NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Buy Rating Reaffirmed at DZ Bank

DZ Bank reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a research report released on Thursday,MarketScreener reports.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $255.00 price objective (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $235.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, May 15th. Finally, Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and set a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $303.27.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock opened at $219.51 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $5.32 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. NVIDIA has a 52-week low of $129.16 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The business has a fifty day moving average of $195.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $188.87.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 110.48% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company had revenue of $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA will post 7.89 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. This trade represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518 over the last three months. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted 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 worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $40,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA delivered another blowout quarter, beating earnings and revenue estimates and issuing strong Q2 guidance around $91 billion in sales. Reuters: Nvidia forecasts quarterly revenue above estimates, announces $80 billion share buyback
• Positive Sentiment: The company announced an additional $80 billion share repurchase authorization and raised its quarterly dividend from $0.01 to $0.25, signaling aggressive capital returns and management confidence. GlobeNewswire: NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for First Quarter Fiscal 2027
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts largely turned more upbeat after the report, raising price targets and highlighting NVIDIA’s dominant position in AI infrastructure and attractive valuation. Benzinga: NVIDIA Lags AI Rivals Even As It Sits ‘At The Center Of All AI’
• Positive Sentiment: Several pieces pointed to broadening demand beyond hyperscalers, new products like Vera Rubin, and expansion into edge computing, robotics, and enterprise AI as signs of a bigger long-term growth runway. CNBC: What you might have missed in Nvidia’s earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Despite the strong fundamentals, the stock reaction was muted because investors appear concerned about lofty expectations, competition from custom chips, and the fact that China revenue is still excluded from guidance. Barron’s: Why Nvidia Stock Is Barely Moving After Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: Some reports noted that NVIDIA’s strong earnings were not enough to overcome near-term worries about AI growth normalization and investor positioning after a huge run in the shares. CNBC: Data center revenue nearly doubles, report is strong but stock slides

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.