NVIDIA’s (NVDA) “Overweight” Rating Reiterated at Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald reissued their overweight rating on shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) in a research note issued to investors on Monday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $300.00 price target on the computer hardware maker’s stock.

A number of other analysts have also issued reports on NVDA. Macquarie Infrastructure upgraded shares of NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Arete Research increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $244.00 to $261.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.95.

NVIDIA Trading Up 2.0%

NVDA opened at $178.68 on Monday. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $184.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $184.34. The firm has a market cap of $4.34 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.47, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total transaction of $7,459,058.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 881,387 shares in the company, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at $2,734,301.20. This trade represents a 16.88% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Center for Financial Planning Inc. lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 8,429 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after acquiring an additional 367 shares during the period. PMG Family Office LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,150,000. Atria Investments Inc increased its stake in NVIDIA by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 942,208 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $148,859,000 after purchasing an additional 29,479 shares in the last quarter. Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,316,000. Finally, Oak Ridge Investments LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Oak Ridge Investments LLC now owns 970,860 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $181,143,000 after purchasing an additional 20,559 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: ASML’s nearly $8B order for EUV lithography gear signals a multi?year buildout of AI infrastructure and confirms demand for the high?bandwidth memory (HBM) that pairs with NVIDIA GPUs — a structural tailwind for NVDA’s addressable market. ASML’s $8B Deal: More Than a Purchase, It’s a Prophecy
• Positive Sentiment: SLB expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to build modular data centers and industry?specific AI models for energy — another enterprise deployment that increases near?term GPU demand and diversifies end markets. SLB expands Nvidia partnership to develop AI infrastructure for energy sector
• Positive Sentiment: Product adoption and alliances keep momentum: KeyCare deployed NVIDIA’s Nemotron model in clinical workflows and Adobe/other partners continue integrating NVIDIA tech — proof points for commercial traction beyond hyperscalers. KeyCare Deploys NVIDIA Nemotron Adobe–NVIDIA alliance
• Positive Sentiment: Bullish analyst/market context: Cantor Fitzgerald and other bulls, plus a broader tech bounce on easing geopolitical oil risk, support sentiment that AI leaders like NVIDIA will recover on earnings/valuation re?rating. NVIDIA given Overweight by Cantor Fitzgerald Today’s Market: Dow jumps
• Neutral Sentiment: Photonics and supply?chain bets (investments in Lumentum/Coherent, TSMC capacity bottlenecks) could raise NVDA’s long?term TAM but may also shift partners and cost dynamics; outcome depends on execution and timelines. 2 Lesser?Known Photonics Firms May Play an Outsized Role in AI
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory risk rose after DOJ charges tied to alleged diversion of servers and senators asked Commerce to pause NVIDIA export licenses to China/Southeast Asia — a direct sales and licensing headwind if restrictions expand. Senators Push to Freeze Nvidia Export Licenses
• Negative Sentiment: U.S. lawmakers have asked whether CEO Jensen Huang’s prior comments misled regulators about chip diversion — political scrutiny could lead to tighter licensing or reputational risk. US lawmakers ask whether Nvidia CEO’s smuggling remarks misled regulators
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling (director Mark A. Stevens sold ~221k shares) and competitive claims (e.g., Huawei’s Atlas 350 performance assertions) add short?term uncertainty that can cap rallies until clarity on regulation and supply is reached. Director Mark A. Stevens sold shares Huawei Atlas 350 claims

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.