NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Trading Up 1.7% on Analyst Upgrade

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)’s stock price traded up 1.7% during mid-day trading on Wednesday after Wedbush raised their price target on the stock from $230.00 to $300.00. Wedbush currently has an outperform rating on the stock. NVIDIA traded as high as $184.70 and last traded at $183.04. 175,935,083 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 3% from the average session volume of 180,956,906 shares. The stock had previously closed at $180.05.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on NVDA. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Robert W. Baird lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. President Capital boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $273.64.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,618,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $651,483,201.88. The trade was a 5.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the company’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 owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,248,120 shares of company stock worth $225,672,814 over the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record earnings and data‑center dominance — NVDA reported a $68.1B quarter with strong data‑center results and bullish multi‑year growth commentary, underpinning investor confidence in its platform lead. Nvidia’s Earnings Prove Why It’s Earned Its Spot
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades lift sentiment — Baird and Wedbush have boosted price targets (Baird raised its PT to $300), signaling continued buy‑side conviction after the quarter. Baird Raises Price Target on Nvidia (NVDA) Wedbush Raises Nvidia (NVDA) Price Target to $300
• Positive Sentiment: Deepening AI ecosystem exposure — NVDA participated in the massive OpenAI funding and continues to be a central supplier/partner across inference/cloud providers, which supports durable demand for GPUs. Amazon and Nvidia Just Poured $110 Billion Into OpenAI — Here Are the 5 Stocks That Benefit Most
• Neutral Sentiment: Management signals a pause on future large private investments — CEO Jensen Huang said the recent $30B OpenAI investment “might be the last” before OpenAI’s IPO, limiting further big equity bets but reducing potential capital deployment uncertainty. Jensen Huang Says Nvidia’s $30 Billion OpenAI Investment ‘Might Be The Last’
• Negative Sentiment: China production pullback weighs on TAM — Reports say NVDA stopped producing H200 chips intended for China and is redirecting TSMC capacity toward Vera Rubin, confirming the company is de‑emphasizing near‑term China data‑center revenue in guidance. This reduces upside in China and highlights regulatory risk. Nvidia refocuses TSMC capacity as export controls stall China sales, FT reports
• Negative Sentiment: Tighter export rules could limit global chip sales — U.S. proposals to require licenses for advanced AI chip exports add uncertainty and could restrict NVIDIA’s addressable markets or create compliance frictions. New Export Rules Could Be Coming for AI Chipmakers’ Sales

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after buying an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE increased its position in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.2%

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $186.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $183.87. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.41, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.89 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

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.