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NVDA (NVIDIA) Moat Score : 9/10 (As of Jul. 07, 2025)


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What is NVIDIA Moat Score?

NVIDIA has the Moat Score of 9, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

NVIDIA has Wide Moat: NVIDIA has a robust wide moat due to its market leadership in GPUs, strong brand, significant R&D capabilities, and economies of scale. Its proprietary technology and customer loyalty further solidify its competitive position.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes NVIDIA might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of NVIDIA's Moat Score

For the Semiconductors subindustry, NVIDIA's Moat Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Moat Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

NVIDIA's Moat Score Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, NVIDIA's Moat Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NVIDIA's Moat Score falls into.


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NVIDIA  (NAS:NVDA) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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NVIDIA Business Description

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Address
2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95051
Website
https://www.nvidia.com
Nvidia is a leading developer of graphics processing units. Traditionally, GPUs were used to enhance the experience on computing platforms, most notably in gaming applications on PCs. GPU use cases have since emerged as important semiconductors used in artificial intelligence. Nvidia not only offers AI GPUs, but also a software platform, Cuda, used for AI model development and training. Nvidia is also expanding its data center networking solutions, helping to tie GPUs together to handle complex workloads.
Executives
Robertson Donald F Jr officer: Principal Accounting Officer C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Kress Colette officer: Chief Financial Officer & EVP C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Aarti S. Shah director NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Robert K Burgess director MACROMEDIA/ 600 TOWNSEND ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
John Dabiri director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Ajay K Puri officer: EVP, Worldwide Sales 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Tench Coxe director 755 PAGE MILL ROAD, SUITE A-200, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Mark A Stevens director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Jen Hsun Huang director, officer: President and CEO 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Debora Shoquist officer: EVP, Operations C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
Dawn E Hudson director 2530 ZANKER ROAD, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Michael G Mccaffery director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95051
A Brooke Seawell director 2788 SAN TOMAS EXPRESSWAY, C/O NVIDIA CORPORATION, SANTA CLARA CA 94063
Persis Drell director 943 LATHROP PLACE, STANFORD CA 94305
Harvey C Jones director 300 RIDGEVIEW DRIVE, PALM BEACH FL 33480