NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Buy Rating Reiterated at Benchmark

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by analysts at Benchmark in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $250.00 target price on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Benchmark’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 27.78% from the company’s current price.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on NVDA. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday. Wolfe Research boosted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. President Capital boosted their price objective 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, Bank of America increased their target price on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $269.55.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $195.64 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.75 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. The business has a 50-day moving average of $186.30 and a 200-day moving average of $183.88.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $3,514,400.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 93,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $16,352,503.20. This represents a 17.69% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents 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 three months, insiders have sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its position 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 buying an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record quarter and strong guidance — NVIDIA posted Q4 revenue of $68.1B (up 73% y/y), Data Center revenue of $62.3B, and beat EPS estimates; management guided Q1 FY27 revenue around $78B, signaling continued AI-driven demand. NVIDIA Press Release — Q4 & FY26 Results
• Positive Sentiment: Product leadership and strategic partnerships — new Vera Rubin platform and continued Blackwell momentum plus multi‑year partnerships (Meta, AWS, Microsoft, etc.) underpin longer‑term pricing/power advantage in AI inference and training. CNBC — Vera Rubin & Forecast
• Positive Sentiment: Big shareholder returns and balance‑sheet optionality — $41.1B returned in FY26, $58.5B remaining buyback authorization and a token dividend; supports buyback-driven EPS tailwind. NVIDIA Press Release — Shareholder Returns
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts refresh targets — Wall Street quickly updated price targets and ratings (mostly positive), which supports consensus estimates but leaves room for dispersion in 12‑month views. Finbold — Analyst Updates After Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Market positioned for strong numbers — options/futures activity shows this earnings run was widely expected, leaving less room for a big post‑earnings move (traders priced in a small swing). Reuters — Futures Muted After NVDA Results
• Negative Sentiment: Investors shrug despite the beat — coverage notes the stock barely rallied because broader AI/tech sentiment, rotation and “stock fatigue” limit upside even on excellent fundamentals. That dampens immediate upside. Barron’s — Why NVDA Isn’t Rallying
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and ecosystem diversification — large hyperscalers are diversifying (notably Meta’s big AMD deal), which could cap NVDA’s pricing power and future share gains in certain deployments. MarketBeat — Meta Invests in AMD Chips
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitics & China exposure — management says it has yet to record H200/China revenue and is excluding China in outlook; export controls and lack of China sales add execution/visibility risk to future growth. CNBC — Nvidia, China Chip Sales and Export Controls
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and insider activity — NVDA’s premium multiple and notable insider selling (reported by data aggregators) leave some investors cautious even as earnings accelerate. QuiverQuant — Post‑Earnings Moves & Insider Activity

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.