Macquarie names top pick in Chinese AI chip stocks as sector heats up
The bank's new coverage of five domestic chip developers lands at a pivotal moment for China's semiconductor self-sufficiency push.
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) price
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- Last close
- $214
- Close-to-close change
- −0.8%
- Market cap
- $5.1T (shares as of 2026-08-21)
- P/E (trailing)
- 27.0 (EPS to 2026-07-26)
- Annual revenue
- $215.9B USD (FY ended 2026-01-25) 10-K
- Annual revenue growth
- +65.5% (FY ended 2026-01-25 vs FY ended 2025-01-26) 10-K
- Annual net income
- 120,067,000,000 USD (FY ended 2026-01-25, attributable to the company) 10-K
- Annual operating margin
- 60.4% (FY ended 2026-01-25)
- Forward P/E
- Unavailable: no dated forecast source
Gloria daily close for session Oct 29, 2026. Market cap and trailing P/E use this close with the SEC share total and trailing diluted earnings, each dated next to its figure. Annual revenue, revenue growth, net income and margin show their own fiscal period and link the 10-K. Current context may postdate this article.
NVIDIA Corporation and its peers
| Company | Price | Market cap | P/E (trailing) | Forward P/E | Annual revenue (USD) | Annual revenue growth | Annual net income (USD) | Operating margin |
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$214 | $5.1T | 27.0 | Unavailable | $215.9BFY ended 2026-01-25 · 10-K | +65.5%FY ended 2026-01-25 vs 2025-01-26 · 10-K | 120,067,000,000FY ended 2026-01-25, attributable to the company · 10-K | 60.4%FY ended 2026-01-25 |
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$345 | $1.6T | 44.0 | Unavailable | $63.9BFY ended 2025-11-02 · 10-K | +23.9%FY ended 2025-11-02 vs 2024-11-03 · 10-K | 23,126,000,000FY ended 2025-11-02, consolidated · 10-K | 39.9%FY ended 2025-11-02 |
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$934 | $1.1T | 12.6 | Unavailable | $133.2BFY ended 2026-09-03 · 10-K | +256.3%FY ended 2026-09-03 vs 2025-08-28 · 10-K | 84,969,000,000FY ended 2026-09-03, attributable to the company · 10-K | 74.6%FY ended 2026-09-03 |
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$566 | $924.7B | 145.2 | Unavailable | $34.6BFY ended 2025-12-27 · 10-K | +34.3%FY ended 2025-12-27 vs 2024-12-28 · 10-K | 4,335,000,000FY ended 2025-12-27, attributable to the company · 10-K | 10.7%FY ended 2025-12-27 |
Missing figures stay unavailable. Forward P/E requires a dated source. Annual revenue, revenue growth, net income and margin come from each company's own 10-K, in US dollars, and each row shows that fiscal year. Revenue growth compares the fiscal year with the prior year stated in the same 10-K. Net income is the full year amount attributable to the company, or available to common stockholders where the filing states only that, or consolidated net income. Each row names its basis. Trailing P/E reads "Not meaningful" when the dated trailing diluted EPS is a loss or zero. An operating margin appears only when the filing states both the operating income and the revenue for the same year.
Sources: SEC filings, Gloria daily closes and CoinGecko. Oldest record refresh: Oct 29, 2026, 1:52 PM EDT. Refresh is not a price or filing date. Each row shows its price date and its annual fiscal period. Peers use industry code and company size, or editorial selection. Market cap multiplies that row price by the company share total the latest SEC filing states for every share class together. Trailing P/E divides it by trailing diluted earnings from SEC filings. Rolled earnings per share are approximate because share counts can change between periods. Both appear only when the SEC data carries its date, so they are estimates at one price date, not synchronized filing valuations. Not investment advice.
Token vs underlying stock
Current comparison for NVDA. Historical observations may postdate this article.
