NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Up 1.4% – What’s Next?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares shot up 1.4% on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $197.63 and last traded at $195.6440. 206,451,953 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 21% from the average session volume of 170,673,734 shares. The stock had previously closed at $192.85.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Early coverage of Nvidia’s next AI system, Vera Rubin, highlights roughly 10x improvement in performance-per-watt vs. prior systems — a product roadmap catalyst that supports longer-term data‑center pricing power and demand. CNBC: First look at Vera Rubin
• Positive Sentiment: Software vendors and infrastructure partners continue to integrate NVIDIA stacks (example: VAST Data announcing full acceleration with NVIDIA libraries) — a demand-confirming signal for GPU cycles across RAG/vector search and real‑time AI workloads. VAST Data press release
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple sell‑side firms have reiterated bullish ratings/pieces ahead of earnings, keeping institutional sentiment and analyst support tilted positive into the print. MarketScreener: Bernstein reaffirms buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Options markets are pricing a relatively small post‑earnings swing — suggesting traders expect a more contained reaction than in prior quarters; that can limit volatility even if results are big. Reuters: Options traders
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary stresses that Nvidia’s earnings will be a market-moving event — analysts and outlets flag a high consensus revenue bar (~$65.7B) and broad market sensitivity to the print. Investopedia: Why Nvidia’s earnings matter
• Negative Sentiment: Hyperscalers continue to diversify: recent reporting shows Meta moving a large GPU commitment to AMD as it multi‑sources compute — a structural risk to Nvidia’s market share if the trend accelerates. MarketBeat: Meta invests in AMD chips
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/export and China execution risks are resurfacing: Reuters reports DeepSeek withheld its new model from U.S. chipmakers (including Nvidia) for optimization — and earlier reporting indicates DeepSeek trained models on Nvidia Blackwell chips despite US export controls, raising regulatory and access uncertainties. Reuters: DeepSeek withholds model
• Negative Sentiment: Broader “AI disruption” angst (SaaS concerns and shifting software economics) keeps some investors cautious; if sentiment sours post‑earnings, NVDA could be caught in a wider tech pullback despite strong fundamentals. Forbes: AI doomsday fears

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Arete Research boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. UBS Group set a $400.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Three equities 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $267.50.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.4%

The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $183.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The firm has a market capitalization 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total transaction of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. This trade represents a 5.08% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total value of $37,564,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at $717,199,497.54. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP increased its stake in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 896.4% in the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,570,119,000 after acquiring an additional 70,283,539 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in shares of 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 worth $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.