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A key Taiwanese supplier's best month ever has handed NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) a fresh artificial intelligence (AI) demand signal, and the chip designer's record rally now has to answer whether orders can keep outpacing price.

Nvidia-backed (NVDA.O) Reflection AI debuted its first open-weight model named Beam on Monday, as the startup aims ​to compete with lower-cost Chinese models such ‌as DeepSeek and Kimi in coding and agentic tasks.

Reflection said Beam is competitive with Chinese AI startup Z.ai's ​GLM‑5.2 and is closing in on Qwen3.8‑Max on coding ​and agentic tasks.

Here are some details:

The startup said ⁠that Beam contains 501 billion total parameters, ​or variables that determine how an AI system ​processes information, but activates only 23 billion for each task to make the model faster and cheaper to run by using ​only part of its network for each ​task.

Comparatively, Z.ai's GLM-5.2 has about 744 billion total parameters with ‌40 ⁠billion active parameters.

The launch comes as US tech firms are trying to fend off competition from Chinese open-weight models that are cheaper, more customizable and capable ​of generating ​code nearly ⁠as well as leading models from OpenAI and Anthropic.

Founded in 2024 by ​former DeepMind researchers Misha Laskin and Ioannis ​Antonoglou, ⁠Reflection develops tools that automate software development, a fast-growing use case for AI.

Earlier this year, Reflection signed a ⁠deal ​with SpaceX for additional computing ​capacity at the Elon Musk-led company's Colossus 2 data center.

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock recently hit new all-time highs. A market expert says more gains could be coming for the world’s most valuable company.

• NVIDIA stock is showing positive momentum. What’s the outlook for NVDA shares?

Jay Woods on NVDA StockNvidia stock is breaking out to new highs, a move that has Freedom Capital Markets Chief Market Strategist Jay Woods taking note.

"The one chart that has me optimistic … Nvidia," Woods said in a weekly newsletter.

After several periods of sideways action on the Nvidia stock chart, Woods is noticing patterns of good news for investors.

"Nvidia is on the cusp of a major breakout. When looking at the chart, it’s on the verge of another significant breakout and that should be good enough for now to take this market another leg higher."

Woods said the $240 level is the area to watch for Nvidia, which is only slightly higher than where shares are trading Monday. A close above $240 could take Nvidia higher on a "clear breakout." Woods sets an upside target of $270 for Nvidia stock.

"We have seen this stock lead in the past and it’s poised to lead again."

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Q3 Earnings on DeckNvidia is nearing its third-quarter report, which will be a key moment for the overall stock market ahead of the end of 2026.

The earnings date is currently estimated to be in mid-November.

Analysts expect Nvidia to report third-quarter earnings per share of $2.38 and revenue of $104.19, up from $1.30 and $57.01 billion year-over-year, respectively.

Nvidia has beaten analyst estimates for earnings per share in 15 straight quarters and beaten revenue estimates in 16 straight quarters.

Woods call for a higher share price comes ahead of earnings. Hitting new all-time highs ahead of the earnings report could put more pressure on the financials and guidance from the company.

NVDA Price Action: Nvidia stock was up 1.07% at $236.46 at publication on Monday. The new all-time high, hit earlier in the day, is $237.87

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Nvidia (NVDA) is now planning $235 billion in share buybacks, something that shows "extreme confidence" in CEO Jensen Huang's future vision for the company, says Paul Powers. He adds that the buyback allows Nvidia to deepen its AI moat and monetize businesses it currently has investments in.

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The next big AI chip battle may not be about who trains the biggest model. It could be about who can make AI respond fastest once the model is already built. That is putting Cerebras Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRS) and Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) on opposite sides of an increasingly valuable fight over AI inference.

Altman Reassures Cerebras InvestorsCerebras shares climbed more than 7% in early trading Monday after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back against speculation that the chipmaker had lost a key role at OpenAI.

"Cerebras is a close partner, and we have a deep engagement pushing on the frontiers of speed," Altman said in a post on X.

The comments came days after Cerebras shares fell nearly 20% after a SemiAnalysis report said OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast tier ran on Nvidia GPUs rather than Cerebras hardware. The report raised an obvious question for investors: If OpenAI is turning to Nvidia for its fastest AI experience, where does that leave Cerebras?

The answer may be more nuanced than a single model or a single customer deployment.

OpenAI and Cerebras announced a multiyear agreement in January for 750 megawatts of Cerebras inference capacity through 2028. OpenAI said at the time that Cerebras would add a dedicated low-latency solution to its compute portfolio, with the goal of delivering faster responses across workloads.

Speed Is Becoming a MarketThat distinction matters because inference is what happens after an AI model has been trained: It is the computing required every time a user asks a question, generates code or interacts with an AI agent.

Cerebras has built its investment case around making that process faster. The company said in August that its cloud business grew 281% year over year, while data-center capacity live or under contract surpassed 600 megawatts. It also said manufacturing capacity was set to increase more than 10 times in 2026.

Now Wall Street is putting a number behind that opportunity.

Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh estimates the fast-inference market could reach $550 billion by 2030, representing roughly 20% of AI workloads. He reiterated an Outperform rating and $300 price target on CBRS Monday.

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Nvidia Still Has the ScaleThat does not make Cerebras a replacement for Nvidia.

Nvidia’s advantage is the breadth of its ecosystem and its ability to serve everything from model training to inference. Cerebras is taking a narrower approach, betting that workloads where milliseconds matter can justify specialized hardware.

That is why the OpenAI situation is important for both stocks. If AI applications increasingly require real-time responses, inference could become a market large enough for multiple architectures to thrive.

For investors, the question is no longer simply whether Cerebras can take share from Nvidia. The question is whether fast inference becomes a sufficiently large and valuable category for Cerebras to build a durable business within it.

The next proof points are capacity deployment, new customers beyond OpenAI and whether the company’s speed advantage translates into improving margins—not just faster benchmarks

CBRS Stock Price Activity: Cerebras Systems shares are trading higher by 7.37% at $178.70 at the time of publication on Monday, according to Benzinga Pro data.

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Nvidia's $20 billion deal to acquire assets from Groq, an AI chip designer, "squeezed out" stockholders, a lawsuit brought by ex-engineers at the startup alleges.

Joshua Rubin and Benjamin Serebrin alleged that the deal offered stockholders a "lowball" price, in documents filed on Oct. 2 at the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

Rubin and Serebrin both left Groq before its Nvidia deal was announced, per their LinkedIn profiles, but held stock in the company, per their lawsuit.

In December, Groq announced it had entered into a licensing agreement with Nvidia for the company's inference technology. Groq founder and CEO Jonathan Ross and its president, Sunny Madra, joined the $5 trillion chip giant as part of the deal, along with other senior leaders.

Groq said it would continue as an "independent company" and has raised around $1 billion since June, from investors including Nvidia.

Rubin and Serebrin's case alleges that Groq's board of directors "sold the company to Nvidia without the stockholder vote Delaware law requires and without any process designed to test or maximize the value of what Nvidia bought."

"Our licensing agreement with NVIDIA delivered exceptional value for Groq, our investors, and our employees," a Groq spokesperson told CNBC.

"This lawsuit is meritless and we will vigorously defend ourselves against it," they added. "We remain focused on serving our customers and building the world's leading AI inference cloud."

Nvidia has been approached for comment.

The $20 billion dealThe case alleges that Nvidia allocated "$17 billion to a license it labeled "non-exclusive," set aside an additional $3 billion of NVIDIA restricted stock units ("RSUs") for the Groq employees who moved with the technology, and positioned the investment funds that designated Groq Board members to enjoy windfall returns from the later squeeze-out."

It also alleges that "A Board majority was conflicted as a result." It adds: "The Board's conflicted choice cost Groq's stockholders billions of dollars."

Approximately 150 to 200 Groq engineers became Nvidia employees as part of the deal, according to the case.

In an email to employees from around the time the deal was announced, obtained by CNBC, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the agreement would expand Nvidia's capabilities.

"We plan to integrate Groq's low-latency processors into the NVIDIA AI factory architecture, extending the platform to serve an even broader range of AI inference and real-time workloads," Huang wrote.

Huang added: "While we are adding talented employees to our ranks and licensing Groq's IP, we are not acquiring Groq as a company."

Jay Woods of Freedom Capital Markets tells investors to always keep one eye on the AI trade, particularly Nvidia (NVDA) as it taps the door on another new record high. It comes as market breadth across the S&P 500 (SPX) stumbles, though as Jay explains, the upcoming earnings season has opportunity to lift stocks across Wall Street.

La Rosa Holdings Corp. (LRHC - Free Report) is taking a significant step in its planned shift toward artificial intelligence infrastructure with the acquisition of latest-generation NVIDIA B300 graphics processing units. The transaction marks a notable change in the company’s strategic direction as it looks to build exposure to high-performance computing while reassessing the future of its legacy real estate operations.

GPU Acquisition Strengthens LRHC’s AI Infrastructure PushUnder the transaction, La Rosa acquired NVIDIA B300 GPUs and subsequently leased the assets back under a long-term arrangement. The company expects the lease structure to provide recurring cash flows over an extended period, while the GPUs could form the initial computing base for a broader AI infrastructure platform.

The acquisition therefore moves LRHC beyond simply outlining an AI-focused strategy and gives the company tangible computing assets tied to that transition. Management intends to use this foundation to expand its infrastructure footprint and pursue additional opportunities across the AI ecosystem.

Real Estate Portfolio Could Be MonetizedAlongside the GPU transaction, La Rosa plans to review strategic alternatives for its existing real estate businesses, including the possibility of divesting those operations. Management believes that monetizing non-core real estate assets could free up resources and capital that can be redirected toward developing its AI infrastructure strategy.

Such a move would represent a substantial repositioning of the company. LRHC currently operates residential and commercial brokerage businesses while also providing technology, franchising, education, coaching and property-management services. A potential divestiture could therefore narrow its focus considerably and increase the importance of AI-related investments to its future operating profile.

