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Here's the full picture.
Am I 100% certain of this? Of course not! This is just my observation, and what I see are deteriorating fundamentals, macros, and technicals.
If facts change, my mind will change. I'm not a perma bear.
Not a financial advice. You should ALWAYS do what you're comfortable with.
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Everyone watched Game of Thrones, ya? We're witnessing the death of Tywin Lannister.
House Lannister looked infinitely rich, yet their gold mines had actually run dry years ago. Tywin kept the illusion alive through debt from the Iron Bank and political intimidation. That's basically Jensen and Nvidia at the peak of an $800B capex cycle, with him ruling through personal domination (60+ direct reports), complex financial engineering and gray-market channels.
Tywin never built the empire for survival without him. His kids couldn't rule, Cersei and Tommen made stupid decisions one after another. The compliance zealots (High Sparrow) took over. In Nvidia's case, watch the DOJ, Wachtell Lipton and the Congress.
The moment Tywin died, the Tyrells defected and the Iron Bank came to collect.
So, if Jensen leaves, his financial architecture will collaspe, Nvidia will replace his one-man command with divisional hierarchy (kills productivity), the hyperscalers will break free of Nvidia's 73% margin lock and shift orders to AMD and custom chips (TSMC just announced equity investment into ANT and OAI last night), the neocloud credit machine will freeze.
Remember when Tywin died? He was caught fucking Shae (Jensen's bedroom scandal).
Wake the fuck up guys, the Nvidia as we know is GONE.
吃瓜固然精彩,但是为什么这个时间又有瓜?很显然,黄仁勋目前不配合,所以这背后的推手砸了一轮新的leak 出来。
国会周三下午刚亮出传票,盘后内部下属丑闻和董事会逼宫的消息就同步喂给了NYT 和WSJ。
这次的两个新 leak 直接废掉了黄仁勋把自己塑造成不知情的受害者的理由,也废掉了董事会保他的法律借口。
接昨天我发的NVDA估值,如果算上东南亚灰色渠道被砍 + 北美放缓,按14—15x市盈率对应的出清区间在 $145—$159 美元。昨晚盘后一棒子砸到 $156,直接把价格推到了这个区间上沿。
Yall believe in my valuation math now? Hey, sell side analysts, get on my level. 😈
How to play the NVDA trade?
我认为最终司法调查的结果是保住黄仁勋免于坐牢,但彻底斩断英伟达的东南亚灰色渠道。
法律上,美国现行出口管制只禁止芯片物理运往中国,没有禁止在马来西亚机房把算力通过网络租给中国,只要英伟达咬死芯片还在马来西亚仓库没运走,司法部就很难按走私重罪起诉黄仁勋个人。
政治上,英伟达占美股权重太大,白宫不敢抓CEO引爆股灾,这也是黄仁勋敢主动认下婚外情的原因,用个人道德���疵把刑事调查挡在门外 。但国会两党为了国家安全和政治自保,必然会通过新法案堵死海外算力转租漏洞,拿英伟达杀鸡儆猴 。
那么按照上述情景开始估值:
目前一致预期英伟达明年(FY28E,对应2027自然年)总收入高达6,992亿美元(同比增长70%),EPS $15.94。通过做空报告和海关数据看,藏在东南亚云服务商和加州、台湾开票名义下的中国灰色需求,占了英伟达数据中心收入的22%至35% 。如果单砍22%的灰色渠道,明年EPS会降到$12.82。如果叠加北美云巨头现金流吃紧以及德州、佐治亚民主党新州长卡死数据中心水电审批(北美需求同步放缓15%),明年总收入将缩水至5,036亿美元,EPS跌至$10.59.
增速掉下来后,英伟达不能再按高成长股定价,P/E必须降级为传统硬件或成熟科技股的15至18倍。其实机构买方从来没信过卖方明年15.94美元的预期。10月初英伟达创下243美元历史新高时,对应15.94美元的市盈率只有15.3倍,说明大资金早就按周期见顶给它封了上限 。
现在盘前174美元,如果按15倍市盈率倒推,隐含明年EPS为11.60,如果按18倍市盈率倒推,隐含明年EPS为9.67美元(比卖方预期低39%)。
也就是说你今天买,赌的是只砍东南亚灰色渠道,但是明年hyperscalers订单不减,对应的EPS按15倍保守估值,NVDA也值$192。
但在更现实的灰色渠道被砍 + 北美电力与现金流放缓情景下(EPS 10.59美元),174美元对应16.4倍市盈率,说明估值倍数的下杀已经基本完成,但盈利预期的下杀还没走完 。
11月17日财报指引和18日国会闭门简报前,卖方还没开始批量下调明年的盈利模型,等业绩预期下修把股价砸进145至155美元区间,安全边际��真正出来。
Again, these are just my estimates. Not a financial advice.
Well, their $200 PT is basically slightly higher than my base case scenario at 18x multiple.
I guess more sell side cuts will come in the next 24 hours.
Big question is what will NVDA do next week? Proactively guide down and get on top of this situation or defensively wait, but eventually be slaughtered like a pig?
Enjoy the bounce for now.