NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Price Target Raised to $225.00 at Mizuho

Key Points

• Mizuho raised NVIDIA's price target from $205.00 to $225.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.01% from the current stock price.
• NVIDIA's stock has seen consistent support from analysts, with a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $213.37.
• The company reported a 55.6% year-over-year revenue increase, with quarterly earnings beating expectations at $1.05 EPS.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) had its target price hoisted by Mizuho from $205.00 to $225.00 in a report issued on Monday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage presently has an "outperform" rating on the computer hardware maker's stock. Mizuho's price target would indicate a potential upside of 20.01% from the stock's current price.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other reports. Piper Sandler set a $225.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Daiwa Capital Markets increased their price target on NVIDIA from $165.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 17th. BNP Paribas upgraded NVIDIA to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have given a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $213.37.

NVIDIA Stock Up 2.4%

NVDA opened at $187.48 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $4.56 trillion, a P/E ratio of 53.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 2.12. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $179.16 and its 200 day moving average price is $151.02. NVIDIA has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $195.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 4.21 and a quick ratio of 3.60.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.01 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $46.74 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.65 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 52.41% and a return on equity of 101.74%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 55.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.68 earnings per share. NVIDIA has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.40, for a total value of $5,380,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,883,402 shares of the company's stock, valued at $508,632,112.80. This trade represents a 1.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Jen Hsun Huang sold 75,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, October 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $190.20, for a total transaction of $14,265,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 70,558,203 shares in the company, valued at $13,420,170,210.60. This represents a 0.11% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 3,801,587 shares of company stock worth $673,950,484. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NVIDIA

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 267,959.7% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 382,373,765 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $64,976,521,000 after purchasing an additional 382,231,120 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $51,386,863,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the first quarter worth about $15,089,414,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 123.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 187,995,213 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock valued at $20,374,921,000 after purchasing an additional 103,889,872 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 204.6% during the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 35,652,571 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock worth $3,864,026,000 after purchasing an additional 23,948,733 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently 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.

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