NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Overweight Rating Reaffirmed at Cantor Fitzgerald

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald in a report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $300.00 target price on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s price objective points to a potential upside of 73.65% from the stock’s previous close.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.40.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $172.76 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.20 trillion, a PE ratio of 35.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.33. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $184.60 and its 200 day moving average price is $184.29.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 36,007 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,179,934 shares of company stock worth $215,053,678 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $44,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia and Emerald AI joined utility and energy firms to design “flexible AI factories” that can act as grid assets — facilities that ramp compute up/down, use onsite generation and storage, and speed time-to-power, supporting durable demand for Nvidia accelerators. NVIDIA and Emerald AI Join Leading Energy Companies to Pioneer Flexible AI Factories as Grid Assets
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia received H200 licensing approval and is actively targeting Chinese customers again — a meaningful revenue opportunity if sales sustainably resume in that market. Nvidia Corp (NVDA) sets sights on Chinese customers after H200 license approval
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia expanded ecosystem wins: a collaboration with Asylon to power DroneIQ Overwatch shows growth in edge/physical-AI use cases (security robotics) that broaden product mix beyond datacenter GPUs. Asylon and NVIDIA Collaborate to Advance Physical AI in Robotic Security with the Introduction of DroneIQ Overwatch™
• Positive Sentiment: Management signaled record cash returns at GTC and analysts/research pieces are predicting bigger shareholder distributions — a tailwind for income-minded investors if executed. Prediction: Nvidia Will Make a Substantial Dividend Increase in 2026. Should You Buy the Stock?
• Neutral Sentiment: Several bullish analyst pieces argue AI demand is structural and Nvidia could be undervalued on growth metrics; these viewpoints support a longer-term buy thesis even as volatility persists. Nvidia: AI Is Here To Stay, And The Fear Is Misplaced (Rating Upgrade)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: an Nvidia director disposed of ~$3.36M in stock, which can spook some investors even if not material to fundamentals. Insider Selling: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Director Sells $3,357,490.00 in Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Barron’s highlights competition risk from Huawei’s H200-class chips — a credible headwind in China and a reason investors may be cautious about margin and share preservation. Nvidia Stock Faces 2026 Low. This Chinese AI Chip Rival Can Make Things Worse.
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction to GTC was muted; coverage notes Wall Street wasn’t fully convinced by the conference, and the stock’s post-GTC pullback reflects demand-timing and execution concerns. Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory and legislative scrutiny is increasing (Senate questions around deals/competitive dynamics), adding execution and antitrust risk to the narrative. Nvidia Senate Questions Put Groq Deal And AI Stack Power In Focus

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.