Nvidia trades cheaper than semiconductor sector, says Tony Zhang
The OptionsPlay chief strategist sees Nvidia's forward multiples as attractive relative to industry peers, signaling a potential buying opportunity during the AI chip pullback
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 30, 2026, 9:56 AM 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, 10:51 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.
Nvidia, the company that essentially became the pickaxe seller during the AI gold rush, is now trading at a discount to the broader semiconductor sector. That’s according to Tony Zhang, Chief Strategist at OptionsPlay, who laid out his case on CNBC.
Nvidia’s stock has pulled back toward the $200 level, which technical analysts have flagged as a key support zone.
The valuation case
Zhang pointed to Nvidia’s forward price-to-earnings multiples, which currently sit in the range of 22-25 times earnings. In English: for every dollar of future profit Nvidia is expected to generate, investors are paying roughly $22-$25 for the stock. That’s considered favorable when stacked against both industry peers and Nvidia’s own historical averages.
Zhang has historically favored defined-risk options strategies for trading Nvidia. His approach leans toward structures like call spreads and credit spreads, particularly around earnings announcements when implied volatility tends to spike. The logic is straightforward: capture upside exposure while capping potential losses.
The broader semiconductor sector provides useful context here. Global chip sales are projected to approach $1 trillion in 2026, with AI accelerators, the category Nvidia dominates, identified as a primary growth driver.
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What investors should watch
For equity investors, the key question is whether Nvidia’s forward multiples of 22-25x represent a genuine discount or a market recalibration. If global semiconductor sales do hit the projected $1 trillion threshold in 2026, Nvidia’s share of that pie, particularly in AI accelerators, could justify significantly higher valuations.
The competitive landscape also matters. While AMD and custom silicon efforts from hyperscalers like Google and Amazon continue to chip away at Nvidia’s market share, the company’s software ecosystem, particularly CUDA, creates meaningful switching costs that competitors haven’t fully overcome.
Zhang’s credit spread approach implicitly acknowledges downside risk by limiting downside exposure while maintaining upside participation.
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