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

Rosenblatt Securities reissued their buy rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a research note published on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $390.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $307.00 to $346.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective (up from $315.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. Finally, HSBC raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Two equities research 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 MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $324.83.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $230.36 on Friday. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $164.07 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $210.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $202.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The firm has a market cap of $5.55 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm’s revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.05 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 9.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 63,501 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $220.06, for a total value of $13,974,030.06. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 4,558,770 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,003,202,926.20. This represents a 1.37% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $585,587,360.80. This represents a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,563,501 shares of company stock worth $335,380,530. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the fourth 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 acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 195,366,864 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $39,090,956,000 after acquiring an additional 4,165,875 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings 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 valued at $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Hugging Face expands NVIDIA’s AI ecosystem: The acquisition gives NVIDIA access to Hugging Face’s open-source platform, which hosts millions of models, applications and datasets used by more than 18 million developers. Investors view the deal as a way to deepen CUDA adoption, strengthen NVIDIA’s software moat and position the company as an AI platform provider rather than solely a chip supplier. Management says Hugging Face will remain open to the broader AI ecosystem. Why NVIDIA’s defensive move to acquire Hugging Face is about much more than chips
• Positive Sentiment: New consumer AI revenue channel: Lenovo and Acer are expected to launch Windows PCs powered by NVIDIA’s RTX Spark chip in October. Local AI processing could expand NVIDIA’s addressable market while reducing reliance on cloud data centers. HP also announced new OmniBook PCs using RTX Spark technology. NVIDIA sets October launch for RTX Spark AI PCs
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and demand remain strong: Needham and Rosenblatt reaffirmed Buy ratings with price targets of $300 and $390, respectively. Recent earnings showed revenue growth above 100%, a 63.7% net margin and results ahead of consensus, while management’s long-term outlook continues to imply robust AI infrastructure spending. NVIDIA’s equity investments in companies such as OpenAI, CoreWeave and Nebius have also grown substantially, reinforcing its influence across the AI supply chain. NVIDIA has built a $99 billion equity portfolio
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive and valuation considerations: NVIDIA remains dominant, but AMD, Broadcom and Intel are pursuing AI and server opportunities. Rising memory and optical-networking costs could pressure gross margins even if they confirm that demand exceeds supply.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling adds a cautionary signal: Director Mark Stevens sold roughly 648,500 shares in two transactions, while EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares. The sales were disclosed under planned transactions and represent small portions of their remaining holdings, limiting their significance but potentially weighing on sentiment.

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.