NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Stock Price Up 1.1% – What’s Next?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 1.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday. The company traded as high as $232.29 and last traded at $230.86. Approximately 97,308,467 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 37% from the average session volume of 153,855,875 shares. The stock had previously closed at $228.38.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA authorized an additional $150 billion stock-repurchase program, bringing total available buyback capacity to approximately $235 billion through 2028. The move signals management confidence in cash generation and could support earnings per share by reducing the share count. Nvidia authorizes $150 billion buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Barclays raised its estimate for NVIDIA’s 2027 hyperscaler revenue to $401 billion, above its prior $370 billion forecast, based on continued spending by major cloud providers on AI data centers. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate
• Positive Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an Overweight rating and set a $350 price target, implying substantial upside from recent levels. Other coverage continues to point to strong demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation platforms, including Vera Rubin. AI chip boom and NVIDIA outlook
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s participation in GMI Cloud’s $668 million financing round and expanding GPU deployments reinforce demand for its accelerated-computing ecosystem. GMI Cloud financing
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock is approaching record territory ahead of hyperscaler capital-spending updates and other fourth-quarter catalysts. That creates potential for further momentum, but expectations are already elevated. NVIDIA approaches record territory
• Negative Sentiment: Wall Street is questioning NVIDIA’s use of financing arrangements to support AI customers’ chip purchases. Critics warn that such “circular financing” could expose the company to credit losses if weaker customers cannot meet their obligations. NVIDIA financing concerns
• Negative Sentiment: China’s DeepSeek and Huawei are developing software intended to improve Huawei’s alternative AI chips, potentially challenging NVIDIA’s software advantage and limiting growth in China. DeepSeek and Huawei competition

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. China Renaissance raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Oppenheimer set a $315.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Morgan Stanley set a $300.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, August 24th. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $324.14.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.1%

The stock’s 50 day moving average is $217.76 and its two-hundred day moving average is $206.94. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The company has a market capitalization of $5.56 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% 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. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. J. Stern & Co. LLP boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the 4th quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $16,156,076,000. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its stake in NVIDIA by 34.7% during the second quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $15,176,771,000 after acquiring an additional 19,522,304 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.6% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,009,783,437 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $202,047,568,000 after purchasing an additional 15,897,836 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,329,141,000 after purchasing an additional 12,575,177 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.