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- Nvidia shares dropped 16%, wiping out $1 trillion in value.
- Investors shifted focus to memory and competing chipmakers.
- Portfolio managers face volatility as AI sector leadership shifts.
Nvidia lost roughly $1 trillion in market value in less than two months, pushing its stock to its cheapest level since before the AI boom began.
The chipmaker's shares fell 16% since hitting an all-time high on May 14, 2026, according to Bloomberg data.
"The stock ran really far, really fast for a period of time. It was a very crowded trade. And then there were other things that the market wanted to also get exposure to. And so Nvidia was a bit of a source of funds to fund some of those other trades."
- Eric Clark
Chief Investment Officer, Accuvest Global Advisors
NVIDIA Still Holds Market Captive Despite Dip
Nvidia traded at 18 times projected 12-month earnings as of July 8, 2026 — below both the S&P 500 (above 20 times) and the Nasdaq 100 (nearly 23 times). The selloff reflected an investor rotation toward competing semiconductor and memory companies, not a deteriorating business outlook.
Despite the decline, Nvidia held 97% of the server GPU market at the end of 2025, up from 95% a year earlier, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Wall Street analysts continued raising profit estimates, with 78 of 82 analysts tracked by Bloomberg rating the stock a buy.
Nvidia's record growth now carries significant concentration risk for enterprise buyers and investors navigating constrained GPU supply chains. The structural conditions sustaining that growth also introduce fragility.
Market Rotation Breakdown
Nvidia's decline coincided with sharp gains across competing semiconductor stocks.
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
| Nvidia 2026 return | Up 5.6%, trailing S&P 500's 9.6% and Nasdaq 100's 16% |
| Semiconductor index | Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index up 74% in 2026 |
| Micron surge | Up 229% in 2026 after rising 239% in 2025 |
| Nvidia forward P/E | 18x, below S&P 500 (20x+) and Nasdaq 100 (~23x) |
| Analyst consensus | 78 of 82 analysts rate buy; $302 avg. price target |
Nvidia Latest Moves
In October 2025, Nvidia reached a $5 trillion market valuation — just three months after crossing the $4 trillion mark. CEO Jensen Huang announced $500 billion in AI chip orders and plans to build seven US government supercomputers.
The company closed fiscal year 2026 at a record $215.9 billion in revenue, up 65% year-over-year, and followed with Q1 FY27 revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85%, paired with an $80 billion buyback and a 25-fold dividend increase.
The company's most consequential strategic move was its $20 billion acquisition of Groq's assets in December of 2026 — Nvidia's largest deal to date. The transaction brought Groq's Language Processing Unit architecture and founder Jonathan Ross under Nvidia, with Groq operating independently under new CEO Simon Edwards.
With AI inference identified as the next competitive frontier, the deal positions Nvidia to consolidate that market, with Groq-3-based products already announced and the next-generation Rubin GPU architecture expected in late 2026.