NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Given Overweight Rating at KeyCorp

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by equities researchers at KeyCorp in a research note issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $275.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. KeyCorp’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 50.78% from the stock’s current price.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. William Blair set a $300.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Barclays reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. CICC Research raised their price target on NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $274.21.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NVDA traded down $0.83 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $182.39. The company had a trading volume of 29,722,879 shares, compared to its average volume of 177,153,219. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $212.19. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $185.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $184.12. The firm has a market cap of $4.43 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.19, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $4,856,900.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at $148,794,775.84. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,017,780 shares of company stock valued at $185,596,715 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383,441 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 187,181,484 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,909,347,000 after acquiring an additional 2,849,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management projected a massive AI-compute opportunity (Jensen Huang put potential Blackwell + Vera Rubin demand near $1 trillion through 2027), which re‑frames revenue runway and underpins upside for GPU and datacenter demand. CNBC: GTC $1T projection
• Positive Sentiment: New product and software launches at GTC (Vera Rubin architecture, Vera CPU, Dynamo inference OS, DLSS 5, and NemoClaw security for OpenClaw agents) expand NVIDIA’s addressable market beyond GPUs into CPUs, inference OS, graphics and agent/security stacks. These diversify revenue levers and support longer-term growth. Vera CPU press release
• Positive Sentiment: Broad ecosystem and customer wins (automakers adopting DRIVE Hyperion, Uber robotaxi plans, partners building Vera/Rubin-based AI factories and Omniverse integrations) signal pull-through for NVIDIA hardware and software across cloud, auto, robotics and enterprise. These announcements point to multi‑year capex tailwinds. Reuters: Uber robotaxi rollout
• Positive Sentiment: Sell‑side support: Benchmark and other firms reiterated bullish ratings and raised/maintained price targets (Benchmark $250 PT highlighted), which helps sentiment and buy-side flows. Benzinga: Benchmark reiteration
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor reaction to the $1T projection has been measured in some outlets — markets often wait for concrete order/backlog and cadence details before fully repricing long-term forecasts. Expect analysts to request more 2027 guidance and cash/deployment specifics. Finbold: investor reaction
• Neutral Sentiment: Gaming and consumer graphics catalyst (DLSS 5) is meaningful for GeForce franchise and ecosystem but less material to overall top-line compared with datacenter/inference revenue. It nonetheless strengthens NVIDIA’s platform moat. DLSS 5 release
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and sentiment risks remain — some analysts and outlets warn upside may already be baked in and want clearer 2027 financial targets and capex cadence; that raises the bar for follow‑through. Seeking Alpha: valuation risk
• Negative Sentiment: Persistent heavy insider selling and recent periods of large sales by major insiders can concern some investors about near-term share supply and sentiment even as fundamentals strengthen. Fool: 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.