Nvidia Urged to Launch Monster Buyback and Raise Dividend at $5.2 Trillion Value
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Updated · CNBC · May 25
Nvidia Urged to Launch Monster Buyback and Raise Dividend at $5.2 Trillion Value
8 articles · Updated · CNBC · May 25
$5.2 trillion Nvidia is being pushed to overhaul capital allocation after its shares fell back despite what the analyst called a blowout quarter.
The argument is that earnings surprises alone no longer move the stock, so Nvidia should copy Apple with a much larger annual dividend and an aggressive buyback to shrink its 24.2 billion-share float.
The proposal goes beyond using current cash, urging Nvidia to recycle gains from investments such as its $5 billion Intel stake—bought at $23.28 and now worth far more—into shareholder returns.
That shift, the analyst says, could stabilize a shareholder base seen as too fickle, counter options-driven pressure on the stock, and preserve Nvidia as a core long-term holding rather than a trading name.
Should Nvidia risk its strategic Intel partnership simply to fund buybacks and calm nervous investors?
Are the explosive growth days for AI stocks over, forcing a pivot to shareholder payouts?
Has Microsoft's deep AI integration already made Cramer's concerns about the future of Windows obsolete?