NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Given New $250.00 Price Target at Susquehanna

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had its price target increased by equities research analysts at Susquehanna from $230.00 to $250.00 in a report issued on Thursday, Marketbeat reports. The firm presently has a “positive” rating on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Susquehanna’s price target would indicate a potential upside of 34.03% from the company’s current price.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $212.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays raised their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Evercore ISI set a $261.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. TD Cowen raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Finally, Citigroup upped their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have issued a Buy rating, two have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $253.52.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $186.52 on Thursday. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.53 trillion, a PE ratio of 53.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.49 and a beta of 2.11. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $186.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is $167.48. The company has a quick ratio of 3.60, a current ratio of 4.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. NVIDIA has set its Q4 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $208.33, for a total value of $5,758,241.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,828,122 shares in the company, valued at $589,182,656.26. This trade represents a 0.97% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 25,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.91, for a total value of $5,197,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 69,733,203 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,498,230,235.73. This trade represents a 0.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 3,251,577 shares of company stock valued at $583,143,187. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 22,929 shares in the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew 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 buying an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 30.7% in 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 buying an additional 11,900 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.