Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTTrevor Jennewine, The Motley FoolWed, June 24, 2026 at 11:08 AM GMT+2 4 min readNvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the biggest winners from the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out. The stock has advanced more than 1,300% since January 2023. But most Wall Street analysts still believe Nvidia is deeply undervalued.In fact, the consensus target price has increased from $265 per share to $295 per share in the last 90 days, according to LSEG. That implies 42% upside from the current share price of $209.Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »Here's what investors need to know.Image source: Getty Images.Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) are the industry standard in artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators, chips that assist CPUs by handling repetitive mathematical tasks. Nvidia accounts for more than 80% of AI accelerator sales, but some analysts expected the company to lose significant market share as the industry shifted toward inference.To elaborate, AI training is a discrete event in which models learn to perform certain tasks, but AI inference is a continuous process wherein models are used to generate outputs. Inference accounts for about two-thirds of AI workloads today, up from about one-third in 2023, and the shift will only intensify in the future as more models are deployed.Companies like Alphabet and Amazon have designed custom AI accelerators in an effort to reduce their dependence on Nvidia GPUs. In certain scenarios, those custom chips are actually more efficient, but Nvidia's inference market share still increased eight percentage points to 74% over the past year, according to The Information.Why? GPUs are general-purpose accelerators, while custom chips are designed for specific workloads. That makes them very efficient in certain situations, but it also means they are much less flexible (i.e., they run fewer algorithms). Venture Beat explains, "If a new AI technique is invented tomorrow, a GPU will run it immediately." That is not necessarily true for custom AI accelerators.Beyond that, Nvidia has a competitive advantage in its vertically integrated business. The company not only designs GPUs but also CPUs, networking, and software that together form a turnkey solution for AI infrastructure. That translates into cost savings for customers. "Nvidia compute is not just the highest performance AI infrastructure, it is the most economic," says CEO Jensen Huang.Terms and Privacy PolicyEU DSA contactPrivacy & Cookie SettingsMore Info