NVIDIA (NVDA) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

Posted by Renee Jackson on Mar 24th, 2025

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

3/20/2025 – NVIDIA had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at William Blair.
3/20/2025 – NVIDIA had its price target lowered by analysts at DA Davidson from $135.00 to $125.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA was given a new $162.00 price target on by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA was given a new $190.00 price target on by analysts at KeyCorp.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA was given a new $180.00 price target on by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Susquehanna. They now have a $180.00 price target on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at KeyCorp.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Bank of America Co.. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Benchmark Co.. They now have a $190.00 price target on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities. They now have a $220.00 price target on the stock.
3/19/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $160.00 price target on the stock.
3/14/2025 – NVIDIA had its price target lowered by analysts at Mizuho from $175.00 to $168.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
2/28/2025 – NVIDIA was upgraded by analysts at DZ Bank AG from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at DA Davidson. They now have a $135.00 price target on the stock.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA was downgraded by analysts at Summit Insights from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Benchmark Co.. They now have a $190.00 price target on the stock.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $204.00 to $205.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Needham & Company LLC. They now have a $160.00 price target on the stock.
2/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Co. from $190.00 to $200.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
2/26/2025 – NVIDIA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley. They now have a $162.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $152.00.
2/26/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Tigress Financial.
2/24/2025 – NVIDIA had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Rosenblatt Securities. They now have a $220.00 price target on the stock.
2/20/2025 – NVIDIA had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $175.00 price target on the stock.
1/28/2025 – NVIDIA was upgraded by analysts at Tigress Financial from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating. They now have a $220.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $170.00.
1/28/2025 – NVIDIA had its price target lowered by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $166.00 to $152.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
1/27/2025 – NVIDIA had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $200.00 price target on the stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA traded up $3.71 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $121.41. 227,536,150 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 314,767,880. The company has a market cap of $2.96 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.78, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.77. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $126.92 and its 200 day moving average price is $131.36. NVIDIA Co. has a 52-week low of $75.61 and a 52-week high of $153.13. The company has a current ratio of 4.10, a quick ratio of 3.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.84 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $39.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $38.16 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.69% and a return on equity of 114.83%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Co. will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 12th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 1.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 66,660 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $116.83, for a total value of $7,787,887.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 3,085,765 shares in the company, valued at approximately $360,509,924.95. This trade represents a 2.11 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 2,663 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.00, for a total value of $292,930.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 17,279 shares in the company, valued at $1,900,690. This trade represents a 13.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders sold 179,109 shares of company stock worth $22,117,015. Company insiders own 4.23% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $43,515,504,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 12,898.6% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 56,292,986 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,836,220,000 after acquiring an additional 55,859,917 shares in the last quarter. Clear Street Derivatives LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at about $4,589,905,000. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 15.8% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 266,454,194 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $35,782,134,000 after purchasing an additional 36,266,817 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 14,641.2% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 34,676,316 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,656,682,000 after purchasing an additional 34,441,082 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

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.