Based on the aggregated intelligence of 115,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, graphics-chip maker NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) has earned a coveted five-star ranking. Our data has shown that five-star stocks outperform the market by a significant margin; conversely, one-star stocks have woefully lagged the market average.

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

$4.45 billion

Industry

Semiconductors

Trailing-12-Month Revenue

$4.36 billion

Management

Co-Founder/CEO Jen-Hsun Huang
Deborah Shoquist, Operations Senior VP

Return on Equity (Average, Past Three Years)

25%

Competitors

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD)

CAPS Members Bullish on NVDA Also Bullish on:

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO)

CAPS Members Bearish on NVDA Also Bearish on:

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Citigroup (NYSE:C)

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

Over on CAPS, 605 of the 637 All-Star members who have rated NVIDIA -- some 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These All-Star bulls include dcstrade and papasilas, both of whom are ranked in the top 10% of our community.

Last week, dcstrade shared some of NVIDIA's bullish figures with our community:

Solid fundamental ratios -- [return on equity] and [return on assets]. I define "solid" as consistent over recent years, ROA > 10%, ROE > 18%. Recent plunge due to financial panic makes this more attractive. This is where my risk-taking side seems to be winning over my conservative side.

A pitch from papasilas in August shares that bullish attitude and cites the stock's attractive valuation -- which, even with yesterday's pop, is even cheaper today -- as the main reason to go long:

NVDA is the top dog in high-end [graphics processing units]. Its top competitor (AMD/ATI) is in a death spiral [because of] poor business decisions. It has a strong balance sheet -- $2.92 cash per share on hand -- and thus can weather the short term economic difficulties that hammered the stock to $10.60/share. [Price-to-earnings ratio] is < 9 and this is a potentially high growth stock. This is a good time to pick up a good company.

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