NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Receives Outperform Rating from Royal Bank Of Canada

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating restated by investment analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada in a research note issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $250.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Royal Bank Of Canada’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 36.56% from the stock’s current price.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Zacks Research raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $274.21.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA traded down $0.16 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $183.06. The company had a trading volume of 47,587,074 shares, compared to its average volume of 177,504,891. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $185.25 and a 200-day simple moving average of $184.12. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.39, a PEG ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.89 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 846,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $148,794,775.84. This represents a 3.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the sale, the director owned 7,621,453 shares in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,017,780 shares of company stock valued at $185,596,715. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Center for Financial Planning Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,332,000 after buying an additional 367 shares during the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 3.2% in the second quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $148,859,000 after buying an additional 29,479 shares during the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the third quarter valued at $37,316,000. Oak Ridge Investments LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $181,143,000 after acquiring an additional 20,559 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whalen Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 20.3% during the third quarter. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. now owns 36,490 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,808,000 after acquiring an additional 6,162 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management projected a massive AI-compute opportunity (Jensen Huang put potential Blackwell + Vera Rubin demand near $1 trillion through 2027), which re‑frames revenue runway and underpins upside for GPU and datacenter demand. CNBC: GTC $1T projection
• Positive Sentiment: New product and software launches at GTC (Vera Rubin architecture, Vera CPU, Dynamo inference OS, DLSS 5, and NemoClaw security for OpenClaw agents) expand NVIDIA’s addressable market beyond GPUs into CPUs, inference OS, graphics and agent/security stacks. These diversify revenue levers and support longer-term growth. Vera CPU press release
• Positive Sentiment: Broad ecosystem and customer wins (automakers adopting DRIVE Hyperion, Uber robotaxi plans, partners building Vera/Rubin-based AI factories and Omniverse integrations) signal pull-through for NVIDIA hardware and software across cloud, auto, robotics and enterprise. These announcements point to multi‑year capex tailwinds. Reuters: Uber robotaxi rollout
• Positive Sentiment: Sell‑side support: Benchmark and other firms reiterated bullish ratings and raised/maintained price targets (Benchmark $250 PT highlighted), which helps sentiment and buy-side flows. Benzinga: Benchmark reiteration
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor reaction to the $1T projection has been measured in some outlets — markets often wait for concrete order/backlog and cadence details before fully repricing long-term forecasts. Expect analysts to request more 2027 guidance and cash/deployment specifics. Finbold: investor reaction
• Neutral Sentiment: Gaming and consumer graphics catalyst (DLSS 5) is meaningful for GeForce franchise and ecosystem but less material to overall top-line compared with datacenter/inference revenue. It nonetheless strengthens NVIDIA’s platform moat. DLSS 5 release
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and sentiment risks remain — some analysts and outlets warn upside may already be baked in and want clearer 2027 financial targets and capex cadence; that raises the bar for follow‑through. Seeking Alpha: valuation risk
• Negative Sentiment: Persistent heavy insider selling and recent periods of large sales by major insiders can concern some investors about near-term share supply and sentiment even as fundamentals strengthen. Fool: insider selling

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.