Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Changes for NVIDIA (NVDA)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) in the last few weeks:

• 7/20/2026 – NVIDIA was upgraded by Zacks Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
• 7/14/2026 – NVIDIA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by KeyCorp. They now have a $330.00 price target on the stock, up from $310.00.
• 7/8/2026 – NVIDIA had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 7/4/2026 – NVIDIA was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “strong-buy” to “buy”.
• 6/29/2026 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein.
• 6/24/2026 – NVIDIA had its price target lowered by Itau BBA Securities from $256.00 to $218.00.
• 6/8/2026 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein.
• 6/5/2026 – NVIDIA is now covered by China Renaissance. They set a “buy” rating and a $319.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/2/2026 – NVIDIA had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by William Blair.
• 6/2/2026 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $270.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/1/2026 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by DA Davidson. They now have a $300.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/27/2026 – NVIDIA had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by Tigress Financial. They now have a $425.00 price target on the stock, up from $360.00.
• 5/27/2026 – NVIDIA had its price target raised by Tigress Financial from $360.00 to $425.00. They now have a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/26/2026 – NVIDIA had its price target raised by Rothschild & Co Redburn from $280.00 to $300.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/23/2026 – NVIDIA was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “strong-buy”.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 15.31%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.