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Based on the company’s breakdown of its data center business across 6 data center classes, we examined its product offering that caters to these customers and determined the outlook of its data center business segment as a whole.</p><p>Moreover, we looked into the company’s product offerings of its GPUs and software to offer the full stack for data centers and how it is integrating AI and software functionalities to build on its data center leadership.</p><p>As it recently introduced its Arm CPU products for data centers, we analyzed the Arm CPU market and the players within, and projected its share vs x86 processors. Based on this, we estimated the market opportunity for Nvidia and its revenue growth.</p><h2><b>Dominating Data Centers Across All 6 Classes</b></h2><p>Nvidia’s data center segment has become its largest segment accounting for 45% of revenues in Q1 FY2023 and had the highest growth CAGR of 73.8% in the past 5 years. Its computing platform consists of hardware and software such as GPUs, DPUs, interconnects and systems, CUDA programming model and software libraries. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company listed 6 types of data center classes: supercomputing centers, enterprise computing data centers, hyperscalers, cloud computing and two new classes which are FactoryAI and edge data centers. In the table below, we compiled the different data center classes by their market sizes, forecast CAGR, location, applications, users, relative compute power and footprint.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Data Center</b></p></td><td><p><b>Market Size ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Market Forecast CAGR</b></p></td><td><p><b>Computer Power</b></p></td><td><p><b>Location</b></p></td><td><p><b>Footprint (&#39;size&#39;)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Types of Users/ Operators</b></p></td><td><p><b>Applications</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supercomputing Data Center</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p>Very High</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Large</p></td><td><p>Governments, aerospace, petroleum, and automotive industries</p></td><td><p>HPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyperscale Data Center</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Very Large</p></td><td><p>Large multinational companies, cloud service providers</p></td><td><p>Colocation, cryptography, genome processing, and 3D rendering</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enterprise Data Center</p></td><td><p>84.2</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Enterprises (Various industries)</p></td><td><p>Company networks and systems (Various industries)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cloud Computing Data Center</p></td><td><p>358.8</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>Third-party</p></td><td><p>Very Large</p></td><td><p>Cloud service providers</p></td><td><p>Cloud-native application development, storage (IaaS), streaming, data analytics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edge Data Center</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>17.0%</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Third-party</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Edge Data Center Companies, Telco, Healthcare</p></td><td><p>5G, AV, Telemedicine, data analytics,</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Factory AI Data Center</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>47.9%</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Manufacturers</p></td><td><p>Supply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance, Process Control</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Research and Markets, Nvidia, Khaveen Investments</i></p><p>To illustrate the market sizes of each data center class, we compiled the market revenues and forecast CAGR of each data center class based on Research and Markets. Based on the table above, cloud computing is the largest ($359 bln) as it consists of major cloud service providers including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. this is followed by Enterprise Data Centers. Overall, the combined market size of the 6 data center classes is worth around $491 bln. However, the new data center classes, Factory AI and edge data center, have the highest CAGR of 47.9% and 17% respectively.</p><h3><b>Supercomputing Data Center</b></h3><p>Firstly, supercomputing data centers which are computers with much higher computational capacities supporting intensive applications such as</p><blockquote>HPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research.</blockquote><p>In 2021, Nvidia claimed that 70% of the TOP500 supercomputers in the world are powered by its accelerators and it&#39;s even higher at 90% for new systems. The company had remarkable growth in this area over the past 10 years from 34% share of the TOP500 systems in 2011. For example, the company’s GPUs power the fastest supercomputers in the U.S. and Europe like the Oak Ridge National Labs’ Summit, the world’s smartest supercomputer. The company has recently introduced its H100 GPUs based on its Hopper architecture which follows its A100 GPUs based on its Ampere architecture. Supercomputers are equipped with a large number of GPUs, previously Nvidia stated that 6 supercomputers used a total of 13,000 A100 GPUs.</p><h3><b>Enterprise Data Center</b></h3><p>Besides supercomputers, the company also targets enterprise systems. According to Cisco, compared to other types of data centers, enterprise data centers are built and operated by companies within their premises and optimized for their users to support their data and storage requirements by companies in various industries such as IT, financial services, and healthcare. However, in comparison, hyperscale data centers have higher compute capacities. Based on Nvidia, its NVIDIA-Certified System</p><blockquote>enable enterprises to confidently deploy hardware solutions that securely and optimally run their modern accelerated workloads.</blockquote><p>The company’s Nvidia-certified data center partners include the top server providers such as Lenovo (OTCPK:LNVGY), Fujitsu (OTCPK:FJTSF), Dell (DELL), Cisco (CSCO), and HPE (HPE), with a combined market share of over 38% of the server market based on the IDC. Also, the company introduced its EGX for enterprise as well as edge computing.</p><h3><b>Hyperscale Data Centers</b></h3><p>Moreover, Nvidia also targets hyperscale data centers which are massive facilities exceeding 5,000 servers and 10,000 square feet according to the IDC. They are “designed to support robust and scalable applications” due to their agility to scale up or down to meet customers’ demands by adding more computing power to their infrastructure. For example, companies which operate these facilities include Yahoo, Facebook (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Amazon (AMZN). According to Vertiv, there were more than 600 hyperscale data centers in 2021. Nvidia has “ready-to-use system reference designs” based on its GPUs such as its HGX product for hyperscale and supercomputing data centers.</p><h3><b>Cloud Computing </b></h3><p>Additionally, the company also underline cloud computing data centers, allowing customers and developers to leverage Nvidia’s hardware through the cloud to support applications such as advanced medical imaging, automated customer service, and cinematic-quality gaming. According to Microsoft, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet with services such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with use cases including creating cloud-native applications, streaming and data analytics. Besides that, Nvidia has partnerships with major cloud service providers including Amazon, the market leader in the cloud infrastructure market with a 33% market share in 2021 according to Canalys, trailed by Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud (BABA, OTCPK:BABAF). These cloud providers are also part of the company’s partner ecosystem.</p><blockquote>And now, with NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated solutions available through all top cloud platforms, innovators everywhere can access massive computing power on demand and with ease. – Nvidia</blockquote><h3><b>AI Factory </b></h3><p>In addition to these 4 classes of data centers, the company also highlighted the first new data center class which is “AI Factory.” According to CEO Jensen Huang, manufacturers are becoming “intelligence manufacturers” processing and refining data. The company highlighted its GPU-accelerated computing for applications leveraging AI including Supply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance and Process Control for operations optimization improved time-to-insight and lower cost. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company highlighted 150,000 factories refining data, creating models and becoming intelligence manufacturers. The company has its AGX platform for autonomous machines. For example, one customer of the company is BMW which is using its hardware and software for its robotics and machinery.</p><blockquote>The idea is to equip BMW’s factory with all manner of Nvidia hardware. First, the company will use Nvidia’s DGX and Isaac simulation software to train and test the robots; Nvidia Quadro ray-tracing GPUs will render synthetic machine parts. – Nvidia CEO</blockquote><h3><b>Edge Data Center</b></h3><p>Lastly, the company also highlighted edge data centers which are smaller data centers that are closer to end-users for lower latency and greater speed benefits according to Nlyte Software. Nvidia highlighted that edge data centers span a wide range of applications such as “warehouse, retail stores, cities, public places, cars, robots”. Compared to cloud computing where data is sent from the edge to the cloud, edge computing refers to data computed right at the edge. The company’s EGX for enterprise and edge computing. Based on the company, its NVIDIA EGX and Jetson solutions</p><blockquote>accelerate the most powerful edge computing systems to power diverse applications, including industrial inspection, predictive maintenance, factory robotics, and autonomous machines.</blockquote><p>Furthermore, we updated our revenue projection for Nvidia’s data center segment in the table below from our previous analysis based on its data center revenue share of the total cloud market capex. To derive this, we forecasted the total cloud market capex based on our projection of the total cloud market from data volume growth forecasts.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Volume of Data Worldwide</b></p></td><td><p><b>2017</b></p></td><td><p><b>2018</b></p></td><td><p><b>2019</b></p></td><td><p><b>2020</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cloud Infrastructure Market Revenues ($ bln)</p></td><td><p>46.5</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>129.5</p></td><td><p>178.0</p></td><td><p>248.1</p></td><td><p>349.7</p></td><td><p>485.7</p></td><td><p>679.8</p></td><td><p>951.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cloud Infrastructure Market Revenue Growth %</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Volume (ZB)</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>64.2</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>222.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Volume Growth %</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Market Capex (Adjusted)</p></td><td><p>54.3</p></td><td><p>82.8</p></td><td><p>88.0</p></td><td><p>125.7</p></td><td><p>163.9</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Market Capex Growth %</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nvidia Data Center Share of Capex Spend</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Data Center Revenues</b></p></td><td><p><b>1.9</b></p></td><td><p><b>2.9</b></p></td><td><p><b>3.0</b></p></td><td><p><b>6.7</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.6</b></p></td><td><p><b>13.6</b></p></td><td><p><b>17.5</b></p></td><td><p><b>22.3</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.6</b></p></td><td><p><b>36.7</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Data Center Revenues Growth %</b></p></td><td><p><b>132.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>51.8%</b></p></td><td><p><b>1.8%</b></p></td><td><p><b>124.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>58.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>27.7%</b></p></td><td><p><b>29.2%</b></p></td><td><p><b>27.3%</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.3%</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.3%</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Company Data, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>Overall, we believe the company’s data center segment outlook is supported by its presence across the 6 types of data centers underlined including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI. Besides a broad product portfolio catering to each data center class, the company also has partnerships with key customers such as major server vendors and cloud service providers. Based on our revenue projection, we derived an average revenue growth rate of 28.2% for its segment through 2026.</p><h2><b>Integrating Software and AI into Data Centers</b></h2><p>A data center consists of chips including GPU, central processing unit (CPU), and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) which are some of the commonly used data center chips according to imarc. According to the company, it highlighted the greater compute capabilities of GPUs used as accelerators in data centers running tens of thousands of threads compared to CPUs. According to Network World,</p><blockquote>GPUs are better suited than CPUs for handling many of the calculations required by AI and machine learning in enterprise data centers and hyperscaler networks.</blockquote><p>According to Ark Invest, CPUs comprised 83% of data center budgets in 2020 but were forecasted to decline to 40% by 2030 as GPUs become the dominant processor.</p><p>In its annual report, Nvidia claims to have a platform strategy that brings its hardware, software, algorithms and software libraries together. Furthermore, the company highlighted the introduction of its CUDA programming model which enabled its GPUs with parallel processing capabilities for intensive compute workloads such as deep learning and machine learning.</p><blockquote>With our introduction of the CUDA programming model in 2006, we opened the parallel processing capabilities of our GPU for general-purpose computing. This approach significantly accelerates the most demanding high-performance computing, or HPC, applications in fields such as aerospace, bioscience research, mechanical and fluid simulations, and energy exploration. Today, our GPUs and networking accelerate many of the fastest supercomputers across the world. In addition, the massively parallel compute architecture of our GPUs and associated software are well suited for deep learning and machine learning, powering the era of AI. While traditional CPU-based approaches no longer deliver advances on the pace described by Moore’s Law, we deliver GPU performance improvements on a pace ahead of Moore’s Law, giving the industry a path forward. – Nvidia 2022 Annual Report</blockquote><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6b967b108b6c19a49afe2a462c51c98b\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"324\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Nvidia</p><p>In addition, as seen in the chart above, the company claims to provide a full stack of AI solutions. Besides its hardware, Nvidia has a collection of AI software solutions and development kits for customers and software developers including Clara Mionai, Riva, Maxine, Nemo and Merlin. Moreover, according to the company, it has</p><blockquote>over 450 NVIDIA AI libraries and software development kits to serve industries such as gaming, design, quantum computing, AI, 5G/6G, and robotics.</blockquote><p>Furthermore, its products support various AI software frameworks and software such as RAPIDS, TensorFlow and PyTorch. As Nvidia continued to build up its AI stack, the company’s patents had been steadily increasing since 2018 to 1,174 in 2021 based on Global Data. In comparison, AMD’s patents had also been rising since 2017 with a higher number of patents (1,795) while Intel’s patent filings had been declining but have the most number of patents (11,677).</p><p>Additionally, the company had introduced its standalone enterprise software offering including NVIDIA AI Enterprise which is $1,000 per node and has 25,000 enterprises already using its technology for AI. According to the company, it had a server installed base of 50 mln enterprises and a TAM of $150 bln for its Enterprise AI software based on its Investor Day Presentation. To determine the share of TAM we expect Nvidia to derive, we compared it against AMD and Intel in terms of its breadth of products, AI software integrations, GPU and CPU performance and price. We ranked the best company for each category with a weight of 0.5 followed by 0.3 for the second-best and 0.2 for the last company and calculated its average weight as our assumption for each company’s share of the TAM.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Competitive Positioning</b></p></td><td><p><b>Nvidia</b></p></td><td><p><b>Intel</b></p></td><td><p><b>AMD</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of products</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Software AI Integrations</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Benchmark</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>34,237</p></td><td><p>76,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Price</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>$ 2,277</p></td><td><p>$ 3,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Performance (TFLOPS)</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Price</p></td><td><p>$36,405</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>$ 14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Competitive Positioning</b></p></td><td><p><b>Nvidia</b></p></td><td><p><b>Intel</b></p></td><td><p><b>AMD</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of products</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Software AI Integrations</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Benchmark</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Price</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Performance (TFLOPS)</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Price</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Weights</b></p></td><td><p><b>0.37</b></p></td><td><p><b>0.33</b></p></td><td><p><b>0.30</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Intel, AMD, WFTech, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>Based on the table, Nvidia has the broadest product breadth between AMD (4) and Intel (5) with 7 products as the company product offerings include GPUs and DPUs as well as reference design systems such as AGX, HGX, EGX and DGX. Also, it is planning to introduce CPUs based on Arm architecture. In comparison, Intel follows behind with its portfolio of ASICs, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs and Smart NICs while AMD has FPGAs (Xilinx), CPUs, GPUs and DPUs. Furthermore, by referring to these companies’ AI presentation pitch decks and websites, we found that Nvidia has the highest AI software integrations (21) with its broad collection as stated above in addition to its cloud deployment and infrastructure optimization including Nvidia GPU Operator, Network Operator, vGPU, MagnumIO, CUDA-AI and vSphere integration as part of its AI Enterprise package. As Nvidia’s CPU and Intel’s GPU have yet to launch, we ranked it as the lowest with N/A for our calculations.