In the world of finance, 10 years is the blink of an eye fixed. Want proof? Take an in depth take a look at the table below:

In August 2014, IBM‘s market cap was roughly 18 times larger than Nvidia‘s (NASDAQ: NVDA). But oh, how the tables have turned. Today, Nvidia boasts a market cap of about $3 trillion — roughly 17 times larger than IBM.

So, waiting for the following 10 years, what are the businesses that could surpass Apple‘s enormous market cap? Listed here are two that would pull it off.

Microsoft

If an organization goes to surpass Apple over the following decade, it’ll need a huge market cap. Even assuming Apple’s market cap holds regular, that might mean an organization would wish to achieve a market cap of $3.4 trillion to catch Apple.

That is a really tall order, and there are only so many firms that could do it. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is considered one of them.

For starters, Microsoft already has a market cap of $3.1 trillion as of this writing. As recently as June, Microsoft did have a market cap larger than Apple. What’s more, Microsoft holds a couple of competitive benefits that ought to, over time, help the corporate’s market cap ease past Apple.

First, Microsoft has a more diversified business. The corporate has its hands in cloud computing, gaming, promoting, hardware, software, social networking, and artificial intelligence (AI). Briefly, Microsoft has many pathways to success. Apple, alternatively, has traditionally benefited from its excellent hardware innovation. And while Apple services and AI could boost the corporate’s revenue, flagging iPhone sales could present an actual challenge to Apple over the following decade.

In my book, meaning a bonus for Microsoft.

Nvidia

I actually have reservations about Nvidia immediately. Its sky-high valuation makes it vulnerable to a nasty correction if the corporate’s sales show any signs of slowing. That said, this text is about what could occur over the following 10 years. And in that case, I believe Nvidia is well positioned to surpass Apple.

That is because Nvidia’s core business — making the graphics processing units (GPUs) that can power cutting-edge AI systems for the following decade — is on a long-term growth trajectory that Apple simply cannot match.

Sales of Apple’s signature product — the iPhone — grew every yr between 2007 and 2015, but they have been flat since then.

Nvidia, alternatively, continues to be growing. Over the past two years, the corporate has tripled its revenue as GPUs have sold like hotcakes. That growth is not prone to slow in the following few years. Most analysts expect Nvidia’s sales to double again to around $160 billion by 2026.

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Sure, there are prone to be some bumps within the road because the competitors take some market share from Nvidia within the red-hot AI chips market. But even when Nvidia’s sales growth slows, it could easily close the $500 billion market cap difference between it and Apple over the following decade.

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Jake Lerch has positions in International Business Machines and Nvidia. The Motley Idiot has positions in and recommends Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Motley Idiot recommends International Business Machines and recommends the next options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Idiot has a disclosure policy.

Prediction: 2 Stocks That’ll Be Value More Than Apple 10 Years From Now was originally published by The Motley Idiot