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Company snapshot — NVIDIA Corporation

NVDA in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Nvidia designs the accelerated-computing platform on which most AI systems are trained and run: data-centre GPUs and the networking that links them into clusters, sold together with its CUDA software stack of libraries, frameworks and development tools. Its GeForce cards serve gaming and PCs, its RTX products professional visualisation, and its automotive platforms driver assistance and autonomous vehicles. The company reports two segments, Compute & Networking and Graphics, across four markets: Data Center, Gaming, Professional Visualization and Automotive. It is fabless — it designs the chips and buys manufacturing, advanced packaging and high-bandwidth memory from partners.
Where it sits in the stack
In Rubin, our build-out index, Nvidia sits in Layer 1, Architects (Chip Design): the design house that defines what the rest of the stack has to deliver. Every layer below it in the index is a constraint on its volumes — foundry capacity, lithography, advanced packaging, HBM memory, substrates, power and cooling — and when the sellers of compute are repriced, this is the name the repricing starts from.
Who it is priced against
The market prices it against the other merchant-silicon architects, AMD and Broadcom first, then Marvell and Arm on the design side, with the hyperscalers’ own chip programmes as the customer that could become the competitor.
Why Closelook tracks it
It is a Rubin constituent and a Nasdaq-100 and Dow name, carries a Closelook company score, and is the subject of our NVIDIA 2030 dossier; the dailies return to it on every day the AI trade moves.
What the diary watches
Whether data-centre orders keep converting on the schedule the capex plans imply, and whether the premium the market pays for scarce compute holds when the discount rate rises.

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 1 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelook company score reads 65/100 composite (momentum 68, quality 95, valuation 36) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written by the Closelook desk, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: NVDA news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for NVDA, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 14 analyst actions on the wire · latest: initiation by Scotiabank, 2026-09-11 · last print 2026-08-26

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for NVDA from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Initiation Scotiabank — at Outperform Initiated to Outperform from Sector Outperform 2026-09-11
  • Downgrade Wells Fargo — Overweight → Underweight Downgraded to Underweight from Overweight 2026-09-11
  • Downgrade Wedbush — Outperform → Underperform Downgraded to Underperform from Outperform 2026-09-11
  • Latest print EPS 2.22 against 2.09 expected — a +6.2% beat 2026-08-26

14 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 6 downgrades, 5 initiations, 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against AI accelerators and merchant silicon · 6 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

AI accelerators and merchant silicon

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against NVDA on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 · Agentic Winners 40 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
NVDA+2.5%+0.4%−0.2%+7.2%
Architects (Chip Design)+3.8%+2.9%+10.3%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 2.6 pts ahead on the week, 2.7 pts ahead on the month; against its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve 10.5 pts behind on the month.

Agentic Winners 40 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
NVDA+2.5%+0.4%−0.2%+7.2%
Megacap Gateway+1.7%+2.4%+5.5%—
Agentic Winners 40+0.4%+2.1%+0.5%—

Against the index: 1.7 pts behind on the week, 0.7 pts behind on the month; against its Megacap Gateway sleeve 5.7 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sector × region Technology in US: −2.1% week · −3.4% month · −1.2% quarter · +32.1% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-16
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)?

NVIDIA Corporation trades as NVDA on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is NVDA in a Closelook index?

Yes — NVIDIA Corporation is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

What is NVIDIA Corporation's Closelook composite score?

65 out of 100, with momentum 68, quality 95 and valuation 36 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is NVIDIA Corporation's earnings print record?

Across the 11 prints Closelook covers, NVIDIA Corporation beat EPS estimates 11 times and revenue estimates 11 times; the three-day reactions split 3 up, 2 flat and 6 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-08-26 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

Where does NVDA trade against its moving averages?

Widest analyst gap: Near its high — yet the $345 consensus implies +57.4%. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is NVDA doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month NVIDIA Corporation is −0.2% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 2.7 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve is +10.3% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does NVIDIA Corporation do?

Nvidia designs the accelerated-computing platform on which most AI systems are trained and run: data-centre GPUs and the networking that links them into clusters, sold together with its CUDA software stack of libraries, frameworks and development tools. Its GeForce cards serve gaming and PCs, its RTX products professional visualisation, and its automotive platforms driver assistance and autonomous vehicles. The company reports two segments, Compute & Networking and Graphics, across four markets: Data Center, Gaming, Professional Visualization and Automotive. The market prices it against the other merchant-silicon architects, AMD and Broadcom first, then Marvell and Arm on the design side, with the hyperscalers’ own chip programmes as the customer that could become the competitor.

Where does NVIDIA Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

In Rubin, our build-out index, Nvidia sits in Layer 1, Architects (Chip Design): the design house that defines what the rest of the stack has to deliver. Every layer below it in the index is a constraint on its volumes — foundry capacity, lithography, advanced packaging, HBM memory, substrates, power and cooling — and when the sellers of compute are repriced, this is the name the repricing starts from. It is a Rubin constituent and a Nasdaq-100 and Dow name, carries a Closelook company score, and is the subject of our NVIDIA 2030 dossier; the dailies return to it on every day the AI trade moves.

What has Wall Street done on NVIDIA Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on NVIDIA Corporation on the Closelook wire is a initiation by Scotiabank on 2026-09-11 (at Outperform). 14 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 upgrade, 6 downgrades, 5 initiations, 2 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-08-26: EPS 2.22 against 2.09 expected — a +6.2% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about NVIDIA Corporation?

NVIDIA Corporation appears in 54 Closelook pieces, most recently Morning 10: Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505 (2026-09-18); Midday 10: Day after the hike — yields fall and the lines are retaken: 10-year 4.95%, chips +3% over $505, S&P ETF above $757.83 (2026-09-17); Morning 10: Rates — the Fed hikes and the 10-year closes above 5%: the belly sold, the relief unwound, chips back under $505 (2026-09-17). What Closelook said most recently: Inside chips the sort paused rather than closed: AMD +6.4%, Arm +8.6%, Micron +5.5%, Intel +7.7%, TSMC +3.0%, Nvidia +2.5% on the design side; Applied Materials +0.5%, Lam flat, KLA +1.0% on the equipment side. (Morning 10, 2026-09-18). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NVDA, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 54 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505” (2026-09-18)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where NVDA appears in the diary — 54 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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