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NVIDIA Corporation
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals align: quality at a discount to the sector
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4 of 5 met · composite above the peer average
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Weak fundamentals
Profitability
2/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
0/2
Revenue grew 65.5% year over year — +455% above the sector median of 11.8% — while operating margin of 60.4% runs more than double the sector median of 29.2%, a combination that places NVIDIA Corporation firmly in the top quartile on both axes. Debt/EBITDA of 0.1× sits -94% below the sector median of 0.9×, so the balance sheet carries little structural strain. The tension is in the multiples: EV/EBITDA of 38.3× runs +18% above the sector median of 32.5×, and P/B of 32.4× exceeds the median of 10.1× by +221%. The F-Score of 3/9 reads as a caution on recent financial momentum despite the strong operating picture. Consensus models further expansion, but the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings and the mixed beat-rate track record suggest the market's forward assumptions deserve scrutiny rather than acceptance.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | Apple | 8/9 | 171% | +6% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When NVDA reports on 2026-11-17, track whether revenue growth sustains its current pace — 5.6× the sector median — and whether operating margin holds above the 29.2% figure. An F-Score of 3/9, with efficiency signals scoring 0/2, means any deterioration in asset turnover or gross margin deserves close attention.
On SEC EDGAR, open NVDA's most recent 10-K and focus on the MD&A section alongside the risk factors. With EV/EBITDA at 32.5× and P/B at 10.1× — both above the sector median — management's own commentary on demand visibility and capital allocation is worth reading against those valuation levels.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — EV/EBITDA or P/B — against NVDA's 32.5× and 10.1× figures. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the selection and the conclusions are yours to draw.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -53%+610%+125%+59%
Over 4 years: 1.680.250.100.06
Over 4 years: +0%+126%+114%+65%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 7 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 32% |
| ACN | Accenture | 4/9 | 26% | +7% | 15% |
| ADBE | Adobe | 7/9 | 55% | +11% | 37% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials | 6/9 | 36% | +4% | 29% |
| AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | 7/9 | 7% | +34% | 11% |
| AVGO | Broadcom | 7/9 | 43% | +24% | 40% |
| CRM | Salesforce | 7/9 | 12% | +10% | 20% |
| CSCO | Cisco | 8/9 | 22% | +5% | 21% |
| IBM | IBM | 6/9 | 35% | +8% | — |
| INTC | Intel | 6/9 | -0% | -0% | -4% |
| INTU | Intuit | 8/9 | 20% | +16% | 26% |
| MSFT | Microsoft | 6/9 | 34% | +18% | 47% |
| NOW | ServiceNow | 4/9 | 15% | +21% | 14% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 3/9 | 101% | +65% | 60% |
| ORCL | Oracle | 5/9 | 54% | +17% | 31% |
| TXN | Texas Instruments | 7/9 | 30% | +13% | 34% |
A sample of 16 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.