NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Keeps Overweight Rating at Cantor Fitzgerald

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reissued by Cantor Fitzgerald in a report released on Thursday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a $350.00 target price on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s price target indicates a potential upside of 53.25% from the company’s previous close.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on NVDA. Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $300.00 price target on the stock. KGI Securities boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $335.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Itau BBA Securities decreased their price objective on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $324.14.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $228.38 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $217.76 and a 200-day moving average of $206.94. The company has a market cap of $5.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $164.27 and a 1 year high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.05 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved a share buyback program on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 over the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Montgomery Financial Services LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Bard Associates Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 8,866.7% during the second quarter. Bard Associates Inc. now owns 269 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the period. 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: Large buyback reinforces management confidence: NVIDIA authorized an additional $150 billion in repurchases, bringing total remaining capacity to approximately $235 billion through fiscal 2028. The plan could support earnings per share and signals that management views the shares as attractively valued. NVIDIA buyback article
• Positive Sentiment: AI demand remains the core catalyst: Analysts continue to point to strong demand for NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform, hyperscaler capital spending and the company’s full-stack AI ecosystem. Recent commentary cited 117% year-over-year data-center growth and continued customer demand, while Rosenblatt reaffirmed its Buy rating with a $390 price target. NVIDIA growth outlook article
• Positive Sentiment: Expansion beyond GPUs could widen NVIDIA’s moat: Investments in AI infrastructure providers such as GMI Cloud, digital-twin deployments and AI safety software may increase demand for NVIDIA hardware, networking and software across more workloads.
• Neutral Sentiment: Regulatory debate is unresolved: CEO Jensen Huang and other technology leaders challenged Anthropic’s calls for stricter AI safeguards. President Trump’s support for industry self-regulation is favorable to near-term industry growth, but future policy changes remain a risk. AI safety regulation article
• Negative Sentiment: Financing concerns are becoming more prominent: Reuters reported that Wall Street is questioning the value of NVIDIA’s chips and related infrastructure in its financing strategy. If smaller neocloud operators struggle to repay loans or AI spending slows, NVIDIA could face demand, credit and reputational risks. Reuters NVIDIA financing article
• Negative Sentiment: AI-cycle and competitive risks remain: A pullback in hyperscaler capital expenditures could hit NVIDIA before it affects AI adopters such as Meta. China’s efforts to build alternatives around Huawei chips, along with high interest rates and bearish hedge-fund commentary, could limit further multiple expansion.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.