</p><p>In terms of hardware, we compared Intel and AMD data center CPUs from our previous analysis of Intel where we determined AMD’s performance advantage based on its higher benchmark score but with premium pricing compared to Intel. Additionally, we compared Nvidia’s H100 GPU based on its performance as measured by its TFLOPS specs with a higher maximum of 60 TFLOPS compared to AMD’s Instinct M250. Though, Nvidia’s GPU has a higher estimated price compared to AMD.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Enterprise AI Software Revenue ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2027F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2028F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market TAM</p></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nvidia Enterprise AI Software</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>Overall, we determined that Nvidia edged out Intel and AMD with the highest competitive positioning with an average weightage for Nvidia at 37% which we used as our assumption for its share of the Enterprise AI software TAM. Based on the company’s $150 bln TAM as highlighted from its Investor Day, we estimated its revenue opportunity to be $55 bln growing at a CAGR of 200% from 2021 (calculated based on its average cost of $1,000 and 25,000 existing customers) which we believe is not unreasonable given the expected rise of AI which could contribute $15.7 tln in economic output by 2030 according to PwC.</p><h2><b>$10 billion Arm CPU Opportunity in Data Centers</b></h2><p>Furthermore, the company had recently introduced its Arm-based Grace CPU for data centers. In terms of specifications, it features 144 CPU cores, 1TB/s LPDDR5X and is connected coherently over NVLink®-C2C. The company also announced that multiple hardware vendors, including ASUS (OTC:AKCPF), Foxconn Industrial Internet, GIGABYTE, QCT, Supermicro and Wiwynn will build Grace-based systems that will start shipping in H1 2023. Additionally, the company had previously secured the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, which has a budget of around $25 mln (fulfills 8% of forecasted Nvidia CPU revenue in 2023), as a customer for its CPUs and GPUs to provide 20 exaflops of AI performance.</p><p>According to Omdia, 5% of servers shipped had Arm CPUs which is an increase compared to 2.5% in 2020. According to Softbank (OTCPK:SFTBY), the market share of Arm-based CPUs was forecasted to increase to 25% by 2028. We estimated the x86 data center CPU market size based on Intel’s DCG segment had revenues of $22.7 bln with a market share of 94.1% in 2021 based on Passmark. We then estimated the total data center CPU market size based on Arm’s market share of 5% by Omdia to derive the total data center CPU market which we forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% by 2028. Assuming the share of Arm CPUs increases to 25% by 2028 based on Softbank’s forecast, we derive the total Arm CPU market size of $12.5 bln in 2028.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Arm CPU Market Projections ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2027F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2028F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>x86 Data Center CPU share</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arm Data Center CPU Share</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td><td><p>12.5%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arm Data Center CPU Share CAGR</p></td><td></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>x86 Data Center CPU market size</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td><td><p>30.6</p></td><td><p>32.8</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td><td><p>37.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arm Data Center CPU market size</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Total</b></p></td><td><p><b>25.4</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.0</b></p></td><td><p><b>30.8</b></p></td><td><p><b>34.0</b></p></td><td><p><b>37.4</b></p></td><td><p><b>41.3</b></p></td><td><p><b>45.5</b></p></td><td><p><b>50.1</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Growth %</b></p></td><td></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Intel, Omdia, Softbank, BlueWeave Consulting, Khaveen Investments</i></p><p>Companies such as Amazon, Ampere and Huawei had been developing Arm-based CPUs for servers. However, Amazon Graviton processors and Huawei’s Kunpeng chips are used in their own data centers in comparison to Nvidia. Based on a comparison of their specifications against Nvidia, Nvidia’s CPU offer a superior core count (144) compared to Ampere Altra Max (128), Amazon Graviton3 (64) and Huawei Kunpeng 920 (64). In terms of product and software integration, according to Nvidia, the Grace CPU will support its HPC software development kit and a full suite of CUDA libraries.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Arm CPU Revenue ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2027F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2028F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Share of TAM</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>8.6%</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nvidia CPU Revenue</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>1.63</p></td><td><p>3.22</p></td><td><p>5.12</p></td><td><p>7.37</p></td><td><p>10.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>429.0%</p></td><td><p>97.4%</p></td><td><p>58.9%</p></td><td><p>44.0%</p></td><td><p>36.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>All in all, we expect Nvidia’s introduction of its Arm CPU to support its data center segment growth as the company had already secured system hardware partners to build Grace CPU-based systems in H1 2023 and supercomputer customers. Additionally, we believe the company could be supported by its performance advantage with its 144 core CPU which is higher than its competitors as well as integrated with its other AI software.</p><p>To project Nvidia’s CPU revenue, we assumed its share to rise 20% of our estimated market size by 2028 from 1% in 2023 assuming it releases its CPU as planned. We based our assumption of a 20% market share as we believe it could be faced with not only competitors such as Ampere but also AMD as its CFO indicated that it could embrace Arm CPUs and already had used Arm cores in other products such as microcontrollers while Intel plans to make Arm-based chips with its foundry for customers. This translates to average revenue growth of 133.1% for the company.</p><h2><b>Risk: Competition from Intel</b></h2><p>In addition to competition from AMD, Nvidia could face greater competition as Intel introduced its data center GPUs. While Intel (INTC) has not established itself in the discrete GPU market despite leading the total GPU market with its integrated GPUs, we believe the company could pose a significant threat to Nvidia. This is because Intel dominated the data center CPU market with a 94% market share in 2021 based on PassMark. We believe this could provide Intel with an opportunity to leverage its relationships with key data center customers with cross-selling opportunities. That said, as covered in our previous analysis, we also expect Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to gain market share against Intel with its performance competitive advantages from its CPU portfolio.</p><h2><b>Valuation</b></h2><p>We summarized our revenue projections for the company’s Data Center segment in the table below. Whereas for its other segments, we retained our projections based on our previous analysis. Compared to our previous analysis, our revised revenue projections have a higher average revenue growth forecast of 28.3% compared to 23.4% in our previous analysis driven by higher revenue growth in its Data Center segment at an average of 33.6% compared to 21.9% previously.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Revenue Projections ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gaming</p></td><td><p>12,462</p></td><td><p>15,953</p></td><td><p>20,421</p></td><td><p>26,141</p></td><td><p>33,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional Visualization</p></td><td><p>2,111</p></td><td><p>2,318</p></td><td><p>2,545</p></td><td><p>2,794</p></td><td><p>3,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Center</p></td><td><p>10,613</p></td><td><p>13,632</p></td><td><p>18,051</p></td><td><p>24,606</p></td><td><p>33,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Automotive</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>691</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>1,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OEM and Other</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Total</b></p></td><td><p><b>26,914</b></p></td><td><p><b>33,755</b></p></td><td><p><b>43,022</b></p></td><td><p><b>55,731</b></p></td><td><p><b>72,806</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Growth %</b></p></td><td><p><b>61.4%</b></p></td><td><p><b>25.4%</b></p></td><td><p><b>27.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>29.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>30.6%</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>We valued the company based on a DCF analysis as we continue to expect it to generate positive FCFs. We updated our terminal value of the average chipmaker EV/EBITDA to 18.44x from 23.9x previously.</p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e00c22eaa47730a579e234e710016b3b\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"360\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>SeekingAlpha, Khaveen Investments</p><p>Based on a discount rate of 13.3% (company’s WACC), our model shows its shares are undervalued by 99.58%.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/60d370c61b912473ae428c795c9be999\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"360\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Khaveen Investments</p><h2><b>Verdict</b></h2><p>To conclude, we expect the company’s data center segment’s segment outlook to be supported by its presence across the 6 data center classes including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI with its broad hardware solutions and partnerships with key customers. Additionally, with its full stack of AI solutions, we expect the company to leverage its competitiveness to expand with its Enterprise AI software with an estimated revenue opportunity of $55 bln by 2028. Lastly, with the planned launch of its Arm CPU by 2023, we forecasted its revenue opportunity of $10 bln by 2028 based on a 20% market share assumption.</p><p>Overall, we revised our revenue growth projections for the company with a higher average of 28.3% compared to 23.4% previously driven by higher data center segment growth from 21.9% to 33.6%. However, we obtained a lower price target with a lower EV/EBITDA average of 18.44x from 23.4x previously as well as a higher discount rate. Though, Nvidia’s stock price had declined by 51% YTD which we believe presents an attractive upside for the company. Overall, we rate the company as a <i>Strong Buy</i> with a target price of <i>$289.85.</i></p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Nvidia: Time To Buy The King Of Data Centers</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nNvidia: Time To Buy The King Of Data Centers\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-07-09 11:28 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4522089-nvidia-time-to-buy-the-king-of-data-centers><strong>Seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) data center segment has overtaken its Gaming segment to become its largest segment, in its Q1 FY2023, growing robustly by 83% YoY. Based on the company’s breakdown ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4522089-nvidia-time-to-buy-the-king-of-data-centers\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{},"source_url":"https://seekingalpha.com/article/4522089-nvidia-time-to-buy-the-king-of-data-centers","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"2249893579","content_text":"Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) data center segment has overtaken its Gaming segment to become its largest segment, in its Q1 FY2023, growing robustly by 83% YoY. Based on the company’s breakdown of its data center business across 6 data center classes, we examined its product offering that caters to these customers and determined the outlook of its data center business segment as a whole.Moreover, we looked into the company’s product offerings of its GPUs and software to offer the full stack for data centers and how it is integrating AI and software functionalities to build on its data center leadership.As it recently introduced its Arm CPU products for data centers, we analyzed the Arm CPU market and the players within, and projected its share vs x86 processors. Based on this, we estimated the market opportunity for Nvidia and its revenue growth.Dominating Data Centers Across All 6 ClassesNvidia’s data center segment has become its largest segment accounting for 45% of revenues in Q1 FY2023 and had the highest growth CAGR of 73.8% in the past 5 years. Its computing platform consists of hardware and software such as GPUs, DPUs, interconnects and systems, CUDA programming model and software libraries. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company listed 6 types of data center classes: supercomputing centers, enterprise computing data centers, hyperscalers, cloud computing and two new classes which are FactoryAI and edge data centers. In the table below, we compiled the different data center classes by their market sizes, forecast CAGR, location, applications, users, relative compute power and footprint.Data CenterMarket Size ($ bln)Market Forecast CAGRComputer PowerLocationFootprint ('size')Types of Users/ OperatorsApplicationsSupercomputing Data Center6.516.2%Very HighSelf-operatedLargeGovernments, aerospace, petroleum, and automotive industriesHPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion researchHyperscale Data Center32.214.9%HighSelf-operatedVery LargeLarge multinational companies, cloud service providersColocation, cryptography, genome processing, and 3D renderingEnterprise Data Center84.212.0%LowSelf-operatedMediumEnterprises (Various industries)Company networks and systems (Various industries)Cloud Computing Data Center358.816.4%HighThird-partyVery LargeCloud service providersCloud-native application development, storage (IaaS), streaming, data analyticsEdge Data Center7.917.0%MediumThird-partyMediumEdge Data Center Companies, Telco, Healthcare5G, AV, Telemedicine, data analytics,Factory AI Data Center2.347.9%MediumSelf-operatedLowManufacturersSupply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance, Process ControlSource: Research and Markets, Nvidia, Khaveen InvestmentsTo illustrate the market sizes of each data center class, we compiled the market revenues and forecast CAGR of each data center class based on Research and Markets. Based on the table above, cloud computing is the largest ($359 bln) as it consists of major cloud service providers including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. this is followed by Enterprise Data Centers. Overall, the combined market size of the 6 data center classes is worth around $491 bln. However, the new data center classes, Factory AI and edge data center, have the highest CAGR of 47.9% and 17% respectively.Supercomputing Data CenterFirstly, supercomputing data centers which are computers with much higher computational capacities supporting intensive applications such asHPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research.In 2021, Nvidia claimed that 70% of the TOP500 supercomputers in the world are powered by its accelerators and it's even higher at 90% for new systems. The company had remarkable growth in this area over the past 10 years from 34% share of the TOP500 systems in 2011. For example, the company’s GPUs power the fastest supercomputers in the U.S. and Europe like the Oak Ridge National Labs’ Summit, the world’s smartest supercomputer. The company has recently introduced its H100 GPUs based on its Hopper architecture which follows its A100 GPUs based on its Ampere architecture. Supercomputers are equipped with a large number of GPUs, previously Nvidia stated that 6 supercomputers used a total of 13,000 A100 GPUs.Enterprise Data CenterBesides supercomputers, the company also targets enterprise systems. According to Cisco, compared to other types of data centers, enterprise data centers are built and operated by companies within their premises and optimized for their users to support their data and storage requirements by companies in various industries such as IT, financial services, and healthcare. However, in comparison, hyperscale data centers have higher compute capacities. Based on Nvidia, its NVIDIA-Certified Systemenable enterprises to confidently deploy hardware solutions that securely and optimally run their modern accelerated workloads.The company’s Nvidia-certified data center partners include the top server providers such as Lenovo (OTCPK:LNVGY), Fujitsu (OTCPK:FJTSF), Dell (DELL), Cisco (CSCO), and HPE (HPE), with a combined market share of over 38% of the server market based on the IDC. Also, the company introduced its EGX for enterprise as well as edge computing.Hyperscale Data CentersMoreover, Nvidia also targets hyperscale data centers which are massive facilities exceeding 5,000 servers and 10,000 square feet according to the IDC. They are “designed to support robust and scalable applications” due to their agility to scale up or down to meet customers’ demands by adding more computing power to their infrastructure. For example, companies which operate these facilities include Yahoo, Facebook (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Amazon (AMZN). According to Vertiv, there were more than 600 hyperscale data centers in 2021. Nvidia has “ready-to-use system reference designs” based on its GPUs such as its HGX product for hyperscale and supercomputing data centers.Cloud Computing Additionally, the company also underline cloud computing data centers, allowing customers and developers to leverage Nvidia’s hardware through the cloud to support applications such as advanced medical imaging, automated customer service, and cinematic-quality gaming. According to Microsoft, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet with services such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with use cases including creating cloud-native applications, streaming and data analytics. Besides that, Nvidia has partnerships with major cloud service providers including Amazon, the market leader in the cloud infrastructure market with a 33% market share in 2021 according to Canalys, trailed by Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud (BABA, OTCPK:BABAF). These cloud providers are also part of the company’s partner ecosystem.And now, with NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated solutions available through all top cloud platforms, innovators everywhere can access massive computing power on demand and with ease. – NvidiaAI Factory In addition to these 4 classes of data centers, the company also highlighted the first new data center class which is “AI Factory.” According to CEO Jensen Huang, manufacturers are becoming “intelligence manufacturers” processing and refining data. The company highlighted its GPU-accelerated computing for applications leveraging AI including Supply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance and Process Control for operations optimization improved time-to-insight and lower cost. