At a Glance: The Q·Score
NVDA scores 9 out of 10, earning a "Very Bullish" label, while AMD scores 8.2, labelled "Bullish." The 0.8-point gap is meaningful without being a landslide — both stocks sit in the upper tier of the Q·Score range, suggesting broadly strong fundamentals across the board. A gap of this size typically reflects one ticker holding a clear structural advantage in one or two specific dimensions rather than a wholesale difference in quality. The data below shows exactly where that separation opens up.
Quality — Profitability and Capital Efficiency
NVDA leads the Quality dimension, and the numbers make the case emphatically. Its net profit margin — the percentage of revenue that becomes profit after all costs — stands at 63.7%, a figure that is exceptional even by the standards of fabless semiconductor companies, which tend to run leaner than most industries. AMD's margin of 15.6% is respectable for a capital-light chip designer, but it is less than a quarter of NVDA's. The return on equity (ROE) — a measure of how efficiently a company generates profit from shareholders' capital — tells a similar story: NVDA's ROE of 117.2% reflects the compounding effect of high margins and significant share buybacks, while AMD's 10.2% ROE, though positive, suggests the business is still in an earlier phase of translating revenue scale into capital returns. On Quality, the data gives the edge to NVDA by a wide margin.
Health — Balance Sheet and Execution
The data provided does not include debt/equity or current ratio figures for either company this week, so the Health dimension comparison rests primarily on earnings execution. On that measure, both companies are tied at the ceiling: NVDA and AMD each carry a 100% EPS beat rate — meaning every quarterly earnings-per-share result in the tracked period came in above analyst expectations. That kind of consistent execution is rare and signals disciplined financial management and conservative guidance-setting at both firms. With execution scores equal, any Health dimension separation in the full Q·Score model would be driven by balance sheet metrics not surfaced in this dataset. Readers seeking the complete breakdown can access the live comparison linked at the end of this article.
Growth — Revenue, Earnings, and Surprise
This is the dimension where the two companies diverge most visibly, and in an interesting direction. NVDA leads on revenue growth — its top-line expansion of 105.9% year-over-year is more than double AMD's 50.1%, reflecting the sustained demand surge for its data centre and AI accelerator products. However, AMD flips the script on earnings growth: its earnings per share grew 159.5% compared to NVDA's 127.8%, suggesting that AMD is currently expanding its profitability at a faster pace from a lower base, even if its absolute margin levels remain far behind. For context, 50% revenue growth would be considered exceptional in almost any technology sub-sector; AMD achieving that while simultaneously growing earnings at 159.5% indicates meaningful operating leverage — the dynamic where revenue growth outpaces cost growth, amplifying profit gains. Both EPS beat rates sit at 100%, so neither company has a quality-of-surprise advantage. On the revenue growth headline, the data gives the edge to NVDA; on earnings growth rate, AMD shows the stronger number.
Valuation — Price Relative to Fundamentals
Valuation is where the data produces its most counterintuitive finding. The forward P/E — the stock price divided by projected earnings per share over the next twelve months — stands at 14.6x for NVDA and 29.6x for AMD. In the technology sector, where forward P/E ratios of 25–35x are common for high-growth names, NVDA's 14.6x is strikingly low relative to its growth profile. AMD's 29.6x is more in line with sector norms for a company posting strong but more moderate revenue growth. On the 52-week range position and analyst consensus price targets, NVDA's covering analysts have a consensus target implying 45.3% upside from its current price of $224.41, while AMD's consensus target implies 34.3% upside from $457.06. Both figures represent substantial implied upside as priced by analyst models, but NVDA's gap is larger. The Valuation dimension data gives the edge to NVDA on both the earnings multiple and the implied upside metric.
Sentiment — Analyst Consensus
NVDA also leads on Sentiment. Of the 57 analysts covering NVDA, 95% carry a positive rating — one of the higher positive-rating concentrations visible across large-cap technology stocks. AMD's analyst community is somewhat more divided: 80% of its 49 covering analysts hold a positive rating, which remains a strong majority but represents a notably lower level of conviction. The difference in analyst count — 57 versus 49 — also means NVDA's sentiment reading is built on a broader base of coverage, lending it slightly more statistical weight. One nuance worth noting: AMD's earnings growth rate of 159.5% outpaces NVDA's 127.8%, yet AMD carries lower analyst enthusiasm. This divergence may reflect the market's focus on absolute margin levels and revenue scale rather than growth rates alone — AMD's profitability, while improving rapidly, remains structurally thinner, which appears to temper analyst conviction relative to the pace of its earnings expansion.
What the Data Shows
NVDA holds the higher Q·Score at 9 versus AMD's 8.2, with the gap driven primarily by the Quality and Valuation dimensions — NVDA's 63.7% profit margin, 117.2% return on equity, and 14.6x forward P/E represent structural advantages that the scoring model weights heavily. The Sentiment dimension reinforces that separation, with NVDA's 95% positive analyst ratio outpacing AMD's 80%. The dimensions that were closest — or where AMD held its own — were earnings growth rate (where AMD's 159.5% edges NVDA's 127.8%) and EPS beat rate (where both companies scored identically at 100%). The overall picture is of two high-performing technology companies at different stages of margin maturity, with NVDA's profitability and valuation metrics currently pulling its composite score above AMD's.
Explore the Full Comparison
The live, interactive breakdown — updated in real time — is available at quantify.biz/compare/amd-vs-nvda.