{"id":2834,"date":"2026-04-11T05:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/2834\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T05:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:34:48","slug":"prediction-this-artificial-intelligence-ai-stock-will-be-worth-twice-as-much-by-the-end-of-2026-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/2834\/","title":{"rendered":"Prediction: This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Will Be Worth Twice as Much by the End of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia stock is down in 2026, but that won&#8217;t be the case by year-end once investors realize its continued elevated growth potential.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia&#8217;s valuation shows a huge disconnect between its financial performance and stock price.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks hit headwinds in 2026, as evidenced by the 3% year-to-date decline in the Global X Artificial Intelligence &amp; Technology ETF, which invests in companies developing AI hardware and software, apart from using the tech in their operations.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia(NASDAQ: NVDA), arguably the biggest name in AI, has shared the broader market&#8217;s pain. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/how-to-invest-in-nvidia-stock\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=4a110977-e833-4db2-bddf-30aaad505bb4\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/how-to-invest\/stocks\/how-to-invest-in-nvidia-stock\/ Shift+Click to open\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Nvidia stock<\/a> is down about 1.6% in 2026 (and was down as much as 12% in late March), even though there are no signs of a slowdown in its business. This pullback seems like a buying opportunity, especially considering that this AI pioneer could see its shares double by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Will AI create the world&#8217;s first trillionaire? Our team just released a report on the one little-known company, called an &#8220;Indispensable Monopoly&#8221; providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need. <a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=9d3e1122-0b18-4676-a8cf-5d65ee746a18&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fa-sa-ai-boom-nvidias%3Faid%3D10891%26source%3Disaediica0000068%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-ai-boom%26ftm_veh%3Dtop_incontent_pitch_feed_partner%26ftm_pit%3D18906&amp;utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=4a110977-e833-4db2-bddf-30aaad505bb4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Continue \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see why Nvidia could see a parabolic jump in its stock price in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"A central processing unit with Nvidia's graphics processing unit inside.\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/FC\/d176b97d6f4d903ff050266774e710ee\/%3Furl%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fg.foolcdn.com%252feditorial%252fimages%252f863811%252fnvidia-desktop-with-nvidia-gpu-inside-and-highlighted.png%26amp%3Bw%3D700\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Image source: Nvidia.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia&#8217;s terrific revenue pipeline is going to supercharge its growth<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia&#8217;s fiscal 2026 (which ended on Jan. 25, 2026) finished on a high note. Its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue shot up 73% year over year to $68 billion, exceeding the full-year 65% growth to $216 billion. Its earnings per share rose by 82% year over year in the quarter, while annual earnings grew 60% to $4.77 per share.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers are impressive, but what&#8217;s worth noting is that Nvidia is likely to do even better in the new fiscal year (which coincides with the majority of 2026). The chipmaker&#8217;s Blackwell and Vera Rubin chip platforms have been a runaway hit among customers, driven by their ability to tackle both AI model training and inference workloads.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Nvidia anticipates a whopping $1 trillion in revenue from the Blackwell and Rubin chip systems in 2026 and 2027. That&#8217;s double the revenue it originally anticipated for these two platforms in 2025 and 2026, clearly suggesting that the latest Rubin systems are gaining terrific traction.<\/p>\n<p>Again, that&#8217;s not surprising, as Nvidia claims its Rubin chips are 3.5 times faster than Blackwell during AI model training and 5 times faster for inference applications. Nvidia&#8217;s data center business, therefore, still has remarkable room for growth.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia clocked a record $193.7 billion in data center revenue in fiscal 2026, up by 68% from the prior year. The $1 trillion guidance for the next couple of years points to a substantial increase in the segment&#8217;s revenue, which is why analysts project a faster 74% increase in its bottom line this year to $8.29 per share.