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company highlighted 150,000 factories refining data, creating models and becoming intelligence manufacturers. The company has its AGX platform for autonomous machines. For example, one customer of the company is BMW which is using its hardware and software for its robotics and machinery.The idea is to equip BMW’s factory with all manner of Nvidia hardware. First, the company will use Nvidia’s DGX and Isaac simulation software to train and test the robots; Nvidia Quadro ray-tracing GPUs will render synthetic machine parts. – Nvidia CEOEdge Data CenterLastly, the company also highlighted edge data centers which are smaller data centers that are closer to end-users for lower latency and greater speed benefits according to Nlyte Software. Nvidia highlighted that edge data centers span a wide range of applications such as “warehouse, retail stores, cities, public places, cars, robots”. Compared to cloud computing where data is sent from the edge to the cloud, edge computing refers to data computed right at the edge. The company’s EGX for enterprise and edge computing. Based on the company, its NVIDIA EGX and Jetson solutionsaccelerate the most powerful edge computing systems to power diverse applications, including industrial inspection, predictive maintenance, factory robotics, and autonomous machines.Furthermore, we updated our revenue projection for Nvidia’s data center segment in the table below from our previous analysis based on its data center revenue share of the total cloud market capex. To derive this, we forecasted the total cloud market capex based on our projection of the total cloud market from data volume growth forecasts.Volume of Data Worldwide201720182019202020212022F2023F2024F2025F2026FCloud Infrastructure Market Revenues ($ bln)46.56996129.5178.0248.1349.7485.7679.8951.4Cloud Infrastructure Market Revenue Growth %45%48%39%35%37%39%41%39%40%40%Data Volume (ZB)26334164.27997120147181222.9Data Volume Growth %44%27%24%57%23%23%24%23%23%23%Total Market Capex (Adjusted)54.382.888.0125.7163.9209271344442567Total Market Capex Growth %30%52%6%43%30%28%29%27%28%28%Nvidia Data Center Share of Capex Spend3.6%3.5%3.4%5.3%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%Nvidia Data Center Revenues1.92.93.06.710.613.617.522.328.636.7Nvidia Data Center Revenues Growth %132.5%51.8%1.8%124.5%58.5%27.7%29.2%27.3%28.3%28.3%Source: Nvidia, Company Data, Khaveen Investments Overall, we believe the company’s data center segment outlook is supported by its presence across the 6 types of data centers underlined including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI. Besides a broad product portfolio catering to each data center class, the company also has partnerships with key customers such as major server vendors and cloud service providers. Based on our revenue projection, we derived an average revenue growth rate of 28.2% for its segment through 2026.Integrating Software and AI into Data CentersA data center consists of chips including GPU, central processing unit (CPU), and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) which are some of the commonly used data center chips according to imarc. According to the company, it highlighted the greater compute capabilities of GPUs used as accelerators in data centers running tens of thousands of threads compared to CPUs. According to Network World,GPUs are better suited than CPUs for handling many of the calculations required by AI and machine learning in enterprise data centers and hyperscaler networks.According to Ark Invest, CPUs comprised 83% of data center budgets in 2020 but were forecasted to decline to 40% by 2030 as GPUs become the dominant processor.In its annual report, Nvidia claims to have a platform strategy that brings its hardware, software, algorithms and software libraries together. Furthermore, the company highlighted the introduction of its CUDA programming model which enabled its GPUs with parallel processing capabilities for intensive compute workloads such as deep learning and machine learning.With our introduction of the CUDA programming model in 2006, we opened the parallel processing capabilities of our GPU for general-purpose computing. This approach significantly accelerates the most demanding high-performance computing, or HPC, applications in fields such as aerospace, bioscience research, mechanical and fluid simulations, and energy exploration. Today, our GPUs and networking accelerate many of the fastest supercomputers across the world. In addition, the massively parallel compute architecture of our GPUs and associated software are well suited for deep learning and machine learning, powering the era of AI. While traditional CPU-based approaches no longer deliver advances on the pace described by Moore’s Law, we deliver GPU performance improvements on a pace ahead of Moore’s Law, giving the industry a path forward. – Nvidia 2022 Annual ReportNvidiaIn addition, as seen in the chart above, the company claims to provide a full stack of AI solutions. Besides its hardware, Nvidia has a collection of AI software solutions and development kits for customers and software developers including Clara Mionai, Riva, Maxine, Nemo and Merlin. Moreover, according to the company, it hasover 450 NVIDIA AI libraries and software development kits to serve industries such as gaming, design, quantum computing, AI, 5G/6G, and robotics.Furthermore, its products support various AI software frameworks and software such as RAPIDS, TensorFlow and PyTorch. As Nvidia continued to build up its AI stack, the company’s patents had been steadily increasing since 2018 to 1,174 in 2021 based on Global Data. In comparison, AMD’s patents had also been rising since 2017 with a higher number of patents (1,795) while Intel’s patent filings had been declining but have the most number of patents (11,677).Additionally, the company had introduced its standalone enterprise software offering including NVIDIA AI Enterprise which is $1,000 per node and has 25,000 enterprises already using its technology for AI. According to the company, it had a server installed base of 50 mln enterprises and a TAM of $150 bln for its Enterprise AI software based on its Investor Day Presentation. To determine the share of TAM we expect Nvidia to derive, we compared it against AMD and Intel in terms of its breadth of products, AI software integrations, GPU and CPU performance and price. We ranked the best company for each category with a weight of 0.5 followed by 0.3 for the second-best and 0.2 for the last company and calculated its average weight as our assumption for each company’s share of the TAM.Competitive PositioningNvidiaIntelAMDNumber of products754Software AI Integrations21187Average Data Center CPU BenchmarkN/A34,23776,308Average Data Center CPU PriceN/A$ 2,277$ 3,843GPU Performance (TFLOPS)60N/A47.9GPU Price$36,405N/A$ 14,500Competitive PositioningNvidiaIntelAMDNumber of products0.50.30.2Software AI Integrations0.50.30.2Average Data Center CPU Benchmark0.20.50.3Average Data Center CPU Price0.20.50.3GPU Performance (TFLOPS)0.50.20.3GPU Price0.30.20.5Weights0.370.330.30Source: Nvidia, Intel, AMD, WFTech, Khaveen Investments Based on the table, Nvidia has the broadest product breadth between AMD (4) and Intel (5) with 7 products as the company product offerings include GPUs and DPUs as well as reference design systems such as AGX, HGX, EGX and DGX. Also, it is planning to introduce CPUs based on Arm architecture. In comparison, Intel follows behind with its portfolio of ASICs, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs and Smart NICs while AMD has FPGAs (Xilinx), CPUs, GPUs and DPUs. Furthermore, by referring to these companies’ AI presentation pitch decks and websites, we found that Nvidia has the highest AI software integrations (21) with its broad collection as stated above in addition to its cloud deployment and infrastructure optimization including Nvidia GPU Operator, Network Operator, vGPU, MagnumIO, CUDA-AI and vSphere integration as part of its AI Enterprise package. As Nvidia’s CPU and Intel’s GPU have yet to launch, we ranked it as the lowest with N/A for our calculations.In terms of hardware, we compared Intel and AMD data center CPUs from our previous analysis of Intel where we determined AMD’s performance advantage based on its higher benchmark score but with premium pricing compared to Intel. Additionally, we compared Nvidia’s H100 GPU based on its performance as measured by its TFLOPS specs with a higher maximum of 60 TFLOPS compared to AMD’s Instinct M250. Though, Nvidia’s GPU has a higher estimated price compared to AMD.Nvidia Enterprise AI Software Revenue ($ bln)20212022F2023F2024F2025F2026F2027F2028FMarket TAM150Nvidia Enterprise AI Software0.030.10.20.72.06.118.355Growth %200%200%200%200%200%200%200%Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments Overall, we determined that Nvidia edged out Intel and AMD with the highest competitive positioning with an average weightage for Nvidia at 37% which we used as our assumption for its share of the Enterprise AI software TAM. Based on the company’s $150 bln TAM as highlighted from its Investor Day, we estimated its revenue opportunity to be $55 bln growing at a CAGR of 200% from 2021 (calculated based on its average cost of $1,000 and 25,000 existing customers) which we believe is not unreasonable given the expected rise of AI which could contribute $15.7 tln in economic output by 2030 according to PwC.$10 billion Arm CPU Opportunity in Data CentersFurthermore, the company had recently introduced its Arm-based Grace CPU for data centers. In terms of specifications, it features 144 CPU cores, 1TB/s LPDDR5X and is connected coherently over NVLink®-C2C. The company also announced that multiple hardware vendors, including ASUS (OTC:AKCPF), Foxconn Industrial Internet, GIGABYTE, QCT, Supermicro and Wiwynn will build Grace-based systems that will start shipping in H1 2023. Additionally, the company had previously secured the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, which has a budget of around $25 mln (fulfills 8% of forecasted Nvidia CPU revenue in 2023), as a customer for its CPUs and GPUs to provide 20 exaflops of AI performance.According to Omdia, 5% of servers shipped had Arm CPUs which is an increase compared to 2.5% in 2020. According to Softbank (OTCPK:SFTBY), the market share of Arm-based CPUs was forecasted to increase to 25% by 2028. We estimated the x86 data center CPU market size based on Intel’s DCG segment had revenues of $22.7 bln with a market share of 94.1% in 2021 based on Passmark. We then estimated the total data center CPU market size based on Arm’s market share of 5% by Omdia to derive the total data center CPU market which we forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% by 2028. Assuming the share of Arm CPUs increases to 25% by 2028 based on Softbank’s forecast, we derive the total Arm CPU market size of $12.5 bln in 2028.Arm CPU Market Projections ($ bln)20212022F2023F2024F2025F2026F2027F2028Fx86 Data Center CPU share95%94%92%90%87%84%80%75%Arm Data Center CPU Share5%6.3%7.9%10.0%12.5%15.8%19.9%25%Arm Data Center CPU Share CAGR25.8%25.8%25.8%25.8%25.8%25.8%x86 Data Center CPU market size24.126.228.430.632.834.836.437.6Growth %8.7%8.3%7.8%7.0%6.1%4.9%3.1%Arm Data Center CPU market size1.31.82.43.44.76.59.012.5Growth %38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%Total25.428.030.834.037.441.345.550.1Growth %10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%Source: Intel, Omdia, Softbank, BlueWeave Consulting, Khaveen InvestmentsCompanies such as Amazon, Ampere and Huawei had been developing Arm-based CPUs for servers. However, Amazon Graviton processors and Huawei’s Kunpeng chips are used in their own data centers in comparison to Nvidia. Based on a comparison of their specifications against Nvidia, Nvidia’s CPU offer a superior core count (144) compared to Ampere Altra Max (128), Amazon Graviton3 (64) and Huawei Kunpeng 920 (64). In terms of product and software integration, according to Nvidia, the Grace CPU will support its HPC software development kit and a full suite of CUDA libraries.Nvidia Arm CPU Revenue ($ bln)2023F2024F2025F2026F2027F2028FShare of TAM1%4.8%8.6%12.4%16.2%20%Nvidia CPU Revenue0.311.633.225.127.3710.02Growth %429.0%97.4%58.9%44.0%36.0%Source: Khaveen Investments All in all, we expect Nvidia’s introduction of its Arm CPU to support its data center segment growth as the company had already secured system hardware partners to build Grace CPU-based systems in H1 2023 and supercomputer customers. Additionally, we believe the company could be supported by its performance advantage with its 144 core CPU which is higher than its competitors as well as integrated with its other AI software.To project Nvidia’s CPU revenue, we assumed its share to rise 20% of our estimated market size by 2028 from 1% in 2023 assuming it releases its CPU as planned. We based our assumption of a 20% market share as we believe it could be faced with not only competitors such as Ampere but also AMD as its CFO indicated that it could embrace Arm CPUs and already had used Arm cores in other products such as microcontrollers while Intel plans to make Arm-based chips with its foundry for customers. This translates to average revenue growth of 133.1% for the company.Risk: Competition from IntelIn addition to competition from AMD, Nvidia could face greater competition as Intel introduced its data center GPUs. While Intel (INTC) has not established itself in the discrete GPU market despite leading the total GPU market with its integrated GPUs, we believe the company could pose a significant threat to Nvidia. This is because Intel dominated the data center CPU market with a 94% market share in 2021 based on PassMark. We believe this could provide Intel with an opportunity to leverage its relationships with key data center customers with cross-selling opportunities. That said, as covered in our previous analysis, we also expect Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to gain market share against Intel with its performance competitive advantages from its CPU portfolio.ValuationWe summarized our revenue projections for the company’s Data Center segment in the table below. Whereas for its other segments, we retained our projections based on our previous analysis. Compared to our previous analysis, our revised revenue projections have a higher average revenue growth forecast of 28.3% compared to 23.4% in our previous analysis driven by higher revenue growth in its Data Center segment at an average of 33.6% compared to 21.9% previously.Nvidia Revenue Projections ($ bln)20212022F2023F2024F2025FGaming12,46215,95320,42126,14133,463Professional Visualization2,1112,3182,5452,7943,068Data Center10,61313,63218,05124,60633,858Automotive5666918421,0281,254OEM and Other1,1621,1621,1621,1621,162Total26,91433,75543,02255,73172,806Growth %61.4%25.4%27.5%29.5%30.6%Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments We valued the company based on a DCF analysis as we continue to expect it to generate positive FCFs. We updated our terminal value of the average chipmaker EV/EBITDA to 18.44x from 23.9x previously.SeekingAlpha, Khaveen InvestmentsBased on a discount rate of 13.3% (company’s WACC), our model shows its shares are undervalued by 99.58%.Khaveen InvestmentsVerdictTo conclude, we expect the company’s data center segment’s segment outlook to be supported by its presence across the 6 data center classes including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI with its broad hardware solutions and partnerships with key customers. Additionally, with its full stack of AI solutions, we expect the company to leverage its competitiveness to expand with its Enterprise AI software with an estimated revenue opportunity of $55 bln by 2028. Lastly, with the planned launch of its Arm CPU by 2023, we forecasted its revenue opportunity of $10 bln by 2028 based on a 20% market share assumption.Overall, we revised our revenue growth projections for the company with a higher average of 28.3% compared to 23.4% previously driven by higher data center segment growth from 21.9% to 33.6%. However, we obtained a lower price target with a lower EV/EBITDA average of 18.44x from 23.4x previously as well as a higher discount rate. Though, Nvidia’s stock price had declined by 51% YTD which we believe presents an attractive upside for the company. 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When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.</p><p><b>The Temptation to Bottom Fish</b></p><p>What can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could &#34;stick our toe in the water&#34; and buy shares. But what if we&#39;re wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?</p><p><b>Selling Puts</b></p><p>Rather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It&#39;s a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.