COMPARE · Data as of August 27, 2026
NVDA vs TSEM
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. NVDA scored 86.3, TSEM scored 24.0 — NVDA leads.
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Different reporting periods. NVDA's fundamentals are as of July 2026, but TSEM's are as of December 2025 — a 7-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
NVDA
NVIDIA Corporation
86.3
$224.71 · $5.4T
fundamentals as of
Score gap
62.3
NVDA leads
TSEM
Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
24
$219.85 · $24.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- Fastest growthNVDA+83.4%
- Strongest balance sheetTSEM0.05
- Highest qualityNVDA88 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
NVDA
stronger →← stronger
TSEM
88
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
46
100
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
60
73
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
3
NVDA is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
NVDA
TSEM
$127.0bA
FCF
-$49mF
+83.4%A
Rev
+9.1%B
0.07A-
D/E
0.05A-
34.5xB
P/E
—
0.59A-
PEG
5.44D
—
P/S
15.9xC
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
NVDA
TSEM
218% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
—
~49%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
—
-76%
1-yr DCF upside
—
-69%
5-yr DCF upside
—
-56%
10-yr DCF upside
—
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
NVDA
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Durable high returns
TSEM
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
Why now
Semiconductors · market cap $5.4T. 5% off the 52-week high of $236.54. Revenue growing +83% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.59 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 58 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $305.79 (implying +36% upside).
Moat
Net margin 64% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 84% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $5.4T market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Beta 2.21 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Trailing P/E 34x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. P/S 18.0x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
TSEMTower Semiconductor Ltd.
Why now
Semiconductors · market cap $24.8b. Down 31% from 52-week high of $319.94 — deep drawdown territory. 7 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $321.32 (implying +46% upside).
Moat
Net margin 14% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. Semiconductor moat is process-design IP plus customer qualification timelines — once designed in, the company captures multiple product cycles before a competitor can displace.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$49m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Trailing P/E 87.2x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 31% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where NVDA and TSEM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 62.3 points in favor of NVDA. The widest single difference is Value, where NVDA leads by 70.1 points.
- ValueNVDA 73.5 · TSEM 3.4NVDA +70.1
- QualityNVDA 87.8 · TSEM 46.3NVDA +41.5
- GrowthNVDA 99.7 · TSEM 59.8NVDA +39.9
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.