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

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reissued by Cantor Fitzgerald in a research report issued on Thursday, Marketbeat.com reports. They currently have a $350.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 51.88% from the stock’s previous close.

A number of other research analysts have also issued reports on NVDA. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. UBS Group set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $230.45 on Thursday. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $164.27 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.55 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $217.76 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $206.94.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 firm 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.05 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were 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 owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy 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 transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. 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 worth $399,450,353 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Greenwich Wealth Management LLC now owns 135,666 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $27,145,000 after acquiring an additional 383 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% during the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 997,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $199,533,000 after purchasing an additional 62,828 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake 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 valued at $4,782,365,000 after purchasing an additional 856,390 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.6% during 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. Finally, Wellington Altus USA Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 8.0% during the 2nd quarter. Wellington Altus USA Inc. now owns 14,583 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,918,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting 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

About NVIDIA

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.