NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Buy Rating Reiterated at Rosenblatt Securities

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “buy” rating restated by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $325.00 target price on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Rosenblatt Securities’ target price points to a potential upside of 45.43% from the stock’s previous close.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Itau BBA Securities restated a “market perform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley set a $288.00 price target on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp set a $310.00 price target on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $286.27.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA opened at $223.47 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $194.82 and its 200 day moving average price is $188.75. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $129.16 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The firm has a market cap of $5.41 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.61, a PEG ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 7.85 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding 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 often an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. This represents a 16.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Joule Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Spectrum Financial Alliance Ltd LLC now owns 1,395 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $243,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the period. Presidio Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,823,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. LMG Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. LMG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,427,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Finally, Vision Financial Markets LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $866,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA delivered another record quarter, with data center revenue hitting $75.2 billion and networking revenue up sharply, reinforcing its leadership in AI infrastructure. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: The company boosted shareholder returns with a massive $80 billion buyback and a much higher dividend, signaling management confidence and strong cash generation. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlighted NVIDIA’s expanding AI opportunity, including new Vera Rubin/CPU products and partnerships that could extend growth beyond hyperscale cloud customers. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street remains highly divided on the near-term move: bullish reports point to underappreciated growth, while others say expectations were so high that the market may have already priced in much of the beat. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: China is still a major overhang. Even though the U.S. cleared some H200 sales, NVIDIA said it is not assuming any China data-center revenue in its outlook, limiting upside from that market for now. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also focused on intensifying AI-chip competition from hyperscalers and rivals like AMD, Intel, and Huawei, which is tempering enthusiasm after the earnings beat. Article Title

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.