</p><p>First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is &#34;long&#34; a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.</p><p>The counterparty who has sold, or is &#34;short&#34; a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares &#34;put to them&#34; or not.</p><p>Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.</p><p><b>Rules to Remember</b></p><p>We must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we&#39;re just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.</p><p>Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren&#39;t too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It&#39;s usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.</p><p><b>What Makes a Good Candidate?</b></p><p>Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No &#34;buggy whip&#34; manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.</p><p>Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.</p><p><b>Example Setup</b></p><p>Say company &#34;ABC&#34; was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is &#34;blood in the streets,&#34; but overall sentiment may be improving.</p><p>The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn&#39;t as &#34;bad&#34; as expected is another good sign.</p><p>In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.</p><p>If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we&#39;d have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.</p><p>As options sellers, we&#39;re selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.</p><p>As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>Put selling can be a savvy way to go &#34;bottom-fishing&#34; for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get &#34;paid&#34; while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.</p><p>Enjoy your day!</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1657505665102","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nDoes Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-07-11 10:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html><strong>KITCO</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".DJI":"道琼斯"},"source_url":"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1147195336","content_text":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.The Temptation to Bottom FishWhat can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could \"stick our toe in the water\" and buy shares. But what if we're wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?Selling PutsRather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It's a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is \"long\" a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.The counterparty who has sold, or is \"short\" a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares \"put to them\" or not.Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.Rules to RememberWe must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we're just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren't too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It's usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.What Makes a Good Candidate?Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No \"buggy whip\" manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.Example SetupSay company \"ABC\" was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is \"blood in the streets,\" but overall sentiment may be improving.The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn't as \"bad\" as expected is another good sign.In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we'd have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.As options sellers, we're selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.SummaryPut selling can be a savvy way to go \"bottom-fishing\" for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get \"paid\" while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.Enjoy your day!","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":689,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9071627478,"gmtCreate":1657525626694,"gmtModify":1676536020141,"author":{"id":"4119340995886272","authorId":"4119340995886272","name":"cub1","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4119340995886272","authorIdStr":"4119340995886272"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Thanks for sharing.&nbsp;","listText":"Thanks for sharing.&nbsp;","text":"Thanks for sharing.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9071627478","repostId":"1147195336","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1147195336","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1657505714,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1147195336?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-07-11 10:15","market":"other","language":"en","title":"Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1147195336","media":"KITCO","summary":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share ","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.</p><p><b>The Temptation to Bottom Fish</b></p><p>What can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could &#34;stick our toe in the water&#34; and buy shares. But what if we&#39;re wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?</p><p><b>Selling Puts</b></p><p>Rather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It&#39;s a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.</p><p>First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is &#34;long&#34; a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.</p><p>The counterparty who has sold, or is &#34;short&#34; a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares &#34;put to them&#34; or not.</p><p>Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.</p><p><b>Rules to Remember</b></p><p>We must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we&#39;re just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.</p><p>Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren&#39;t too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It&#39;s usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.</p><p><b>What Makes a Good Candidate?</b></p><p>Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No &#34;buggy whip&#34; manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.</p><p>Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.</p><p><b>Example Setup</b></p><p>Say company &#34;ABC&#34; was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is &#34;blood in the streets,&#34; but overall sentiment may be improving.</p><p>The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn&#39;t as &#34;bad&#34; as expected is another good sign.</p><p>In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.</p><p>If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we&#39;d have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.</p><p>As options sellers, we&#39;re selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.</p><p>As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>Put selling can be a savvy way to go &#34;bottom-fishing&#34; for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get &#34;paid&#34; while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.</p><p>Enjoy your day!</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1657505665102","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nDoes Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-07-11 10:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html><strong>KITCO</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".DJI":"道琼斯"},"source_url":"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1147195336","content_text":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.The Temptation to Bottom FishWhat can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could \"stick our toe in the water\" and buy shares. But what if we're wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?Selling PutsRather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It's a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is \"long\" a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.The counterparty who has sold, or is \"short\" a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares \"put to them\" or not.Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.Rules to RememberWe must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we're just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren't too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It's usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.What Makes a Good Candidate?Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No \"buggy whip\" manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.Example SetupSay company \"ABC\" was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is \"blood in the streets,\" but overall sentiment may be improving.The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn't as \"bad\" as expected is another good sign.In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we'd have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.As options sellers, we're selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.SummaryPut selling can be a savvy way to go \"bottom-fishing\" for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get \"paid\" while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.Enjoy your day!","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":679,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"hots":[{"id":284293190467832,"gmtCreate":1710423445595,"gmtModify":1710426345739,"author":{"id":"4119340995886272","authorId":"4119340995886272","name":"cub1","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4119340995886272","authorIdStr":"4119340995886272"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"&nbsp;it doesn’t really trade on VALUATION anymore,”........“It’s BELIEVE in the dream, so to speak, and the dream is happening.”","listText":"&nbsp;it doesn’t really trade on VALUATION anymore,”........“It’s BELIEVE in the dream, so to speak, and the dream is happening.”","text":"it doesn’t really trade on VALUATION anymore,”........“It’s BELIEVE in the dream, so to speak, and the dream is happening.”","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/284293190467832","repostId":"1195892340","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1195892340","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1710418499,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1195892340?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2024-03-14 20:14","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Nvidia CEO Huang Is Center Stage as Bulls Eye New Rally Triggers","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1195892340","media":"Bloomberg","summary":"Attention is on AI darling’s annual GTC conference next weekNvidia often uses event to announce products and expectationsJen-Hsun HuangNvidia Corp.’s annual artificial intelligence conference is just ","content":"<html><head></head><body><ul style=\"\"><li><p>Attention is on AI darling’s annual GTC conference next week</p></li><li><p>Nvidia often uses event to announce products and expectations</p></li></ul><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/8c1b6ebd7705e2cab5a6d2f77a32646f\" alt=\"Jen-Hsun Huang\" title=\"Jen-Hsun Huang\" tg-width=\"4000\" tg-height=\"2667\"/><span>Jen-Hsun Huang</span></p><p>Nvidia Corp.’s annual artificial intelligence conference is just days away and expectations are high for the semiconductor maker to deliver news that will sustain the blistering rally in its stock.</p><p>“Nvidia GTC,” the company’s graphics processing unit technology <u>event</u>, has quickly become a global AI conference for developers. It runs from March 18-21 in San Jose, California, with Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang due to speak on the opening day. His comments may help Nvidia stock end a bout of volatility and resume its surge of more than 80% this year.</p><p>“It’s a huge catalyst because they’ll probably give more information, not only on industry penetration,” said Ted Mortonson, technology desk sector strategist at Robert W. Baird &amp; Co. He compared the gathering to Apple Inc.’s yearly product launch.</p><p>Huang typically kicks off the event with an introduction of new products and an outline of his latest vision for where technology is headed. He’ll be under pressure to show off innovations that can replicate the wild success of the H100 chips for data centers and cement Nvidia’s leading position in this lucrative market.</p><p>This year’s appearance carries more weight after Nvidia’s 2024 gains alone added $1 trillion in market value for the company, catapulting it into a position as the top-performing stock in the S&amp;P 500 Index. It’s been a bumpy ride for investors since the March 7 record close: on Tuesday, the shares snapped the worst two-day drop in five months, only to slide again on Wednesday.</p><p>Some of that volatility is likely due to traders positioning ahead of next week’s event. Options data show that investors are paying an increasing premium for calls to profit from a rise in prices as the meeting approaches, especially for short-term contracts.</p><p class=\"t-img-caption\"><img src=\"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/18272f50b9058f447f672a92e87d2f20\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" tg-width=\"1200\" tg-height=\"675\"/></p><p>“It’s kind of like the Apple product introductions — everybody tries to get in front of it,” said Mortonson. “The million-dollar question is if you get selling on the news after Jensen’s keynote presentation.”</p><p>The event is so important to the shares that Bank of America analysts led by Vivek Arya have dubbed it the “AI Woodstock.” They have raised their Nvidia price target to $1,100 from $925 ahead of the conference.</p><p>Even after almost quadrupling in the past 12 months, Nvidia’s valuation suggests that there’s still room for further gains, according to BofA. The stock now trades at a lower multiple than when ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, Arya wrote.</p><p>And Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on Nvidia heading into the event. The company has 60 buy ratings, seven holds and zero sells among analysts tracked by Bloomberg.</p><p>“I feel very comfortable and confident where the level of demand is and upside to pretty much every estimate I’ve seen out there, probably including our own for the next 12 to 18 months,” TD Cowen analyst Matthew Ramsay said in an interview. He has an outperform rating and $900 price target on Nvidia.</p><p>While expectations are positive leading into the San Jose event, analysts and investors alike are aware that Nvidia stock is trading near technically overbought levels that could spark another pullback. Because of its size — it rocketed into the ranks of the three largest S&amp;P 500 stocks this year — sharp moves in any direction could swing the entire market.</p><p>Nvidia “is a name that’s being held to very high expectations and so they have the pressure to continue to perform,” said Chris Carey, a portfolio manager at Carnegie Investment Council. “If they don’t, it’s going to be a surprise in the short term, and then an opportunity as well.”</p><p>Mixed in with concerns that hype around Nvidia’s leadership in AI is baked into the stock, there’s also the possibility for more positive momentum, depending on what comes out of an event that has historically given shares a boost.</p><p>“There’s so much speculation and so much over-exuberance on this name that it doesn’t really trade on valuation anymore,” said Mortonson. “It’s believe in the dream, so to speak, and the dream is happening.”</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1584095487587","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; 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It runs from March 18-21 in San Jose, California, with Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang due to speak on the opening day. His comments may help Nvidia stock end a bout of volatility and resume its surge of more than 80% this year.“It’s a huge catalyst because they’ll probably give more information, not only on industry penetration,” said Ted Mortonson, technology desk sector strategist at Robert W. Baird & Co. He compared the gathering to Apple Inc.’s yearly product launch.Huang typically kicks off the event with an introduction of new products and an outline of his latest vision for where technology is headed. He’ll be under pressure to show off innovations that can replicate the wild success of the H100 chips for data centers and cement Nvidia’s leading position in this lucrative market.This year’s appearance carries more weight after Nvidia’s 2024 gains alone added $1 trillion in market value for the company, catapulting it into a position as the top-performing stock in the S&P 500 Index. It’s been a bumpy ride for investors since the March 7 record close: on Tuesday, the shares snapped the worst two-day drop in five months, only to slide again on Wednesday.Some of that volatility is likely due to traders positioning ahead of next week’s event. Options data show that investors are paying an increasing premium for calls to profit from a rise in prices as the meeting approaches, especially for short-term contracts.“It’s kind of like the Apple product introductions — everybody tries to get in front of it,” said Mortonson. “The million-dollar question is if you get selling on the news after Jensen’s keynote presentation.”The event is so important to the shares that Bank of America analysts led by Vivek Arya have dubbed it the “AI Woodstock.” They have raised their Nvidia price target to $1,100 from $925 ahead of the conference.Even after almost quadrupling in the past 12 months, Nvidia’s valuation suggests that there’s still room for further gains, according to BofA. The stock now trades at a lower multiple than when ChatGPT was launched in November 2022, Arya wrote.And Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish on Nvidia heading into the event. The company has 60 buy ratings, seven holds and zero sells among analysts tracked by Bloomberg.