Analysts Set NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) Target Price at $324.34

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has earned an average rating of “Buy” from the fifty-five ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, fifty have given a buy recommendation and three have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $324.3392.

A number of analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Oppenheimer set a $315.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Itau BBA Securities reduced their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, DZ Bank reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, August 26th.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. The trade was a 1.10% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 1,700,740 shares of company stock worth $385,015,077 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Wellington Altus USA Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 8.0% in the 2nd quarter. Wellington Altus USA Inc. now owns 14,583 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,918,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares during the period. Anchor Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 4.7% during the 2nd quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 90,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $18,206,000 after buying an additional 4,049 shares during the period. Bullseye Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $396,000. Talon Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 22.9% in the 2nd quarter. Talon Private Wealth LLC now owns 44,085 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $8,821,000 after buying an additional 8,224 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marathon Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Marathon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 102,811 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $20,571,000 after acquiring an additional 306 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: CEO Jensen Huang said NVIDIA expects to sell roughly twice as many chips next year, reinforcing the view that hyperscaler and enterprise AI demand is not slowing. The comments directly counter concerns that the AI investment cycle is approaching a peak. Jensen Huang says Nvidia will sell twice as many chips next year
• Positive Sentiment: Customer and ecosystem activity provided additional validation: CoreWeave deployed multi-rack NVIDIA Vera Rubin clusters, while ASUS and Poesis demonstrated autonomous trading agents running locally on NVIDIA-powered systems. These developments expand demand beyond traditional model training into cloud computing, enterprise AI and agentic applications. CoreWeave Boosts Agentic AI With Multi-Rack NVIDIA Vera Rubin Clusters
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s work with IonQ and Oak Ridge National Laboratory showed generative AI reducing quantum-circuit compilation time from about 11 minutes to 28 seconds. The project highlights CUDA-Q and NVIDIA GPUs as an infrastructure layer for future hybrid quantum-classical computing. IonQ and NVIDIA Just Cracked a Major Quantum Computing Bottleneck
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Apple is discussing NVIDIA high-speed networking for potential M8 Ultra-based servers suggest NVIDIA can benefit even when customers develop their own AI processors. This supports the company’s strategy of monetizing networking and data-center connectivity in addition to GPUs. Apple Is Quietly Building an AI Advantage Few Expected
• Neutral Sentiment: Shares also benefited from a broader semiconductor and Nasdaq rebound, with AMD and Broadcom among the stronger chip-sector performers. This improves near-term sentiment but is less specific to NVIDIA’s fundamentals. AMD Jumps as Semiconductor Rebound Reaches a Third Session
• Negative Sentiment: Huawei plans to launch two Ascend 960 AI chips in 2027, signaling intensifying competition and potential geopolitical pressure in China. Investors are also monitoring rising memory costs, which could weigh on NVIDIA’s gross margins as demand scales. Huawei Sets 2027 AI Chip Launches to Challenge Nvidia

NVIDIA Trading Up 2.5%

NVIDIA stock opened at $219.34 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $214.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $204.16. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.29 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.68 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA will post 9.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.