--- title: "Jensen Huang calls out \"1 trillion,\" why is NVIDIA still struggling to rise?" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/279529290.md" description: "Jensen Huang presented the largest outlook in history at the GTC conference—$1 trillion in revenue visibility—but failed to move the stock price. Analysts pointed out the crux: this figure has limited upside compared to Wall Street consensus, and the deeper dilemma is that NVIDIA's market value has exceeded $4 trillion, where the \"law of large numbers\" begins to take effect. If investors expect a doubling, it means NVIDIA needs to reach a market value of $9 trillion—approximately equal to the combined GDP of Germany and India" datetime: "2026-03-18T03:52:01.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/279529290.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279529290.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/279529290.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/279529290.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/279529290.md) # Jensen Huang calls out "1 trillion," why is NVIDIA still struggling to rise? NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the largest revenue outlook in history at the annual GTC conference, yet it failed to ignite the stock price. This reflects a deeper dilemma: when a company becomes large enough to shake the global economic landscape, the market's pricing logic for "good news" also changes. On Monday, Huang announced during his keynote speech at GTC that NVIDIA's revenue visibility for the Blackwell and Rubin platforms has exceeded $1 trillion, covering the period from 2025 to the end of 2027. This figure is double the $500 billion outlook he disclosed last fall at the Washington GTC. However, NVIDIA's stock price remained almost unchanged after the speech, further dropping 0.7% on Tuesday. The market's lukewarm response is not coincidental. Analysts point out that the $1 trillion outlook has limited upside compared to existing Wall Street expectations; meanwhile, NVIDIA's size has grown to a level where traditional valuation logic has become ineffective, compounded by macro headwinds, making it difficult for the stock price to find new upward catalysts in the short term. ## Bright Outlook, but Doubts About Upside Potential Huang's $1 trillion outlook is undoubtedly impressive in absolute terms, but when compared to Wall Street consensus, its degree of exceeding expectations is significantly diminished. According to MarketWatch, Seaport Research analyst Jay Goldberg stated that the outlook is "impressive in absolute terms," but compared to Wall Street consensus, **"the upside is not large."** FactSet data shows that the market consensus for NVIDIA's data center revenue in 2027 is about $443 billion, while Huang's $1 trillion only covers the Blackwell and Rubin platforms and does not include other data center products, meaning the overall data center revenue will exceed this figure. Stifel analyst Ruben Roy wrote in a research report, "We believe Huang touched on the core issue being discussed in the investor community, **the updated backlog data is more about validating rather than raising existing expectations.**" Roy maintains a buy rating on NVIDIA with a target price of $250. Independent analyst Richard Windsor raised questions in his Radio Free Mobile report: whether better reasoning can truly translate into profits depends on whether data center operators can continue to generate more revenue from expensive NVIDIA hardware. He pointed out that Blackwell was supposed to bring similar economic benefits, but fierce competition has led to a decline in computing power prices, resulting in stagnant revenue. Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon, on the other hand, holds a relatively optimistic stance. In a report on Tuesday, he noted that since the $1 trillion only accounts for Blackwell and Rubin, the overall data center revenue will exceed this figure; moreover, **the guidance is "just a snapshot at the current point in time," with seven quarters remaining until the end of 2027, leaving room for further improvement in revenue trends—Huang himself also anticipated this in his speech.** ## The Dilemma of Scale: The Law of Large Numbers Begins to Take Effect The deeper issue currently facing NVIDIA may not lie in the outlook itself, but rather in the fact that the company's size has grown to a level where its growth story struggles to continuously attract funding. Jay Goldberg pointed out in a report on Monday, "NVIDIA has now become large enough to start hitting the law of large numbers." He noted that NVIDIA holds over 80% of the AI chip market, which is "still growing significantly," but under such scale, "the path forward looks more difficult." **Competitors are actively positioning themselves, with Broadcom and AMD recently reaching chip collaborations with hyperscale cloud computing customers, "NVIDIA now has to work harder than ever to compete for revenue."** TD Cowen analyst Joshua Buchalter shares a similar view. In a report on Monday, he pointed out that NVIDIA's market capitalization has exceeded $4 trillion, which makes its trading logic fundamentally different from other stocks. "The reality is that for a company with a market cap over $4 trillion, there are trading and capital flow dynamics that neither we nor investors are accustomed to." **Buchalter stated that investors are looking for chip targets with the potential to double, and for NVIDIA to achieve this goal, its market cap would need to reach about $9 trillion—roughly equivalent to the combined GDP of Germany and India.** "We have heard from investors multiple times that they believe companies in NVIDIA's supply chain related to it have greater resilience and upside potential than NVIDIA itself." ## Macroeconomic Headwinds Suppress Stock Price, Trapped in Range Fluctuation In addition to valuation challenges, the worsening macro environment continues to suppress NVIDIA's stock price performance space. Some analysts pointed out that NVIDIA's stock price has been essentially trapped in the $180 to $190 range since last summer. Initial concerns about the sustainability of AI infrastructure spending at the end of last year have now been amplified by market risk aversion triggered by the Iran conflict, narrowing expectations for interest rate cuts, and recession fears, collectively forming macro pressures that make it difficult for NVIDIA's stock price to break through. Historically, NVIDIA's stock price reaction after this GTC is significantly weaker than in previous years. Dow Jones market data shows that after the GTC conferences in March 2024 and March 2025, NVIDIA's stock price rose by 3.12% and 3.15% respectively the following day; whereas after this presentation, the stock price only slightly increased by 1.7%, and then turned down by 0.7% on Tuesday ### Related Stocks - [NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDA.US.md) - [YieldMax NVDA Option Income Strategy ETF (NVDY.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDY.US.md) - [GraniteShares 2x Short NVDA Daily ETF (NVD.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVD.US.md) - [Direxion Daily Semicondct Bull 3X ETF (SOXL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SOXL.US.md) - [VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SMH.US.md) - [T-REX 2X Long NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDX.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDX.US.md) - [GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF (NVDL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDL.US.md) - [The Technology Select Sector SPDR® ETF (XLK.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XLK.US.md) - [Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF (GAMR.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GAMR.US.md) - [iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sect ETF (IGV.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IGV.US.md) - [State StreetSPDRS&PSftwr&SvcsETF (XSW.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XSW.US.md) - [T-REX 2X Inverse NVIDIA Daily Target ETF (NVDQ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDQ.US.md) - [Direxion Daily NVDA Bear 1X ETF (NVDD.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDD.US.md) - [Global X Video Games & Esports ETF (HERO.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HERO.US.md) - [VanEck Vdo Gaming and eSprts ETF (ESPO.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ESPO.US.md) - [Tradr 1.5X Short NVDA Daily ETF (NVDS.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDS.US.md) - [iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SOXX.US.md) - [Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X Shares (NVDU.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDU.US.md) - [XL2CSOPNVDA (07788.HK)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07788.HK.md) - [XI2CSOPNVDA (07388.HK)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/07388.HK.md) ## Related News & Research - [Synopsys Showcases NVIDIA Partnership Impact and Ecosystem Innovation at GTC 2026 | SNPS Stock News](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279319543.md) - [Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says OpenClaw is 'definitely the next ChatGPT'](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279500740.md) - [The Brutal Math Of Nvidia's $1 Trillion Target: A 3x Quarterly Revenue Surge In Under 2 Years](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279462250.md) - [Trump Gives Nvidia Investors Score Big Win](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279478186.md) - ['This Changes the AI Cost Game,' Says Morgan Stanley on Nvidia Stock (NVDA)](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279430541.md)