“I feel very comfortable and confident where the level of demand is and upside to pretty much every estimate I’ve seen out there, probably including our own for the next 12 to 18 months,” TD Cowen analyst Matthew Ramsay said in an interview. He has an outperform rating and $900 price target on Nvidia.While expectations are positive leading into the San Jose event, analysts and investors alike are aware that Nvidia stock is trading near technically overbought levels that could spark another pullback. Because of its size — it rocketed into the ranks of the three largest S&P 500 stocks this year — sharp moves in any direction could swing the entire market.Nvidia “is a name that’s being held to very high expectations and so they have the pressure to continue to perform,” said Chris Carey, a portfolio manager at Carnegie Investment Council. “If they don’t, it’s going to be a surprise in the short term, and then an opportunity as well.”Mixed in with concerns that hype around Nvidia’s leadership in AI is baked into the stock, there’s also the possibility for more positive momentum, depending on what comes out of an event that has historically given shares a boost.“There’s so much speculation and so much over-exuberance on this name that it doesn’t really trade on valuation anymore,” said Mortonson. “It’s believe in the dream, so to speak, and the dream is happening.”","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":856,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9071653772,"gmtCreate":1657526121596,"gmtModify":1676536020233,"author":{"id":"4119340995886272","authorId":"4119340995886272","name":"cub1","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4119340995886272","authorIdStr":"4119340995886272"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Thanks for sharing&nbsp;","listText":"Thanks for sharing&nbsp;","text":"Thanks for sharing","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9071653772","repostId":"2249893579","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2249893579","kind":"highlight","pubTimestamp":1657337337,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/2249893579?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-07-09 11:28","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Nvidia: Time To Buy The King Of Data Centers","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2249893579","media":"Seekingalpha","summary":"Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) data center segment has overtaken its Gaming segment to become it","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>Nvidia Corporation&#39;s (NASDAQ:NVDA) data center segment has overtaken its Gaming segment to become its largest segment, in its Q1 FY2023, growing robustly by 83% YoY. Based on the company’s breakdown of its data center business across 6 data center classes, we examined its product offering that caters to these customers and determined the outlook of its data center business segment as a whole.</p><p>Moreover, we looked into the company’s product offerings of its GPUs and software to offer the full stack for data centers and how it is integrating AI and software functionalities to build on its data center leadership.</p><p>As it recently introduced its Arm CPU products for data centers, we analyzed the Arm CPU market and the players within, and projected its share vs x86 processors. Based on this, we estimated the market opportunity for Nvidia and its revenue growth.</p><h2><b>Dominating Data Centers Across All 6 Classes</b></h2><p>Nvidia’s data center segment has become its largest segment accounting for 45% of revenues in Q1 FY2023 and had the highest growth CAGR of 73.8% in the past 5 years. Its computing platform consists of hardware and software such as GPUs, DPUs, interconnects and systems, CUDA programming model and software libraries. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company listed 6 types of data center classes: supercomputing centers, enterprise computing data centers, hyperscalers, cloud computing and two new classes which are FactoryAI and edge data centers. In the table below, we compiled the different data center classes by their market sizes, forecast CAGR, location, applications, users, relative compute power and footprint.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Data Center</b></p></td><td><p><b>Market Size ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Market Forecast CAGR</b></p></td><td><p><b>Computer Power</b></p></td><td><p><b>Location</b></p></td><td><p><b>Footprint (&#39;size&#39;)</b></p></td><td><p><b>Types of Users/ Operators</b></p></td><td><p><b>Applications</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supercomputing Data Center</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p>Very High</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Large</p></td><td><p>Governments, aerospace, petroleum, and automotive industries</p></td><td><p>HPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyperscale Data Center</p></td><td><p>32.2</p></td><td><p>14.9%</p></td><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Very Large</p></td><td><p>Large multinational companies, cloud service providers</p></td><td><p>Colocation, cryptography, genome processing, and 3D rendering</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enterprise Data Center</p></td><td><p>84.2</p></td><td><p>12.0%</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Enterprises (Various industries)</p></td><td><p>Company networks and systems (Various industries)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cloud Computing Data Center</p></td><td><p>358.8</p></td><td><p>16.4%</p></td><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>Third-party</p></td><td><p>Very Large</p></td><td><p>Cloud service providers</p></td><td><p>Cloud-native application development, storage (IaaS), streaming, data analytics</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edge Data Center</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>17.0%</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Third-party</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Edge Data Center Companies, Telco, Healthcare</p></td><td><p>5G, AV, Telemedicine, data analytics,</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Factory AI Data Center</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>47.9%</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>Self-operated</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Manufacturers</p></td><td><p>Supply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance, Process Control</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Research and Markets, Nvidia, Khaveen Investments</i></p><p>To illustrate the market sizes of each data center class, we compiled the market revenues and forecast CAGR of each data center class based on Research and Markets. Based on the table above, cloud computing is the largest ($359 bln) as it consists of major cloud service providers including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. this is followed by Enterprise Data Centers. Overall, the combined market size of the 6 data center classes is worth around $491 bln. However, the new data center classes, Factory AI and edge data center, have the highest CAGR of 47.9% and 17% respectively.</p><h3><b>Supercomputing Data Center</b></h3><p>Firstly, supercomputing data centers which are computers with much higher computational capacities supporting intensive applications such as</p><blockquote>HPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research.</blockquote><p>In 2021, Nvidia claimed that 70% of the TOP500 supercomputers in the world are powered by its accelerators and it&#39;s even higher at 90% for new systems. The company had remarkable growth in this area over the past 10 years from 34% share of the TOP500 systems in 2011. For example, the company’s GPUs power the fastest supercomputers in the U.S. and Europe like the Oak Ridge National Labs’ Summit, the world’s smartest supercomputer. The company has recently introduced its H100 GPUs based on its Hopper architecture which follows its A100 GPUs based on its Ampere architecture. Supercomputers are equipped with a large number of GPUs, previously Nvidia stated that 6 supercomputers used a total of 13,000 A100 GPUs.</p><h3><b>Enterprise Data Center</b></h3><p>Besides supercomputers, the company also targets enterprise systems. According to Cisco, compared to other types of data centers, enterprise data centers are built and operated by companies within their premises and optimized for their users to support their data and storage requirements by companies in various industries such as IT, financial services, and healthcare. However, in comparison, hyperscale data centers have higher compute capacities. Based on Nvidia, its NVIDIA-Certified System</p><blockquote>enable enterprises to confidently deploy hardware solutions that securely and optimally run their modern accelerated workloads.</blockquote><p>The company’s Nvidia-certified data center partners include the top server providers such as Lenovo (OTCPK:LNVGY), Fujitsu (OTCPK:FJTSF), Dell (DELL), Cisco (CSCO), and HPE (HPE), with a combined market share of over 38% of the server market based on the IDC. Also, the company introduced its EGX for enterprise as well as edge computing.</p><h3><b>Hyperscale Data Centers</b></h3><p>Moreover, Nvidia also targets hyperscale data centers which are massive facilities exceeding 5,000 servers and 10,000 square feet according to the IDC. They are “designed to support robust and scalable applications” due to their agility to scale up or down to meet customers’ demands by adding more computing power to their infrastructure. For example, companies which operate these facilities include Yahoo, Facebook (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Amazon (AMZN). According to Vertiv, there were more than 600 hyperscale data centers in 2021. Nvidia has “ready-to-use system reference designs” based on its GPUs such as its HGX product for hyperscale and supercomputing data centers.</p><h3><b>Cloud Computing </b></h3><p>Additionally, the company also underline cloud computing data centers, allowing customers and developers to leverage Nvidia’s hardware through the cloud to support applications such as advanced medical imaging, automated customer service, and cinematic-quality gaming. According to Microsoft, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet with services such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with use cases including creating cloud-native applications, streaming and data analytics. Besides that, Nvidia has partnerships with major cloud service providers including Amazon, the market leader in the cloud infrastructure market with a 33% market share in 2021 according to Canalys, trailed by Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud (BABA, OTCPK:BABAF). These cloud providers are also part of the company’s partner ecosystem.</p><blockquote>And now, with NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated solutions available through all top cloud platforms, innovators everywhere can access massive computing power on demand and with ease. – Nvidia</blockquote><h3><b>AI Factory </b></h3><p>In addition to these 4 classes of data centers, the company also highlighted the first new data center class which is “AI Factory.” According to CEO Jensen Huang, manufacturers are becoming “intelligence manufacturers” processing and refining data. The company highlighted its GPU-accelerated computing for applications leveraging AI including Supply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance and Process Control for operations optimization improved time-to-insight and lower cost. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company highlighted 150,000 factories refining data, creating models and becoming intelligence manufacturers. The company has its AGX platform for autonomous machines. For example, one customer of the company is BMW which is using its hardware and software for its robotics and machinery.</p><blockquote>The idea is to equip BMW’s factory with all manner of Nvidia hardware. First, the company will use Nvidia’s DGX and Isaac simulation software to train and test the robots; Nvidia Quadro ray-tracing GPUs will render synthetic machine parts. – Nvidia CEO</blockquote><h3><b>Edge Data Center</b></h3><p>Lastly, the company also highlighted edge data centers which are smaller data centers that are closer to end-users for lower latency and greater speed benefits according to Nlyte Software. Nvidia highlighted that edge data centers span a wide range of applications such as “warehouse, retail stores, cities, public places, cars, robots”. Compared to cloud computing where data is sent from the edge to the cloud, edge computing refers to data computed right at the edge. The company’s EGX for enterprise and edge computing. Based on the company, its NVIDIA EGX and Jetson solutions</p><blockquote>accelerate the most powerful edge computing systems to power diverse applications, including industrial inspection, predictive maintenance, factory robotics, and autonomous machines.</blockquote><p>Furthermore, we updated our revenue projection for Nvidia’s data center segment in the table below from our previous analysis based on its data center revenue share of the total cloud market capex. To derive this, we forecasted the total cloud market capex based on our projection of the total cloud market from data volume growth forecasts.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Volume of Data Worldwide</b></p></td><td><p><b>2017</b></p></td><td><p><b>2018</b></p></td><td><p><b>2019</b></p></td><td><p><b>2020</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cloud Infrastructure Market Revenues ($ bln)</p></td><td><p>46.5</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>129.5</p></td><td><p>178.0</p></td><td><p>248.1</p></td><td><p>349.7</p></td><td><p>485.7</p></td><td><p>679.8</p></td><td><p>951.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cloud Infrastructure Market Revenue Growth %</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td><td><p>40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Volume (ZB)</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>64.2</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>222.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Volume Growth %</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>57%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Market Capex (Adjusted)</p></td><td><p>54.3</p></td><td><p>82.8</p></td><td><p>88.0</p></td><td><p>125.7</p></td><td><p>163.9</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>567</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Market Capex Growth %</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nvidia Data Center Share of Capex Spend</p></td><td><p>3.6%</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td><td><p>3.4%</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Data Center Revenues</b></p></td><td><p><b>1.9</b></p></td><td><p><b>2.9</b></p></td><td><p><b>3.0</b></p></td><td><p><b>6.7</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.6</b></p></td><td><p><b>13.6</b></p></td><td><p><b>17.5</b></p></td><td><p><b>22.3</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.6</b></p></td><td><p><b>36.7</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Data Center Revenues Growth %</b></p></td><td><p><b>132.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>51.8%</b></p></td><td><p><b>1.8%</b></p></td><td><p><b>124.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>58.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>27.7%</b></p></td><td><p><b>29.2%</b></p></td><td><p><b>27.3%</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.3%</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.3%</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Company Data, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>Overall, we believe the company’s data center segment outlook is supported by its presence across the 6 types of data centers underlined including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI. Besides a broad product portfolio catering to each data center class, the company also has partnerships with key customers such as major server vendors and cloud service providers. Based on our revenue projection, we derived an average revenue growth rate of 28.2% for its segment through 2026.</p><h2><b>Integrating Software and AI into Data Centers</b></h2><p>A data center consists of chips including GPU, central processing unit (CPU), and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) which are some of the commonly used data center chips according to imarc. According to the company, it highlighted the greater compute capabilities of GPUs used as accelerators in data centers running tens of thousands of threads compared to CPUs. According to Network World,</p><blockquote>GPUs are better suited than CPUs for handling many of the calculations required by AI and machine learning in enterprise data centers and hyperscaler networks.</blockquote><p>According to Ark Invest, CPUs comprised 83% of data center budgets in 2020 but were forecasted to decline to 40% by 2030 as GPUs become the dominant processor.</p><p>In its annual report, Nvidia claims to have a platform strategy that brings its hardware, software, algorithms and software libraries together. Furthermore, the company highlighted the introduction of its CUDA programming model which enabled its GPUs with parallel processing capabilities for intensive compute workloads such as deep learning and machine learning.</p><blockquote>With our introduction of the CUDA programming model in 2006, we opened the parallel processing capabilities of our GPU for general-purpose computing. This approach significantly accelerates the most demanding high-performance computing, or HPC, applications in fields such as aerospace, bioscience research, mechanical and fluid simulations, and energy exploration. Today, our GPUs and networking accelerate many of the fastest supercomputers across the world. In addition, the massively parallel compute architecture of our GPUs and associated software are well suited for deep learning and machine learning, powering the era of AI. While traditional CPU-based approaches no longer deliver advances on the pace described by Moore’s Law, we deliver GPU performance improvements on a pace ahead of Moore’s Law, giving the industry a path forward. – Nvidia 2022 Annual Report</blockquote><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6b967b108b6c19a49afe2a462c51c98b\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"324\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Nvidia</p><p>In addition, as seen in the chart above, the company claims to provide a full stack of AI solutions. Besides its hardware, Nvidia has a collection of AI software solutions and development kits for customers and software developers including Clara Mionai, Riva, Maxine, Nemo and Merlin. Moreover, according to the company, it has</p><blockquote>over 450 NVIDIA AI libraries and software development kits to serve industries such as gaming, design, quantum computing, AI, 5G/6G, and robotics.