Nvidia Stock Doesn’t Look as Expensive as You Think

Vandita Jadeja

Sat, August 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM GMT+3 4 min read

Quick Read

NVDA posts 85% revenue growth at a forward PEG of just 0.605, supporting a $270.26 price target and a high-conviction BUY recommendation.
AVGO typically trades at a richer forward multiple than NVDA's 25x despite being a supplier, making NVDA's valuation look conservative against its own peer group.
Even the bear case projects an 8.2% gain, backed by 75% gross margins and $49 billion in quarterly free cash flow.
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NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) trades at $215.17 as of Friday afternoon. After running the numbers, the stock looks reasonably priced relative to its growth.

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Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for NVIDIA is $270.26, implying 25.27% upside over the next 12 months. Our recommendation is buy at a 90% confidence level, which qualifies as high conviction.

24/7 Wall St. Price Target Summary

NVDA Price Target — 24/7 Wall St.

Why the AI King Actually Looks Reasonable Here

NVIDIA is down 3.75% over the past week but up 16.41% year to date and 23.79% over the past year.

The Q1 FY27 report on May 20, 2026 reset expectations: revenue of $82 billion rose 85% year over year, data center hit $75 billion, and non-GAAP EPS came in at $1.87 versus $1.77 expected.

Q2 FY27 guidance was set at $91 billion plus or minus 2%, with China data center compute excluded. Recent reports of NVIDIA committing up to $105 billion to an OpenAI data center have kept the growth narrative front and center.

NVDA Price Scenario — 24/7 Wall St.

Why Bulls See a Breakout Ahead

The bull case rests on a demand curve Jensen Huang described as parabolic. Management said AI infrastructure spending is "on track to reach 3 to 4 trillion annually by the end of this decade" and expressed confidence in $1 trillion in Blackwell and Rubin revenue from 2025 through 2027.

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AWS plans to add over 1 million Blackwell and Rubin GPUs starting this year, and Vera Rubin claims up to 35x higher inference throughput. Analyst consensus target sits at $302.83 with 48 Buy and 10 Strong Buy ratings. Our bull-case scenario points to $312.35, roughly 44.78% upside.

NVDA Analyst Ratings — 24/7 Wall St.

Risks Worth Watching

The bear case starts with concentration and geopolitics. NVIDIA carries $119 billion in supply commitments and depends heavily on TSMC. China data center compute is excluded from guidance entirely.

Bears point to that beta of 2.22 and note that a hyperscaler capex pause would ripple through instantly. The counterargument: gross margin expanded to 75%, free cash flow hit $49 billion in one quarter, and the balance sheet carries D/E of just 0.073. Our bear-case scenario still lands at $233.42, an 8.2% gain from here.

How NVIDIA Compares to AMD and Broadcom

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) is the closest pure-play GPU competitor, but its MI-series accelerators lack NVIDIA's software moat, and its growth rate trails NVIDIA's 85.2% revenue growth by a wide margin.

Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) is the more direct valuation peer given its custom AI ASIC business with hyperscalers, and it typically trades at a richer forward multiple than NVIDIA's 25x. When the leading platform trades at a lower forward earnings multiple than a supplier of custom silicon, the peer group makes our $270.26 target look conservative.

Bottom Line on NVIDIA's Setup

The 24/7 Wall St. price target of $270.26 and buy recommendation at 90% confidence rest on one fact: NVIDIA trades at a forward PEG of 0.605 while growing revenue 85.2%.

The setup looks attractive for investors who can tolerate the 2.22 beta, while those expecting hyperscaler capex to roll over before Vera Rubin ramps in the second half may want to wait for confirmation. The same buildout powering NVIDIA also lifts a wider group of suppliers we broke down in a free report on seven AI stocks that aren't chipmakers.

These projections assume NVIDIA executes on Blackwell and Vera Rubin ramps. Meaningful upside or downside could come from China policy shifts or a change in hyperscaler capex plans.