NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Downgraded by Zacks Research to “Hold”

Zacks Research lowered shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) from a strong-buy rating to a hold rating in a report issued on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on NVDA. Seaport Global Securities boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $215.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price objective (up previously from $240.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, HSBC set a $320.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 15th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $262.84.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ NVDA traded down $3.90 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $181.91. The company had a trading volume of 65,415,122 shares, compared to its average volume of 147,122,594. The company has a market capitalization of $4.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.16, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $184.53 and a 200-day moving average price of $180.34.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 0.99%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total transaction of $37,564,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders sold 1,761,474 shares of company stock worth $321,897,742. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second 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 last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia deepened enterprise revenue potential with a major life‑sciences tie-up — a reported $1B co‑innovation effort with Eli Lilly to build AI infrastructure for drug discovery, reinforcing long‑term data‑center and software demand from big corporate customers. Eli Lilly and Nvidia Make $1 Billion AI Bet
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum from CES — launches including the Rubin platform and updates to DRIVE (autonomy software) expand Nvidia’s addressable markets beyond GPUs (automotive, consumer RTX, robotics), supporting the premium valuation case if adoption follows. NVIDIA Presents at CES 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: The U.S. government has set conditions allowing some H200 chip exports to China — a positive step for revenue access but contingent on security requirements and approvals, so near‑term China sales remain uncertain. Nvidia Gets U.S. Approval to Ship AI Chips to China
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and modelers continue to forecast significant upside over the medium term and flag upcoming catalysts (fiscal Q4 earnings season), but these are forward‑looking and depend on sustainment of AI demand. AI predicts Nvidia stock price after Q4 earnings report
• Negative Sentiment: Reports say Chinese customs have told agents H200 chips are not permitted into China, creating a material revenue risk to one of Nvidia’s largest markets and cloud customers if Beijing maintains or broadens restrictions. That elevated geopolitical export risk is a key drag on the stock. China’s customs agents told Nvidia’s H200 chips are not permitted
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst sentiment cooled as Zacks downgraded NVDA from “strong‑buy” to “hold,” which can sap short‑term buying momentum from retail and quant flows. Zacks.com
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive dynamics and rotation: AMD’s recent jump and renewed bullishness on rivals (Intel/AMD) are shifting some investor attention away from Nvidia, while macro concerns about valuations and rate uncertainty are prompting flows out of high‑multiple growth names. NVIDIA vs. AMD: Which Stock To Bet On?
• Negative Sentiment: Broader market rotation/valuation risk: commentary about a rotation to value and “duration risk” for big tech increases downside sensitivity for NVDA if rate expectations stay higher for longer. Tech Wreck or Valuation Reset?

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.