NVIDIA engages in graphics processing unit (GPU)-based visual computing and accelerated computing platforms. Co. has two segments, GPU and Tegra Processor, which are based on a single underlying architecture. Co.'s GPU product brands are aimed at markets including GeForce for gamers; Quadro for designers; Tesla and DGX for artificial intelligence data scientists and big data researchers; and GRID for cloud-based visual computing users. Co.'s Tegra brand integrates an entire computer onto a single chip, and incorporates GPUs and multi-core CPUs to drive supercomputing for autonomous robots, drones, and cars, as well as for game consoles and mobile gaming and entertainment devices. We show 45 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our NVDA shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute NVDA market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing NVIDIA market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing NVIDIA's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of NVIDIA versus a peer is one thing; comparing
NVIDIA market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like NVIDIA can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching NVIDIA by allowing them to research the NVIDIA market cap history. |
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