NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Earns Overweight Rating from Cantor Fitzgerald

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald in a report issued on Thursday, Benzinga reports. They presently have a $350.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 53.25% from the company’s current price.

A number of other analysts also recently commented on the stock. UBS Group set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, September 10th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and issued a $390.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and issued a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $228.38 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.50 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.87, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $236.54. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $217.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $206.94.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. NVIDIA’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.05 EPS. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,009,783,437 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $202,047,568,000 after acquiring an additional 15,897,836 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% in 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 in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $26,714,167,000 after acquiring an additional 446,178 shares in the last quarter. Amundi increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,329,141,000 after buying an additional 12,575,177 shares during the period. Finally, J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other 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: Large buyback reinforces management confidence: NVIDIA authorized an additional $150 billion in repurchases, bringing total remaining capacity to approximately $235 billion through fiscal 2028. The plan could support earnings per share and signals that management views the shares as attractively valued. NVIDIA buyback article
• Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains the core catalyst: Analysts continue to point to strong demand for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform, hyperscaler capital spending and the company’s full-stack AI ecosystem. Recent commentary cited 117% year-over-year data-center growth and continued customer demand, while Rosenblatt reaffirmed its Buy rating with a $390 price target. NVIDIA growth outlook article
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion beyond GPUs could widen NVIDIA’s moat: Investments in AI infrastructure providers such as GMI Cloud, digital-twin deployments and AI safety software may increase demand for NVIDIA hardware, networking and software across more workloads.
• Neutral Sentiment: Regulatory debate is unresolved: CEO Jensen Huang and other technology leaders challenged Anthropic’s calls for stricter AI safeguards. President Trump’s support for industry self-regulation is favorable to near-term industry growth, but future policy changes remain a risk. AI safety regulation article
• Negative Sentiment: Financing concerns are becoming more prominent: Reuters reported that Wall Street is questioning the value of NVIDIA’s chips and related infrastructure in its financing strategy. If smaller neocloud operators struggle to repay loans or AI spending slows, NVIDIA could face demand, credit and reputational risks. Reuters NVIDIA financing article
• Negative Sentiment: AI-cycle and competitive risks remain: A pullback in hyperscaler capital expenditures could hit NVIDIA before it affects AI adopters such as Meta. China’s efforts to build alternatives around Huawei chips, along with high interest rates and bearish hedge-fund commentary, could limit further multiple expansion.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.