Methodology
How AerInvest Actually Values a Stock
Worked example: NVDA, live as of October 24, 2026
Most stock-research tools give you a verdict — a rating, a color, a badge — without showing how they got there. AerInvest shows the working: which valuation approach ran, what fed it, and what the model refused to compute because the data wasn't there. Here's exactly that, using the live analysis for NVDA (NVIDIA Corporation) as the example — these are real numbers pulled from the same engine every AerInvest user sees, not illustrative placeholders.
NVDA
NVIDIA Corporation · Stock
Current price
USD 210.96
12-month price scenarios
USD 51.97
USD 76.12
USD 76.12
1. The framework is chosen, then stated
There is no single formula applied to everything. The engine picks a valuation framework from what the asset actually is and what data came back for it — an operating company, an ETF and a crypto asset are not valued the same way — and then prints that choice on the page instead of leaving you to assume one. For NVDA the framework is: Valuation engine: DCF cash-flow model, Free-cash-flow yield capitalization, Forward earnings power, weighted by data quality. Confidence 50/100; the signal is checked against cash flow, profitability, revenue trend and the 200-day trend before it is shown.. The inputs feeding it, with what each one is actually used for:
- Current price: USD 210.96 — Primary anchor for scenario analysis.
- 52W position: 59/100 — Used as a momentum and drawdown context proxy.
- Market cap: N/A — Used as a rough liquidity and business-scale proxy.
- P/E ratio: Unavailable — Used as one valuation sanity check, not a complete model.
2. What it will not fill in
A missing field is treated as uncertainty, not quietly replaced with a synthetic number. When an input is absent the estimate widens and the page says which input was missing, rather than returning a narrow, confident-looking figure built on a guess. Inside the app the same rule is visible as a number: the company page lists every valuation method the engine tried, the weight each one carried, and a plain-English line for any method that had to be skipped — a method with no data behind it shows a weight of 0%, not a filled-in value.
Peer context for NVDA: Peer valuation needs comparable-company data for a stronger conclusion.
3. The score is a separate number from the price
The research score out of 100 is not the fair-value estimate and does not feed into it. It is a read on business quality across several fundamental factors, kept deliberately separate so that a good company at a bad price and a weak company at a cheap price do not collapse into the same number. The factor breakdown for this analysis:
- Fundamental Intelligence52/100 — Balanced contribution with 34% model weight and explicit data-quality penalties.
- Market Intelligence62/100 — Balanced contribution with 18% model weight and explicit data-quality penalties.
- Sentiment Intelligence49/100 — Defensive contribution with 12% model weight and explicit data-quality penalties.
- Macro Intelligence55/100 — Balanced contribution with 14% model weight and explicit data-quality penalties.
- Risk Intelligence30/100 — Defensive contribution with 22% model weight and explicit data-quality penalties.
The three scenarios, not one number
A single fair-value figure hides how much of the estimate depends on assumptions that could go either way. The range above shows that spread explicitly — downside path USD 51.97, cautious path USD 76.12, growth path USD 76.12. If the downside and growth paths are close together, confidence is higher; if they're far apart, that spread itself is information.
What could break this thesis
- Company-specific risks need fundamentals that are not available for this ticker right now — see Data Quality below.
Not investment advice
This is a live analysis pulled from the same engine every AerInvest user sees — it will change as NVDA's price, financials and estimates change. It illustrates the methodology, not a standing recommendation. See the full disclosure.