NVIDIA’s (NVDA) “Overweight” Rating Reiterated at Cantor Fitzgerald

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald in a report released on Thursday, MarketBeat.com reports. They presently have a $350.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s price objective points to a potential upside of 51.61% from the company’s previous close.

NVDA has been the topic of several other reports. Daiwa Securities Group cut their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $255.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, September 17th. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, August 26th. TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $390.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.14.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.1%

NVDA traded up $2.48 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $230.86. The stock had a trading volume of 97,879,871 shares, compared to its average volume of 153,962,922. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $218.20 and its 200-day simple moving average is $207.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $236.54.

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

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Defender Capital LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 29.2% during the 3rd quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 9,734 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,223,000 after buying an additional 2,200 shares during the period. First Financial Bank Trust Division boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 5.1% during the 3rd quarter. First Financial Bank Trust Division now owns 91,955 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $21,001,000 after buying an additional 4,471 shares during the period. Burkett Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 40.6% during the 3rd quarter. Burkett Financial Services LLC now owns 7,329 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,674,000 after buying an additional 2,115 shares during the period. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter. Stonebridge Financial Group LLC now owns 42,637 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $9,738,000 after buying an additional 2,922 shares during the period. Finally, Parrish Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth about $202,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Barclays raised its estimate for NVIDIA’s 2027 hyperscaler revenue to approximately $401 billion, above its prior $370 billion forecast. The estimate reflects accelerating data-center investment by major cloud providers. Nvidia stock gains as Barclays sees $401B hyperscaler revenue in 2027
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA authorized an additional $150 billion share repurchase, bringing total buyback capacity to $235 billion through 2028. The move signals management confidence in future cash generation and could support earnings per share. Nvidia authorizes $150B buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive: Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an overweight rating with a $350 price target, while other coverage highlights NVIDIA’s strong earnings prospects, rising cash flow and demand for its Vera Rubin platform. 2 Growth Stocks With Strong Earnings Prospects to Buy in October
• Positive Sentiment: New ecosystem activity, including NVIDIA’s participation in GMI Cloud’s $668 million financing and expanded digital-twin and AI-safety initiatives, reinforces demand for its full-stack AI platform.
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock is nearing its all-time high, making upcoming hyperscaler capital-expenditure updates and future earnings results important catalysts for sustaining momentum. Nvidia stock approaches record territory
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are debating NVIDIA’s financing arrangements for AI customers, which critics describe as potentially circular. Concerns about customer credit quality and overinvestment could increase volatility if AI infrastructure spending slows. Nvidia’s bet that its chips can finance the AI boom
• Negative Sentiment: China’s efforts to develop software for Huawei’s competing AI chips and the broader risk of hyperscaler CapEx fatigue remain longer-term threats to NVIDIA’s market share and valuation.

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.