BN · rank #1 · 2026-10-26
NVDA
NASDAQ · $5.09T (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 1.30 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +68.2% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +64.7% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +63.7% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +1.0% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.45 |
| 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. | +55.9% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +6% |
| Market cap (USD) | $5.09T |
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Summary
NVIDIA designs and sells GPU-based accelerated computing platforms—spanning silicon, NVLink networking, systems, and CUDA software—that have become the dominant infrastructure layer for AI model training and inference at hyperscale.
Rationale
With 106% YoY revenue growth, 75% gross margins, a forward PEG of 0.45, Vera Rubin already in full production with purchase orders from every major hyperscaler, and Data Center revenue guided to ~$96B+ next quarter, NVDA is a textbook bottleneck-solver with confirmed near-term revenue visibility rather than sentiment-only momentum.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscaler in-house accelerators (Google TPU, AWS Trainium, Microsoft Maia, Meta MTIA) represent a structural displacement threat to the merchant-GPU bottleneck thesis—if internal silicon captures a meaningful share of training and inference workloads, NVDA's sole-stack leverage over its largest customers erodes materially.
- 2Export controls barring B300 sales to China and the $279B in supply-chain capacity commitments (concentrated in HBM, advanced packaging, and TSMC) create a dual exposure: permanent revenue exclusion from a major market and execution risk if constrained upstream suppliers delay Rubin ramp or force write-downs on take-or-pay obligations.
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