NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report released on Saturday.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on NVDA. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Loop Capital raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. UBS Group set a $400.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Macquarie Infrastructure raised NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $271.86.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $182.48 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $186.41 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $183.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.43 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.24, a P/E/G ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $86.62 and a 52-week high of $212.19.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value of $36,008,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. This trade represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the business’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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,598,120 shares of company stock worth $289,278,314 over the last quarter. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Cogent Strategic Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $530,000. Reflection Asset Management purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $7,972,000. CFO Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $9,793,000. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $1,350,000. Finally, Tobam boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 232.1% in the 4th quarter. Tobam now owns 67,313 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,554,000 after purchasing an additional 47,043 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA committed a combined $4 billion to photonics suppliers Coherent and Lumentum to secure optics capacity for AI data centers — that reduces supply risk for GPU networking and lifted sentiment across the AI-infrastructure chain. Nvidia to invest $4 billion in two photonics companies
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA and global telecom leaders pledged to build AI‑native 6G on open, software‑defined platforms — this deepens NVIDIA’s TAM in telecom infrastructure and signals long-term enterprise demand for its AI stacks. NVIDIA and Global Telecom Leaders Commit to Build 6G
• Positive Sentiment: High‑profile bullish calls and price‑target increases (including TV commentary and broker updates) are supporting the rally—Wall Street momentum and pundit upgrades prompt fresh buying after the post‑earnings dip. We’re upgrading our rating on Nvidia shares. Here’s why
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Q4 results and guidance were extremely strong (big beat and robust outlook), but the stock initially fell as investors digested valuation, locked in gains, and recalibrated forward expectations. That explains the earlier volatility. NVDA Beats by 73%… Why Did It Drop?
• Neutral Sentiment: Ongoing inclusion in AI/infrastructure ETFs and positive thematic coverage keeps medium-term investor interest intact, offering passive demand even if active flows ebb. 3 Straightforward ETF Plays to Build AI Exposure Into a Portfolio
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts and commentaries warn the AI trade’s sentiment is weaker than fundamentals suggest — rotation, profit‑taking, and valuation concerns could pressure NVDA near term. Nvidia Just Exposed How Weak The AI Trade Sentiment Is (Downgrade)
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider and institutional trading moves (noted in recent summaries) and very high volumes raise the risk of short-term volatility — watch volume and order‑flow for signs of follow‑through or reversal. NVIDIA Joins Industry Leaders to Advance AI‑Native 6G

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.