NVIDIA Corporation

Q2 preview final: balance sheet disclosures could speak louder than EPS beat

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Analyst Name Duksan Jang
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Analyst Name Michael Mani
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25 August 2026 Equity United States Semiconductors

NVIDIA Corporation

Q2 preview final: balance sheet disclosures could speak louder than EPS beat

Authored By
Analyst Name Vivek Arya
Analyst Email vivek.arya@bofa.com
Analyst Designation Research Analyst
Analyst Region BofAS
Analyst Name Duksan Jang
Analyst Email duksan.jang@bofa.com
Analyst Designation Research Analyst
Analyst Region BofAS
Analyst Name Michael Mani
Analyst Email michael.mani@bofa.com
Analyst Designation Research Analyst
Analyst Region BofAS
Analyst Name Liam Pharr
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25 August 2026 Equity United States Semiconductors
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Reiterate Rating
BUY
Price
213.05
USD
Price Objective
350.00
USD
Upside
64.3%
Market Cap
5,300,684
USD(mn)
Average Daily Value
25165.70
USD(mn)
all data as of 25 August 2026
Ticker NVDA US
Company Financials
Reiterate Rating
BUY
Price
213.05
USD
Price Objective
350.00
USD
Upside
64.3%
Market Cap
5,300,684
USD(mn)
Average Daily Value
25165.70
USD(mn)
all data as of 25 August 2026



Key takeaways
  • Beat/raised is likely priced in, off-B/S commitment disclosure and FCF payout expansion (50-75%+) could be the real catalysts
  • NVDA's worst-case commitments total $500bn (equity, off-B/S backing, purchase commitment), only 10% of EV vs. 44% de-rating
  • NVDA could follow the Apple playbook - returned 82% of FCF from FY13-25, retired 43% of shares, expanded 4x to 25x EV/EBITDA

NVIDIA Corporation

Glossary:
NVDA - NVIDIA
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
GW - Gigawatt
B/S - Balance Sheet
ACIE - AI Cloud, Industrial, Enterprise
RVG - Residual Value Guarantee
SPV - Special Purpose Vehicle
CPU - Central Processing Unit
EDA - Electronic Design Automation
AI-RAN - AI Radio Access Network
6G - Sixth-Generation Wireless

 

 

NVIDIA Corporation

The balance sheet, not the beat, is the real tell

Reiterate Buy, PO $350. FQ2 should deliver the usual 3-4% sales beat/raise on the Vera Rubin ramp, but the headline is the least interesting part. What matters is NVDA's potential disclosure of its multi-year, off-balance-sheet commitments to lock down supply, power, models and demand. Quantifying these liabilities won't erase AI buildout risk, but it lets the market price properly into what we see as a depressed valuation.

A 44% de-rate for an ~10% worst case EV burden

NVDA's first mega-deal, the $100bn/10GW OpenAI investment in Sep'25, marked trading near its 5yr historical forward EV/EBITDA of ~27x median. The multiple has since collapsed 44% to ~15x, less than half of peer AMD's ~32x. That haircut overstates the worst-case ~$500bn (10% of EV) funding burden. (Our estimate includes the $150-$200bn required for multi-year purchase commitment and cloud service agreements). In a bull case of resilient demand, NVDA may never shoulder the cost of unused capacity or stranded assets at all.

An iPhone moment deserves an iPhone playbook

NVDA has called AI's dawn the industry's "iPhone moment." NVDA should finish the analogy on cash returns. From FY13-25 Apple returned 82% of FCF, retiring ~43% of shares, and that FY13 buyback pivot put a floor under the stock, lifting it from 4x to 25x EV/EBITDA currently. Different cycles, lower capex, recurring services, all caveats apply, but NVDA's ~37% FCF payout (FY27/28 consensus) looks modest. A move to 50-75% could offer real support. By next year NVDA could be generating nearly $1bn DAILY in free cash flow, providing it more than enough firepower to support ecosystem commitments AND to dedicate a meaningful amount towards supporting the stock.

Bottom line: B/S disclosure, buyback boost key catalysts

The beat is priced; the balance sheet is the debate. Better commitment disclosure caps the perceived liability, and a buyback pivot toward Apple-style payouts is the underappreciated 2H and CY27 catalyst to re-rate the stock trading at a depressed multiple. More cash returned to investors also helps to reduce the risk overfunding the AI buildout which could extend the durability of the cycle, in our view.

Also watch for relative growth across cloud vs Others

NVDA recently started to segment sales/growth across public hyperscalers and others (ACIE - AI Cloud, Industrial, Enterprise and sovereign customers). The mix has been relatively even, though NVDA ecosystem investments could tilt growth towards ACIE, helping NVDA diversify away from public hyperscalers who are developing multiple competing custom chips. Separately, we summarize NVDA/others' recent product presentations at the Hot Chips conference in a (see report) companion note. The company's pipeline, customer breadth, scale, access to preferential supply and recent pricing boost could help to preserve its industry leading mid-70s GM in our view.