<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, Nvidia&#8217;s fiscal 2027 earnings estimate has been inching higher, a trend that could continue amid heavy investments in AI data centers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ycharts.com\/companies\/NVDA\/chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NVDA EPS Estimates for Current Fiscal Year Chart\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/FC\/d176b97d6f4d903ff050266774e710ee\/%3Furl%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fmedia.ycharts.com%252fcharts%252fffb506009f3134cc489565eb7d33d081.png%26amp%3Bw%3D700\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Data by <a href=\"https:\/\/ycharts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YCharts<\/a>. EPS = earnings per share.<\/p>\n<p>The market isn&#8217;t rewarding the stock for its outstanding growth<\/p>\n<p>The semiconductor stock&#8217;s retreat in 2026 doesn&#8217;t seem justified, given the points discussed above. As a result, Nvidia is trading at an attractive 21 times forward earnings, a slight premium to the S&amp;P 500 index&#8217;s forward earnings multiple of 21. Nvidia, however, deserves to trade at a much higher premium to the S&amp;P 500.<\/p>\n<p>I say this because its earnings growth in the current fiscal year is poised to be more than 4 times the average 17% earnings growth that S&amp;P 500 companies are expected to deliver. So don&#8217;t be surprised if this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/stock-market\/market-sectors\/information-technology\/ai-stocks\/quantum-computing-stocks\/?utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=4a110977-e833-4db2-bddf-30aaad505bb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">AI stock<\/a> commands a premium multiple after a year.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Nvidia trades at 42 times earnings due to its eye-popping growth (double the S&amp;P 500&#8217;s multiple), its stock could jump to $348 based on the $8.29 per share earnings estimate. That&#8217;s almost double its current price, which is why it would be a good idea to buy it before it steps on the gas.<\/p>\n<p>Should you buy stock in Nvidia right now?<\/p>\n<p>Before you buy stock in Nvidia, consider this:<\/p>\n<p>The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the <a href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=b4624fa4-5f6a-4347-a3d0-b7800a3bd168&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-dyn-headline%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001178%26company%3DNvidia%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_partners%26ftm_pit%3D18725&amp;utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=4a110977-e833-4db2-bddf-30aaad505bb4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">10 best stocks<\/a> for investors to buy now\u2026 and Nvidia wasn\u2019t one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $550,348!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005&#8230; if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you\u2019d have $1,127,467!*<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s worth noting Stock Advisor\u2019s total average return is 959% \u2014 a market-crushing outperformance compared to 191% for the S&amp;P 500. Don&#8217;t miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ticker_pitch\" href=\"https:\/\/api.fool.com\/infotron\/infotrack\/click?apikey=35527423-a535-4519-a07f-20014582e03e&amp;impression=b4624fa4-5f6a-4347-a3d0-b7800a3bd168&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fool.com%2Fmms%2Fmark%2Fe-sa-bbn-dyn-headline%3Faid%3D8867%26source%3Disaeditxt0001178%26company%3DNvidia%26ftm_cam%3Dsa-bbn-evergreen%26ftm_pit%3D18725%26ftm_veh%3Darticle_pitch_feed_partners%26company%3DNvidia&amp;utm_source=globeandmail&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;referring_guid=4a110977-e833-4db2-bddf-30aaad505bb4\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">See the 10 stocks \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\" style=\"font-size: 0.65rem; color: #767676; margin-top: 5px; text-align: left;\">*Stock Advisor returns as of April 10, 2026. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/author\/2139\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Harsh Chauhan<\/a> has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. 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The Motley Fool has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/legal\/fool-disclosure-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">disclosure policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"display:none;\" referrerpolicy=\"unsafe-url\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/FC\/d176b97d6f4d903ff050266774e710ee\/pixel%3Fslug%3Dmotleyfoolgm-2026-4-10-prediction-this-artificial-intelligence-ai-stock-will-be-worth-twice-as-much-by-the-end-of-2026\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key Points Nvidia stock is down in 2026, but that won&#8217;t be the case by year-end once investors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,25,1320,1317,1316,1319,1318,1321,1324,835,1310],"class_list":{"0":"post-2834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ai","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-futures","11":"tag-index-market-quote","12":"tag-index-market-quotes","13":"tag-index-market-symbol","14":"tag-index-market-symbols","15":"tag-indices","16":"tag-intc","17":"tag-intel-corp","18":"tag-the-globe-and-mail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}