NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) have received an average recommendation of “Buy” from the fifty-four research firms that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-eight have given a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $303.8396.

Several research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Citigroup began coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its stake 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 worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,000. 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: NVIDIA expanded its AI ecosystem with a sovereign-AI partnership with Palantir to deploy secure AI models for government and infrastructure customers, reinforcing demand for its GPUs and software stack. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Reuters reported that Valar Atomics is partnering with NVIDIA on a small Utah data center aimed at showing how AI infrastructure can conserve water, highlighting another real-world use case for NVIDIA’s data-center technology. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Several reports pointed to continued bullish long-term catalysts, including robotics, edge AI, and ongoing hyperscaler capex, suggesting NVIDIA remains central to the AI buildout even amid a short-term pullback. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst commentary and valuation-focused articles remain constructive overall, with multiple firms reiterating positive ratings and raising earnings estimates, but these views are being offset by near-term concerns about stretched valuations and sector rotation. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Bearish technical commentary warns that NVIDIA could drift lower in the short term, with some traders eyeing a move toward $165 if support breaks. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Michael Burry disclosed short bets against NVIDIA and other chip stocks, adding to concerns that the semiconductor group may be overextended after its big run. Article Title

NVIDIA Trading Down 1.3%

NVDA stock opened at $197.58 on Thursday. NVIDIA has a 1-year low of $152.97 and a 1-year high of $236.54. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business’s 50 day moving average is $210.48 and its 200-day moving average is $193.36. The firm has a market cap of $4.78 trillion, a P/E ratio of 30.26, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.21.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.NVIDIA’s revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 8.69 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.31%.

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.