Bank of America Issues Positive Forecast for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had its price target hoisted by research analysts at Bank of America from $275.00 to $300.00 in a research note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a “buy” rating on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Bank of America‘s target price indicates a potential upside of 53.34% from the company’s current price.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research lowered NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Three research 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $269.55.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.4%

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $195.64 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.75 trillion, a P/E ratio of 48.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $186.30 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $183.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $3,514,400.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,352,503.20. This represents a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after purchasing an additional 11,451,386 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after buying an additional 3,383,441 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 187,181,484 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $34,909,347,000 after acquiring an additional 2,849,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record quarter and strong guidance — NVIDIA posted Q4 revenue of $68.1B (up 73% y/y), Data Center revenue of $62.3B, and beat EPS estimates; management guided Q1 FY27 revenue around $78B, signaling continued AI-driven demand. NVIDIA Press Release — Q4 & FY26 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Product leadership and strategic partnerships — new Vera Rubin platform and continued Blackwell momentum plus multi‑year partnerships (Meta, AWS, Microsoft, etc.) underpin longer‑term pricing/power advantage in AI inference and training. CNBC — Vera Rubin & Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Big shareholder returns and balance‑sheet optionality — $41.1B returned in FY26, $58.5B remaining buyback authorization and a token dividend; supports buyback-driven EPS tailwind. NVIDIA Press Release — Shareholder Returns
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts refresh targets — Wall Street quickly updated price targets and ratings (mostly positive), which supports consensus estimates but leaves room for dispersion in 12‑month views. Finbold — Analyst Updates After Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Market positioned for strong numbers — options/futures activity shows this earnings run was widely expected, leaving less room for a big post‑earnings move (traders priced in a small swing). Reuters — Futures Muted After NVDA Results
• Negative Sentiment: Investors shrug despite the beat — coverage notes the stock barely rallied because broader AI/tech sentiment, rotation and “stock fatigue” limit upside even on excellent fundamentals. That dampens immediate upside. Barron’s — Why NVDA Isn’t Rallying
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and ecosystem diversification — large hyperscalers are diversifying (notably Meta’s big AMD deal), which could cap NVDA’s pricing power and future share gains in certain deployments. MarketBeat — Meta Invests in AMD Chips
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitics & China exposure — management says it has yet to record H200/China revenue and is excluding China in outlook; export controls and lack of China sales add execution/visibility risk to future growth. CNBC — Nvidia, China Chip Sales and Export Controls
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and insider activity — NVDA’s premium multiple and notable insider selling (reported by data aggregators) leave some investors cautious even as earnings accelerate. QuiverQuant — Post‑Earnings Moves & Insider Activity

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.