{"id":94810,"date":"2026-09-29T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/?p=94810"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T20:51:56","slug":"nvidia-adds-150-billion-to-massive-stock-buyback-the-largest-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opinionpublica.tv\/portada\/nvidia-adds-150-billion-to-massive-stock-buyback-the-largest-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia adds $150 billion to massive stock buyback, the largest ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nvidia said on Monday that it would spend another $150 billion buying back its own shares, adding to what it said was the largest repurchase in history, as the chip company continues to cash in on a global race to dominate artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The increase comes four months after the A.I. chipmaker\u2019s board added $80 billion to the company\u2019s buyback program, bringing the total remaining amount authorized to $235 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNvidia\u2019s growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to A.I. and accelerated computing,\u201d Jensen Huang, Nvidia\u2019s chief executive, said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders,\u201d he added. \u201cThis authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nvidia\u2019s announcement is the latest sign of the extraordinary flood of money into the markets being fueled by the A.I. boom. A host of companies are rushing to build data centers and release new models, spending billions to get ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Share buybacks are viewed as a way to reward investors, including executives and employees, because they can potentially lift stock prices by limiting the supply of shares for sale. But critics say the actions can take money away from potential investments in hiring, construction, or research and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buybacks often suggest that a company believes its stock price is undervalued, said Vivek Arya, a research analyst at Bank of America. In Nvidia\u2019s case, the repurchase will remove excess cash and signal its belief in the broader A.I. ecosystem, which some have criticized for creating a financial bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy telling you that I\u2019m buying back my stock, I\u2019m essentially conveying my sense of confidence in my future,\u201d Mr. Arya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buyback also brings the company closer in line with more mature companies that frequently return cash to shareholders. Apple has long been a leader in the practice, having announced a $110 billion repurchase in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nvidia\u2019s stock price has skyrocketed amid the explosion in demand for A.I. Nvidia\u2019s chips are the centerpiece of giant A.I. data centers, and demand for those chips has become a barometer of growing demand for the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other companies have been buying tens of billions of dollars\u2019 worth of those chips, making Nvidia the most valuable public company in the world, with a market capitalization of about $5.6 trillion. Nvidia\u2019s stock rose more than 4 percent on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buyback follows a company report last month that its revenue more than doubled, to $96.22 billion, for the quarter that ended in July. Just three years ago, Nvidia\u2019s quarterly profit was $6.2 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Nvidia told investors that its projected revenue in the current quarter would increase 90 percent from a year ago to $108 billion, in an indication that the A.I. boom still had plenty of momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nvidia said it expected to execute the total remaining buyback program through its fiscal year 2028, which ends in late January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chipmaker has also placed its deep pockets on one side of a debate over how A.I. should be developed and shared. Nvidia has argued that A.I. developers must be able to make open-source models, which can be freely downloaded and modified, so people can further develop technologies and build new businesses. It is also relying on such models to increase demand for its chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The debate over open-source models has heated up since July, when OpenAI\u2019s A.I. systems went rogue and broke into Hugging Face, a library of open A.I. models, and elevated concerns about A.I. safety. This month, Nvidia agreed to spend $12.9 billion to buy Hugging Face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, Nvidia introduced open-source software to monitor and control the actions of A.I. agents, which can do tasks by themselves. The company said recent hacks by A.I. agents had made such software more essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA.I.\u2019s extraordinary potential for society will only be realized if we solve A.I. safety,\u201d Mr. Huang said in a blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n