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NVIDIA Corporation NVDA

Market cap $5.45TP/E 28.7× trailingGross margin 74.7%
$225.51
−3.36 (−1.47%)Wed close 16:00 ET
52-wk $164.27 – $236.54
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Orin's take
0.72conviction · high
Refreshed 26 Aug · take v9. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

NVIDIA's FY2026 results (period ended 2026-01-25) show $215.9B in revenue growing 65.5% YoY with a 60.4% operating margin and $96.7B in free cash flow — fundamentals that remain best-in-class among large-cap semiconductors. At a P/E of 32.0 versus a peer median of 39.7 (a 19.5% discount) and EV/EBITDA of 26.3 versus 27.8, the stock trades at a reasonable valuation for this growth profile, with smart money flows reversing sharply positive from -0.90 (as of 2026-03-31) to +3.29 (as of 2026-06-30) across 79 funds.

Prediction markets assign a 97% probability of an earnings beat tonight, and the stock holds above its 50-day ($207.75) and 200-day ($195.53) moving averages, though a negative MACD histogram and heavy insider dispositions (net -84.9M shares over 24 months) temper near-term conviction.

What could go wrong

  • Competitive chip threat. OpenAI announced its new chip outperforms NVIDIA's Blackwell the day before earnings, raising the specter of hyperscaler in-sourcing that could compress long-term data-center share.
  • Data center backlash. A growing nationwide backlash against data centers is causing delays and cancellations of facilities, directly threatening demand for NVIDIA's top-of-the-line AI chips.
  • Post-earnings sell-off pattern. The stock has fallen after four straight earnings beats, and the bar is elevated with analysts forecasting $97.8B in Q2 revenue — a beat may already be priced in.
  • Persistent insider selling. Over the trailing 24 months, insiders executed 501 dispositions versus 30 acquisitions for net -84.9M shares and -$2.07B in net value, a sustained bearish insider signal.

What would change my mind

Q2 earnings beat with raised guidance. Fiscal Q2 2026 revenue exceeds $97.8B and FY2027 guidance is raised, confirming sustained AI capex demandbullish
Hyperscaler chip adoption confirmed. OpenAI or other hyperscalers disclose meaningful production deployment of non-NVIDIA AI silicon at scalebearish
Data center cancellations accelerate. Multiple large hyperscalers publicly delay or cancel AI data center projects in a single quarterbearish
Smart money score continues rising. Q3 2026 13F composite (available ~2026-11-14) shows smart money score above 3.5 with fund count increasing beyond 79bullish

Where this comes from: FMP annual fundamentals, fiscal year ended 2026-01-25; derived_metrics precomputed · peer_relative composite as of 2026-08-26 · smart_money 13F composite as of 2026-06-30 · Proactive Investors news article, 2026-08-26. Orin's read on NVDA; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-22 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Vanguard Capital Management$308.3B6.6% of fund
Fmr$205.3B8.9% of fund
State Street$202.0B6.0% of fund
Geode Capital Management$121.0B6.5% of fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$103.6B4.7% of fund
Jpmorgan Chase &$87.6B4.8% of fund

305 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 541 Form 4 filings, net −$2.5B. Of the 50 on hand, 0 were open-market purchases and 27 sales— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

vs its own 5y · Technology
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/E28.7×51.8×53.3×
EV/EBITDA23.8×43.5×
P/S18.26×22.28×
P/B24.1×28.9×

Its P/E sits below all 5 of the last 5 years (−1.21σ from its own mean).

What the price assumes

22.1%

free-cash-flow growth every year for 10 years, discounted at 10%, is what today’s price implies — starting from $96.7B of trailing free cash flow. It is an assumption the market is making, not a forecast Orin is making.

What Wall Street published

79 firms · 2026-09-03
Consensus target

$345

$270$515 · +53% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 60 buy or overweight
  • 16 hold
  • 3 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 39.8× of 8 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
NVDANVIDIA Corporation$5.53T28.7×23.8×74.7%63.7%110%
AAPLApple Inc.$4.82T37.5×28.9×48.7%27.6%137%
ADIAnalog Devices, Inc.$174B42.1×27.7×65.8%29.8%12%
AVGOBroadcom Inc.$1.70T44.3×34.7×67.7%42.9%44%
ENTGEntegris, Inc.$20B65.3×26.9×45.5%9.2%8%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.$4.14T17.0×12.9×60.9%54.8%51%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation$3.79T28.3×18.8×67.9%40.3%33%
TERTeradyne, Inc.$53B46.2×36.2×59.3%25.8%38%
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited$2.16T27.7×18.4×64.2%50.4%39%

The median is of the 8 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. This company trades 27.8% below it. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year
FY15 18.4×FY26 37.8×

What its sector has traded at

Technology
FY14 9.0×FY26 48.0×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Discounted cash flow

not recomputed since
ModelFair valueAgainstComputed
Standard DCF$245$202.22 · +21%2026-06-10
Levered DCF$256$202.22 · +26%2026-06-10

The vendor’s intrinsic-value models. Treat them as a low-growth anchor — for a fast grower the market routinely pays well above a DCF. These were computed against the price in the “against” column, not today’s.

Every estimate on one scale

price $225.51
52-week range$164 – $237
Analyst targets$270 – $515
Standard DCF$245 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $202.22
Levered DCF$256 as of 2026-06-10, when it was $202.22
At own 5y-median P/E (52×)$413
At 5y P/E range (38–109×)$301 – $869
At sector P/E (53×)$424

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.