NVDAx token unit vs NVDA share · USD
-2.5% over displayed period
● NVDAx token┄ NVDA stock: $213.66
Source: CoinGecko + Gloria · Retrieved Oct 30, 04:15 UTC
Methodology and data
Split-adjusted regular-session stock closes from the existing Gloria shared history, paired only with an observed token price within 45 minutes of 16:00 New York time. Up to 60 matched sessions. No interpolation or missing-date fill. Weekends and known early closes are omitted. Token units are not adjusted for issuer multipliers or dividend treatment. This compares quoted prices, not fair value, executable premiums or arbitrage returns. Solid line: token. Dashed line: stock. Exact quote times and values appear below. Historical observations. Retrieval refers to the token source. Token quote times use UTC. The fixed cohort shows its oldest member fetch.
| Date (UTC) | Token (USD) | Stock close (USD) | Token quote (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 | 219.15 | 218.99 | 2026-08-06 20:00 |
| 2026-08-07 | 223.93 | 223.96 | 2026-08-07 20:00 |
| 2026-08-10 | 217.66 | 217.55 | 2026-08-10 20:00 |
| 2026-08-11 | 217.53 | 217.50 | 2026-08-11 20:00 |
| 2026-08-12 | 224.12 | 224.09 | 2026-08-12 20:00 |
| 2026-08-13 | 225.42 | 225.30 | 2026-08-13 20:00 |
| 2026-08-14 | 225.34 | 225.16 | 2026-08-14 20:00 |
| 2026-08-17 | 225.13 | 225.01 | 2026-08-17 20:00 |
| 2026-08-18 | 219.70 | 219.74 | 2026-08-18 20:00 |
| 2026-08-19 | 217.76 | 217.56 | 2026-08-19 20:00 |
| 2026-08-20 | 216.79 | 216.85 | 2026-08-20 20:00 |
| 2026-08-21 | 214.85 | 214.72 | 2026-08-21 20:00 |
| 2026-08-24 | 208.75 | 208.48 | 2026-08-24 20:00 |
| 2026-08-25 | 213.16 | 213.05 | 2026-08-25 20:00 |
| 2026-08-26 | 210.06 | 209.66 | 2026-08-26 20:00 |
| 2026-08-27 | 227.96 | 227.98 | 2026-08-27 20:00 |
| 2026-08-28 | 217.74 | 217.55 | 2026-08-28 20:00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 220.91 | 220.78 | 2026-08-31 20:00 |
| 2026-09-01 | 217.58 | 217.44 | 2026-09-01 20:00 |
| 2026-09-02 | 224.46 | 224.41 | 2026-09-02 20:00 |
| 2026-09-03 | 228.90 | 228.45 | 2026-09-03 20:00 |
| 2026-09-04 | 230.35 | 230.36 | 2026-09-04 20:00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 225.69 | 225.73 | 2026-09-08 20:00 |
| 2026-09-09 | 223.89 | 223.67 | 2026-09-09 20:00 |
| 2026-09-10 | 218.70 | 218.36 | 2026-09-10 20:00 |
| 2026-09-11 | 218.92 | 218.29 | 2026-09-11 20:00 |
| 2026-09-14 | 211.47 | 210.96 | 2026-09-14 20:00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 212.34 | 212.17 | 2026-09-15 20:00 |
| 2026-09-16 | 214.25 | 213.90 | 2026-09-16 20:00 |
| 2026-09-17 | 219.68 | 219.34 | 2026-09-17 20:00 |
| 2026-09-18 | 222.24 | 222.27 | 2026-09-18 20:00 |
| 2026-09-21 | 227.69 | 227.38 | 2026-09-21 20:00 |
| 2026-09-22 | 229.20 | 228.87 | 2026-09-22 20:00 |
| 2026-09-23 | 225.44 | 225.51 | 2026-09-23 20:00 |
| 2026-09-24 | 224.87 | 224.58 | 2026-09-24 20:00 |
| 2026-09-25 | 225.29 | 225.07 | 2026-09-25 20:00 |
| 2026-09-28 | 228.97 | 228.86 | 2026-09-28 20:00 |
| 2026-09-29 | 227.95 | 227.21 | 2026-09-29 20:00 |
| 2026-09-30 | 229.85 | 228.38 | 2026-09-30 20:00 |
| 2026-10-01 | 231.18 | 230.86 | 2026-10-01 20:00 |
| 2026-10-02 | 234.38 | 233.95 | 2026-10-02 20:00 |
| 2026-10-05 | 239.30 | 238.90 | 2026-10-05 20:00 |
| 2026-10-06 | 239.71 | 239.24 | 2026-10-06 20:00 |
| 2026-10-07 | 237.80 | 237.47 | 2026-10-07 20:00 |