</blockquote><p>Furthermore, its products support various AI software frameworks and software such as RAPIDS, TensorFlow and PyTorch. As Nvidia continued to build up its AI stack, the company’s patents had been steadily increasing since 2018 to 1,174 in 2021 based on Global Data. In comparison, AMD’s patents had also been rising since 2017 with a higher number of patents (1,795) while Intel’s patent filings had been declining but have the most number of patents (11,677).</p><p>Additionally, the company had introduced its standalone enterprise software offering including NVIDIA AI Enterprise which is $1,000 per node and has 25,000 enterprises already using its technology for AI. According to the company, it had a server installed base of 50 mln enterprises and a TAM of $150 bln for its Enterprise AI software based on its Investor Day Presentation. To determine the share of TAM we expect Nvidia to derive, we compared it against AMD and Intel in terms of its breadth of products, AI software integrations, GPU and CPU performance and price. We ranked the best company for each category with a weight of 0.5 followed by 0.3 for the second-best and 0.2 for the last company and calculated its average weight as our assumption for each company’s share of the TAM.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Competitive Positioning</b></p></td><td><p><b>Nvidia</b></p></td><td><p><b>Intel</b></p></td><td><p><b>AMD</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of products</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Software AI Integrations</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Benchmark</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>34,237</p></td><td><p>76,308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Price</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>$ 2,277</p></td><td><p>$ 3,843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Performance (TFLOPS)</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Price</p></td><td><p>$36,405</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>$ 14,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Competitive Positioning</b></p></td><td><p><b>Nvidia</b></p></td><td><p><b>Intel</b></p></td><td><p><b>AMD</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of products</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Software AI Integrations</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Benchmark</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Data Center CPU Price</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Performance (TFLOPS)</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GPU Price</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Weights</b></p></td><td><p><b>0.37</b></p></td><td><p><b>0.33</b></p></td><td><p><b>0.30</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Intel, AMD, WFTech, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>Based on the table, Nvidia has the broadest product breadth between AMD (4) and Intel (5) with 7 products as the company product offerings include GPUs and DPUs as well as reference design systems such as AGX, HGX, EGX and DGX. Also, it is planning to introduce CPUs based on Arm architecture. In comparison, Intel follows behind with its portfolio of ASICs, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs and Smart NICs while AMD has FPGAs (Xilinx), CPUs, GPUs and DPUs. Furthermore, by referring to these companies’ AI presentation pitch decks and websites, we found that Nvidia has the highest AI software integrations (21) with its broad collection as stated above in addition to its cloud deployment and infrastructure optimization including Nvidia GPU Operator, Network Operator, vGPU, MagnumIO, CUDA-AI and vSphere integration as part of its AI Enterprise package. As Nvidia’s CPU and Intel’s GPU have yet to launch, we ranked it as the lowest with N/A for our calculations.</p><p>In terms of hardware, we compared Intel and AMD data center CPUs from our previous analysis of Intel where we determined AMD’s performance advantage based on its higher benchmark score but with premium pricing compared to Intel. Additionally, we compared Nvidia’s H100 GPU based on its performance as measured by its TFLOPS specs with a higher maximum of 60 TFLOPS compared to AMD’s Instinct M250. Though, Nvidia’s GPU has a higher estimated price compared to AMD.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Enterprise AI Software Revenue ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2027F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2028F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market TAM</p></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nvidia Enterprise AI Software</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td><td><p>200%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>Overall, we determined that Nvidia edged out Intel and AMD with the highest competitive positioning with an average weightage for Nvidia at 37% which we used as our assumption for its share of the Enterprise AI software TAM. Based on the company’s $150 bln TAM as highlighted from its Investor Day, we estimated its revenue opportunity to be $55 bln growing at a CAGR of 200% from 2021 (calculated based on its average cost of $1,000 and 25,000 existing customers) which we believe is not unreasonable given the expected rise of AI which could contribute $15.7 tln in economic output by 2030 according to PwC.</p><h2><b>$10 billion Arm CPU Opportunity in Data Centers</b></h2><p>Furthermore, the company had recently introduced its Arm-based Grace CPU for data centers. In terms of specifications, it features 144 CPU cores, 1TB/s LPDDR5X and is connected coherently over NVLink®-C2C. The company also announced that multiple hardware vendors, including ASUS (OTC:AKCPF), Foxconn Industrial Internet, GIGABYTE, QCT, Supermicro and Wiwynn will build Grace-based systems that will start shipping in H1 2023. Additionally, the company had previously secured the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, which has a budget of around $25 mln (fulfills 8% of forecasted Nvidia CPU revenue in 2023), as a customer for its CPUs and GPUs to provide 20 exaflops of AI performance.</p><p>According to Omdia, 5% of servers shipped had Arm CPUs which is an increase compared to 2.5% in 2020. According to Softbank (OTCPK:SFTBY), the market share of Arm-based CPUs was forecasted to increase to 25% by 2028. We estimated the x86 data center CPU market size based on Intel’s DCG segment had revenues of $22.7 bln with a market share of 94.1% in 2021 based on Passmark. We then estimated the total data center CPU market size based on Arm’s market share of 5% by Omdia to derive the total data center CPU market which we forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% by 2028. Assuming the share of Arm CPUs increases to 25% by 2028 based on Softbank’s forecast, we derive the total Arm CPU market size of $12.5 bln in 2028.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Arm CPU Market Projections ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2027F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2028F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>x86 Data Center CPU share</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td><td><p>87%</p></td><td><p>84%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arm Data Center CPU Share</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td><td><p>7.9%</p></td><td><p>10.0%</p></td><td><p>12.5%</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arm Data Center CPU Share CAGR</p></td><td></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td><p>25.8%</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><p>x86 Data Center CPU market size</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td><td><p>26.2</p></td><td><p>28.4</p></td><td><p>30.6</p></td><td><p>32.8</p></td><td><p>34.8</p></td><td><p>36.4</p></td><td><p>37.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>8.7%</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>4.9%</p></td><td><p>3.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arm Data Center CPU market size</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Total</b></p></td><td><p><b>25.4</b></p></td><td><p><b>28.0</b></p></td><td><p><b>30.8</b></p></td><td><p><b>34.0</b></p></td><td><p><b>37.4</b></p></td><td><p><b>41.3</b></p></td><td><p><b>45.5</b></p></td><td><p><b>50.1</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Growth %</b></p></td><td></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td><td><p><b>10.20%</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Intel, Omdia, Softbank, BlueWeave Consulting, Khaveen Investments</i></p><p>Companies such as Amazon, Ampere and Huawei had been developing Arm-based CPUs for servers. However, Amazon Graviton processors and Huawei’s Kunpeng chips are used in their own data centers in comparison to Nvidia. Based on a comparison of their specifications against Nvidia, Nvidia’s CPU offer a superior core count (144) compared to Ampere Altra Max (128), Amazon Graviton3 (64) and Huawei Kunpeng 920 (64). In terms of product and software integration, according to Nvidia, the Grace CPU will support its HPC software development kit and a full suite of CUDA libraries.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Arm CPU Revenue ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2026F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2027F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2028F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Share of TAM</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>8.6%</p></td><td><p>12.4%</p></td><td><p>16.2%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nvidia CPU Revenue</p></td><td><p>0.31</p></td><td><p>1.63</p></td><td><p>3.22</p></td><td><p>5.12</p></td><td><p>7.37</p></td><td><p>10.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Growth %</p></td><td></td><td><p>429.0%</p></td><td><p>97.4%</p></td><td><p>58.9%</p></td><td><p>44.0%</p></td><td><p>36.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>All in all, we expect Nvidia’s introduction of its Arm CPU to support its data center segment growth as the company had already secured system hardware partners to build Grace CPU-based systems in H1 2023 and supercomputer customers. Additionally, we believe the company could be supported by its performance advantage with its 144 core CPU which is higher than its competitors as well as integrated with its other AI software.</p><p>To project Nvidia’s CPU revenue, we assumed its share to rise 20% of our estimated market size by 2028 from 1% in 2023 assuming it releases its CPU as planned. We based our assumption of a 20% market share as we believe it could be faced with not only competitors such as Ampere but also AMD as its CFO indicated that it could embrace Arm CPUs and already had used Arm cores in other products such as microcontrollers while Intel plans to make Arm-based chips with its foundry for customers. This translates to average revenue growth of 133.1% for the company.</p><h2><b>Risk: Competition from Intel</b></h2><p>In addition to competition from AMD, Nvidia could face greater competition as Intel introduced its data center GPUs. While Intel (INTC) has not established itself in the discrete GPU market despite leading the total GPU market with its integrated GPUs, we believe the company could pose a significant threat to Nvidia. This is because Intel dominated the data center CPU market with a 94% market share in 2021 based on PassMark. We believe this could provide Intel with an opportunity to leverage its relationships with key data center customers with cross-selling opportunities. That said, as covered in our previous analysis, we also expect Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to gain market share against Intel with its performance competitive advantages from its CPU portfolio.</p><h2><b>Valuation</b></h2><p>We summarized our revenue projections for the company’s Data Center segment in the table below. Whereas for its other segments, we retained our projections based on our previous analysis. Compared to our previous analysis, our revised revenue projections have a higher average revenue growth forecast of 28.3% compared to 23.4% in our previous analysis driven by higher revenue growth in its Data Center segment at an average of 33.6% compared to 21.9% previously.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><b>Nvidia Revenue Projections ($ bln)</b></p></td><td><p><b>2021</b></p></td><td><p><b>2022F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2023F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2024F</b></p></td><td><p><b>2025F</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gaming</p></td><td><p>12,462</p></td><td><p>15,953</p></td><td><p>20,421</p></td><td><p>26,141</p></td><td><p>33,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional Visualization</p></td><td><p>2,111</p></td><td><p>2,318</p></td><td><p>2,545</p></td><td><p>2,794</p></td><td><p>3,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Data Center</p></td><td><p>10,613</p></td><td><p>13,632</p></td><td><p>18,051</p></td><td><p>24,606</p></td><td><p>33,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Automotive</p></td><td><p>566</p></td><td><p>691</p></td><td><p>842</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>1,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>OEM and Other</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Total</b></p></td><td><p><b>26,914</b></p></td><td><p><b>33,755</b></p></td><td><p><b>43,022</b></p></td><td><p><b>55,731</b></p></td><td><p><b>72,806</b></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><b>Growth %</b></p></td><td><p><b>61.4%</b></p></td><td><p><b>25.4%</b></p></td><td><p><b>27.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>29.5%</b></p></td><td><p><b>30.6%</b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><i>Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments </i></p><p>We valued the company based on a DCF analysis as we continue to expect it to generate positive FCFs. We updated our terminal value of the average chipmaker EV/EBITDA to 18.44x from 23.9x previously.</p><p></p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e00c22eaa47730a579e234e710016b3b\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"360\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>SeekingAlpha, Khaveen Investments</p><p>Based on a discount rate of 13.3% (company’s WACC), our model shows its shares are undervalued by 99.58%.</p><p><img src=\"https://static.tigerbbs.com/60d370c61b912473ae428c795c9be999\" tg-width=\"640\" tg-height=\"360\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer\"/></p><p>Khaveen Investments</p><h2><b>Verdict</b></h2><p>To conclude, we expect the company’s data center segment’s segment outlook to be supported by its presence across the 6 data center classes including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI with its broad hardware solutions and partnerships with key customers. Additionally, with its full stack of AI solutions, we expect the company to leverage its competitiveness to expand with its Enterprise AI software with an estimated revenue opportunity of $55 bln by 2028. Lastly, with the planned launch of its Arm CPU by 2023, we forecasted its revenue opportunity of $10 bln by 2028 based on a 20% market share assumption.</p><p>Overall, we revised our revenue growth projections for the company with a higher average of 28.3% compared to 23.4% previously driven by higher data center segment growth from 21.9% to 33.6%. However, we obtained a lower price target with a lower EV/EBITDA average of 18.44x from 23.4x previously as well as a higher discount rate. Though, Nvidia’s stock price had declined by 51% YTD which we believe presents an attractive upside for the company. Overall, we rate the company as a <i>Strong Buy</i> with a target price of <i>$289.85.</i></p></body></html>","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Nvidia: Time To Buy The King Of Data Centers</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nNvidia: Time To Buy The King Of Data Centers\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-07-09 11:28 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://seekingalpha.com/article/4522089-nvidia-time-to-buy-the-king-of-data-centers><strong>Seekingalpha</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>Nvidia Corporation's (NASDAQ:NVDA) data center segment has overtaken its Gaming segment to become its largest segment, in its Q1 FY2023, growing robustly by 83% YoY. 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Based on the company’s breakdown of its data center business across 6 data center classes, we examined its product offering that caters to these customers and determined the outlook of its data center business segment as a whole.Moreover, we looked into the company’s product offerings of its GPUs and software to offer the full stack for data centers and how it is integrating AI and software functionalities to build on its data center leadership.As it recently introduced its Arm CPU products for data centers, we analyzed the Arm CPU market and the players within, and projected its share vs x86 processors. Based on this, we estimated the market opportunity for Nvidia and its revenue growth.Dominating Data Centers Across All 6 ClassesNvidia’s data center segment has become its largest segment accounting for 45% of revenues in Q1 FY2023 and had the highest growth CAGR of 73.8% in the past 5 years. Its computing platform consists of hardware and software such as GPUs, DPUs, interconnects and systems, CUDA programming model and software libraries. