Facing new "geopolitical uncertainties" and very rapidly increasing competition, Nvidia's (NVDA) profits could rise more slowly than Wall Street's analysts, on average, are projecting, warned Ali Mogharabi, the Senior Equity Analyst of West End Capital Management.

In light of these points, Mogharabi suggested that investors "wait for things to settle and (to) get more clarity about geopolitical issues" before buying NVDA stock.

Geopolitical Difficulties

Due to restrictions on the chips that NVDA can sell to China, incentives are being created for China to invest more money in developing its own AI chips, Mogharabi asserted. This situation "does not necessarily help Nvidia," he stated.

Stepped-Up Competition

Nvidia's competition is "growing very, very quickly," with the large cloud-infrastructure companies making their own AI chips, the investor stated. Another tough competitor is China's Huawei which has developed semiconductors that are "pretty comparable to Nvidia's (new) Blackwell 200" chips,  according to Mogharabi.

The Recent Price Action of NVDA Stock

In the last month, the shares have fallen 18%, while they are down 30% in the last three months.

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