NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at Stifel Nicolaus

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reissued by equities researchers at Stifel Nicolaus in a report issued on Monday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $250.00 price objective on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Stifel Nicolaus’ price objective would suggest a potential upside of 33.28% from the company’s current price.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Seaport Global Securities lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. Robert W. Baird reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday. Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Mizuho boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Macquarie upgraded NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.14.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA traded down $2.95 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $187.58. 40,596,410 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 221,336,641. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 46.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 2.29. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $186.12 and a two-hundred day moving average of $177.01. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business’s revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total value of $12,421,044.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,424,603 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $253,365,643.55. The trade was a 4.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 2,086,474 shares of company stock valued at $382,482,492. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

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

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Groq licensing deal strengthens NVDA’s inference roadmap and reduces a key competitive threat — market reaction sees this as confirmation NVDA will own more of the full AI stack, boosting long-term moat and revenue opportunities. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains bullish — multiple firms have reiterated Buy/Outperform ratings and raised targets, underpinning demand and supporting confidence in NVDA’s growth trajectory. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Macro/sector tailwinds: MarketBeat and others flag that Q4/Q1 earnings season and continued AI spending (GPUs, HBM memory, data-center capacity) should be bullish for NVDA’s revenue and margins going into 2026. Strong guidance expectations are a near-term upside catalyst. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Signs of China demand easing — reports that H200 shipments to China could resume and capacity expansion prospects buoy revenue visibility for a large end market. This can materially lift forward bookings if confirmed. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Internal moves: NVDA reorganized its cloud division — operational tweaks can be positive longer term but are unlikely to drive big near-term share moves on their own. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Completed $5B Intel private-placement stake — NVDA finished buying ~214.7M Intel shares at $23.28; markets penalized the stock (shares slipped after the filing) because the purchase uses cash and raises questions about capital allocation and strategic focus. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling in 2025 — reports show insiders sold over $1B of NVDA stock during the year (Quiver/Finbold summaries highlight large CEO and executive sales). That volume is often read as profit-taking and can sap short-term sentiment. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Not all investors agree — high-profile short positions (e.g., Michael Burry) and critical press pieces underscore that some are betting against NVDA, adding volatility and downside pressure amid an expensive valuation. Read More.

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.