| 2026-10-08 | 230.81 | 230.48 | 2026-10-08 20:00 |
| 2026-10-09 | 229.70 | 229.28 | 2026-10-09 20:00 |
| 2026-10-12 | 226.87 | 226.32 | 2026-10-12 20:00 |
| 2026-10-13 | 228.73 | 228.52 | 2026-10-13 20:00 |
| 2026-10-14 | 221.56 | 221.30 | 2026-10-14 20:00 |
| 2026-10-15 | 217.48 | 217.23 | 2026-10-15 20:00 |
| 2026-10-16 | 214.56 | 214.13 | 2026-10-16 20:00 |
| 2026-10-19 | 217.41 | 217.09 | 2026-10-19 20:00 |
| 2026-10-20 | 216.69 | 216.47 | 2026-10-20 20:00 |
| 2026-10-21 | 222.20 | 221.97 | 2026-10-21 20:00 |
| 2026-10-22 | 212.42 | 212.21 | 2026-10-22 20:00 |
| 2026-10-23 | 211.27 | 210.96 | 2026-10-23 20:00 |
| 2026-10-26 | 216.15 | 216.00 | 2026-10-26 20:00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 218.06 | 217.94 | 2026-10-27 20:00 |
| 2026-10-28 | 215.40 | 215.38 | 2026-10-28 20:00 |
| 2026-10-29 | 213.57 | 213.66 | 2026-10-29 20:00 |
Stock history: Gloria · Retrieved Oct 30, 00:32 UTC. Token history: CoinGecko NVDAx.
Quoted token and share units can have different rights, multipliers and dividend treatment. This is not an executable premium or arbitrage signal.
Macquarie initiated research coverage on five Chinese companies building chips for artificial intelligence applications.
The timing is deliberate. China’s domestic AI chip industry is navigating a combination of tailwinds: sustained government policy support, a wave of fresh IPOs, and a captive market created largely by U.S. export restrictions that have cut off access to Nvidia’s highest-end hardware.
Who’s in the race
Macquarie analyst Eugene Hsiao led the coverage initiation, focusing on companies building AI accelerators for the Chinese market. The names gaining the most attention in this space include Huawei, Cambricon, Hygon, Biren, and MetaX.
Huawei is projected to capture roughly 50% of China’s domestic AI chip market by 2026, according to Morgan Stanley data. The company has invested heavily in its Ascend chip series as a direct substitute for Nvidia’s A100 and H100 GPUs, which are now effectively off-limits under U.S. export rules.
Morgan Stanley projects China’s AI chip market will grow from $21B to $67B by 2030.
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MetaX and Moore Threads both completed IPOs in late 2025, with strong market debuts. Biren and Iluvatar CoreX are reportedly planning their own public offerings in 2026.
The policy engine driving all of this
As of May 2026, nine AI chip products from companies including Huawei, Alibaba, and MetaX had received a formal “secure and reliable” certification from Chinese authorities, making them eligible for government procurement.
What this means for investors watching AI compute broadly
Protocols built around GPU-backed lending or tokenized compute access are sensitive to shifts in the global supply and pricing of AI accelerators. A scenario where China successfully scales domestic chip production could alter the economics of AI compute globally, including the decentralized layer that crypto investors have been building out.
Investors should watch how Biren and Iluvatar CoreX price their offerings relative to the late 2025 cohort, since those comparisons will set the tone for the sector’s valuation benchmarks heading into the back half of the year.
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