ICG vs ARM vs NVDA Stock Comparison

Intchains, Arm Holdings and Nvidia Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ICG Intchains Group Ltd
$1.43 +62.5% 1M +1.4% 1Y
Market cap
$81.62M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
ARM Arm Holdings Plc /Uk
$223.35 -28.0% 1M +30.9% 1Y
Market cap
$240.51B
P/E
230.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.16B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
1 win
NVDA Nvidia Corp
$216.00 -4.0% 1M +16.0% 1Y
Market cap
$5.28T
P/E
27.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$302.97B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

Nvidia leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Nvidia 7, Arm Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICGARMNVDALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $81.62M $240.51B $5.28T NVDA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 230.4x 27.4x NVDA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 107.9x 24.7x NVDA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +25.1% +83.4% NVDA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 20.2% 63.7% NVDA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 71.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -0.2x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +1.4% +30.9% +16.0% ARM
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — +54.7%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.7% 79.0% 37.8% NVDA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 62/100 73/100 NVDA

Percentile Scorecard

ICGARMNVDA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisICGARMNVDA
Valuation – 7 #88 of 95 57 #41 of 95
Growth – 88 #12 of 93 97 #4 of 93
Profitability – 77 #22 of 91 99 #2 of 91
Financial Health 95 #6 of 101 77 #24 of 101 65 #36 of 101
Shareholder Returns – – 46 #41 of 75
Overall – 62 73
  • ICG ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • ARM ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors
  • NVDA ranked among 104 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodICGARMNVDASPY
1 month +62.5%-28.0%-4.0% -0.8%
3 months +76.5%-16.1%+9.9% +3.5%
6 months +10.0%+3.5%-0.3% +7.0%
Year to date -20.1%+104.3%+15.8% +12.2%
1 year +1.4%+30.9%+16.0% +13.0%
3 years -82.5%+355.0%+433.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year -44.1%+65.8%+74.8% +23.1%
5 years ——+783.4% +68.6%
5 years, per year ——+54.7% +11.0%
10 years ——+11,873.4% +258.0%
10 years, per year ——+61.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureICGARMNVDASPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.7%79.0%37.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 94.7%71.2%36.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.873.471.94 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.010.390.42 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.4%-54.0%-66.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -34.1%-49.2%-9.7% -1.8%
52-week high $2.17$439.46$239.24 $779.14
52-week low $0.63$104.55$165.17 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleICGARMNVDA
P/E now vs peer median —median 42.1x 227.0xmedian 42.1x 27.1xmedian 42.1x
P/S now vs peer median —median 7.1x 46.0xmedian 7.1x 17.2xmedian 7.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 27.5x 201.3xmedian 27.5x 25.7xmedian 27.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 37.2x 117.8xmedian 37.2x 41.0xmedian 37.2x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 4.2x 27.5xmedian 4.2x 22.7xmedian 4.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.23 6.40median 2.23 0.16median 2.23

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsICGARMNVDA
Revenue – $5.16B $302.97B
Gross profit – $5.03B $226.24B
Operating income – $877.00M $197.58B
Net income – $1.04B $192.88B
Free cash flow – $2.01B $127.01B
R&D – $2.96B $23.59B
EPS (diluted) – $0.98 $7.94
Cash & equivalents $45.20M $3.06B $22.44B
Total debt – – $33.37B
Shares (diluted) 60.46M 1.07B 24.29B
Enterprise value -$188.50M $226.22B $5.05T

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricICGARMNVDA
P/E – 227.0x 27.1x
P/FCF – 117.8x 41.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 113.2x 38.7x
P/S – 46.0x 17.2x
P/B 0.7x 27.5x 22.7x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 28.2x 23.0x
EV/EBITDA – 201.3x 25.7x
EV/EBIT – 265.8x 26.2x
EV/Revenue – 45.2x 17.1x
EV/FCF – 115.8x 40.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – 111.3x 38.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 6.40 0.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICGARMNVDA
Revenue growth (1Y) – 25.1% 83.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 24.7% 110.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 25.6% 96.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 25.4% 120.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 14.9% 105.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 21.6% 163.5%
Net income growth (1Y) – 49.4% 122.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 37.2% 165.3%
EPS growth (1Y) – 48.7% 125.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 35.5% 167.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 105.5% 74.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 34.7% 124.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 121.8% 76.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 33.3% 130.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICGARMNVDA
Gross margin – 97.5% 74.7%
EBITDA margin – 22.5% 66.4%
Operating margin – 17.0% 65.2%
Pretax margin – 24.5% 75.8%
Net margin – 20.2% 63.7%
FCF margin – 39.0% 41.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 40.6% 44.3%
Return on equity – 16.3% 90.9%
Return on assets – 12.6% 66.5%
Return on invested capital – – 71.1%
Return on capital employed – 9.0% 80.0%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 1.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.0x 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 22.4% 2.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICGARMNVDA
Debt / assets – – 10.4%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -0.2x
Debt / FCF – – 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 3.9% 22.9% 28.5%
Equity / assets 96.1% 77.1% 71.5%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 16.2x 5.3x 4.6x
Quick ratio 13.6x 4.9x 3.0x
Cash ratio 13.6x 3.2x 1.5x
Altman Z-score – 57.27 38.73

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICGARMNVDA
Dividend yield – – 0.2%
Net buyback yield – – 1.0%
Shareholder yield – – 1.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusICGARMNVDA
Forward P/E – 107.9xFY2026 24.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.24FY2026 $2.07FY2026 $8.76FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +16.9%FY2026 +83.6%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +49.8% +91.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $32.87MFY2027 $5.71BFY2026 $383.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2027 +16.0%FY2026 +77.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +38.7% +85.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICGARMNVDA
Held by institutions – 9.3% 69.0%
Institutions holding – 955 5,922
Change in shares held, QoQ – +12.4% +4.0%
Institutions buying – 593 3,278
Institutions selling – 257 2,313
Buyers to sellers – 2.31 1.42

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ICGARMNVDA
ICG 1.00 0.06 0.08
ARM 0.06 1.00 0.44
NVDA 0.08 0.44 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICG, ARM and NVDA?

Nvidia (NVDA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intchains (ICG) $81.62M, Arm Holdings (ARM) $240.51B, Nvidia (NVDA) $5.28T.

Which stock is cheaper, ICG, ARM and NVDA?

Nvidia (NVDA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Arm Holdings (ARM) 230.4x, Nvidia (NVDA) 27.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Nvidia (NVDA) is cheapest (Arm Holdings (ARM) 107.9x, Nvidia (NVDA) 24.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Nvidia (NVDA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Arm Holdings (ARM) +25.1%, Nvidia (NVDA) +83.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Nvidia (NVDA) has the highest net margin (Arm Holdings (ARM) 20.2%, Nvidia (NVDA) 63.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Arm Holdings (ARM) returned the most: Intchains (ICG) +1.4%, Arm Holdings (ARM) +30.9%, Nvidia (NVDA) +16.0%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Nvidia (NVDA) has been the steadiest (Intchains (ICG) 98.7%, Arm Holdings (ARM) 79.0%, Nvidia (NVDA) 37.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICG, ARM and NVDA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Nvidia (NVDA) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.