NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) was downgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Saturday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on NVDA. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $263.41.

NVIDIA Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $186.54 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $184.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $180.96. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The company has a market cap of $4.53 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31.

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

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,659,114 shares of company stock worth $303,280,581 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 267,959.7% during the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $64,976,521,000 after buying an additional 382,231,120 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after purchasing an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at $3,180,313,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: TSMC’s $52–$56B 2026 CapEx validates sustained wafer demand for AI GPUs — that underpins Nvidia’s multi‑year data‑center TAM because more fab capacity and advanced nodes (2nm/GAAFET) support higher GPU build volumes and upgrade cycles. The $56 Billion Draft: Follow TSMC’s CapEx Stream
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher price targets (Jefferies, Mizuho, Rothschild/Redburn, Baird, etc.) are boosting investor conviction in NVDA’s roadmap (Rubin/H200) and justify buy ratings that support upside momentum. Jefferies sets Nvidia stock price target at $275
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA clarified it won’t require Chinese customers to pre‑pay for H200 chips, which eases one specific commercial concern and removes a potential sales‑friction narrative. No Pre-Payments Needed: NVIDIA Clarifies Terms on H200 Chip Sales to China
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentators note NVDA remains a long‑term AI leader (Vera Rubin production, massive backlog), yet the stock has traded sideways recently — suggesting near‑term consolidation even as bulls argue for continued growth. Nvidia stock remains stuck: here is why analysts say ‘buy’ anyway
• Negative Sentiment: U.S. proclamation imposes a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips (including the H200) shipped to China — this could reduce margin and price competitiveness on China sales and re‑route shipment economics. Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some advanced computing chips
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that China is drafting purchase rules and had earlier moved to restrict/stop H200 imports raise demand uncertainty in a large end market; even with clarifications, policy friction raises execution risk for China revenue. China drafting purchase rules for Nvidia H200 chips, Nikkei Asia reports
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling disclosures (CFO Colette Kress sold shares this week) add near‑term investor caution on insider conviction despite long‑term bullish signals. SEC Filing: Insider Sales

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.