Cramer explains why some are skeptical of Nvidia’s ballooning market cap

He attributed some investor suspicions to consumers’ unfamiliarity with Nvidia’s products and what exactly the company does. Much of the chipmaker’s fame is derived from the enterprise sector, or with “hard-core gamers” on the consumer side, he said.

Cramer noted that investors have become more comfortable with companies that could be more easily identified with the zeitgeist. For example, everyone knew of Apple and saw the popularity of products like the iPhone, he said. Microsoft’s Windows was commonplace, he added, and most had bought items off of Amazon, while even children had used Alphabet‘s Google. Cramer continued, noting that Berkshire Hathaway‘s Warren Buffett is perhaps the greatest and most well-known name in finance.

If Nvidia keeps up its current growth pace, Cramer said it could soar past Apple and overtake Microsoft soon. At around $3.2 trillion, Microsoft is the biggest company on the market, followed by Apple at about $2.9 trillion and Nvidia at roughly $2.8 trillion.

“Is a photo finish in the cards? No. Because, in the end, the race is eternal,” he said. “And for all we know Nvidia, not Apple, not Microsoft, is Secretariat, the greatest of them all.”

Nvidia declined to comment.

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