NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Upgraded at Zacks Research

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report released on Monday,Zacks.com reports.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the company. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, June 2nd. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Citigroup assumed coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $413.00 price target (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $325.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.0%

NVDA stock opened at $207.29 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $164.07 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.02 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.74, a P/E/G ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 2.21. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $209.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $195.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after acquiring an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its position in NVIDIA by 6.7% during the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA disclosed that its next-generation Rubin AI chips are shipping to customers and that production is underway, reinforcing confidence that the company’s roadmap remains on schedule and competitive versus rivals like AMD and Broadcom. Nvidia Says Rubin AI Chips Are Shipping
• Positive Sentiment: The company also unveiled an expansion of its Agent Toolkit with Omniverse libraries, aimed at helping developers build simulation-ready “physical AI” applications for robotics, factories, and autonomous systems. That strengthens NVIDIA’s software ecosystem and could support longer-term demand for its hardware and platforms. NVIDIA Agent Toolkit Expands With New Omniverse Libraries
• Positive Sentiment: Investor sentiment was also helped by NVIDIA’s 9.3% stake in Nebius, which signals deeper involvement in AI cloud infrastructure and sparked a broad AI-infrastructure rally that reflects continued confidence in NVIDIA’s influence across the sector. Nebius stock surges as Nvidia discloses 9.3% stake in neocloud
• Neutral Sentiment: Wall Street commentary remains broadly constructive, with several pieces highlighting NVIDIA as a key AI growth name and a possible leader during earnings season, but these are mostly sentiment drivers rather than new fundamentals. Why Nvidia Stock Can ‘Lead the Charge’ This Earnings Season
• Neutral Sentiment: Some articles noted that other AI memory and infrastructure names have been outperforming NVIDIA lately, which is a reminder that the AI trade is broadening beyond NVDA even as it remains a core beneficiary. NVIDIA Isn’t Leading AI Stocks in 2026 – These 2 Are Up Over 180%

About NVIDIA

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.