What the Acquisition Could Mean for LRHC InvestorsFor investors, the GPU acquisition could offer several benefits if the strategy develops as management expects. The long-term lease arrangement is intended to generate recurring cash flows, which could give LRHC a more predictable source of income from its newly acquired computing assets. At the same time, ownership of high-performance GPUs provides the company with an initial asset base from which it can pursue a larger AI infrastructure platform.

A potential sale of the real estate operations could also allow LRHC to concentrate capital and management attention on its newer strategic priorities rather than spreading resources across unrelated businesses. If additional partnerships and investments follow, the GPU acquisition could become the first step in building a more substantial AI-focused operation.

However, these benefits remain dependent on execution. The company did not mention financial projections for the AI business, the value of a potential real estate divestiture or details about future acquisitions. Investors therefore have a clearer view of LRHC’s intended direction, but the ultimate financial contribution from the transition will depend on how effectively the company scales its AI infrastructure strategy.

Selling a massive Nvidia position inside your IRA sounds like it should trigger a tax bill, but one decision made afterward can quietly push tens of thousands of dollars of your Social Security into taxable territory.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) unveiled a $150 billion boost to its share-repurchase authorization on Sept. 28. That brings the amount still authorized to $235 billion, the largest buyback boost on record. The authorization lets the company repurchase shares on its own schedule. It sends no cash to any shareholder.

A hypothetical retiree who collects Social Security and has held Nvidia for years inside a traditional IRA might consider trimming a position that has grown very large. She sells $100,000 of Nvidia inside the IRA and moves the money to cash.

The sale itself creates no tax bill and adds no income to her Social Security tax math. Taking that $100,000 out of the IRA is what can change both. If the traditional IRA holds only pretax money, withdrawals are generally taxed as ordinary income.

Selling $100,000 of Nvidia Inside the IRA Adds $0 to Taxable Income A traditional IRA is tax-deferred, so trades inside it stay sheltered until money leaves the account. She can sell Nvidia, another stock, or a fund that has Nvidia without paying capital-gains tax on the trade. The proceeds stay in the IRA whether she reinvests them or holds cash.

That keeps the sale out of her “combined income,” which the IRS uses to decide how much of her Social Security gets taxed. Combined income is half of her benefits plus other income, including taxable IRA withdrawals and tax-exempt interest.

Same $100,000, Two Very Different Tax Results Say her IRA holds only pretax money. She collects $30,000 a year in Social Security and has $10,000 of other income from interest and a small pension.

Step Day 1: Sell Inside IRA Day 2: Withdraw the Cash New ordinary income $0 $100,000 Combined income $25,000 $125,000 Taxable Social Security $0 $25,500 Single filers start paying tax on some benefits once combined income goes above $25,000. Above $34,000, up to 85% of benefits can be taxed. Joint filers hit the lines at $32,000 and $44,000. On Day 1 she reaches the first line. On Day 2 she is far above the second.

The withdrawal adds taxable income in two places: the $100,000 itself, plus $25,500 of Social Security that owed no tax before. Her income before deductions goes from $10,000 to $135,500. The 85% tells you how much of her benefit counts as income. Her regular tax bracket sets the rate she actually pays on it.

Before the withdrawal, her $10,000 falls under the $16,100 standard deduction for 2026, so she owes no federal income tax. After it, her taxable income is $119,400, taxed at 24% on the top portion. She pays tax on the entire withdrawal, including money she originally put in, not just on Nvidia’s gains.

Why Nvidia’s Buyback Puts Nothing in Her Account Nvidia decides whether and when to buy back stock. In its most recent quarter, the company returned a record $26 billion to shareholders, with $20 billion through buybacks. None of that lands in her IRA. Her own withdrawal decision creates the tax.

Rebalance Now, Decide on the Withdrawal Later If her goal is to shrink how much of her money rides on one stock, she can handle that entirely inside the IRA. She can hold cash, buy bonds, spread the money across index funds, or wait to see whether a withdrawal is even necessary. The same rule applies to Nvidia held through a fund in a pretax 401(k).

Five Questions to Answer Before Moving the Cash Out Which account is it? A profitable sale in a regular brokerage account creates a capital gain right away. A sale inside a traditional IRA does not. Is the IRA all pretax money? If she made nondeductible contributions, part of each withdrawal comes out tax-free, and old Form 8606 filings show how much. Does she need all $100,000 this year? Taking only what she will spend keeps more of her combined income under the thresholds. What income is already on the books? Pension payments, interest, dividends, wages and earlier IRA withdrawals already count toward combined income. Would spreading it out help? Splitting a large withdrawal across two tax years may keep some income in a lower bracket, but it can also make more of her Social Security taxable in two separate years. Run both scenarios before deciding. Treating the sale and withdrawal as one step is the hardest error to undo. Today she can shift her investments and leave the Social Security tax bill alone until money actually leaves the account. This Social Security threshold is one of several IRS rules that silently cost retirees real money, and we mapped out the rest in a free tax trap guide here. Run the figures yourself, or have a tax preparer run them, before the cash comes out.

