#NvidiaHitsRecordHigh $NVDA

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Nvidia's Record Came From a Buyback and a Re-Rating, Not an Earnings Beat: The Math to $6 Trillion

Nvidia touched $237.88 on October 2, its first record since May, when the old high was $236.54. It closed at $233.95, up 1.3%, with a market value of about $5.65 to $5.7 trillion. What stands out is what triggered it. There was no earnings report. The board added $150 billion to the repurchase authorization, the largest increase in the company's history, taking the total to $235 billion through fiscal 2028. Morgan Stanley also restored Nvidia as its top semiconductor pick with a $300 target, and demand from Meta's AI agent services added to the mood. That $150 billion is about 2.6% of the market cap and roughly 78% of trailing net income of $192.9 billion, which is a lot of firepower for a stock already about 25% above its July low.

The valuation debate is simple. Trailing earnings are $7.91 a share, which is a P/E of about 29.6, while the forward P/E is about 19.4. That gap means analysts expect earnings per share to grow about 52%. Trailing revenue is about $303 billion, up 83%, and Nvidia's share of server GPUs is estimated near 97%. So the stock looks pricey on what it has earned and cheap on what it is expected to earn. The whole bull case rests on forward numbers surviving, and the risks sit with customers: financing strain at neoclouds and frontier labs, and export limits. The next real test is earnings on November 18.

Targets are far above the price. Morgan Stanley, Goldman and UBS sit at $300, Citi at $315, and others run up to $390, with an average near $328, about 40% above the stock. A record that is still under nearly every target cuts both ways, because almost everyone is already positioned bullish. For a milestone, $6 trillion works out to about $248.40 a share on 24.15 billion shares, which is 4.4% above the record and 6.2% above Friday's close.

On the memory side, the AI trade is confirmed. Micron guided next quarter's revenue to $61.5 billion against about $56.6 billion expected, and TrendForce expects fourth-quarter DRAM contract prices up 10% to 15%.

On the hourly chart, NVDA ended Friday at 233.84, under its 14-period average at 234.56, around the 21 at 233.38 and above the 35 at 231.90. RSI is 54.68 and the MACD histogram is -0.17, so momentum cooled after the spike to 237.88. Resistance is 237.50, support is 229.58, and the old May record of 236.54 now sits inside the new range.

My bias is bullish while daily closes hold above 229.58. I want to buy pullbacks into 231.90 to 233.40, with a stop under 229.50 and targets at 237.88 and then 248.40. From about 232.50 that is roughly 1.8 to 1 to the record and about 5 to 1 to $6 trillion. Markets were closed over the weekend, so Monday's open can gap either way, and ISM services at 10:00 ET is the first data point.

Does a record driven by a buyback excite you, or do you want earnings to confirm it first?

Not financial advice. Always do your own research before making any trading or investment decision.