NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Given Overweight Rating at Wells Fargo & Company

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating restated by research analysts at Wells Fargo & Company in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, MarketBeat.com reports. They presently have a $315.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Wells Fargo & Company‘s price target points to a potential upside of 44.79% from the stock’s current price.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Mizuho set a $300.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 4th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, June 29th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Seaport Research Partners upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $217.55 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $205.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $197.54. The stock has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.32, a PEG ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Clay Northam Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Clay Northam Wealth Management LLC now owns 36,420 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,287,000 after acquiring an additional 502 shares in the last quarter. Jupiter Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Jupiter Wealth Management LLC now owns 70,880 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,182,000 after purchasing an additional 575 shares during the last quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 38.9% in the 2nd quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 1,112,915 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $222,683,000 after purchasing an additional 311,505 shares during the last quarter. Algebris UK Ltd. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,214,000. Finally, Financial Alternatives Inc grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 24.9% during the second quarter. Financial Alternatives Inc now owns 3,192 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $639,000 after buying an additional 636 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: $500 billion AI infrastructure financing push: NVIDIA is partnering with Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock/GIP, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party financing for data centers and other AI infrastructure. The initiative could accelerate deployments using NVIDIA’s chips, extend its ecosystem leadership and sustain demand beyond major cloud customers. Nvidia teams up with Wall Street asset managers on $500 billion AI infrastructure push
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish earnings expectations: Bank of America maintained a Buy rating and $350 price target, forecasting fiscal second-quarter revenue of $94 billion to $95 billion—above NVIDIA’s $91 billion guidance—and describing the upcoming report as a potential “multi-quarter upgrade cycle.” Other analysts point to strong data-center growth, roughly 75% gross margins and continued Blackwell demand. BofA: Nvidia’s next earnings report could kick off a multi-quarter upgrade cycle
• Neutral Sentiment: Financing is a catalyst but not guaranteed revenue: The $500 billion represents capital that financial firms aim to source over time, rather than cash committed directly to NVIDIA. CEO Jensen Huang’s view that NVIDIA’s platform could become an “asset class” underscores the scale of the opportunity, but execution, customer economics and data-center construction timelines remain uncertain. Nvidia stock has a $500 billion trick to keep AI spending alive
• Negative Sentiment: Self-financing and capital-allocation concerns: Critics, including Mark Cuban, warn that NVIDIA’s investments and financing relationships could resemble an AI-era version of funding customers, raising questions about circular demand, overbuilding and the eventual returns on infrastructure spending. Reports that NVIDIA may invest up to $3 billion in power-infrastructure company Lancium have also prompted scrutiny from investors who would prefer greater use of cash for share buybacks. Nvidia Stock Slips as Its AI Investments Draw Fresh Scrutiny
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive and shareholder-selling signals: Microsoft is reportedly reconsidering its reliance on NVIDIA through custom AI silicon, while Crake Asset Management reduced its NVIDIA position by 230,558 shares. Neither development changes near-term fundamentals, but both reinforce valuation and customer-concentration concerns. Microsoft Rethinks Its Nvidia Reliance

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.