NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) Cut to “Hold” at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Saturday.

A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on NVDA. Macquarie upgraded NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 29th. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $220.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. S&P Equity Research reiterated a “positive” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.41.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $186.54 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $183.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $181.15. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $4.53 trillion, a P/E ratio of 46.29, a P/E/G ratio of 0.91 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. Equities analysts expect that NVIDIA will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 0.99%.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total value of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares in the company, valued at $267,355,852.70. The trade was a 5.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total value of $37,564,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. This trade represents a 4.98% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $294,637,732. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of NVIDIA

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at $50,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major Wall Street bullishness continues: Jefferies and several firms raised price targets (Jefferies to $275) and many analysts maintain Buy/Outperform ratings, supporting upside expectations and reinforcing institutional demand. NVIDIA (NVDA) Stock: Street Analysts See More Gains Ahead After Price Target Hike
• Positive Sentiment: Demand signals from customers and integrators remain strong: a third-party buyer (Bitzero) is deploying NVIDIA Blackwell B300 servers (64 GPUs), showing continued commercial adoption of Blackwell-class GPUs worldwide. Bitzero Holdings Inc. Acquires NVIDIA Blackwell B300 GPU Servers to Launch AI Compute Pilot with Hydra Host
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support persists despite near-term headwinds: Wolfe Research reiterated Outperform and flagged tariffs as a limited, manageable headwind — a vote of confidence for earnings resilience. Nvidia (NVDA) Tariff Impact Seen as Limited, Wolfe Research Says
• Neutral Sentiment: Lobbying and policy engagement rose: NVDA disclosed $1.44M in Q4 2025 lobbying on export controls, trade policy and AI — indicates active engagement with regulators but no immediate market-moving outcome. Lobbying Update: $1,440,000 of NVIDIA CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed
• Neutral Sentiment: Positive media narratives and buy-the-dip commentary persist (multiple Motley Fool pieces arguing NVDA is a long-term buy), which can support inflows but are not new fundamental catalysts. Nvidia’s Stock Hasn’t Been This Cheap in Over a Year. Here’s What History Suggests Will Happen Next.
• Negative Sentiment: China shipment blockage of H200 GPUs is the biggest immediate negative: multiple reports say China blocked H200 shipments and suppliers paused output, which could dent near-term revenue from a large market and slow fulfillment. China Blocks Nvidia’s H200 Shipments, Output Paused
• Negative Sentiment: Supply constraints and memory (HBM) bottlenecks may limit shipment upside even when approvals arrive — could throttle revenue growth timing and push customers toward older/alternative chips. Memory Bottlenecks Cloud NVIDIA’s (NVDA) Latest China Export Approval
• Negative Sentiment: Heavy insider selling and large, mixed institutional flows may concern some investors: disclosures show significant insider share sales and large portfolio moves, a signal some interpret as downside risk or portfolio rebalancing. Lobbying Update: $1,440,000 of NVIDIA CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.