NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) — Quality & forensics
As of 2026-09-14 — refreshed nightly. Closelook readings from an investment research diary, not ratings or advice.
The Closelook module scores
- Valuation 38
- Quality 95
- Growth 88
- Balance sheet 89
- Cash quality 18
- Capital allocation 47
- Momentum 60
Scores are computed nightly across the coverage universe and read relative to it — the methodology lives in the company-scoring explainer.
Financial forensics — the academic screens
Sits in the safe zone (above 2.99). The Z-Score estimates financial-distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
Nine binary fundamental-strength checks across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
Screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns — above the −1.78 threshold the literature flags for earnings-manipulation risk. A screen, not an accusation.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-14
Quick answers
What is NVIDIA Corporation's Closelook quality reading?
The composite reads 65/100 across 7 modules, as of 2026-09-14: valuation 38, quality 95, growth 88, balance sheet 89, cash quality 18, capital allocation 47, momentum 60. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or investment advice.
What is NVIDIA Corporation's Altman Z-Score?
72.07, which sits in the safe zone (above 2.99) as of 2026-09-14. The Altman Z-Score estimates financial distress risk from five balance-sheet and earnings ratios.
What is NVIDIA Corporation's Piotroski F-Score?
4 of 9, as of 2026-09-14. The F-Score counts nine binary fundamental-strength signals across profitability, leverage and operating efficiency.
What does NVIDIA Corporation's Beneish M-Score indicate?
-1.37 — above the −1.78 threshold the literature flags for earnings-manipulation risk, as of 2026-09-14. The M-Score screens reported earnings for statistical manipulation patterns; it is a screen, not an accusation.
Mentioned on Closelook
Where NVDA appears in the diary — 48 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.
Go deeper
- NVIDIA 2030The Operating System of Global Intelligence. Investment Thesis & Valuation Framework.Dossier · $49 one-time, or included in C+
- Industrial & Physical AI: Global Dependencies 2026–2030Simulation · Digital Twins · Robotics · Embodied AI — Who Owns the StackDossier · $29 one-time, or included in C+
Long reads
- NVIDIA 2030
- Industrial & Physical AI: Global Dependencies 2026–2030
- Where to Invest in the AI Chip Constraint Chain
- Agentic Infrastructure Software: The Orchestration Layer
- Who Owns the AI Chip Buildout?
- AI Economy — Three Futures for 2030, and the One the Model Leaves Out
- Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has Closed
- Magnificent Seven — The Seven at the Shelf
101 and glossary
- ABR — Agent Beneficiary Ratio: Scoring AI Disruption Impact
- AI Infrastructure Outlook 2026: Layers, Risks, and Positioning
- Inference Economics: How the Training-to-Inference Shift Changes Everything
- NVIDIA Investor's Timeline: Hopper to Blackwell to Rubin and Beyond
- Sovereign AI: The National Compute Arms Race and Its Investment Map
- The 6-Layer Model: How Closelook Maps the AI Supply Chain
- The Greeks: Reading the Options Dashboard
Dailies
- AI trade — sellers of compute sold, buyers bought: chips −5.6%, software +5%, SoftBank +7% in Tokyo
- AI trade — the labs ask for a slowdown: Kospi −3.3%, SoftBank −11%, Nasdaq futures −1.2%, oil back above $106
- AI trade — the pacing call splits tech: chips −5%, software +4.5%, security +12–15%, 10-year hits 5%
- Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7%
- Stocks snap a four-day losing streak as oil slips under $100 and chips bounce 2% — despite core inflation hotter than hoped and Fed hike odds at 82%; Oracle gives back its entire after-hours jump
- Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave back
- Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%
- The trade flips at midday: chips fade, software bounces — Meta +6%, Cloudflare +9%, Datadog +6% while oil holds $101 and the 10-year hits 4.85%
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