Nvidia (NVDA) has solidified its position as a leader in the technology industry, especially within the semiconductor space. No other semiconductor company has experienced growth as explosive as Nvidia’s.

Investors were not impressed by Nvidia's quarterly performance and outlook even though it handily beat Wall Street's expectations thanks to the booming demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

We recently published a list of Jim Cramer’s Latest Lightning Round: Top 10 Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) stands against other top stocks from Jim Cramer’s Latest Lightning Round.

Nvidia continued on its spree of reporting record quarterly revenues in the third quarter of 2024. Revenue came in at $35.1 billion, beating estimates of $33.2 billion, and earnings per share of $0.81 beat estimates of $0.75. Notably, this marked the eighth consecutive quarter of earnings beats from the company.

Nvidia (NVDA) stock is trending again. It is up 15% in 19 days. The 6 months before that was a zero-return period for the company’s stock, so many are wondering what’s changed. Multiple tailwinds are driving the price surge and are expected to continue to do so in the coming weeks.

NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) holds a dominant 90% market share as a supplier of computing power. It recently introduced its GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards (including RTX 5090 and RTX 5080) which use the Blackwell architecture. These GPUs offer ~2x the performance of the previous generation and feature advanced AI technologies.