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company listed 6 types of data center classes: supercomputing centers, enterprise computing data centers, hyperscalers, cloud computing and two new classes which are FactoryAI and edge data centers. In the table below, we compiled the different data center classes by their market sizes, forecast CAGR, location, applications, users, relative compute power and footprint.Data CenterMarket Size ($ bln)Market Forecast CAGRComputer PowerLocationFootprint ('size')Types of Users/ OperatorsApplicationsSupercomputing Data Center6.516.2%Very HighSelf-operatedLargeGovernments, aerospace, petroleum, and automotive industriesHPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion researchHyperscale Data Center32.214.9%HighSelf-operatedVery LargeLarge multinational companies, cloud service providersColocation, cryptography, genome processing, and 3D renderingEnterprise Data Center84.212.0%LowSelf-operatedMediumEnterprises (Various industries)Company networks and systems (Various industries)Cloud Computing Data Center358.816.4%HighThird-partyVery LargeCloud service providersCloud-native application development, storage (IaaS), streaming, data analyticsEdge Data Center7.917.0%MediumThird-partyMediumEdge Data Center Companies, Telco, Healthcare5G, AV, Telemedicine, data analytics,Factory AI Data Center2.347.9%MediumSelf-operatedLowManufacturersSupply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance, Process ControlSource: Research and Markets, Nvidia, Khaveen InvestmentsTo illustrate the market sizes of each data center class, we compiled the market revenues and forecast CAGR of each data center class based on Research and Markets. Based on the table above, cloud computing is the largest ($359 bln) as it consists of major cloud service providers including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. this is followed by Enterprise Data Centers. Overall, the combined market size of the 6 data center classes is worth around $491 bln. However, the new data center classes, Factory AI and edge data center, have the highest CAGR of 47.9% and 17% respectively.Supercomputing Data CenterFirstly, supercomputing data centers which are computers with much higher computational capacities supporting intensive applications such asHPC, quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling, physical simulations, aerodynamics, nuclear fusion research.In 2021, Nvidia claimed that 70% of the TOP500 supercomputers in the world are powered by its accelerators and it's even higher at 90% for new systems. The company had remarkable growth in this area over the past 10 years from 34% share of the TOP500 systems in 2011. For example, the company’s GPUs power the fastest supercomputers in the U.S. and Europe like the Oak Ridge National Labs’ Summit, the world’s smartest supercomputer. The company has recently introduced its H100 GPUs based on its Hopper architecture which follows its A100 GPUs based on its Ampere architecture. Supercomputers are equipped with a large number of GPUs, previously Nvidia stated that 6 supercomputers used a total of 13,000 A100 GPUs.Enterprise Data CenterBesides supercomputers, the company also targets enterprise systems. According to Cisco, compared to other types of data centers, enterprise data centers are built and operated by companies within their premises and optimized for their users to support their data and storage requirements by companies in various industries such as IT, financial services, and healthcare. However, in comparison, hyperscale data centers have higher compute capacities. Based on Nvidia, its NVIDIA-Certified Systemenable enterprises to confidently deploy hardware solutions that securely and optimally run their modern accelerated workloads.The company’s Nvidia-certified data center partners include the top server providers such as Lenovo (OTCPK:LNVGY), Fujitsu (OTCPK:FJTSF), Dell (DELL), Cisco (CSCO), and HPE (HPE), with a combined market share of over 38% of the server market based on the IDC. Also, the company introduced its EGX for enterprise as well as edge computing.Hyperscale Data CentersMoreover, Nvidia also targets hyperscale data centers which are massive facilities exceeding 5,000 servers and 10,000 square feet according to the IDC. They are “designed to support robust and scalable applications” due to their agility to scale up or down to meet customers’ demands by adding more computing power to their infrastructure. For example, companies which operate these facilities include Yahoo, Facebook (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Amazon (AMZN). According to Vertiv, there were more than 600 hyperscale data centers in 2021. Nvidia has “ready-to-use system reference designs” based on its GPUs such as its HGX product for hyperscale and supercomputing data centers.Cloud Computing Additionally, the company also underline cloud computing data centers, allowing customers and developers to leverage Nvidia’s hardware through the cloud to support applications such as advanced medical imaging, automated customer service, and cinematic-quality gaming. According to Microsoft, cloud computing is the delivery of computing services over the internet with services such as IaaS, PaaS and SaaS with use cases including creating cloud-native applications, streaming and data analytics. Besides that, Nvidia has partnerships with major cloud service providers including Amazon, the market leader in the cloud infrastructure market with a 33% market share in 2021 according to Canalys, trailed by Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud (BABA, OTCPK:BABAF). These cloud providers are also part of the company’s partner ecosystem.And now, with NVIDIA’s GPU-accelerated solutions available through all top cloud platforms, innovators everywhere can access massive computing power on demand and with ease. – NvidiaAI Factory In addition to these 4 classes of data centers, the company also highlighted the first new data center class which is “AI Factory.” According to CEO Jensen Huang, manufacturers are becoming “intelligence manufacturers” processing and refining data. The company highlighted its GPU-accelerated computing for applications leveraging AI including Supply Chain Optimization, Predictive Maintenance and Process Control for operations optimization improved time-to-insight and lower cost. According to Nvidia’s CEO, the company highlighted 150,000 factories refining data, creating models and becoming intelligence manufacturers. The company has its AGX platform for autonomous machines. For example, one customer of the company is BMW which is using its hardware and software for its robotics and machinery.The idea is to equip BMW’s factory with all manner of Nvidia hardware. First, the company will use Nvidia’s DGX and Isaac simulation software to train and test the robots; Nvidia Quadro ray-tracing GPUs will render synthetic machine parts. – Nvidia CEOEdge Data CenterLastly, the company also highlighted edge data centers which are smaller data centers that are closer to end-users for lower latency and greater speed benefits according to Nlyte Software. Nvidia highlighted that edge data centers span a wide range of applications such as “warehouse, retail stores, cities, public places, cars, robots”. Compared to cloud computing where data is sent from the edge to the cloud, edge computing refers to data computed right at the edge. The company’s EGX for enterprise and edge computing. Based on the company, its NVIDIA EGX and Jetson solutionsaccelerate the most powerful edge computing systems to power diverse applications, including industrial inspection, predictive maintenance, factory robotics, and autonomous machines.Furthermore, we updated our revenue projection for Nvidia’s data center segment in the table below from our previous analysis based on its data center revenue share of the total cloud market capex. To derive this, we forecasted the total cloud market capex based on our projection of the total cloud market from data volume growth forecasts.Volume of Data Worldwide201720182019202020212022F2023F2024F2025F2026FCloud Infrastructure Market Revenues ($ bln)46.56996129.5178.0248.1349.7485.7679.8951.4Cloud Infrastructure Market Revenue Growth %45%48%39%35%37%39%41%39%40%40%Data Volume (ZB)26334164.27997120147181222.9Data Volume Growth %44%27%24%57%23%23%24%23%23%23%Total Market Capex (Adjusted)54.382.888.0125.7163.9209271344442567Total Market Capex Growth %30%52%6%43%30%28%29%27%28%28%Nvidia Data Center Share of Capex Spend3.6%3.5%3.4%5.3%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%6.5%Nvidia Data Center Revenues1.92.93.06.710.613.617.522.328.636.7Nvidia Data Center Revenues Growth %132.5%51.8%1.8%124.5%58.5%27.7%29.2%27.3%28.3%28.3%Source: Nvidia, Company Data, Khaveen Investments Overall, we believe the company’s data center segment outlook is supported by its presence across the 6 types of data centers underlined including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI. Besides a broad product portfolio catering to each data center class, the company also has partnerships with key customers such as major server vendors and cloud service providers. Based on our revenue projection, we derived an average revenue growth rate of 28.2% for its segment through 2026.Integrating Software and AI into Data CentersA data center consists of chips including GPU, central processing unit (CPU), and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) which are some of the commonly used data center chips according to imarc. According to the company, it highlighted the greater compute capabilities of GPUs used as accelerators in data centers running tens of thousands of threads compared to CPUs. According to Network World,GPUs are better suited than CPUs for handling many of the calculations required by AI and machine learning in enterprise data centers and hyperscaler networks.According to Ark Invest, CPUs comprised 83% of data center budgets in 2020 but were forecasted to decline to 40% by 2030 as GPUs become the dominant processor.In its annual report, Nvidia claims to have a platform strategy that brings its hardware, software, algorithms and software libraries together. Furthermore, the company highlighted the introduction of its CUDA programming model which enabled its GPUs with parallel processing capabilities for intensive compute workloads such as deep learning and machine learning.With our introduction of the CUDA programming model in 2006, we opened the parallel processing capabilities of our GPU for general-purpose computing. This approach significantly accelerates the most demanding high-performance computing, or HPC, applications in fields such as aerospace, bioscience research, mechanical and fluid simulations, and energy exploration. Today, our GPUs and networking accelerate many of the fastest supercomputers across the world. In addition, the massively parallel compute architecture of our GPUs and associated software are well suited for deep learning and machine learning, powering the era of AI. While traditional CPU-based approaches no longer deliver advances on the pace described by Moore’s Law, we deliver GPU performance improvements on a pace ahead of Moore’s Law, giving the industry a path forward. – Nvidia 2022 Annual ReportNvidiaIn addition, as seen in the chart above, the company claims to provide a full stack of AI solutions. Besides its hardware, Nvidia has a collection of AI software solutions and development kits for customers and software developers including Clara Mionai, Riva, Maxine, Nemo and Merlin. Moreover, according to the company, it hasover 450 NVIDIA AI libraries and software development kits to serve industries such as gaming, design, quantum computing, AI, 5G/6G, and robotics.Furthermore, its products support various AI software frameworks and software such as RAPIDS, TensorFlow and PyTorch. As Nvidia continued to build up its AI stack, the company’s patents had been steadily increasing since 2018 to 1,174 in 2021 based on Global Data. In comparison, AMD’s patents had also been rising since 2017 with a higher number of patents (1,795) while Intel’s patent filings had been declining but have the most number of patents (11,677).Additionally, the company had introduced its standalone enterprise software offering including NVIDIA AI Enterprise which is $1,000 per node and has 25,000 enterprises already using its technology for AI. According to the company, it had a server installed base of 50 mln enterprises and a TAM of $150 bln for its Enterprise AI software based on its Investor Day Presentation. To determine the share of TAM we expect Nvidia to derive, we compared it against AMD and Intel in terms of its breadth of products, AI software integrations, GPU and CPU performance and price. We ranked the best company for each category with a weight of 0.5 followed by 0.3 for the second-best and 0.2 for the last company and calculated its average weight as our assumption for each company’s share of the TAM.Competitive PositioningNvidiaIntelAMDNumber of products754Software AI Integrations21187Average Data Center CPU BenchmarkN/A34,23776,308Average Data Center CPU PriceN/A$ 2,277$ 3,843GPU Performance (TFLOPS)60N/A47.9GPU Price$36,405N/A$ 14,500Competitive PositioningNvidiaIntelAMDNumber of products0.50.30.2Software AI Integrations0.50.30.2Average Data Center CPU Benchmark0.20.50.3Average Data Center CPU Price0.20.50.3GPU Performance (TFLOPS)0.50.20.3GPU Price0.30.20.5Weights0.370.330.30Source: Nvidia, Intel, AMD, WFTech, Khaveen Investments Based on the table, Nvidia has the broadest product breadth between AMD (4) and Intel (5) with 7 products as the company product offerings include GPUs and DPUs as well as reference design systems such as AGX, HGX, EGX and DGX. Also, it is planning to introduce CPUs based on Arm architecture. In comparison, Intel follows behind with its portfolio of ASICs, FPGAs, GPUs, CPUs and Smart NICs while AMD has FPGAs (Xilinx), CPUs, GPUs and DPUs. Furthermore, by referring to these companies’ AI presentation pitch decks and websites, we found that Nvidia has the highest AI software integrations (21) with its broad collection as stated above in addition to its cloud deployment and infrastructure optimization including Nvidia GPU Operator, Network Operator, vGPU, MagnumIO, CUDA-AI and vSphere integration as part of its AI Enterprise package. As Nvidia’s CPU and Intel’s GPU have yet to launch, we ranked it as the lowest with N/A for our calculations.In terms of hardware, we compared Intel and AMD data center CPUs from our previous analysis of Intel where we determined AMD’s performance advantage based on its higher benchmark score but with premium pricing compared to Intel. Additionally, we compared Nvidia’s H100 GPU based on its performance as measured by its TFLOPS specs with a higher maximum of 60 TFLOPS compared to AMD’s Instinct M250. Though, Nvidia’s GPU has a higher estimated price compared to AMD.Nvidia Enterprise AI Software Revenue ($ bln)20212022F2023F2024F2025F2026F2027F2028FMarket TAM150Nvidia Enterprise AI Software0.030.10.20.72.06.118.355Growth %200%200%200%200%200%200%200%Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments Overall, we determined that Nvidia edged out Intel and AMD with the highest competitive positioning with an average weightage for Nvidia at 37% which we used as our assumption for its share of the Enterprise AI software TAM. Based on the company’s $150 bln TAM as highlighted from its Investor Day, we estimated its revenue opportunity to be $55 bln growing at a CAGR of 200% from 2021 (calculated based on its average cost of $1,000 and 25,000 existing customers) which we believe is not unreasonable given the expected rise of AI which could contribute $15.7 tln in economic output by 2030 according to PwC.$10 billion Arm CPU Opportunity in Data CentersFurthermore, the company had recently introduced its Arm-based Grace CPU for data centers. In terms of specifications, it features 144 CPU cores, 1TB/s LPDDR5X and is connected coherently over NVLink®-C2C. The company also announced that multiple hardware vendors, including ASUS (OTC:AKCPF), Foxconn Industrial Internet, GIGABYTE, QCT, Supermicro and Wiwynn will build Grace-based systems that will start shipping in H1 2023. Additionally, the company had previously secured the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, which has a budget of around $25 mln (fulfills 8% of forecasted Nvidia CPU revenue in 2023), as a customer for its CPUs and GPUs to provide 20 exaflops of AI performance.According to Omdia, 5% of servers shipped had Arm CPUs which is an increase compared to 2.5% in 2020. According to Softbank (OTCPK:SFTBY), the market share of Arm-based CPUs was forecasted to increase to 25% by 2028. We estimated the x86 data center CPU market size based on Intel’s DCG segment had revenues of $22.7 bln with a market share of 94.1% in 2021 based on Passmark. We then estimated the total data center CPU market size based on Arm’s market share of 5% by Omdia to derive the total data center CPU market which we forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 10.2% by 2028. Assuming the share of Arm CPUs increases to 25% by 2028 based on Softbank’s forecast, we derive the total Arm CPU market size of $12.5 bln in 2028.Arm CPU Market Projections ($ bln)20212022F2023F2024F2025F2026F2027F2028Fx86 Data Center CPU share95%94%92%90%87%84%80%75%Arm Data Center CPU Share5%6.3%7.9%10.0%12.5%15.8%19.9%25%Arm Data Center CPU Share CAGR25.8%25.8%25.8%25.8%25.8%25.8%x86 Data Center CPU market size24.126.228.430.632.834.836.437.6Growth %8.7%8.3%7.8%7.0%6.1%4.9%3.1%Arm Data Center CPU market size1.31.82.43.44.76.59.012.5Growth %38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%38.7%Total25.428.030.834.037.441.345.550.1Growth %10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%10.20%Source: Intel, Omdia, Softbank, BlueWeave Consulting, Khaveen InvestmentsCompanies such as Amazon, Ampere and Huawei had been developing Arm-based CPUs for servers. However, Amazon Graviton processors and Huawei’s Kunpeng chips are used in their own data centers in comparison to Nvidia. Based on a comparison of their specifications against Nvidia, Nvidia’s CPU offer a superior core count (144) compared to Ampere Altra Max (128), Amazon Graviton3 (64) and Huawei Kunpeng 920 (64). In terms of product and software integration, according to Nvidia, the Grace CPU will support its HPC software development kit and a full suite of CUDA libraries.Nvidia Arm CPU Revenue ($ bln)2023F2024F2025F2026F2027F2028FShare of TAM1%4.8%8.6%12.4%16.2%20%Nvidia CPU Revenue0.311.633.225.127.3710.02Growth %429.0%97.4%58.9%44.0%36.0%Source: Khaveen Investments All in all, we expect Nvidia’s introduction of its Arm CPU to support its data center segment growth as the company had already secured system hardware partners to build Grace CPU-based systems in H1 2023 and supercomputer customers. Additionally, we believe the company could be supported by its performance advantage with its 144 core CPU which is higher than its competitors as well as integrated with its other AI software.To project Nvidia’s CPU revenue, we assumed its share to rise 20% of our estimated market size by 2028 from 1% in 2023 assuming it releases its CPU as planned. We based our assumption of a 20% market share as we believe it could be faced with not only competitors such as Ampere but also AMD as its CFO indicated that it could embrace Arm CPUs and already had used Arm cores in other products such as microcontrollers while Intel plans to make Arm-based chips with its foundry for customers. This translates to average revenue growth of 133.1% for the company.Risk: Competition from IntelIn addition to competition from AMD, Nvidia could face greater competition as Intel introduced its data center GPUs. While Intel (INTC) has not established itself in the discrete GPU market despite leading the total GPU market with its integrated GPUs, we believe the company could pose a significant threat to Nvidia. This is because Intel dominated the data center CPU market with a 94% market share in 2021 based on PassMark. We believe this could provide Intel with an opportunity to leverage its relationships with key data center customers with cross-selling opportunities. That said, as covered in our previous analysis, we also expect Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to gain market share against Intel with its performance competitive advantages from its CPU portfolio.ValuationWe summarized our revenue projections for the company’s Data Center segment in the table below. Whereas for its other segments, we retained our projections based on our previous analysis. Compared to our previous analysis, our revised revenue projections have a higher average revenue growth forecast of 28.3% compared to 23.4% in our previous analysis driven by higher revenue growth in its Data Center segment at an average of 33.6% compared to 21.9% previously.Nvidia Revenue Projections ($ bln)20212022F2023F2024F2025FGaming12,46215,95320,42126,14133,463Professional Visualization2,1112,3182,5452,7943,068Data Center10,61313,63218,05124,60633,858Automotive5666918421,0281,254OEM and Other1,1621,1621,1621,1621,162Total26,91433,75543,02255,73172,806Growth %61.4%25.4%27.5%29.5%30.6%Source: Nvidia, Khaveen Investments We valued the company based on a DCF analysis as we continue to expect it to generate positive FCFs. We updated our terminal value of the average chipmaker EV/EBITDA to 18.44x from 23.9x previously.SeekingAlpha, Khaveen InvestmentsBased on a discount rate of 13.3% (company’s WACC), our model shows its shares are undervalued by 99.58%.Khaveen InvestmentsVerdictTo conclude, we expect the company’s data center segment’s segment outlook to be supported by its presence across the 6 data center classes including supercomputers, enterprise computing, hyperscalers, cloud computing, edge computing and Factory AI with its broad hardware solutions and partnerships with key customers. Additionally, with its full stack of AI solutions, we expect the company to leverage its competitiveness to expand with its Enterprise AI software with an estimated revenue opportunity of $55 bln by 2028. Lastly, with the planned launch of its Arm CPU by 2023, we forecasted its revenue opportunity of $10 bln by 2028 based on a 20% market share assumption.Overall, we revised our revenue growth projections for the company with a higher average of 28.3% compared to 23.4% previously driven by higher data center segment growth from 21.9% to 33.6%. However, we obtained a lower price target with a lower EV/EBITDA average of 18.44x from 23.4x previously as well as a higher discount rate. Though, Nvidia’s stock price had declined by 51% YTD which we believe presents an attractive upside for the company. Overall, we rate the company as a Strong Buy with a target price of $289.85.