NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA NasdaqGSNVIDIA Corporation looks about 33% expensive.
The snowflake
checks passed on each axis- Value 0/2 checks
- Future 4/4 checks
- Past 4/4 checks
- Health 6/6 checks
- Dividend 3/5 checks
What does this show?
Five quick health scores — Value, Future, Past, Health and Dividend — each 0–100%. A bigger, more even shape means a stock that scores well across the board; a spiky one is strong on some axes and weak on others.
Learn more on Investopedia →Fair value
our estimate · not analyst forecast33% above our estimate — the price sits over what our numbers support.
How we got there
A 2-stage discounted-cash-flow on owner earnings (net income): grow it at the capped historical trend for five years, fade to a 2.5% long-run rate, discount everything at 9.0%. It's a transparent estimate from past numbers, not a licensed forecast — treat it as one lens, not truth.
What does this show?
Our estimate of what one share is worth based on the cash the business is expected to generate (a discounted-cash-flow model), next to today's price. Below fair value hints undervalued, above hints expensive — it's an estimate, not a guarantee.
Learn more on Investopedia →Health checks
21 checks run on free data- ⚠ Trading below our fair-value estimate -33% vs our DCF estimate
- ⚠ More than 20% below fair value -33% margin of safety
- ⚠ Yield beats the market yield 0.51% vs market ~1.5%
- ⚠ Yield in the top quartile of payers yield 0.51% vs 8.25% cut among the 5 payers Otto tracks
- ✓ Debt/equity falling over time long-term debt/equity 4.7% vs 34.4%
- ✓ Debt is under 40% of equity debt/equity 7%
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Value 0/2 passed
- ⚠ Trading below our fair-value estimate -33% vs our DCF estimate
- – P/B below industry industry P/B not on the free feed
- – P/E below industry industry P/E not on the free feed
- – P/E below peer average peer P/Es land after the next refresh
- – P/S sane vs its own history needs multi-year P/S (Tier B)
- ⚠ More than 20% below fair value -33% margin of safety
Future 4/4 passed
- ✓ Earnings trending up 60.8%/yr over 9yr
- – Growth beats the industry industry growth not on the free feed
- ✓ Earnings growth beats the market 60.8%/yr vs market ~9.0%
- ✓ Revenue trending up 46.6%/yr over 9yr
- ✓ Return on equity improving ROE 76.3% vs 28.9% 9yr ago
Past 4/4 passed
- ✓ Earnings grew over the period 1.7B → 120.1B
- – High-quality earnings (few one-offs) one-off detection deferred — needs statement detail
- ✓ Growth accelerating vs its average latest 64.7%/yr vs 60.8% average
- ✓ Revenue higher than five years ago 6.9B → 215.9B
- ✓ Return on equity above 20% ROE 114.3%
Health 6/6 passed
- ✓ Debt/equity falling over time long-term debt/equity 4.7% vs 34.4%
- ✓ Debt is under 40% of equity debt/equity 7%
- ✓ Debt well covered by cash flow operating cash flow covers 1213.0% of debt
- ✓ Interest comfortably covered by profit EBIT covers interest 503.4×
- ✓ Short-term assets cover long-term debt 125.6B vs 17.3B
- ✓ Short-term assets cover short-term bills 125.6B vs 32.2B
Dividend 3/5 passed
- – Dividend covered by earnings and cash flow n/a
- ✓ Dividend growing over time over 10yr on record
- ✓ No dividend cut in recent years steady over 10yr on record
- ✓ Payout ratio under 75% payout 0.6% of earnings
- ⚠ Yield beats the market yield 0.51% vs market ~1.5%
- ⚠ Yield in the top quartile of payers yield 0.51% vs 8.25% cut among the 5 payers Otto tracks
What does this show?
Pass/fail rules on the company's finances — debt levels, profitability, cash cover and so on. More greens means a sturdier balance sheet; an n/a just means we didn't have that data point.
Learn more on Investopedia →Past performance
10-yr history from SEC EDGAR filingsRevenue
Earnings
dashed line = what it'd look like growing at our ~9% market-average benchmark, for comparison
What does this show?
How revenue, earnings and free cash flow have grown over the years. Bars rising left-to-right show a growing business; the dashed line is a market-average pace for comparison.
Learn more on Investopedia →Future
trend, not analyst forecastRevenue · extended at 15.0%/yr
Earnings · extended at 15.0%/yr
Dashed bars just extend the historical trend (capped at ±15%/yr) — the same growth our DCF uses. It's arithmetic on the past, not an analyst forecast; real futures bend.
What does this show?
Solid bars are history; dashed bars simply extend the past growth trend a few years forward — capped so it stays sane. It's a trend line, not an analyst forecast.
Learn more on Investopedia →Dividend
from cash actually paid, not promisesTotal dividends paid · split-proof, unlike per-share history
What does this show?
The share of profit paid back to shareholders as cash. Yield is that cash as a % of the price; the payout gauge shows how much of earnings is paid out (over ~75% can be hard to sustain).
Learn more on Investopedia →Ownership & insiders
from SEC Form 4 filingsNo open-market buys or sells in the recent filings — what's below is mostly awards and option activity.
- Gift Coxe Tench · Director 500,000 sh 2026-07-01
- Award Stevens Mark A · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Shah Aarti S. · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Seawell A Brooke · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Neal Stephen C · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Lora Melissa · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Jones Harvey C · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Hudson Dawn E · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Dabiri John · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
- Award Coxe Tench · Director 1,211 sh 2026-06-25
Insiders must report within two business days. Sales are often pre-planned (10b5-1) rather than a signal — buys tend to say more.
What does this show?
Buys and sells by the company's own directors and officers, from their SEC filings. Insiders sell for many reasons, but clusters of open-market buying can signal confidence.
Learn more on Investopedia →Competitors
hand-picked peers · tap to jumpOtto hasn't hand-picked peers for NVDA yet — the peer map is curated by hand, since there's no good free "similar companies" feed.
What does this show?
A few peers in the same business, each with its own mini snowflake, so you can see how this company stacks up rather than judging it in isolation.
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