AI's investor potential goes far beyond the chip giant. Perhaps no stock benefited more from the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) than Nvidia. Its dominance in the AI chip market redefined the direction of the company and much of the industry at large.

For what it's worth, Wall Street is overwhelmingly bullish. Among the 65% of analysts who follow Nvidia, 92% rate the stock a buy and the other 8% rate it a hold ahead of the company's third-quarter earnings report. Not a single analyst recommends selling Nvidia at the present time. Here's what investors should know.

Yesterday, Nvidia (NVDA) once again surpassed Apple (AAPL) to become the world’s biggest company. The Jensen Huang-led company briefly held the crown in June, but Apple soon reclaimed the title as markets warmed up to the new artificial intelligence (AI) features that the Cupertino-based company announced for its iPhone 16.

In fact, fellow Dow newbie Sherwin-Williams Co. with a market cap of $97.67 billion, is nearly three times more influential. Read: Nvidia to replace Intel in the Dow, underscoring