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For Immediate ReleasesChicago, IL – January 30, 2026 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include  Intel Corp. INTC and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD.Here are highlights from Friday’s Analyst Blog:NVIDIA at 41x Forward Earnings: Buy, Hold, or Cash Out? NVIDIA Faces Global Risks, But the Market Remains ConfidentNVIDIA is currently trading at a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 41.07, well above the Semiconductor - General industry’s average of 28.99. This stretched valuation makes the NVDA stock volatile if growth expectations are not met.A potential U.S.-China trade war could hurt NVIDIA’s chip sales, a concern compounded by stiff competition from Intel Corp.  and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., especially as data center capital spending accelerates.Despite these concerns, the market appears unfazed, as indicated by NVIDIA’s elevated P/E ratio, which implies confidence in the company’s future growth and positions it as comparatively less risky within the volatile cyclical chip industry.The Case for NVIDIA: Growth Drivers That Can’t Be IgnoredLet’s acknowledge that the U.S.-China trade complications are currently easing. China has authorized the purchase of NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips for several of NVIDIA’s Chinese customers for the first time. Some of the major tech players, including ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA), have received initial approvals worth around $10 billion. With the Trump administration already authorizing the shipment of H200 chips to China, NVIDIA’s sales are expected to receive a significant boost.NVIDIA also expects data center capital spending globally to reach between $3 trillion and $4 trillion annually by 2030, presenting significant opportunities for the company to sell its computing hardware and drive sales. Additionally, the strong demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation Blackwell chips and cloud graphics processing units (GPUs) is likely to further drive the company’s future revenues.NVIDIA expects fiscal fourth quarter 2026 revenues to reach nearly $65 billion, with a plus or minus 2%, according to investor.nvidia.com. For the fiscal third quarter of 2026, NVIDIA has already reported revenues of $57 billion, up 62% year over year and 22% quarter over quarter.NVIDIA Stock to Buy Hand Over FistNVIDIA’s strong growth outlook, driven by easing U.S.-China trade tensions, increasing data center spending, and booming demand for its chips, justifies its high valuation, keeping it an attractive investment.Moreover, NVIDIA’s lofty valuation is backed by strong fundamentals and not speculation, suggesting that the stock is not in a bubble. NVIDIA has a net profit margin of 53%, more than the industry's 49.34%, clearly indicating significant growth.NVIDIA, thus, currently has a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), and its $4.66 Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings per share implies growth of 10.7% year over year. 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