Because Nvidia is still growing its revenue rapidly, using trailing earning metrics can give a false impression of where the company is headed. However, they're also useful in this case because its future had a wrench thrown into it thanks to DeepSeek's breakthrough.

Nvidia Corp.’s stock fell Monday as investors weighed the potential for tariffs to impact chip companies and continued to assess the fallout from DeepSeek. Shares of Nvidia slid 2.8% to rank among the worst performers in the PHLX Semiconductor Index The stock pared losses after President Donald Trump said he had agreed to pause the Mexico tariffs for a month.