The Next Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) Stock Driver: Hyperscale

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Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has until recently defined itself as a visual computing company, underscoring its roots as a designer and builder of graphics processing units (GPUs). But it’s increasingly “what’s next” that’s powering the breakneck drive in NVDA stock.

Nvidia Corporation (NVDA) Stock Will Go Hyperscale

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In the early days, NVDA was up against the major players — Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) and more — and differentiated itself in this “commodity” business by building high-end GPUs that performed much faster and with better quality than the standard GPUs built by the big chip makers.

The big makers didn’t really see much reason to spend a lot of time and energy on GPUs since they are more volume suppliers. Sinking tons of money into building out this sector didn’t make much sense.

In the meantime, NVDA kept at it. For 18 years now.

Granted, the stock is up an average of about 510% a year over that period but its real growth has been in the past couple years.

Finally, the new wave in tech has brought with it the ability to do many more things as processing speeds have grown and memory can interact with processors in near real-time.

Nvidia’s Future

Now concepts like virtual and augmented reality, smart cars, autonomous vehicles, the Internet of Things, cloud computing and Big Data are all vibrant expanding industries. And these are the market that will send NVDA stock on to much higher levels from here.

While there are many focused companies that end up in the dust bin of history because they just missed a new trend, or caught a piece of just one, Nvidia hit all of them out of the park.

Some people talk about its valuation — most analysts say NVDA needs to see a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) around 50% a year for the next three years. The fact is, that rate is actually realistic.

For example, according to a Business Insider Intelligence report, the self-driving car market is expect to grow at a CAGR of 134% through 2020.

And NVDA’s newest chip, the HGX-1, now puts it on a competitive footing with the big players in the hyperscale vendor market.

Hyperscale computing is necessary for markets where workloads can increase exponentially rapidly and can still be executed in a timely, cost-effective manner. Think about hosting big dataclients or online virtual reality gaming or conferencing, or artificial intelligence in the cloud for self-driving cars.

Bottom Line for NVDA Stock

This is the brave new world we’re entering with this next iteration in computing power. And NVDA is becoming the go-to company to make this next generation of the digital age become reality.

Also, given Intel and Qualcomm’s recent struggles with each other, vendors and national regulatory bodies, this is a great time for NVDA stock. Because Nvidia can grab market share from them while they deal with their transitional troubles.

Louis Navellier is a renowned growth investor. He is the editor of five investing newsletters: Blue Chip Growth, Emerging Growth, Ultimate Growth, Family Trust and Platinum Growth. His most popular service, Blue Chip Growth, has a track record of beating the market 3:1 over the last 14 years. He uses a combination of quantitative and fundamental analysis to identify market-beating stocks. Mr. Navellier has made his proven formula accessible to investors via his free, online stock rating tool, PortfolioGrader.com. Louis Navellier may hold some of the aforementioned securities in one or more of his newsletters.


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