NVIDIA Corporation NVDA
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
NVIDIA Corporation is a mega-cap company in the Technology sector (Semiconductors), with a market value of $5.65T, based in the USA.
It employs about 42,000 people and has been listed since Jan 22, 1999.
NVIDIA Corporation operates as a data center scale AI infrastructure company in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Europe, and internationally. It operates through Compute & Networking, and Graphics segments. The Compute & Networking segment provides data center accelerated computing and networking platforms and artificial intelligence solutions and software, and automotive platforms and autonomous and electric vehicle solutions, including software.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 29.2 versus 39.6 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 106% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 24.9 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 327.70, 40% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 95% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 2.2) — big daily moves both ways.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 62 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (1% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (58 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 106% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (0.1% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 4.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
It set a new one-year high this week.
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.