Benchmark Reaffirms Buy Rating for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by Benchmark in a research report issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $250.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Benchmark’s target price would indicate a potential upside of 42.25% from the stock’s current price.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on NVDA. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, February 28th. CICC Research lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Mizuho set a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Macquarie Infrastructure raised shares of NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.25.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $175.75 on Tuesday. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.27 trillion, a P/E ratio of 35.87, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.34. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $182.77 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $184.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407 over the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Winnow Wealth LLC purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its stake 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 valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $44,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA broadened its AI ecosystem with a strategic, $2 billion investment and NVLink Fusion tie‑up with Marvell — investors see this as a move to lock partners into Nvidia’s rack‑scale fabric and protect long‑term data‑center share. Nvidia takes stake in Marvell (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Product pipeline: coverage points to Rubin Ultra and other next‑gen AI capabilities that could drive outsized revenue growth if adopted broadly, supporting longer‑term upside. Rubin Ultra revenue upside (InsiderMonkey)
• Positive Sentiment: Big‑name investors and institutional conviction are supporting sentiment — recent disclosures show purchases by well‑known allocators alongside continued high sell‑side buy ratings and above‑consensus price targets. Analyst bullishness and price targets (InsiderMonkey) Paul Tudor Jones bullish on NVDA (Yahoo) Ray Dalio buying activity (MSN)
• Positive Sentiment: Profitability remains a strength: gross margins are running near 75%, which supports cash flow generation and the company’s ability to fund investments and ecosystem stakes. Gross margin analysis (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Some analysts adjusted targets downward from earlier peaks but kept buy ratings (New Street cut its target to $275 while maintaining a buy), which tempers upside expectations but keeps institutional backing intact. New Street price target adjustment (MarketScreener)
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate actions and cash returns — including a near‑term dividend payment — are incremental positives for income‑focused holders but unlikely to move the long‑term growth story. Dividend announcement (Finbold)
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure in China: IDC data show local GPU/AI‑accelerator vendors gaining meaningful share, which raises execution risk in a key international market. Chinese competition eroding share (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Near‑term market pressure and technical/headline-driven selloffs (including an AI memory‑led rout that knocked shares lower) are reminding investors that NVDA’s premium valuation is vulnerable to sentiment swings. AI memory rout analysis (BeInCrypto)
• Negative Sentiment: Operational/earnings caution: NVDA has recorded consecutive quarterly share price declines for the first time in years — history offers rebound scenarios but the streak highlights short‑term earnings/guide risk. Two‑quarter loss and outlook (Barron’s)
• Negative Sentiment: Some long‑standing holders trimmed positions (D. E. Shaw reported a reduction), a reminder that portfolio rebalancing can add selling pressure even amid broad conviction. D. E. Shaw trims NVDA stake (InsiderMonkey)

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.