Nvidia supplies the world’s best artificial intelligence (AI) chips for data centers. Demand is heavily outstripping supply, sending the company’s sales — and its stock price — surging over the last couple of years. In fact, on July 9, Nvidia became the first company in history to achieve a market capitalization of $4 trillion.
But Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is nipping at Nvidia’s heels in terms of valuation. Its stock has soared by a whopping 686,858% since its initial public offering (IPO) in 1986, and the company’s market cap is now over $3.7 trillion.
In other words, Microsoft stock needs to gain only 8% more to place the company alongside Nvidia in the $4 trillion club. Here’s why its growing presence in AI software and infrastructure could fuel that move.