Is It Too Late to Buy Nvidia Stock?

Although it briefly lost its crown to Apple ( AAPL +0.32% ) in July, chipmaker Nvidia ( NVDA +0.81% ) is once again reigning supreme as the largest company in the world by market capitalization.

It's also the only company in the world currently worth over $5 trillion.

But Nvidia has had a bit of a rocky year . It's only barely keeping pace with the S&P 500 in terms of growth. Both are up 17.6% over the past year. Is that a sign that Nvidia's high-growth days are behind it?

In other words, is it too late to buy Nvidia stock? Here's what investors need to know.

Just because a company is the biggest of the big doesn't necessarily mean it's done growing , or even done growing quickly.