Nvidia Market Cap Doubled in a Year! A Better Bet Than Waiting for a Raise?

On Wednesday, $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ market cap briefly surpassed $4 trillion during intraday trading, becoming the first company ever to reach this milestone.

Some analysts believe Nvidia’s valuation will continue to climb. Loop Capital’s Ananda Baruah predicts Nvidia is at the forefront of the next "golden wave" of generative AI, forecasting its market cap to exceed $6 trillion in the coming years. Citi has raised its price target for Nvidia to $190.

An explosive growth rate! In just one year, Nvidia has taken over Wall Street.

Founded in 1993, Nvidia crossed the $2 trillion mark in February 2024 and passed $3 trillion in June of the same year. Over the past five years, Nvidia’s stock has surged by approximately 1,460%, and it's up nearly 18% year-to-date. Nvidia’s rise is fueled by its near-monopoly in the AI chip market—its GPUs are the backbone of machine learning, data centers, and large language models.

Getting a raise? Better off relying on Jensen.

Just look at Nvidia vs. Intel today, it’s night and day:

2025 Valuations:
Nvidia: $4 trillion
Intel: $102 billion

2009 Valuations:
Intel: $90 billion
Nvidia: $5 billion

Think that’s too far back? What about just 3 years ago?

• $NVIDIA(NVDA)$ was $11.20 (now $164)

• $Meta Platforms, Inc.(META)$ was $90 (now $736)

• $Netflix(NFLX)$ was $187 (now $1,277)

Yet our salary probably hasn’t changed much.

Nvidia’s historic rally has also propelled the net worth of its co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang. Holding around 3.5% of Nvidia’s shares, Huang is the company’s largest individual shareholder.

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Huang's net worth reached $141.9 billion as of Wednesday’s close, ranking him 9th richest in the world, up $27.6 billion year-to-date.

What Do You Think?

Do you believe Nvidia will break $200?

Would you consider dollar-cost averaging into Nvidia?

Looking back at 2022—was that the perfect buying opportunity?

Is making money with Nvidia more reliable than waiting for a raise?

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