NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by research analysts at Rosenblatt Securities in a report issued on Friday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $390.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Rosenblatt Securities’ price target indicates a potential upside of 70.72% from the company’s previous close.
A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on NVDA. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. China Renaissance boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday. BNP Paribas Exane raised their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Oppenheimer set a $315.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $324.83.
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NVIDIA Stock Up 1.8%
Shares of NVDA stock opened at $228.45 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $209.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $201.85. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The company has a market capitalization of $5.51 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.88, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, Director Mark Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $585,587,360.80. This trade represents a 1.10% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,563,501 shares of company stock valued at $335,380,530 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Institutional Trading of NVIDIA
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at about $27,000. Montgomery Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Langley Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $34,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
NVIDIA News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Hugging Face acquisition expands NVIDIA’s AI moat: NVIDIA agreed to acquire open-source AI platform Hugging Face for approximately $12.93 billion. The deal could strengthen CUDA adoption, retain developers and give NVIDIA greater influence over model development and deployment. NVIDIA agrees to buy Hugging Face
- Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains well above expectations: Management’s outlook for roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028 is substantially above the approximately 45% growth analysts had modeled. Reports of a roughly $2 trillion backlog among cloud customers further support expectations for sustained data-center spending. NVIDIA cloud customer backlog
- Positive Sentiment: Broader ecosystem investments are accelerating: NVIDIA’s equity investments reached $99 billion, spanning AI developers, cloud providers and infrastructure companies such as OpenAI, CoreWeave and Nebius. Its partnerships in inference, networking, MediaTek and robotics also broaden potential revenue streams beyond GPUs. NVIDIA AI investments reach $99 billion
- Positive Sentiment: Customer commentary validates infrastructure demand: Dell’s stronger results and guidance, along with a reported $6 billion GPU deployment opportunity tied to Figure Robotics, provided additional evidence that enterprise, cloud and robotics customers continue investing heavily in NVIDIA systems. NVIDIA gains confidence from expanding AI customers
- Neutral Sentiment: New product opportunities: Lenovo and Acer are expected to launch RTX Spark-powered AI PCs in October, while NVIDIA continues developing Vera server CPUs and inference products. These initiatives could diversify growth but require successful adoption. NVIDIA RTX Spark AI PC launch
- Negative Sentiment: Margin and policy risks remain: Rising memory and networking costs may pressure gross margins, while semiconductor tariffs could disrupt supply chains. Investors are also monitoring weaker operating cash flow and higher receivables, suggesting customers may be taking longer to pay. NVIDIA margin risks from memory costs
- Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and concentration risk: Executives and directors recently sold substantial holdings under planned transactions. NVIDIA’s enormous market capitalization and significant weighting in major indexes also leave the stock sensitive to profit-taking, interest rates and any slowdown in AI capital spending. NVIDIA insider selling
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.
The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.
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