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

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating restated by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald in a note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. They presently have a $350.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s target price suggests a potential upside of 51.95% from the stock’s previous close.

NVDA has been the subject of several other research reports. Phillip Securities upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. HSBC boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, UBS Group set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $324.14.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock traded up $1.96 during trading on Thursday, hitting $230.34. 21,146,319 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 153,504,219. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $217.76 and its 200 day moving average is $206.94. The stock has a market cap of $5.55 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.05, a P/E/G 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 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company’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 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buyback $150.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 30,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC now owns 135,666 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $27,145,000 after acquiring an additional 383 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 997,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $199,533,000 after acquiring an additional 62,828 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.7% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,901,229 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,782,365,000 after acquiring an additional 856,390 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position 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 worth $202,047,568,000 after acquiring an additional 15,897,836 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Altus USA Inc. increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 8.0% in the second quarter. Wellington Altus USA Inc. now owns 14,583 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,918,000 after acquiring an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s authorization of an additional $150 billion share repurchase, lifting its total buyback capacity to approximately $235 billion through 2028, signals management’s confidence in future cash generation and could support earnings per share. NVIDIA Authorizes $150 Billion Buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable: Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an overweight rating with a $350 price target, while Rosenblatt maintained its buy rating. These targets imply substantial upside from the reference price of $228.38. Rosenblatt Reaffirms Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: Underlying demand remains the main bullish driver. Coverage points to supply constraints through 2028, strong Vera Rubin demand and data-center revenue growth of 117% year over year in the latest reported quarter. Softer inflation data also improved the outlook for growth stocks by reducing near-term rate concerns. NVIDIA Demand Outlook Supports Bull Case
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s participation in GMI Cloud’s $668 million financing round and continued expansion into AI safety, digital twins and software broaden its ecosystem beyond GPUs and may reinforce long-term platform demand. GMI Cloud Raises Financing
• Neutral Sentiment: The reported acquisition of Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion would give NVIDIA access to a major open-source AI developer ecosystem, models and datasets. The strategic benefit could be significant, but the price, integration risks and timing of financial returns remain uncertain. NVIDIA’s Hugging Face Deal
• Negative Sentiment: Wall Street is questioning NVIDIA’s financing arrangements for AI customers, including guarantees that could create circular exposure. If highly leveraged customers cannot cover interest costs, losses could spread through the AI infrastructure and credit markets. NVIDIA Financing Plan Faces Reality Check
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that a slowdown in hyperscaler capital expenditure could hit NVIDIA before weaker AI demand appears in revenue. Rising memory and infrastructure costs may also pressure gross margins, while competition from Huawei and alternative AI-chip ecosystems represents a longer-term risk. AI Capital Expenditure Risk

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.