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The most popular AI ETF on the market buries the stock everyone associates with artificial intelligence near the bottom of its holdings, and the companies sitting at the top reveal a very different bet on where AI profits actually flow.

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Global X began trading the Global X LLM ETF (NASDAQ:LLMA) on Sept. 29. It is a fund built around large language models, the technology behind AI chatbots and it was one of five ETFs launched that day. According to its summary prospectus, the fund charges a 0.75% net expense ratio. That is the slice of your balance the fund subtracts each year to cover its costs, whether it gains or loses money. The gross and net fees are both 0.75%, so no temporary fee waiver is improving the price.

The launch lands with a twist. Global X’s existing AI fund — Global X’s AI ETF (NASDAQ:AIQ) — is dominated by memory chipmakers. As of May 31, its number one holding was South Korea’s SK hynix at 7.1% of net assets. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), the stock most people picture when they hear “AI,” ranked 13th at 2.7% ($293 million).

Memory Chipmakers Top the AI Fund Investors Already Own Micron (NASDAQ:MU) sat second and was the fund’s largest U.S. company at 5.8% ($626 million). Samsung Electronics held 4.8%. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) weighed in at 4.2% ($453 million) and networking veteran Cisco at 3.8% ($415 million). Further down, Palantir held 2.2% and IBM 2.0%, across 89 positions.

That tilt has paid off. AIQ is up 27.9% year to date, trading at $65.05 on Sept. 29. Micron shares have rose 274.22% this year and Intel 214.36%, while Nvidia gained 22.45%. Fund assets reached $10.85 billion by May 31, up from $7.8 billion at the end of February.

The memory story rests on a supply squeeze. Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said in June that “DRAM and NAND industry demand continues to significantly exceed industry supply” and that he expects “tight conditions to persist beyond calendar 2027.” If that holds, AIQ’s top-heavy memory exposure keeps working. If chip pricing cools, the fund’s biggest weights take the hit first.

One caution: these holdings are four months old. Micron’s rally alone has likely changed the weights, so check Global X’s site or the latest quarterly holdings filing for current numbers.

What LLMA Holds Remains a Blank Page LLMA has not yet published a portfolio, so its top holdings, and whether it follows an index or relies on managers picking stocks, cannot be confirmed from launch materials. What is clear: the best-known model builders remain private. CNBC ran a segment on the OpenAI versus Anthropic IPO race the same day LLMA launched, and Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas weighed in on Anthropic’s pre-IPO positioning that morning. Until those companies list, the purest language-model businesses stay out of reach for ordinary brokerage accounts, and any public fund on the theme must work through listed companies instead.

A Crowded Field Raises the Bar for New AI Funds Competition is fierce. 24/7 Wall St. AI analyst Eric Bleecker noted there are now more than 4,300 ETFs in the U.S. versus 4,200 stocks, with more than 1,000 new ETFs launched last year. His blunt take: “All too often, they charge a ton in fees, use bogus marketing, and don’t give you exposure to what you want from an ETF.” Compare LLMA’s fee against AIQ’s current expense ratio on Global X’s fund page before assuming either is the cheaper path to AI.

Who LLMA Targets and Where It Can Go Wrong LLMA targets investors seeking exposure narrowed down to the language-model slice of AI rather than the broad hardware expansion that drives AIQ. The risks deserve weight:

No track record: The fund has zero performance history to judge it by. Thin early trading: New ETFs often start small, with wide bid-ask spreads (the gap between buying and selling prices). Some funds close if they don’t attract enough assets. Thematic swings: Narrow AI funds move fast in both directions. AIQ gained 1.33% over the past week, while Micron dropped 0.29%. Watch for LLMA’s first holdings disclosure, its asset growth over the next few months and whether its portfolio lives up to its label. Meanwhile, anyone holding an AI fund can run a quick audit of the top ten weights and the expense ratio to confirm they own what they think they own.

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Nvidia (NVDA +1.36%) is the most valuable company in the world, but that doesn't automatically mean it's expensive. The tech giant's revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest quarterly report, but the stock trades for less than 20 times forward earnings. That's significantly less than the valuation of the average S&P 500 stock.

Of course, Nvidia's top line isn't going to keep doubling every year. The numbers simply become too large. But there could be a surprising amount of upside ahead.

My prediction for NvidiaThere's no way to make a multi-year prediction for any company without making some big assumptions, and Nvidia is no exception. But let's keep this conservative.

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We'll assume for the sake of this article that Nvidia's earnings grow at an average rate of 15% over the next four years. This would allow for a significant slowdown in AI spending growth and put Nvidia's earnings at about $21 per share in 2030, based on expected forward earnings. .

Let's say that at that point, Nvidia trades for 20 times earnings, which would be very reasonable for a company whose earnings growth settles at around 15%. This would give the company a stock price of $420 per share.

