NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Buy Rating Reiterated at Sanford C. Bernstein

Sanford C. Bernstein reissued their buy rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a research report released on Tuesday morning,MarketScreener reports.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on NVDA. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, October 19th. Arete Research upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. CICC Research increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $200.00 to $228.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, November 21st. Finally, President Capital raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.14.

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.1%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $185.16 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.95, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $185.57 and a 200 day moving average price of $179.25. NVIDIA has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.99%.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.65, for a total transaction of $14,772,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,574,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $290,720,899.95. This trade represents a 4.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 1,711,474 shares of company stock valued at $312,028,242 over the last ninety days. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norway Savings Bank raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Norway Savings Bank now owns 46,124 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $8,602,000 after acquiring an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC now owns 67,272 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $12,546,000 after purchasing an additional 1,826 shares during the last quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.5% in the 4th quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 341,523 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $63,694,000 after purchasing an additional 8,470 shares in the last quarter. Spartan Planning & Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 11.9% in the 4th quarter. Spartan Planning & Wealth Management now owns 53,748 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $10,024,000 after purchasing an additional 5,733 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bennett Selby Investments LP lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 18.0% during the fourth quarter. Bennett Selby Investments LP now owns 45,264 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $8,442,000 after purchasing an additional 6,913 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CES product and platform momentum — Rubin (Vera Rubin rack-scale systems) and new AI model/tool launches reinforce NVDA’s technical edge and potential to lock hyperscaler capex into NVIDIA architectures. This supports longer-term revenue and margin upside. Nvidia Pulls The Timeline Forward: Why Rubin Changes The AI Game
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic commercial partnerships broaden addressable markets — announced collaborations (Caterpillar, Lenovo gigafactory, Archer avionics integration) expand NVDA’s TAM beyond cloud hyperscalers into industrial, construction and aerospace customers. Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains bullish — several firms (Evercore, Truist, Bank of America and others) have reaffirmed Outperform/Buy ratings and raised price targets after CES, providing analyst-backed support. Evercore Reiterates Outperform on Nvidia (NVDA), Calls It a Top Pick for 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate / talent move — Nvidia hired its first Chief Marketing Officer (Alison Wagonfeld), signaling a greater focus on go-to-market and enterprise adoption; important long-term but unlikely to move near-term earnings. Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer
• Negative Sentiment: China uncertainty — mixed signals from Beijing: some reports say limited approvals for H200 imports are coming, but other reports show authorities previously asked firms to halt orders. That ambiguity is weighing on sentiment and demand visibility in a large market. Exclusive: Nvidia requires full upfront payment for H200 chips in China, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Defensive sales terms for China clients — reports that NVIDIA is requiring full upfront payment for H200 orders in China signal the company is hedging export/approval risk; this protects NVIDIA but can slow orders and frustrate customers. Nvidia’s reportedly asking Chinese customers to pay upfront its for H200 AI chips
• Negative Sentiment: Short-term market pressure from tech rotation — Nasdaq underperformance and a rotation away from the largest AI names is putting near-term downward pressure on NVDA, even as fundamentals remain strong. Nasdaq Underperforms As Tech Rotation Hits Nvidia, Other AI Stocks; Jobs Report Next

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.