Morgan Stanley’s favorite AI stock is 92% exposed to the $1.6 trillion buildout it’s bullish on
Source: Fortune ·
The bank calls Nvidia the best risk/reward in AI. Its own report lays out what happens to suppliers when a capital cycle turns.
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By Morgan Stanley’s count, 91.7% of Nvidia’s 2027 revenue is exposed to one thing: AI infrastructure demand. No company on the bank’s list scores higher. Not Vertiv, at 90%. Not Broadcom, at 81%. The same report, published Oct. 15, calls Nvidia the best risk/reward in the sector. The bull case for the world’s most valuable company and the bull case for the buildout are now essentially the same case and Morgan Stanley’s North America Insight, led by Nicholas Lentini, makes both. The note, titled “Following AI’s $1.6 trillion Money Trail: Mapping the Revenue Generated by the Capex Boom,” includes a section runs under the heading “We are Bullish this Spend.” The 65-page note also spends a good part of its length explaining how the spending could break. Nvidia’s defenders would say that exposure describes the company. Its data center business has supplied the large majority of its revenue for years, but the report adds a closer look on how few buyers that exposure runs through. The $1.6…