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A lot could go wrong (or better than expected)This is just a prediction of my base case for Nvidia stock over the next four years. It's worth emphasizing that AI infrastructure spending is tough to predict and likely won't grow in a straight line. Some of Nvidia's customers are designing their own chips, and the company has strong competitors whose recent products pose serious monitoring risks. On the other hand, I was deliberately conservative with my assumed growth rate, so even if some things go wrong, Nvidia would likely be able to maintain 15% annualized growth unless the AI boom completely fizzles out.

We'll see Nvidia's latest numbers in mid-November, so we should get a better sense of how demand is holding up. But the bottom line is that Nvidia doesn't need to keep growing at the current pace in order to be a solid investment from here. In a conservative scenario, there's a strong case to be made that Nvidia could nearly double by 2030.

Nvidia (NVDA - Free Report) has been one of the most searched-for stocks on Zacks.com lately. So, you might want to look at some of the facts that could shape the stock's performance in the near term.

Shares of this maker of graphics chips for gaming and artificial intelligence have returned +1.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.6% change. The Zacks Semiconductor - General industry, to which Nvidia belongs, has gained 8.5% over this period. Now the key question is: Where could the stock be headed in the near term?

While media releases or rumors about a substantial change in a company's business prospects usually make its stock 'trending' and lead to an immediate price change, there are always some fundamental facts that eventually dominate the buy-and-hold decision-making.

Earnings Estimate RevisionsHere at Zacks, we prioritize appraising the change in the projection of a company's future earnings over anything else. That's because we believe the present value of its future stream of earnings is what determines the fair value for its stock.

We essentially look at how sell-side analysts covering the stock are revising their earnings estimates to reflect the impact of the latest business trends. And if earnings estimates go up for a company, the fair value for its stock goes up. A higher fair value than the current market price drives investors' interest in buying the stock, leading to its price moving higher. This is why empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.

For the current quarter, Nvidia is expected to post earnings of $2.47 per share, indicating a change of +90% from the year-ago quarter. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed -0% over the last 30 days.

The consensus earnings estimate of $9.25 for the current fiscal year indicates a year-over-year change of +93.9%. This estimate has changed +0.1% over the last 30 days.

For the next fiscal year, the consensus earnings estimate of $15.53 indicates a change of +68% from what Nvidia is expected to report a year ago. Over the past month, the estimate has changed +2.7%.

Having a strong externally audited track record, our proprietary stock rating tool, the Zacks Rank, offers a more conclusive picture of a stock's price direction in the near term, since it effectively harnesses the power of earnings estimate revisions. Due to the size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, Nvidia is rated Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

The chart below shows the evolution of the company's forward 12-month consensus EPS estimate:

12 Month EPS

Projected Revenue GrowthEven though a company's earnings growth is arguably the best indicator of its financial health, nothing much happens if it cannot raise its revenues. It's almost impossible for a company to grow its earnings without growing its revenue for long periods. Therefore, knowing a company's potential revenue growth is crucial.

For Nvidia, the consensus sales estimate for the current quarter of $109.02 billion indicates a year-over-year change of +91.2%. For the current and next fiscal years, $406.05 billion and $671.95 billion estimates indicate +88% and +65.5% changes, respectively.

Last Reported Results and Surprise HistoryNvidia reported revenues of $96.22 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +105.9%. EPS of $2.22 for the same period compares with $1.05 a year ago.

Compared to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $91.8 billion, the reported revenues represent a surprise of +4.82%. The EPS surprise was +6.22%.

The company beat consensus EPS estimates in each of the trailing four quarters. The company topped consensus revenue estimates each time over this period.

ValuationWithout considering a stock's valuation, no investment decision can be efficient. In predicting a stock's future price performance, it's crucial to determine whether its current price correctly reflects the intrinsic value of the underlying business and the company's growth prospects.

While comparing the current values of a company's valuation multiples, such as price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-sales (P/S), and price-to-cash flow (P/CF), with its own historical values helps determine whether its stock is fairly valued, overvalued, or undervalued, comparing the company relative to its peers on these parameters gives a good sense of the reasonability of the stock's price.

As part of the Zacks Style Scores system, the Zacks Value Style Score (which evaluates both traditional and unconventional valuation metrics) organizes stocks into five groups ranging from A to F (A is better than B; B is better than C; and so on), making it helpful in identifying whether a stock is overvalued, rightly valued, or temporarily undervalued.

Nvidia is graded F on this front, indicating that it is trading at a premium to its peers. Click here to see the values of some of the valuation metrics that have driven this grade.

Bottom LineThe facts discussed here and much other information on Zacks.com might help determine whether or not it's worthwhile paying attention to the market buzz about Nvidia. However, its Zacks Rank #1 does suggest that it may outperform the broader market in the near term.

Fischer Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 3.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 109,580 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,197 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 5.5% of Fischer Financial Services Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Fischer Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $21,926,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Langley Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Frankly Finances LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth about $60,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance NASDAQ NVDA opened at $233.95 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.64 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $218.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $207.65. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $237.88.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The company had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year. NVIDIA Announces Dividend The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 12.64%.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets NVDA has been the subject of a number of research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, September 21st. Mizuho set a $315.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Piper Sandler began coverage on NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $300.00 price target for the company. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Finally, China Renaissance boosted their price objective on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $320.71.