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":710,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9071650522,"gmtCreate":1657525815166,"gmtModify":1676536020166,"author":{"id":"4119340995886272","authorId":"4119340995886272","name":"cub1","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4119340995886272","authorIdStr":"4119340995886272"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Thanks for sharing.","listText":"Thanks for sharing.","text":"Thanks for sharing.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9071650522","repostId":"1147195336","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1147195336","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1657505714,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1147195336?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-07-11 10:15","market":"other","language":"en","title":"Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1147195336","media":"KITCO","summary":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share ","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.</p><p><b>The Temptation to Bottom Fish</b></p><p>What can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could &#34;stick our toe in the water&#34; and buy shares. But what if we&#39;re wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?</p><p><b>Selling Puts</b></p><p>Rather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It&#39;s a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.</p><p>First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is &#34;long&#34; a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.</p><p>The counterparty who has sold, or is &#34;short&#34; a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares &#34;put to them&#34; or not.</p><p>Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.</p><p><b>Rules to Remember</b></p><p>We must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we&#39;re just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.</p><p>Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren&#39;t too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It&#39;s usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.</p><p><b>What Makes a Good Candidate?</b></p><p>Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No &#34;buggy whip&#34; manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.</p><p>Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.</p><p><b>Example Setup</b></p><p>Say company &#34;ABC&#34; was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is &#34;blood in the streets,&#34; but overall sentiment may be improving.</p><p>The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn&#39;t as &#34;bad&#34; as expected is another good sign.</p><p>In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.</p><p>If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we&#39;d have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.</p><p>As options sellers, we&#39;re selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.</p><p>As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>Put selling can be a savvy way to go &#34;bottom-fishing&#34; for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get &#34;paid&#34; while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.</p><p>Enjoy your day!</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1657505665102","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nDoes Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-07-11 10:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html><strong>KITCO</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".DJI":"道琼斯"},"source_url":"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1147195336","content_text":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.The Temptation to Bottom FishWhat can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could \"stick our toe in the water\" and buy shares. But what if we're wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?Selling PutsRather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It's a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is \"long\" a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.The counterparty who has sold, or is \"short\" a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares \"put to them\" or not.Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.Rules to RememberWe must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we're just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren't too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It's usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.What Makes a Good Candidate?Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No \"buggy whip\" manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.Example SetupSay company \"ABC\" was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is \"blood in the streets,\" but overall sentiment may be improving.The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn't as \"bad\" as expected is another good sign.In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we'd have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.As options sellers, we're selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.SummaryPut selling can be a savvy way to go \"bottom-fishing\" for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get \"paid\" while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.Enjoy your day!","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":689,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0},{"id":9071627478,"gmtCreate":1657525626694,"gmtModify":1676536020141,"author":{"id":"4119340995886272","authorId":"4119340995886272","name":"cub1","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"followedFlag":false,"idStr":"4119340995886272","authorIdStr":"4119340995886272"},"themes":[],"htmlText":"Thanks for sharing.&nbsp;","listText":"Thanks for sharing.&nbsp;","text":"Thanks for sharing.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/9071627478","repostId":"1147195336","repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1147195336","kind":"news","pubTimestamp":1657505714,"share":"https://ttm.financial/m/news/1147195336?lang=&edition=fundamental","pubTime":"2022-07-11 10:15","market":"other","language":"en","title":"Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1147195336","media":"KITCO","summary":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share ","content":"<html><head></head><body><p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.</p><p><b>The Temptation to Bottom Fish</b></p><p>What can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could &#34;stick our toe in the water&#34; and buy shares. But what if we&#39;re wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?</p><p><b>Selling Puts</b></p><p>Rather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It&#39;s a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.</p><p>First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is &#34;long&#34; a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.</p><p>The counterparty who has sold, or is &#34;short&#34; a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares &#34;put to them&#34; or not.</p><p>Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.</p><p><b>Rules to Remember</b></p><p>We must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we&#39;re just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.</p><p>Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren&#39;t too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It&#39;s usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.</p><p><b>What Makes a Good Candidate?</b></p><p>Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No &#34;buggy whip&#34; manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.</p><p>Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.</p><p><b>Example Setup</b></p><p>Say company &#34;ABC&#34; was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is &#34;blood in the streets,&#34; but overall sentiment may be improving.</p><p>The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn&#39;t as &#34;bad&#34; as expected is another good sign.</p><p>In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.</p><p>If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we&#39;d have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.</p><p>As options sellers, we&#39;re selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.</p><p>As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>Put selling can be a savvy way to go &#34;bottom-fishing&#34; for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get &#34;paid&#34; while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.</p><p>Enjoy your day!</p></body></html>","source":"lsy1657505665102","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Does Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; line-height:1.5; color:#999; background:transparent; }\n.wrapper{ overflow:hidden;word-break:break-all;padding:10px; }\nh1,h2{ font-weight:normal; line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:.6em; }\nh3,h4,h5,h6{ line-height:1.35; margin-bottom:1em; }\nh1{ font-size:24px; }\nh2{ font-size:20px; }\nh3{ font-size:18px; }\nh4{ font-size:16px; }\nh5{ font-size:14px; }\nh6{ font-size:12px; }\np,ul,ol,blockquote,dl,table{ margin:1.2em 0; }\nul,ol{ margin-left:2em; }\nul{ list-style:disc; }\nol{ list-style:decimal; }\nli,li p{ margin:10px 0;}\nimg{ max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto 1em; }\nblockquote{ color:#B5B2B1; border-left:3px solid #aaa; padding:1em; }\nstrong,b{font-weight:bold;}\nem,i{font-style:italic;}\ntable{ width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:1px;margin:1em 0;font-size:.9em; }\nth,td{ padding:5px;text-align:left;border:1px solid #aaa; }\nth{ font-weight:bold;background:#5d5d5d; }\n.symbol-link{font-weight:bold;}\n/* header{ border-bottom:1px solid #494756; } */\n.title{ margin:0 0 8px;line-height:1.3;color:#ddd; }\n.meta {color:#5e5c6d;font-size:13px;margin:0 0 .5em; }\na{text-decoration:none; color:#2a4b87;}\n.meta .head { display: inline-block; overflow: hidden}\n.head .h-thumb { width: 30px; height: 30px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; float: left;}\n.head .h-content { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 9px; float: left;}\n.head .h-name {font-size: 13px; color: #eee; margin: 0;}\n.head .h-time {font-size: 11px; color: #7E829C; margin: 0;line-height: 11px;}\n.small {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.9); -webkit-transform: scale(0.9); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.smaller {font-size: 12.5px; display: inline-block; transform: scale(0.8); -webkit-transform: scale(0.8); transform-origin: left; -webkit-transform-origin: left;}\n.bt-text {font-size: 12px;margin: 1.5em 0 0 0}\n.bt-text p {margin: 0}\n</style>\n</head>\n<body>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<header>\n<h2 class=\"title\">\nDoes Selling Put Options During a Market Downturn Provide a Safety Net?\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2022-07-11 10:15 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html><strong>KITCO</strong></a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there ...</p>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{".IXIC":"NASDAQ Composite",".SPX":"S&P 500 Index",".DJI":"道琼斯"},"source_url":"https://www.kitco.com/commentaries/2022-07-08/Does-selling-put-options-during-a-market-downturn-provide-a-safety-net.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1147195336","content_text":"In a significant market downturn, bearish sentiment, if not outright fear, can drive down the share price of good companies rather drastically. When the market is in a sustained selling mood, there can be a substantial disconnect between the long-term fundamentals and the technical price action we see on the chart.The Temptation to Bottom FishWhat can we do when good companies are trading at what appear to be bargain prices? We could \"stick our toe in the water\" and buy shares. But what if we're wrong about whether a bottom in the share price is in place? Or what if the stock takes a very long time to build a base and goes nowhere for an extended period?Selling PutsRather than buying shares, we could sell put options instead. It's a strategy famously used by Warren Buffett to acquire shares at a discount.First, a quick review ofput options. Someone who owns or is \"long\" a put has paid a premium to have the right, but not the obligation, to sell shares to the counterparty at the strike price. But that right exists only until the option expires.The counterparty who has sold, or is \"short\" a put, has an obligation to buy shares at the strike price. That obligation is eliminated when the option expires, and the put seller gets to keep the premium collected whether they have shares \"put to them\" or not.Although selling puts can be a way to acquire shares at a discount, traders (as opposed to investors) may just be interested in collecting the put premium as an income strategy.Rules to RememberWe must like the stock at or around the strike price and believe it will recover over time. Even if we're just selling puts to collect premiums, keep in mind that we could end up owning shares.Of course, there must be options available on the stock. The options should have good liquidity – decent volume, open interest, and bid/ask spreads that aren't too wide. The strike prices near the current share price should have hundreds, if not thousands, of open interest contracts. The bid/ask spreads on the options should be just a few pennies wide. It's usually a good sign of option liquidity if weekly, not just monthly, options are available.What Makes a Good Candidate?Look for companies with a long history of good earnings that have rebounded after many economic cycles. The company sells a product or service that will likely remain in demand for the foreseeable future. (No \"buggy whip\" manufacturers.) A good candidate will likely weather the current storm and come out okay when the economy recovers.Ideally, the share price is under $25, preferably under $20. At that price level and below, the option premiums relative to the share price make for efficient use of capital and an attractive return on risk.Example SetupSay company \"ABC\" was trading for $34 a share before the general market selloff but now is trading for roughly half that at $15.60. There is \"blood in the streets,\" but overall sentiment may be improving.The price action on the chart shows some tentative signs of bottoming. A gap up with increased volume is a good sign. A recent earnings report that wasn't as \"bad\" as expected is another good sign.In this example, the premium for the $15 put is $1.20 for an expiration 42 days away. While the $15 strike is currently out-of-the-money (OTM), if we had shares put to us at $15, our cost basis would be $15 - $1.20, or $13.80.If the shares were trading at $14 at expiration, we'd have shares put to us. But we would still be ahead on the trade with a profit. We could turn around and sell those shares at $14 and have a profit of $0.20.As options sellers, we're selling time value that decays as the expiration date approaches. We know that regardless of what happens with the share price, the time value we sold will be $0 at expiration.As an alternative to risking assignment, we could roll the trade forward rather than wait for shares to be put for us. We could buy back the option on or near the expiration date and sell another option further out in time. We can typically do that for a net credit. In this example, we might be able to collect another $1 in premium. So now our risk in the trade is reduced to $15 - $1.20 - $1.00 = $12.80.SummaryPut selling can be a savvy way to go \"bottom-fishing\" for good stocks, either to acquire shares at a discount or just collect option premiums. Selling puts gives us a way to get \"paid\" while we wait for the share price to recover. We can make a profit if the share price goes up, sideways, or even down a bit.Enjoy your day!","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"tweetType":1,"viewCount":679,"authorTweetTopStatus":1,"verified":2,"comments":[],"imageCount":0,"langContent":"EN","totalScore":0}],"lives":[]}