NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Price Target Raised to $175.00 at Wedbush

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) had its target price hoisted by Wedbush from $160.00 to $175.00 in a research note published on Thursday morning,Benzinga reports. The firm currently has an outperform rating on the computer hardware maker’s stock. Wedbush also issued estimates for NVIDIA’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.73 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.03 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS.

NVDA has been the subject of a number of other research reports. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $90.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 29th. Melius Research increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Loop Capital restated a “buy” rating and set a $175.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $165.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $140.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty-nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $164.15.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $141.95 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.48 trillion, a P/E ratio of 55.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.66. NVIDIA has a 52 week low of $45.01 and a 52 week high of $152.89. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $134.01 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $122.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 3.79 and a current ratio of 4.10.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.12. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. The firm had revenue of $35.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.15 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.38 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 93.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $50.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 5th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.03%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1.57%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Tench Coxe sold 1,000,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $119.27, for a total value of $119,270,000.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 5,852,480 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $698,025,289.60. This represents a 14.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 155,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $132.27, for a total value of $20,501,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 8,100,117 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,071,402,475.59. This represents a 1.88 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 2,156,270 shares of company stock worth $254,784,327. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 897.5% in the 2nd quarter. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. now owns 119,110 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $14,715,000 after purchasing an additional 107,169 shares in the last quarter. Truepoint Inc. boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 914.1% during the second quarter. Truepoint Inc. now owns 12,990 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,605,000 after buying an additional 11,709 shares during the last quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 683.9% in the 2nd quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 238,829 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $29,505,000 after buying an additional 208,362 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc raised its position in NVIDIA by 884.0% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 213,127,959 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $26,329,751,000 after buying an additional 191,469,114 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lombard Odier Asset Management Europe Ltd lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 1,106.0% during the 2nd quarter. Lombard Odier Asset Management Europe Ltd now owns 532,285 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $65,758,000 after acquiring an additional 488,148 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.