Billionaires Sell Nvidia Stock and Buy an AI Stock Up 2,000% Since Early 2023
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Nvidia (NVDA -0. 74%) has been one of the biggest winners since ChatGPT started the artificial intelligence (AI) boom in late 2022. The company's trailing-12-month earnings per have increased 1,690% since...
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Nvidia (NVDA -0. 74%) has been one of the biggest winners since ChatGPT started the artificial intelligence (AI) boom in late 2022
The company's trailing-12-month earnings per have increased 1,690% since the fiscal year that in January 2023, and its price has increased 715%
Yet several minent hedge fund managers sold Nvidia during the first quarter and added s of Palantir nologies (PLTR 3. 54%), a stock that has returned 2,000% since January 2023
Billionaire Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors sold 1. 5 million s of Nvidia, reducing his stake 50%
He also added 902,400 s of Palantir, increasing his stake 204%
Billionaire Israel Englander of Millennium Management sold 740,500 s of Nvidia, cutting his stake 7%
He also bought 986,400 s of Palantir, increasing his stake 302%
The trades detailed above were made in the first quarter, so investors need to reassess both companies before deciding to buy or sell either stock
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Nvidia: The stock Citadel and Millennium sold in the first quarter Semiconductor company Nvidia reported solid financial results in the first quarter
Revenue increased 69% to $44 billion due to what CEO Jensen Huang characterized as "incredibly strong" demand for AI infrastructure
Meanwhile, non-GAAP net income jumped 33% to $0. 81 per diluted, and earnings would have increased more quickly had it not been for new export restrictions
DeepSeek shook investor confidence in Nvidia earlier this year when it reportedly trained a sophisticated large language model with much less money (and less powerful chips) than U
Rivals Anthropic and OpenAI
However, concerns a decline in AI infrastructure spending have so far been unfounded, and DeepSeek's efficient training methods may even boost demand for Nvidia chips by making AI affordable for more companies
I still see Nvidia as a worthwhile investment due to the durability of the AI boom
While generative AI is the focal point today, physical AI will gradually steal the spotlight in the years ahead
Physical AI is the nology that will let autonomous machines, cars and robots, understand and navigate the real world, and Nvidia is well-positioned to be a winner in those
Nvidia graphics cessing units (GPUs) are the most coveted AI accelerators on the market, and its dominance is due to a combination of better hardware and a robust ecosystem of supporting software
Most AI jects rely on Nvidia's CUDA software, and that platform includes tools for self-driving cars and robotics that should keep the company on the cutting edge of the AI boom for many years
Wall Street expects Nvidia's earnings to increase at 28% annually over the next three to five years, which makes the current valuation of 51 times earnings look tolerable
Investors with a long time horizon can hold this stock with confidence
Palantir nologies: The stock Citadel and Millennium bought in the first quarter Palantir reported solid first-quarter financial results
Customers increased 39% to 769, and the average existing customer spent 124% more
Revenue climbed 39% to $884 million, the seventh-straight acceleration, and non-GAAP earnings increased 62% to $0. 13 per diluted
Management also raised full-year guidance; sales now are forecast to increase 36% in 2025
Palantir designs analytics software for the commercial and government sectors
Its core platforms, Gotham and Foundry, let customers integrate and query complex information with analytical applications and machine learning models
Its artificial intelligence platform (AIP) adds support for large language models and natural language cessing, which lets customers apply generative AI to their operations
Management says investments in infrastructure and software architecture have positioned Palantir uniquely to der on demand for artificial intelligence
Forrester Re has corroborated that claim to some degree by recognizing the company as a leader in artificial intelligence and machine learning platforms, awarding its AIP duct higher scores than similar tools from Alphabet's Google and Microsoft
Palantir is a good, but the stock is outrageously expensive
It currently trades at 107 times sales, a valuation that only a handful of software companies have achieved in the last few decades
For context, the next closest company in the S&P 500 is Texas Pacific Land at 33 times sales
Palantir could fall sharply if investors sour on risky growth stocks
Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors
Trevor Jennewine has positions in Nvidia and Palantir nologies
The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palantir nologies
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