Nvidia by the Numbers: $5 Trillion Market Cap and Stocks Rising – MoneySense

Nvidia has gotten an early lead in adapting its chipsets, known as graphics processing units, or GPUs, from use in powering video games to helping train powerful AI systems, like the technology behind ChatGPT and image generators. Demand skyrocketed as more people started using AI chatbots. Technology companies looked for more chips to build and use.

Nvidia’s journey to become one of the world’s leading companies has produced some extraordinary numbers. Here’s a closer look.

$31.9 billion
Nvidia’s third-quarter net profit rose from $19.3 billion a year ago.

38.9%
Nvidia stock’s gain for the year, as of the close of trading Wednesday. That follows a gain of 171% in 2024 and 239% in 2023.

$4.53 trillion
Nvidia’s total market cap at the end of trading Wednesday tops the S&P 500. Apple at $3.98 trillion and Microsoft at $3.62 trillion were next among the most valuable companies in the S&P 500. A total of nine companies in the index have a market cap of more than $1 trillion.

$4.28 trillion
The gross domestic product of Japan, the fourth largest economy in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund.

79
The number of trading days it took for Nvidia’s market cap to grow from $4 trillion to $5 trillion earlier this year. Its market cap had risen from $3 trillion on May 13 to $4 trillion by July 9 (41 trading days), although Nvidia had crossed and fallen below the $3 trillion threshold a number of times between June 2024 and May 2025 before making the run to $4 trillion.

19.8%
The company’s contribution to S&:P 500 earnings this year as of Oct. 31, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.

$162 billion
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s net worth, according to Forbes, puts him eighth on the Real-Time Billionaires List. Elon Musk is number 1 with $467.7 billion.

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