NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Up 4.4% After Analyst Upgrade

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) traded up 4.4% during mid-day trading on Thursday after UBS Group raised their price target on the stock from $245.00 to $275.00. UBS Group currently has a buy rating on the stock. NVIDIA traded as high as $236.54 and last traded at $235.74. 175,799,982 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 3% from the average session volume of 170,657,281 shares. The stock had previously closed at $225.83.

NVDA has been the topic of a number of other reports. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 17th. CICC Research increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $275.69.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518 over the last quarter. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS, Bank of America and Cantor Fitzgerald all raised their price targets on NVIDIA, reinforcing the view that Wall Street still sees significant upside even after the recent rally. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that the U.S. cleared roughly 10 Chinese companies, including Alibaba and Tencent, to buy NVIDIA’s H200 chips boosted hopes that China revenue could reopen after a long freeze. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple stories highlighted Jensen Huang’s high-profile trip to China with President Trump, which traders view as a potential catalyst for export approvals and broader AI trade relations. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to argue that NVIDIA remains well positioned to benefit from massive hyperscaler capital spending on AI data centers, with several pieces citing strong demand ahead of the May 20 earnings release. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock is also being lifted by broad market momentum in AI and semiconductors, including record-setting moves across the Nasdaq and semiconductor peers. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Some commentary warned that Nvidia’s valuation and the AI trade have run hot, so the upcoming earnings report could become a make-or-break event for momentum investors. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Chinese tech companies are also talking up domestic AI chips, which could limit the long-term opportunity for NVIDIA even if export access improves. Article Title

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.2% in 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 in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $109,446,217,000 after purchasing an additional 3,383,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 187,181,484 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $34,909,347,000 after purchasing an additional 2,849,678 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Up 4.4%

The firm has a market cap of $5.73 trillion, a PE ratio of 48.11, a PEG ratio of 0.72 and a beta of 2.25. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $190.40 and its 200 day moving average price is $187.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.84 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.