NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Overweight Rating Reaffirmed at KeyCorp

KeyCorp restated their overweight rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a report issued on Monday morning,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $275.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock.

Several other research firms also recently issued reports on NVDA. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Wall Street Zen downgraded NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, February 7th. President Capital raised their target price on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $265.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $267.73.

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $191.55 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $185.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $183.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. NVIDIA has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.65 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at $148,794,775.84. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Drake & Associates LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 11.2% during the fourth quarter. Drake & Associates LLC now owns 18,945 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,533,000 after buying an additional 1,904 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 4.2% in the 4th quarter. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC now owns 94,181 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $17,565,000 after acquiring an additional 3,826 shares during the last quarter. Monetary Solutions Ltd bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at about $161,000. Kera Capital Partners Inc. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Kera Capital Partners Inc. now owns 391,382 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $74,805,000 after purchasing an additional 3,606 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Walser Wealth Management Company A Ltd Liability Co acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $3,075,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street is pricing in enormous Q4 revenue (reports citing ~$65B consensus), which is driving pre-earnings optimism that NVDA will again show explosive datacenter/AI demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple brokerages have reaffirmed/raised bullish ratings and price targets this week (examples: DA Davidson, KeyCorp, Wedbush), supporting upside sentiment ahead of results. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: New commercial partnerships and product pushes broaden NVDA’s TAM — notable items include expanded hyperscaler wins (Meta tie‑ups highlighted by analysts) and a push into cybersecurity with partners to protect critical infrastructure using NVIDIA BlueField DPUs. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Product roadmap and ecosystem stories (laptop chip launch plans, supply‑chain narratives) keep the long-term AI infrastructure case intact but are incremental near-term catalysts versus the earnings print. Read More. — and Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/export risk surfaced: Reuters reports a Chinese AI firm trained a model on NVIDIA’s top Blackwell chip despite U.S. export controls — this raises potential compliance risks and political scrutiny that could affect China sales or trigger sanctions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts remain skeptical on the near‑term China revenue recovery and on structural demand shifts (private‑credit drying for data‑center builds; some arguing inference demand could shift toward CPUs/custom ASICs), which could temper growth after a beat. Read More. and Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Pre-earnings options positioning and high implied volatility mean a large post‑earnings IV collapse is possible — even a beat could see a sharp short‑term price drop as premiums unwind. This raises event‑risk for traders around the print. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/geopolitical headlines (tariff rulings and related market jitters) are driving rotation out of growth names today; that can amplify NVDA’s intraday volatility despite company‑specific positives. Read More.

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.