Robert W. Baird Reaffirms “Outperform” Rating for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating reissued by equities researchers at Robert W. Baird in a research note issued to investors on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $275.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Robert W. Baird’s price objective would indicate a potential upside of 44.33% from the company’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts have also commented on NVDA. Daiwa Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $265.00 target price (up previously from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, November 14th. Wedbush boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $210.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Truist Financial upped their target price on NVIDIA from $255.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Finally, S&P Equity Research reaffirmed a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have given a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $262.14.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $190.53 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $186.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $176.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.63 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 2.29. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director A Brooke Seawell sold 12,728 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.93, for a total value of $2,341,061.04. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 2,161,474 shares of company stock valued at $396,157,992. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a ~ $20B agreement to license Groq’s inference technology and bring key Groq engineers into NVIDIA, which investors view as a fast way to close a latency/speed gap for inference workloads and extend NVIDIA’s moat. NVIDIA’s $20B Groq Deal Is a Warning Shot to AI Rivals
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple outlets and TV segments frame the Groq deal as market‑moving — coverage highlights the strategic urgency (speed for inference) and immediate market reaction, supporting the near‑term bullish case. Nvidia strikes $20 billion deal with Groq: Here’s what you need to know
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: major firms reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets (e.g., $275 PTs reported), supporting further upside expectations as analysts bake the deal into 2026 modeling. Analyst price target reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Deal structure is non‑traditional — a non‑exclusive license plus talent hires (Groq stays independent) — which accelerates integration while aiming to avoid lengthy antitrust review; that reduces near‑term regulatory drag but leaves some legal/competitive ambiguity. Nvidia-Groq deal is structured to keep ‘fiction of competition alive’
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/strategic rationale: analysts and deep‑dive pieces argue Groq’s LPU/compiler tech can materially improve real‑time inference throughput and energy efficiency — a potential product advantage for cloud and robotics customers. Why Nvidia Needs Groq To Win The War Against Google’s TPUs
• Neutral Sentiment: Financing and cash use: while NVDA’s huge free cash flow can fund the deal, $20B is material — some analysts flag near‑term balance‑sheet and capital allocation questions (and one note argued “cash problem” risks). Monitor cash deployment and buyback/dividend policy. Nvidia Has A Cash Problem
• Negative Sentiment: Emerging competitive risk: a MarketBeat piece warns MetaX’s rapid IPO surge and other deep‑tech entrants could pose a meaningful long‑term threat to NVIDIA’s dominance into 2026 — worth tracking as rivals commercialize low‑latency stacks. Is MetaX a NVIDIA Threat—or Just Another DeepSeek Market Scare?

About NVIDIA

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.