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Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named NVIDIA its top semiconductor pick, maintaining an Overweight rating and setting a $300 price target. The firm believes NVIDIA’s software ecosystem, scale and positioning across AI infrastructure trends give it a durable competitive moat. Morgan Stanley names NVIDIA a top pick Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recently announced $150 billion buyback authorization lifts total remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion. Investors view the plan as a sign of management confidence and a potential source of per-share earnings support. NVIDIA buyback analysis Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to raise expectations for hyperscaler spending, with Barclays estimating NVIDIA could generate $401 billion in hyperscaler revenue in 2027. CoreWeave’s launch of the Vera Rubin platform and additional enterprise customers also supports demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate Neutral Sentiment: The broader semiconductor and technology complex is attracting buying interest as AI investment remains a major market leadership theme. However, NVIDIA’s valuation and substantial market concentration leave the stock sensitive to interest rates, economic data and shifts in institutional positioning. Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring reports that Amazon may move roughly $8 billion of NVIDIA chips off its balance sheet through leasing or financing structures. While this could improve customer flexibility, it adds scrutiny around AI infrastructure financing and so-called circular transactions. Amazon NVIDIA chip balance-sheet report Negative Sentiment: Export-control concerns remain a headline risk after prosecutors alleged a California man helped smuggle approximately $300 million of NVIDIA chips to China. Separately, Michael Burry warned that GPU depreciation could undermine the economics of the AI infrastructure boom, while Alphabet’s growing use of internally designed chips represents a longer-term competitive threat. NVIDIA chip smuggling prosecution Insider Activity In other news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)

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.

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Impax Asset Management Group plc lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) by 2.2% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,722,756 shares of the computer hardware maker's stock after buying an additional 81,671 shares during the period. NVIDIA

Advisors Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 4.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,271,599 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 54,830 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 2.7% of Advisors Capital Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th largest holding. Advisors Capital Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $254,434,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the first quarter worth approximately $40,000. Frankly Finances LLC bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $60,000. Finally, Lam Group Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth approximately $77,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 24th. HSBC upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $360.00 to $365.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. China Renaissance raised their target price on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, UBS Group set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $320.71.

View Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVDA More NVIDIA News Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named NVIDIA its top semiconductor pick, maintaining an Overweight rating and setting a $300 price target. The firm believes NVIDIA’s software ecosystem, scale and positioning across AI infrastructure trends give it a durable competitive moat. Morgan Stanley names NVIDIA a top pick Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recently announced $150 billion buyback authorization lifts total remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion. Investors view the plan as a sign of management confidence and a potential source of per-share earnings support. NVIDIA buyback analysis Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to raise expectations for hyperscaler spending, with Barclays estimating NVIDIA could generate $401 billion in hyperscaler revenue in 2027. CoreWeave’s launch of the Vera Rubin platform and additional enterprise customers also supports demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate Neutral Sentiment: The broader semiconductor and technology complex is attracting buying interest as AI investment remains a major market leadership theme. However, NVIDIA’s valuation and substantial market concentration leave the stock sensitive to interest rates, economic data and shifts in institutional positioning. Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring reports that Amazon may move roughly $8 billion of NVIDIA chips off its balance sheet through leasing or financing structures. While this could improve customer flexibility, it adds scrutiny around AI infrastructure financing and so-called circular transactions. Amazon NVIDIA chip balance-sheet report Negative Sentiment: Export-control concerns remain a headline risk after prosecutors alleged a California man helped smuggle approximately $300 million of NVIDIA chips to China. Separately, Michael Burry warned that GPU depreciation could undermine the economics of the AI infrastructure boom, while Alphabet’s growing use of internally designed chips represents a longer-term competitive threat. NVIDIA chip smuggling prosecution NVIDIA Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $233.95 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $237.88. The company has a market cap of $5.64 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $218.74 and a 200-day simple moving average of $207.65.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was 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 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Buying and Selling In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was 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 $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Profile (Free Report)

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.

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Algebris UK Ltd. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 11,098 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $2,214,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. Langley Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Frankly Finances LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $60,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named NVIDIA its top semiconductor pick, maintaining an Overweight rating and setting a $300 price target. The firm believes NVIDIA’s software ecosystem, scale and positioning across AI infrastructure trends give it a durable competitive moat. Morgan Stanley names NVIDIA a top pick Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recently announced $150 billion buyback authorization lifts total remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion. Investors view the plan as a sign of management confidence and a potential source of per-share earnings support. NVIDIA buyback analysis Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to raise expectations for hyperscaler spending, with Barclays estimating NVIDIA could generate $401 billion in hyperscaler revenue in 2027. CoreWeave’s launch of the Vera Rubin platform and additional enterprise customers also supports demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate Neutral Sentiment: The broader semiconductor and technology complex is attracting buying interest as AI investment remains a major market leadership theme. However, NVIDIA’s valuation and substantial market concentration leave the stock sensitive to interest rates, economic data and shifts in institutional positioning. Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring reports that Amazon may move roughly $8 billion of NVIDIA chips off its balance sheet through leasing or financing structures. While this could improve customer flexibility, it adds scrutiny around AI infrastructure financing and so-called circular transactions. Amazon NVIDIA chip balance-sheet report Negative Sentiment: Export-control concerns remain a headline risk after prosecutors alleged a California man helped smuggle approximately $300 million of NVIDIA chips to China. Separately, Michael Burry warned that GPU depreciation could undermine the economics of the AI infrastructure boom, while Alphabet’s growing use of internally designed chips represents a longer-term competitive threat. NVIDIA chip smuggling prosecution NVIDIA Price Performance NVDA stock opened at $233.95 on Monday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.27 and a twelve month high of $237.88. 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 stock’s 50 day moving average is $218.74 and its 200-day moving average is $207.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.64 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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

