NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Raymond James Financial Analyst Says

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had its price target raised by investment analysts at Raymond James Financial from $330.00 to $352.00 in a research report issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “strong-buy” rating on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Raymond James Financial’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 68.84% from the stock’s current price.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on NVDA. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Itau BBA Securities reduced their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Mizuho set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $413.00 target price (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “hold” rating and set a $255.00 price target (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $308.46.

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.9%

Shares of NVDA opened at $208.48 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a market cap of $5.05 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.93, a PEG ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $164.07 and a 1 year high of $236.54. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $207.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $199.81.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was 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. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after acquiring an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects exceptional growth, with consensus estimates calling for approximately $92.2 billion in revenue—up about 95% year over year—and adjusted net income growth of roughly 99%. Analysts remain broadly bullish, including Rosenblatt, KeyBanc and Cantor Fitzgerald, which maintain price targets of $325, $330 and $350, respectively. Nvidia Stock Is a Screaming Buy Before Aug. 26, According to Wall Street
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced that its Groq 3 LPX inference accelerator is in full production. The Vera Rubin platform extension reportedly achieved 3,400 tokens per second in benchmarking, while Nebius plans to be the first AI cloud provider to deploy it. The launch strengthens NVIDIA’s position in fast-growing agentic AI inference workloads. NVIDIA Groq 3 LPX Now in Full Production With World-Class Speed for Agentic AI
• Positive Sentiment: SpaceXAI is adopting NVIDIA Vera CPUs for an AI satellite system targeted for launch in late 2027, providing another potential long-term customer and validating NVIDIA’s expansion beyond conventional data centers. SpaceXAI Adopts NVIDIA Vera CPU
• Neutral Sentiment: Options markets imply an unusually large post-earnings move of about 5.4%, equivalent to approximately $280 billion in market value. This reflects significant investor interest but also indicates elevated downside and upside risk. Nvidia shares set for $280 billion price swing after earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning whether AI spending is sustainable. NVIDIA’s investments, guarantees and financing commitments to AI companies could increase exposure to customer solvency and broader ecosystem risk, while repeated insider selling adds a cautionary signal. Nvidia Has Become a Banker to the AI Boom
• Negative Sentiment: Reported price increases exceeding 15% for systems using Blackwell and Rubin chips may support revenue and margins, but could strain customers and encourage alternatives. Taiwan has also indicted individuals, including NVIDIA employees, over alleged illegal exports of AI servers to China, highlighting regulatory and geopolitical risks. Taiwan indicts nine over alleged illegal export of AI servers to China

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.