NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Price Target Raised to $180.00

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had its target price increased by investment analysts at Seaport Research Partners from $140.00 to $180.00 in a report issued on Thursday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “sell” rating on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Seaport Research Partners’ price target would suggest a potential downside of 18.79% from the company’s current price.

Several other research firms also recently weighed in on NVDA. HSBC restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Truist Financial raised their price target on NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Raymond James Financial reiterated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $298.69.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $221.66 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $194.82 and a two-hundred day moving average of $188.75. The stock has a market cap of $5.37 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $129.16 and a 12-month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 7.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at $2,734,301.20. This represents a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. State Street Corp lifted its stake 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 worth $184,911,111,000 after purchasing an additional 11,451,386 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position 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 worth $109,446,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019,505 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position 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. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA reported record fiscal Q1 revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85% year over year, with EPS of $1.87 beating estimates and data center revenue surging to $75.2 billion. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: The company boosted shareholder returns by authorizing an additional $80 billion share buyback and raising its quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25 per share, reinforcing confidence in cash generation. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Wedbush raised its price target to $330 and JPMorgan lifted its target to $280, signaling continued Wall Street confidence in NVIDIA’s AI-led growth story. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports highlighted NVIDIA’s expanding AI roadmap, including Vera Rubin, Vera CPUs, and broader agentic AI positioning, which supports the case for another leg of growth. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Despite the strong quarter, some coverage noted that the stock’s reaction was muted because investors remain focused on competition, China exposure, and whether AI spending can keep accelerating at the current pace. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Q2 guidance of about $91 billion in revenue topped consensus, but management excluded China data center revenue, leaving some uncertainty around how much of the growth story can be realized there. Article Title

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.