What Nvidia’s market valuation says about where the stock will be in 5 years

Nvidia Corp.’s market performance over the past six months is a good illustration of the difference between a good company and a good stock.

Nvidia — the company — has performed phenomenally. Its cumulative earnings per share over the past two quarters were more than 800% higher than the comparable two-quarter total a year earlier. Yet Nvidia’s stock

NVDA fell after the company’s earnings report last week.