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

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade 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 is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at approximately $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353 in the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Several analysts have recently commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. They set an “overweight” rating and a $300.00 target price on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, September 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 24th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $320.71.

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NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)

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.

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Oxford Financial Group LTD. LLC reduced its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 23.6% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 87,951 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 27,153 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 0.9% of Oxford Financial Group LTD. LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Oxford Financial Group LTD. LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $17,598,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Kilter Group LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. Kilter Group LLC now owns 8,795 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,760,000 after buying an additional 491 shares in the last quarter. D L Carlson Investment Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. D L Carlson Investment Group Inc. now owns 114,511 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $22,912,000 after acquiring an additional 706 shares in the last quarter. Fischer Financial Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 3.0% during the 2nd quarter. Fischer Financial Services Inc. now owns 109,580 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $21,926,000 after acquiring an additional 3,197 shares in the last quarter. Ninepoint Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $5,039,000. Finally, SGL Investment Advisors Inc. increased its position in NVIDIA by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. SGL Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 40,345 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $8,777,000 after purchasing an additional 549 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named NVIDIA its top semiconductor pick, maintaining an Overweight rating and setting a $300 price target. The firm believes NVIDIA’s software ecosystem, scale and positioning across AI infrastructure trends give it a durable competitive moat. Morgan Stanley names NVIDIA a top pick Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recently announced $150 billion buyback authorization lifts total remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion. Investors view the plan as a sign of management confidence and a potential source of per-share earnings support. NVIDIA buyback analysis Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to raise expectations for hyperscaler spending, with Barclays estimating NVIDIA could generate $401 billion in hyperscaler revenue in 2027. CoreWeave’s launch of the Vera Rubin platform and additional enterprise customers also supports demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate Neutral Sentiment: The broader semiconductor and technology complex is attracting buying interest as AI investment remains a major market leadership theme. However, NVIDIA’s valuation and substantial market concentration leave the stock sensitive to interest rates, economic data and shifts in institutional positioning. Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring reports that Amazon may move roughly $8 billion of NVIDIA chips off its balance sheet through leasing or financing structures. While this could improve customer flexibility, it adds scrutiny around AI infrastructure financing and so-called circular transactions. Amazon NVIDIA chip balance-sheet report Negative Sentiment: Export-control concerns remain a headline risk after prosecutors alleged a California man helped smuggle approximately $300 million of NVIDIA chips to China. Separately, Michael Burry warned that GPU depreciation could undermine the economics of the AI infrastructure boom, while Alphabet’s growing use of internally designed chips represents a longer-term competitive threat. NVIDIA chip smuggling prosecution Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several brokerages have recently commented on NVDA. President Capital increased their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Zacks Research raised shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 21st. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $320.71. Read Our Latest Analysis on NVIDIA

Insider Activity at NVIDIA In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 over the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $233.95 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $218.74 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $207.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $237.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.64 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was 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 (DPR) is 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to buyback $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)

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.

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Somerville Kurt F decreased its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 6.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 117,234 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 7,553 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 5.6% of Somerville Kurt F’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Somerville Kurt F’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $23,457,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Boyd Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 273.4% in the 2nd quarter. Boyd Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,830,000 after acquiring an additional 6,696 shares in the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% during the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $111,134,000 after acquiring an additional 627,510 shares during the last quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,350,000. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 7.4% during the second quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC now owns 71,898 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,386,000 after buying an additional 4,958 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,652,420 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,970,704,000 after acquiring an additional 936,506 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity In related news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available 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 stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction 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. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. 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. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week: Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named NVIDIA its top semiconductor pick, maintaining an Overweight rating and setting a $300 price target. The firm believes NVIDIA’s software ecosystem, scale and positioning across AI infrastructure trends give it a durable competitive moat. Morgan Stanley names NVIDIA a top pick Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recently announced $150 billion buyback authorization lifts total remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion. Investors view the plan as a sign of management confidence and a potential source of per-share earnings support. NVIDIA buyback analysis Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to raise expectations for hyperscaler spending, with Barclays estimating NVIDIA could generate $401 billion in hyperscaler revenue in 2027. CoreWeave’s launch of the Vera Rubin platform and additional enterprise customers also supports demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate Neutral Sentiment: The broader semiconductor and technology complex is attracting buying interest as AI investment remains a major market leadership theme. However, NVIDIA’s valuation and substantial market concentration leave the stock sensitive to interest rates, economic data and shifts in institutional positioning. Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring reports that Amazon may move roughly $8 billion of NVIDIA chips off its balance sheet through leasing or financing structures. While this could improve customer flexibility, it adds scrutiny around AI infrastructure financing and so-called circular transactions. Amazon NVIDIA chip balance-sheet report Negative Sentiment: Export-control concerns remain a headline risk after prosecutors alleged a California man helped smuggle approximately $300 million of NVIDIA chips to China. Separately, Michael Burry warned that GPU depreciation could undermine the economics of the AI infrastructure boom, while Alphabet’s growing use of internally designed chips represents a longer-term competitive threat. NVIDIA chip smuggling prosecution Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades Several brokerages recently weighed in on NVDA. Itau BBA Securities reduced their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Daiwa Securities Group dropped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $255.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. Wedbush boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $315.00 price target on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $320.71.

