
NASDAQ:NVDA
Not at all. There are too many people calling for a bubble. You don't have a bubble top when so many people are prognosticating that we might have a bubble. That's one sign.
The other sign is that if you look at forward earnings, it may be 26, 27, or maybe 30x forward PE. COST and WMT are trading at 50x. So that's not really a bubble. The darling of 2000, CSCO, was trading at 126x sales. That's a bubble.
He can see a bubble at some point in the future, and it's likely as this name continues skyward. But at the moment, it's fundamentally viable and driven by the demand for compute. The demand is actually there. Their chips are needed for AI, and the only reason we can't run AI at its full capabilities is because we can't get the energy to do so yet.
Only trading at 28x for 2027. Growing visibly in high 20s-low 30s. Only problem is if growth starts to slow. At what point do people jump ship? These are cyclical companies. The difference between being super-successful and not executing well can be by a factor of 10, as that's how exaggerated moves can be.
If demand really slows, look out below. Concerns of over-building in AI, might not all be needed, and we don't know for sure. The people saying that we need all this AI demand are the ones benefitting from the rising stock prices. The average of the 50 analysts who cover it are saying it can grow 27%. Still a good deal if what they're saying is true.
It may appear that Nvidia is investing in hardware ($100 billion in OpenAI), but really they are financing the purchase of their own equipment. The market responded by pushing the stock back to record highs where it remain slightly under that. Will this mean NVDA will break out to new highs or are existing shareholders selling? Take some money off the table. He likes AI for the long term, but the market is ahead of itself now.
Chip business is cyclical. The downslide can be precipitated by overstocking due to high demand, and that inventory has to be worked through. China has now decided it doesn't need the H20 chip, so all that inventory is now in the supply channel.
When you're paying a high price for these companies, your expectations are for sunny days. But you have to plan for the rainy ones.
The poster child. Gone up a lot, and its valuation is probably 40x forward PE. Quite expensive, unless you believe that it can maintain the treadmill of that kind of growth. He's not saying the growth is over, just that maybe the growth slows down from here. Perhaps the valuation has to stay here while earnings catch up, or it has to come down a little bit.
See his Top Picks.
NVDA became the first $5 trillion market cap company and is reiterated as a TOP PICK. The drive for AI data centres continues and this company is the primary benefactor. You have to get around the 58x earnings and 49x book, but the 109% ROE remains compelling. We like that cash reserves are growing, while to company continues to aggressively buy back shares. We recommend trailing up the stop (from $156) to $173, looking to achieve $240 -- upside potential of 18%. Yield 0%
(Analysts’ price target is $228.01)