By John Bromels
Publication Date: 2026-05-08 13:30:00
Chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA +1.79%) is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization. It’s also the largest publicly traded company in history, hitting a high of $5.26 trillion on April 27. It’s currently at $5.17 trillion.
That’s a jaw-dropping valuation, and Nvidia reached it quickly. The company’s market cap is up more than 80% over the past year alone and more than 1,300% in the last five years.
Given all that growth, is it too late to consider buying Nvidia stock today?
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Nvidia has a winning formula
It’s understandable to think you’ve already missed the boat on Nvidia. But it’s also worth remembering that, thus far, the first company to surpass previous trillion-dollar valuation milestones has gone on to further share price success.
For example, when Apple (AAPL +2.03%) became the first U.S. company to reach a $1 trillion valuation in 2018, investors questioned how much higher its price could go. They asked that question again two years later, in 2020, when Apple became the first company to reach a $2 trillion valuation. They asked it again in 2022, as Apple became the first company to surpass $3 trillion. Today, it’s worth $4.24 trillion: a huge success story.
Less than a year ago, Nvidia became the first U.S. company with a $4 trillion valuation. But…
