By Daniel Sparks
Publication Date: 2026-09-25 23:24:00
Nvidia (NVDA +0.22%), the world’s most valuable company, is worth around $5.45 trillion as of this writing. The next big round number is $7 trillion. And the gap between them is larger than it sounds: roughly $1.55 trillion, or nearly the full market value of Broadcom (AVGO +0.70%), the $1.69 trillion chip and infrastructure software business.
What would have to be true of Nvidia’s revenue, its margins, and its price-to-earnings multiple for the company to add almost a whole Broadcom to its value? And how long could it take?
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The climb itself looks normal
After all, fewer than 10 other companies in the world are worth more than the gap itself. At Nvidia’s size, even a modest-sounding percentage gain today matches an entire giant company.
Step back, though, and the climb looks smaller than the dollars suggest. From around $225 as I write this, a $7 trillion market cap comes out to around $290 a share — a rise of around 28%.
For context, shares have climbed 37% from their 52-week low, and they now trade within around 5% of their 52-week high. I’d say nothing about a 28% move is unusual for this stock.
Growth already on paper
Nvidia’s latest results make the growth requirement seem nearly routine. Revenue in the fiscal 2027 second quarter (the period ended July 26, 2026) came to $96.2 billion, up 106% over a year earlier. This pace was even faster than the fiscal first quarter’s 85% year-over-year growth. The data center business made up $89…
