-32%+49%49%16.9×26.6%

How Nvidia compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Nvidia against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNVDAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-19.0%-26.4%8th highest of 21
6-month return-13.2%-13.6%10th highest of 19
Distance from 52-week high-23.3%-47.3%4th highest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+83.4%+34.9%8th highest of 21
Operating margin65.2%37.2%4th highest of 21
Forward P/E15.5×22.4×6th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)26.3%25.0%9th least demanding of 17
Growth delivered (Del g)+66.9%+18.7%highest of 17
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-40.6 pp+9.7 ppleast demanding of 17
ROIC minus cost of capital+76.8 pp+11.0 pp4th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA22.0×25.1×7th cheapest of 15
Net debt / EBITDA-0.3×-0.1×7th least indebted of 16
Bond spread87 bp78 bp6th widest of 13

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Nvidia NVDAUnited States$4.50T-13%+83%65%15.5×26.3%+66.9%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur 2330.TWTaiwan$1.67T-5%+36%58%15.0×10.1%+23.3%
Broadcom AVGOUnited States$1.40T-32%+49%49%16.9×26.6%+21.7%
SamsungElec 005930.KSSouth Korea$886B-14%+88%46%4.0×-7.2%+7.1%
Micron Technology MUUnited States$781B-8%+256%75%3.9×7.1%+36.9%
Advanced Micro Devices AMDUnited States$733B-1%+42%18%30.0×60.9%+28.8%
SK hynix 000660.KSSouth Korea$608B-12%+220%74%3.1×-3.1%+24.9%
ASML ASML.ASNetherlands$550B-6%+23%39%31.1×28.9%+18.5%
CXMT 688825.SSChina$411Bn/a+156%13%n/an/an/a
Intel INTCUnited States$299B-55%+12%11%39.9×46.1%-7.5%
Texas Instruments TXNUnited States$253B-4%+20%41%24.6×23.3%+4.1%
Arm ARMUnited States$204B-18%+25%17%67.7×n/an/a
KLA KLACUnited States$180B-26%+16%43%22.3×23.5%+14.4%
Qualcomm QCOMUnited States$177B-24%+2%24%17.0×15.9%+5.1%
Analog Devices ADIUnited States$176B-13%+34%36%22.4×27.8%+14.5%
Mediatek 2454.TWTaiwan$164B+7%+6%15%24.7×40.7%+13.1%
Marvell Technology MRVLUnited States$124B-17%+31%17%25.0×54.4%+22.5%
Kioxia 285A.TJapan$88.9B+139%+265%70%2.5×-3.0%+18.8%
Zhongji Innolight 3308.HKHong Kong$80.7Bn/a+177%41%16.7×27.6%+39.3%
SMIC 0981.HKHong Kong$76.7B-41%+20%9%32.9×n/an/a
Cambricon Technologies 688256.SSChina$75.7B-30%+104%33%87.3×n/an/a

Nvidia bonds and credit

Nvidia has 13 bonds outstanding with $32.5B face value. The agencies rate it AA; its bonds trade like BBB+. Weighted yield 5.65%, a spread of 87 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Nvidia backlog

Nvidia reported $3.20B of remaining performance obligations at 26 Jul 2026, up 68% from a year earlier and up 23% from the previous quarter. That is 0.0 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.01.

Questions

Who are Nvidia's main competitors?
Named competitors: AMD (AMD), Intel (INTC), Broadcom (custom AI silicon) (AVGO), Google TPU (internal) (private or unlisted), Amazon Trainium (internal) (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur (2330.TW), Broadcom (AVGO), SamsungElec (005930.KS), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), SK hynix (000660.KS).
Is Nvidia expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 15.5× against a peer median of 22.4×, 6th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 26% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +67%, so the hurdle is -41 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Nvidia stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -13.2% against -13.6% for the median peer; over one year -4.3%.
What is Nvidia's backlog?
Nvidia's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $3.20B at 26 Jul 2026, +68% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.