BN · rank #1 · 2026-09-08
NVDA
NASDAQ · $5.56T (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 1.31 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +63.7% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +64.6% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +63.7% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.9% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.58 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 0.31× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +42.0% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $5.56T |
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Summary
NVIDIA designs and sells high-performance AI GPUs and full-stack accelerated computing platforms, with data center revenue now dominant and growing triple-digits year-over-year on Blackwell/Hopper demand from hyperscalers and enterprises.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver thesis is directly reinforced by NVDA's sole-source position in high-end AI training/inference silicon, a 0.58 forward PEG against 64% projected revenue growth, and hyperscaler order visibility that underpins the structural scarcity dynamic the strategy targets.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscaler customers (Google TPUs, Amazon Trainium, Microsoft Maia) are actively accelerating in-house AI accelerator programs, which is the canonical disqualifier for a bottleneck-solver thesis — if internal silicon absorbs even 20–30% of incremental workloads, NVDA's sole-source pricing power erodes structurally.
- 2U.S. export controls prohibiting Blackwell-generation GPU sales to China and tightening rules on PRC-headquartered entities globally remove a material revenue pool and create near-term guidance risk that management explicitly flagged for the current quarter.
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