Sanford C. Bernstein Reiterates Buy Rating for NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reiterated by research analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on NVDA. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Seaport Research Partners lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the stock a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, November 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Benchmark raised their price target on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Three 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $267.73.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $195.64 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $186.30 and its 200-day moving average is $183.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a current ratio of 4.47. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.75 trillion, a PE ratio of 48.55, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total transaction of $37,564,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. The trade was a 4.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total transaction of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $229,196,578.86. This trade represents a 2.32% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375 over the last 90 days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Tempo Wealth LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at $16,031,000. Thryve Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $4,058,000. Mariner Investment Group LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 597.0% in the fourth quarter. Mariner Investment Group LLC now owns 497,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $92,690,000 after acquiring an additional 597,000 shares during the period. KW Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. KW Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,394 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,379,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares during the period. Finally, MidFirst Bank bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $66,446,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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 Q4 results — NVDA reported $68.1B revenue (up 73% Y/Y) and beat EPS estimates; data center revenue hit a record $62.3B, showing continued hyperscaler demand. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Strong forward guide — management set Q1 FY27 revenue around $78B (±2%), explicitly noting robust demand and excluding assumed China data‑center revenue in the outlook — supports near‑term growth visibility. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Product and partnership momentum — launches and platforms (Blackwell, Vera Rubin/Nemotron) plus multi‑year deals with Meta, AWS, Microsoft and others strengthen NVDA’s moat for both training and inference. Nvidia reports earnings beat as AI boom pushes data center revenue up 75%
• Positive Sentiment: Capital returns and cash generation — the company returned $41.1B in FY26 via buybacks/dividends and retains repurchase capacity, which supports shareholder value. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment and price targets remain constructive — multiple firms reiterated buys and raised targets, leaving institutional expectations supportive but varied. Nvidia: Basking In The Glory Of AI CAPEX Windfall
• Neutral Sentiment: Market reaction tone — some outlets note a rally, while options markets priced a relatively small post‑earnings swing, suggesting traders expect continued but less volatile moves. Options traders price Nvidia’s smallest postearnings swing three years
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk — Meta’s large AMD deal and other hyperscaler diversification plans increase the long‑term competitive backdrop for GPUs and could chip away at sole‑supplier pricing leverage. AMD Strikes $100 Billion Blow To Nvidia, Massive Meta Deal Could Crown New AI King: Analyst
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/China exposure uncertainty — regulators and export/shipments (reports that H200 chips haven’t been shipped to China) and model‑access frictions create execution uncertainty for China revenues. China has not yet received any Nvidia H200 chips, US official said
• Negative Sentiment: Policy and partner risk — tensions around Anthropic’s military-use controls are a potential reputational/regulatory wild card (CEO Jensen Huang downplayed the severity). Nvidia’s Huang says any Pentagon–Anthropic rift is ‘not the end of the world’

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.