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Nvidia surpasses Apple to become the world's most valuable company for the third time

The chipmaker closed at $4.2 trillion as enterprise AI spending guidance from three hyperscalers came in above consensus.

Saturday, May 16, 2026 · 2 min

Nvidia closed Friday's session at $4.2 trillion in market capitalisation, briefly overtaking Apple for the third time in eleven months.

The crossover follows above-consensus capital-expenditure guidance from Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, all of which raised their 2026 AI infrastructure outlook this week.

Analysts at Bernstein noted that Nvidia's revenue concentration in three buyers remains the firm's most acute risk.

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