4-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: NVIDIA

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Based on the aggregated intelligence of 140,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, graphics-chip maker NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) has earned a respected four-star ranking.

With that in mind, let's take a closer look at NVIDIA's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.

NVIDIA facts

Headquarters (Founded)	Santa Clara, Calif. (1993)
Market Cap	$6.6 billion
Industry	Specialized semiconductors
Trailing-12-Month Revenue	$2.82 billion
Management	Co-Founder/CEO Jen-Hsun Huang CFO David White
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)	11.9%
Cash/Debt	$1.47 billion / $25.06 million
Competitors	Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) AMD (NYSE: AMD) Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM)
CAPS Members Bullish on NVDA Also Bullish on	Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)
CAPS Members Bearish on NVDA Also Bearish on	Ford Motor (NYSE: F)

Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's) and Motley Fool CAPS.

On CAPS, 95.5% of the 4,507 members who have rated NVIDIA believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include A00971591 and All-Star TMFmrquakeroats, who is ranked in the top 15% of our community.

Just last month, AA00971591 chipped in with a bullish take on NVIDIA's brand strength:

Although companies like Intel and AMD are now much more capable of producing products that compete with NVIDIA, I still like the name recognition of NVIDIA. [I]t is associated with better graphics and better performance. That recognition isn't going away anytime soon even if other companies can make similar products. I also am looking for NVIDIA to really break out into new markets, maybe something more mobile such as smart phones, or portable gaming devices.

In a pitch from the previous month, TMFmrquakeroats adds some graphic detail:

Over the next 10 years, I expect business performance to be volatile at times. However, the earnings trend line will be up. I don't know what year to year earnings will look like, though. To time the industry peaks and troughs is a pursuit of the wind. Therefore, I believe it is best to wait for cyclical troughs to pick stocks such as [NVIDIA] to outperform.

[NVIDIA] is the industry leader in gaming graphics cards. Gaming is in a strong upward trend that will not slow until sometime after the video game industry has overtaken other forms of entertainment

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