NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Rating Reaffirmed as “Overweight” by Cantor Fitzgerald

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating restated by Cantor Fitzgerald in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. They presently have a $350.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Cantor Fitzgerald’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 53.25% from the stock’s current price.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on NVDA. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. President Capital raised their target price on NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. HSBC lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. China Renaissance lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.14.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $228.38 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $5.50 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $217.76 and its 200-day moving average is $206.94. 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 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 analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 9.25 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Boyd Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 273.4% during the 2nd quarter. Boyd Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,830,000 after purchasing an additional 6,696 shares during the period. Altshuler Shaham Ltd raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% in the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $111,134,000 after acquiring an additional 627,510 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $1,350,000. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 7.4% during the 2nd quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC now owns 71,898 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,386,000 after acquiring an additional 4,958 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,652,420 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,970,704,000 after acquiring an additional 936,506 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s authorization of an additional $150 billion share repurchase, lifting its total buyback capacity to approximately $235 billion through 2028, signals management’s confidence in future cash generation and could support earnings per share. NVIDIA Authorizes $150 Billion Buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains favorable: Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an overweight rating with a $350 price target, while Rosenblatt maintained its buy rating. These targets imply substantial upside from the reference price of $228.38. Rosenblatt Reaffirms Buy Rating
• Positive Sentiment: Underlying demand remains the main bullish driver. Coverage points to supply constraints through 2028, strong Vera Rubin demand and data-center revenue growth of 117% year over year in the latest reported quarter. Softer inflation data also improved the outlook for growth stocks by reducing near-term rate concerns. NVIDIA Demand Outlook Supports Bull Case
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s participation in GMI Cloud’s $668 million financing round and continued expansion into AI safety, digital twins and software broaden its ecosystem beyond GPUs and may reinforce long-term platform demand. GMI Cloud Raises Financing
• Neutral Sentiment: The reported acquisition of Hugging Face for nearly $13 billion would give NVIDIA access to a major open-source AI developer ecosystem, models and datasets. The strategic benefit could be significant, but the price, integration risks and timing of financial returns remain uncertain. NVIDIA’s Hugging Face Deal
• Negative Sentiment: Wall Street is questioning NVIDIA’s financing arrangements for AI customers, including guarantees that could create circular exposure. If highly leveraged customers cannot cover interest costs, losses could spread through the AI infrastructure and credit markets. NVIDIA Financing Plan Faces Reality Check
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that a slowdown in hyperscaler capital expenditure could hit NVIDIA before weaker AI demand appears in revenue. Rising memory and infrastructure costs may also pressure gross margins, while competition from Huawei and alternative AI-chip ecosystems represents a longer-term risk. AI Capital Expenditure Risk

About NVIDIA

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.