 

 

Stock Data

 

Price

213.05 USD

Price Objective

350.00 USD

Date Established

20-May-2026

Investment Opinion

C-1-7

52-Week Range

164.07 USD - 236.54 USD

Mrkt Val (mn) / Shares Out (mn)

5,300,684 USD / 24,880.0

Free Float

96.2%

Average Daily Value (mn)

25165.70 USD

BofA Ticker / Exchange

NVDA / NAS

Bloomberg / Reuters

NVDA US / NVDA.OQ

ROE (2027E)

95.9%

Net Dbt to Eqty (Jan-2026A)

-1.4%

 

 

NVIDIA Corporation

 NVDA committed financing ~64% of FCF

So far, we estimate NVDA has committed to directly providing ~$300bn in total capital commitments into ecosystem partners, across:

  • ~$70bn in equity investments, including the recent $30bn investment into OpenAI, up to $10bn into Anthropic, and $5bn into Ilya Sutskever's Safe Superintelligence, and
  • ~$230bn in residual value guarantee (RVG) or backstop for SB Energy and 6-financial firm SPV.

Overall, we view NVDA's $300bn total committed capital as manageable given its ability to generate as much as ~$470bn of FCF over just the next two years (CY26-27), or ~64% of FCF. For direct equity investments specifically, the $70bn committed equity is only ~15% of FCF. In other words, we see limited risks in NVDA not returning 50% of FCF to shareholders as it has committed to in May 2026.

Exhibit 1: NVDA has committed ~$300bn of total capital commitments into partners to date, across ~$70bn direct equity investment and ~$230bn residual value guarantee (RVG) or backstop, vs. ~$470bn of FCF throughout CY26-27E, representing ~64% of FCF in the worst case

NVDA's major equity investment programs into ecosystem partners

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Ecosystem Partner

Date

Type

NVDA Committed

Bucket

SB Energy

Aug-26

Backstop

$105bn

AI data-center infrastructure / power

SB Energy

Aug-26

Equity

$1.5bn

AI data-center infrastructure / power

SPV (6 Financial Firms)

Aug-26

Backstop

$125bn

AI data-center infrastructure / power

Safe Superintelligence

Jul-26

Equity

$5bn

AI data-center infrastructure / power

OpenAI

Feb/Mar-26

Equity

$30bn

Frontier model

Anthropic

Nov-25

Equity

Up to $10bn

Frontier model

Intel

Sep-25

Equity

$5bn

CPU / x86 ecosystem

Synopsys

Dec-25

Equity

$2bn

EDA / engineering software

Nokia

Oct-25

Equity

$1bn

AI-RAN / 6G / networking

CoreWeave

Jan-26

Equity

$2bn

Neocloud / AI infrastructure

Nebius

Mar-26

Equity

$2bn

Neocloud / AI cloud

Lumentum

Mar-26

Equity

$2bn

Photonics / lasers

Coherent

Mar-26

Equity

$2bn

Photonics / optical networking

Marvell

Mar-26

Equity

$2bn

Custom silicon / silicon photonics / networking

Corning

May-26

Equity

Up to $3.2bn

Optical fiber / AI interconnect manufacturing

IREN

May-26

Equity

Up to $2.1bn

AI data-center infrastructure / power

Wayve

Sep-25

Equity

Proposed $500mn

Autonomous driving / embodied AI

Nscale

Sep-25

Equity

£500mn

UK AI infrastructure / neocloud

Ayar Labs

Mar-26

Equity

Unknown

Co-packaged optics

xAI

Jan-26

Equity

Unknown

Frontier model

Total Equity

 

 

~$70bn

 

Total Backstop

 

 

~$230bn

 

NVDA FCF

 

 

$469bn (CY26-27E)

 

Source: BofA Global Research estimates, company data

BofA GLOBAL RESEARCH

 

 

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA)

Our $350 PO is based on 26x CY27E PE ex cash, within NVDA's historical 25x-56x forward year PE range, which we believe is justified by NVDA's leading share in fast-growing AI compute/networking markets, offset by lumpiness in global AI projects, cyclical gaming market, and concerns around access to power.

Downside risks are: 1) weakness in consumer driven gaming market, 2) Competition with major public firms, internal cloud projects and other private companies in AI and accelerated computing markets, 3) Larger than expected impact from restrictions on compute shipments to China, or additional restrictions placed on activity in the region, 4) Lumpy and unpredictable sales in new enterprise, data center, and autos markets, 5) Potential for decelerating capital returns, and 6) Enhanced government scrutiny of NVDA's dominant market position in AI chips.

 

 

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Percent

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Count

Percent

Buy

243

60.60%

Buy

123

50.62%

Hold

87

21.70%

Hold

45

51.72%

Sell

71

17.71%

Sell

21

29.58%

 

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Percent

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Count

Percent

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1987

56.11%

Buy

1190

59.89%

Hold

797

22.51%

Hold

496

62.23%

Sell

757

21.38%

Sell

391

51.65%

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