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3 Tech Titans Most At Risk As Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect
by Rich Duprey
Nvidia (NVDA) is the third tech titan to avoid in the current trade war due to its reliance on a global supply chain.
Nvidia’s GPUs, critical for AI and gaming, depend heavily on
components sourced from China, where 20% to 25% of its supply chain originates.A 60% tariff on Chinese imports could sharply increase production costs for chips like Nvidia’s popular H100 chips as well as its newest Blackwell GPUs, potentially squeezing
Nvidia’s fourth-quarter 73.5% gross margin, which already dipped from Q3’s 75% margins.
Nvidia manufactures most chips through Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) in Taiwan, but final assembly and packaging often involve Chinese facilities.
TSM just announced a massive investment in new U.S. factories, but they take time to build and won’t be online for some time to come.
Retaliatory tariffs from China, a key market accounting for 15% of Nvidia’s $39.3 billion Q4 revenue, could further hurt sales, as seen during the 2018 trade war when China targeted U.S. tech exports.
NVDA stock goes for $116 per share, down 24% from its January highs, but also below the level it traded at following the DeepSeek AI model revelation.
With no dividend to cushion investors, Nvidia’s high valuation of 39 times earnings and 21 times sales makes it especially vulnerable to tariff-driven cost hikes and potential demand slowdowns in a trade war environment.
Source: Money Morning
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