BN · rank #1 · 2026-09-10
NVDA
NASDAQ · $5.40T (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 1.34 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +64.8% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +64.4% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +63.7% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.7% |
| 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. | +46.8% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $5.40T |
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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 — Blackwell GPUs are the rate-limiting input for large-scale AI infrastructure buildout, CUDA lock-in sustains pricing power, and a 0.58 forward PEG against 65% revenue growth implies the market is not fully pricing the structural scarcity premium.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscaler in-house accelerator programs (Google TPU, Amazon Trainium, Microsoft Maia) represent the most credible thesis-breaking path — if NVDA's largest customers materially reduce GPU dependency, the sole-supplier bottleneck position erodes at the exact accounts driving current revenue concentration.
- 2Blackwell export prohibition to China and tightened BIS controls on PRC-headquartered entities globally directly cap a high-margin end market and introduce quarter-to-quarter revenue uncertainty that management has already flagged as a current-quarter headwind.
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