27/36 against 28/36 checks · to 2026-09-11
JPM vs NVDA.
JPMorgan ChaseAmerica's largest bank: lending, markets, payments and wealth management.
NVIDIADesigns the GPUs that train and run most of the world's AI models.→NVIDIA (NVDA) is 5.6 times the size of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) at $5.26T against $946.9B, and on the filings NVIDIA passes more, 28 checks of 36 against 27.
Which passes more checks?
widest gap first→No axis separates them by more than 1 of six checks, and the widest is Growth.
→NVIDIA turns over $303.0B to JPMorgan Chase's $199.4B, 1.5 times as much. JPMorgan Chase keeps 32.6% of revenue as profit against 63.7% at NVIDIA.
JPMorgan Chase files as a bank and NVIDIA as an operating company, so the measures each is judged on differ - net interest margin means nothing for one, funds from operations nothing for the other. The six axes still compare, because every company is scored on the checks its own filings support.
Which is growing faster, JPM or NVDA?
→NVIDIA grew revenue faster over the last twelve months, +83.4% against +13.5% at JPMorgan Chase - 70 points apart. Over three years the order is reversed: NVIDIA compounds at +100.0% against +12.3%.
Which keeps more of each sale?
Which balance sheet is stronger?
→NVIDIA carries much the lighter balance sheet, 0.15x of debt to equity against 1.23x - which matters most in the year a downturn arrives, not this one.
Which hands more back to owners?
→Both pay: JPMorgan Chase yields the more at 1.7% against 0.5%. A yield rises when a price falls, so read it beside the payout checks in each report.
Which is cheaper?
→JPMorgan Chase is the cheaper of the two on earnings, 15.2x against 27.7x. Against their own histories, JPMorgan Chase is above its 9.1x median and NVIDIA is below its 33.9x.
Where they differ most
the checks behind the gapGrowth: JPMorgan Chase 1 ahead
- Outgrew its sector over the last twelve months 13.5% vs 9.9% (sector 70th pct, n=110)
- Sustained growth beats its sector (3 years) 12.3% vs 8.9% (sector 70th pct, n=105)
- Profits grew over the last twelve months 15.1% vs 0.0%
- Growth is speeding up, not slowing last twelve months 83.4% vs three-year pace 100.0%
Quality: NVIDIA 1 ahead
- Better gross margins than its sector 74.7% vs 45.7% (sector 70th pct, n=154)
- Runs leaner than its sector (operating margin) 65.2% vs 10.7% (sector 70th pct, n=162)
- Actually profitable TTM net income $192.9B
- Wider interest margin than its sector 2.0% vs 3.3% (sector 70th pct, n=310)
- Credit costs stay contained 13.1% vs 2.4% (sector 30th pct, n=179)