NVIDIA’s (NVDA) “Overweight” Rating Reiterated at Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald restated their overweight rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a research report sent to investors on Monday, MarketBeat reports. They currently have a $350.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Citic Securities raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $242.00 to $315.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, May 22nd. Daiwa Securities Group raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $215.00 to $255.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price target (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $308.46.

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.6%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $209.66 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.07 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $207.61 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $200.35. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that NVIDIA will post 8.8 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share buyback 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 usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,900,500 shares of company stock valued at $410,449,265. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Montgomery Financial Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Finally, Langley Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $34,000. 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 reported record fiscal Q2 revenue of $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year, while adjusted earnings per share of $2.22 exceeded the $2.09 consensus estimate. Data Center revenue rose 117% to $89.0 billion, confirming continued hyperscaler and AI-infrastructure demand. NVIDIA reports earnings beat as revenue more than doubles
• Positive Sentiment: Management forecast fiscal Q3 revenue of approximately $108 billion, above Wall Street expectations, and said fiscal 2028 revenue is expected to grow about 70%. The Vera Rubin platform is ramping into full production, supporting the longer-term growth outlook. Nvidia forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services to deliver up to 2 million additional GPUs and next-generation AI infrastructure. The company also announced financing partnerships with major investment firms intended to mobilize more than $500 billion for AI buildouts, potentially expanding its customer base. AWS and NVIDIA to deliver 2 million additional GPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Profitability remains exceptionally strong, with a 75% Q2 gross margin, $59.7 billion in GAAP net income and approximately $26 billion returned through buybacks and dividends. However, operating expenses increased 55% year over year, and investors are monitoring whether spending and investments will rise faster than earnings. NVIDIA announces financial results for second quarter fiscal 2027
• Negative Sentiment: Fiscal Q3 gross-margin guidance of approximately 74% is below Q2’s 75%, giving investors a reason to take profits despite the revenue beat. The outlook also assumes no Data Center compute revenue from China, highlighting regulatory and market-access risks. Nvidia forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that custom chips from customers such as OpenAI and Microsoft could gradually reduce demand for NVIDIA GPUs in inference workloads. Analysts also questioned whether NVIDIA’s investments and compute-financing initiatives could create circular-financing concerns. OpenAI’s Jalapeño AI chip brings new threat to Nvidia margins

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.