The only thing harder than creating the world’s most valuable company? Staying on top. Nvidia Corp. continues to deliver on all fronts, and its profit growth is the envy of the chip industry. Yet somehow that’s no longer enough. The company’s share price has trailed far behind other semiconductor makers this year as investors went in search of more overlooked beneficiaries of the ongoing artificia...
The only thing harder than creating the world’s most valuable company? Staying on top. Nvidia Corp. continues to deliver on all fronts, and its profit growth is the envy of the chip industry. Yet somehow that’s no longer enough. The company’s share price has trailed far behind other semiconductor makers this year as investors went in search of more overlooked beneficiaries of the ongoing artificial intelligence boom. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang showed a hint of frustration in Taiwan when he told a gathering of investors that only “crazy” people would question the returns from AI. Lately, announcements by Nvidia have tended to boost the shares of other companies more than its own . Here are some areas for potential breakthroughs that could get investors excited by Nvidia again: Big customers At an earnings presentation in May, Nvidia broke down its sources of revenue, and executives spent some time talking about its relative dependence on its biggest customers — the “hyperscaler” tech giants Google , Amazon.com Inc. , Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. The hyperscalers have been Nvidia’s biggest source of revenue growth year-over-year. These companies buy about half of its AI data center “accelerator” chips, and all are trying to develop their own semiconductors to reduce their reliance on Nvidia, with varying degrees of success. Nvidia executives said the company continues to gain market share with the hyperscalers. Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress pointed out that the other part of its data center business — the one that caters to governments and corporations smaller than the hyperscalers — grew more quickly in the first quarter of 2026 than in the previous three months. That’s the direction investors want things to move: more customers, less reliance on a narrow set of big spenders who want to do their own thing. China The world’s second-largest economy is the biggest single market for semiconductors, and Nvidia still can’t sell its best product...