NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) is Continuing its Rally on Investor Optimism

Aristotle Atlantic Partners, LLC, an investment advisor, released its “Large Cap Growth Strategy” second quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. In the second quarter, Aristotle Atlantic’s Large Cap Growth Strategy delivered 8.77% gross of fees (8.71% net of fees) outperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s return of 8.33%. Security selection led the portfolio to outperform in the quarter. Security selection in Information Technology and Financials contributed the most to relative performance while health care and Industrials detracted. In addition, you can check the top 5 holdings of the fund to know its best picks in 2024.

Aristotle Atlantic Large Cap Growth Strategy highlighted stocks like NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), in the second quarter 2024 investor letter. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) offers graphics and compute and networking solutions. The one-month return of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was -0.15%, and its shares gained 164.35% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On July 19, 2024, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock closed at $117.93 per share with a market capitalization of $2.901 trillion.

Aristotle Atlantic Large Cap Growth Strategy stated the following regarding NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in its Q2 2024 investor letter:

“NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) contributed to portfolio performance in the second quarter as investors continued to view positively the new product roadmap for the rest of the year. The company sees accelerating demand for its GPU semiconductors from hyperscalers and enterprises. Nvidia’s GPU semiconductors continue to be the industry-leading building blocks of the accelerated computing data center architecture to drive AI compute and applications.”

A close-up of a colorful high-end graphics card being plugged in to a gaming computer.

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is in 5th position on our list of 31 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 186 hedge fund portfolios held NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) at the end of the first quarter which was 173 in the previous quarter. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) reported another record quarter in Q1 with $26 billion in revenues, representing a 262% year-over-year increase. While we acknowledge the potential of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is as promising as NVIDIA but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

In another article, we discussed NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and shared the list of most profitable stocks of the last 20 years. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q2 2024 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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