NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Shares Up 3% – Still a Buy?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) traded up 3% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $185.38 and last traded at $183.34. 198,413,340 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 15% from the average session volume of 172,258,438 shares. The stock had previously closed at $178.07.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s CEO says AI requires “trillions” more in infrastructure spending, reinforcing the long‑run demand story for data‑center GPUs and networking gear; investors treat this as confirmation of multi‑year revenue upside. Nvidia CEO Says AI Needs More Investment (WSJ)
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang plans a China trip to try to reopen a crucial market for AI chips — a successful visit would materially expand NVDA’s addressable market and lift growth expectations. Nvidia CEO Huang plans to visit China (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is supportive — Zacks upgraded NVDA to a Strong Buy and major firms continue to reaffirm buy ratings, giving the stock momentum into earnings. Nvidia Upgraded to Strong Buy (Zacks)
• Positive Sentiment: NVDA is expanding beyond hardware — a $150M investment in Baseten underscores its push into AI inference and software/services, which can deepen customer lock‑in and margin resilience. Nvidia Bets on AI Inference With $150M Baseten Stake (Benzinga)
• Neutral Sentiment: Near‑term market tone also improved after geopolitical headlines eased, providing a short‑term lift to tech names including NVDA. Why Nvidia stock is up around 2% today (Invezz)
• Negative Sentiment: China approval and supply questions persist for the H200 — Taiwanese suppliers and reports say decisions or component production are stuck/ halted on China’s side, which could delay H200 sales and revenue from a key market. Decision on H200 appears stuck on China’s side (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that H200 component production has been halted raise short‑term supply/delivery risk and feed investor caution about China revenue ramps. H200 component production halted (MSN)
• Negative Sentiment: Small litigation risk — Health Discovery filed a patent suit alleging infringement (expired patent), a watch item but unlikely to move the needle materially vs. NVDA’s scale. Health Discovery sues Nvidia over expired patent (TipRanks)

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Evercore ISI restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $263.41.

NVIDIA Stock Up 3.0%

The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The company has a market capitalization of $4.46 trillion, a P/E ratio of 45.49, a PEG ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $183.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $181.29.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.99%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.92, for a total transaction of $5,111,188.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 874,412 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $161,696,267.04. This represents a 3.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value 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 approximately $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. Insiders have sold a total of 1,536,474 shares of company stock valued at $281,144,482 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares during the period. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 267,959.7% during the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $64,976,521,000 after buying an additional 382,231,120 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.