Looking ahead, Wall Street's consensus estimate suggests that Nvidia's EPS could come in at $4.43 in fiscal 2026. That places the stock at a forward P/E ratio of just 32.1. This means the stock will have to soar 82% next year just to trade in line with its 10-year average P/E of 58.6, which implies a stock price of $259!

Now, let's consider one of the highest-profile companies today, and that's artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). In fact, Nvidia just completed its most recent stock split in June after the shares soared past $900 earlier in the year -- and then surged past $1,

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has proved itself to be one of the early winners in the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, increasing earnings in the triple digits in recent quarters and pledging to keep innovating to supercharge growth.

The stock isn't cheap, but it isn't far from where its peers are priced. Nvidia has risen to the top of AI investments because it has become the building block on which AI models are built and trained.