NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Receives “Overweight” Rating from KeyCorp

KeyCorp restated their overweight rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has a $275.00 target price on the computer hardware maker’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on NVDA. Seaport Research Partners raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Macquarie Infrastructure raised shares of NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Argus restated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, President Capital boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Four investment 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $274.21.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $181.93 on Tuesday. 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 has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.42 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $185.14 and a 200-day moving average of $184.18.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.NVIDIA’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $3,514,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at $16,352,503.20. This represents a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total value of $54,756,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $605,701,198.44. This represents a 8.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,020,784 shares of company stock valued at $186,152,154 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter worth $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $44,000. Finally, AlphaCentric Advisors LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at $45,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management projected more than $1 trillion in demand for Blackwell and Rubin systems through 2027 — a very large addressable market that underpins long-term revenue upside. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product launches at GTC — Vera Rubin platform, Vera CPU, Dynamo inference OS, NemoClaw/Nemo toolset and DLSS 5 — broaden NVDA’s stack from chips into software, inference and agentic AI, increasing monetization pathways beyond GPUs. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia says it has received purchase orders and is restarting manufacturing of China‑compliant H200 chips — a reopening of a large addressable market if production and export licenses hold. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street remains bullish on the long-term thesis (multiple firms reaffirm Buy/raise targets), which supports upside but doesn’t guarantee a near-term rally. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: New gaming and graphics tech (DLSS 5) expands TAM via consumer/gaming monetization, but this is incremental vs. the data‑center/inference opportunity. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction was muted — NVDA traded sideways/edged lower after the keynote as investors wait for concrete order recognition, supply timelines and margin implications. That cautious tone is weighing on the share price. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider/director selling and heavy disclosed insider sales across the company add a near-term sentiment headwind for some investors. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical & competitive risks — China export rules, rising in‑house hyperscaler chips and rivals are cited as execution risks that could delay or compress the expected upside. 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.