Assessing Nvidia (NVDA) Valuation After Record Results Dividend Hike And US$80b Buyback
May 24, 2026
Simply Wall St
NVIDIA (NVDA) just reported record quarterly results, paired with a 25x dividend increase to US$0.25 per share and a new US$80b buyback. This puts capital returns and AI growth firmly in focus for shareholders.
See our latest analysis for NVIDIA.
Despite a slight pullback around the results, with the share price down 1.9% over the last day and 4.4% over the past week, NVIDIA still shows firm momentum, with a 30 day share price return of 3.4% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 64.1% on the back of record AI demand, Vera CPU announcements and the expanded capital return program.
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With record revenue, a very large dividend hike and a US$80b buyback now on the table, NVIDIA is clearly rewarding shareholders. At a US$5.2t market cap, however, is the stock still mispriced or already reflecting years of future AI growth?
Most Popular Narrative: 36.6% Undervalued
Compared to NVIDIA’s last close of $215.33, the most followed narrative on Simply Wall St sees fair value at $339.90, which implies a sizeable valuation gap and puts long term AI demand assumptions front and center.
Nvidia will hit $400b annual revenue in 5 years time. ~90% of revenue will come from data centre customers. This equates to $90b / quarter, or equivalent to 30,000 Blackwell racks (at ~$3m per rack).
Read the complete narrative.
According to KiwiInvest, this fair value rests on bold revenue concentration in data centers, aggressive rack deployments and sustained AI hardware refresh cycles. It also raises the question of what growth path and margin structure are incorporated into that view.
Result: Fair Value of $339.90 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.
However, this depends on NVIDIA maintaining its lead in AI software and avoiding major regulatory or power supply constraints that could slow data center demand and spending.
Find out about the key risks to this NVIDIA narrative.
Another View Using Our DCF Model
The user narrative points to a fair value of $339.90 and frames NVIDIA as undervalued, but our DCF model tells a different story. On that basis, the stock at $215.33 is above an estimated fair value of $191.56, which indicates possible downside if cash flows do not scale as quickly as hoped.
Look into how the SWS DCF model arrives at its fair value.
NVDA Discounted Cash Flow as at May 2026
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Next Steps
With such mixed signals on value, risk and reward, it helps to review the details yourself and quickly decide where you stand on NVIDIA’s story using 4 key rewards and 2 important warning signs
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