NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Earns Buy Rating from Sanford C. Bernstein

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein in a research report issued on Monday.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other reports. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $324.14.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $222.77 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.37 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.14, a P/E/G ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $215.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $205.39. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the business’s 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Montgomery Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $28,000. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Bard Associates Inc. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 8,866.7% during the second quarter. Bard Associates Inc. now owns 269 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $54,000 after acquiring an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. 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: AI infrastructure demand remains robust. Analysts and bullish commentary point to the Vera Rubin product ramp, expanding data-center spending and management’s expectation of roughly 70% revenue growth in fiscal 2028. NVIDIA demand outlook
• Positive Sentiment: Super Micro Computer began shipping NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin NVL72 liquid-cooled server racks, offering evidence that the latest platform is reaching customers and that hyperscaler AI capital spending is translating into physical deployments. Vera Rubin shipment report
• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX reportedly plans to use NVIDIA hardware exclusively, strengthening a major customer relationship. NVIDIA also selected IonQ’s quantum system for deployment at its Accelerated Quantum Research Center, broadening its AI and quantum-computing ecosystem. SpaceX and NVIDIA alliance
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts remain constructive: one valuation model assigns a $310.20 target, implying substantial upside, while Zacks upgraded NVIDIA to “Strong Buy.” The company’s latest reported quarter also showed revenue growth above 100% year over year and an earnings beat.
• Neutral Sentiment: Jensen Huang’s comments that AI companies should not receive antitrust or liability exemptions may reassure policymakers, but could also signal that NVIDIA expects stricter compliance requirements as regulation develops. Reuters regulation report
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share is scheduled for October 1, but its approximately 0.4% yield is unlikely to materially influence the stock’s valuation.
• Negative Sentiment: Renewed Treasury-market selling pushed yields higher and raised concerns that interest rates could remain elevated or rise again in October. That environment is pressuring technology shares and increases the risk of valuation multiple compression for NVIDIA.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider-selling headlines are adding to caution. EVP Timothy Teter sold about $6.8 million of stock under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, while separate reports described a roughly $300 million director sale. These transactions do not necessarily indicate deteriorating fundamentals, but they can weigh on sentiment near record valuations. NVIDIA insider sale report

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.