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NVIDIA Stock Performance Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $233.95 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $218.74 and its 200-day simple moving average is $207.65. The firm has a market cap of $5.64 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.27 and a one year high of $237.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to buyback $150.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA Company Profile (Free Report)

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.

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Portfolio Design Labs LLC lowered its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 4.2% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 161,171 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 7,009 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 5.3% of Portfolio Design Labs LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Portfolio Design Labs LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $32,249,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. LightSquare Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,695 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,741,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. Defender Capital LLC. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 0.7% in the second quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 7,534 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,507,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Kooman & Associates increased its stake in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the second quarter. Kooman & Associates now owns 8,464 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,694,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the second quarter. Roof Eidam Maycock Peralta LLC now owns 18,827 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,767,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Persium Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 3.5% during the second quarter. Persium Advisors LLC now owns 1,466 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $293,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $230.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. President Capital raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating and issued a $315.00 price target (up from $300.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $320.71.

Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on NVIDIA NVIDIA Price Performance NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $233.95 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $218.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $207.65. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $164.27 and a 52 week high of $237.88. The firm has a market cap of $5.64 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59.

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

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to repurchase $150.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley named NVIDIA its top semiconductor pick, maintaining an Overweight rating and setting a $300 price target. The firm believes NVIDIA’s software ecosystem, scale and positioning across AI infrastructure trends give it a durable competitive moat. Morgan Stanley names NVIDIA a top pick Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recently announced $150 billion buyback authorization lifts total remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion. Investors view the plan as a sign of management confidence and a potential source of per-share earnings support. NVIDIA buyback analysis Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to raise expectations for hyperscaler spending, with Barclays estimating NVIDIA could generate $401 billion in hyperscaler revenue in 2027. CoreWeave’s launch of the Vera Rubin platform and additional enterprise customers also supports demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems. Barclays hyperscaler revenue estimate Neutral Sentiment: The broader semiconductor and technology complex is attracting buying interest as AI investment remains a major market leadership theme. However, NVIDIA’s valuation and substantial market concentration leave the stock sensitive to interest rates, economic data and shifts in institutional positioning. Negative Sentiment: Investors are monitoring reports that Amazon may move roughly $8 billion of NVIDIA chips off its balance sheet through leasing or financing structures. While this could improve customer flexibility, it adds scrutiny around AI infrastructure financing and so-called circular transactions. Amazon NVIDIA chip balance-sheet report Negative Sentiment: Export-control concerns remain a headline risk after prosecutors alleged a California man helped smuggle approximately $300 million of NVIDIA chips to China. Separately, Michael Burry warned that GPU depreciation could undermine the economics of the AI infrastructure boom, while Alphabet’s growing use of internally designed chips represents a longer-term competitive threat. NVIDIA chip smuggling prosecution Insider Buying and Selling In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Profile (Free Report)

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.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) looks poised to be the most important technological advancement the world has seen to date, and the data center build-out to support it still appears to be in the early innings. Two of the semiconductor stocks best positioned to ride this trend over the next decade are Nvidia (NVDA +1.34%) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +2.95%).

While the amount of money spent on AI infrastructure already seems staggering, WisdomTree recently pointed out that the cumulative spending-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio is actually significantly less than past historical transformation booms, including the railroad boom of the 1860s, the electrification boom of the 1920s, and the internet boom of the late 1990s.

I'd also add that there are a couple of other factors working in AI's favor. One is that we have a much more interconnected global economy today, so I think the U.S. GDP used in these calculations could actually be replaced with global GDP today. Unlike past technological advancements, AI also has more potential applications and isn't bound by individual consumption. Finally, the technological curve has steepened, meaning new technological advancements are happening much quicker than in the past. It wouldn't be surprising, for example, for the AI build-out to bleed into other big technological advancements like robotics, space, and quantum computing.

Overall, this means there will be much more spending on chips, and Nvidia and AMD are poised to benefit.

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Nvidia has been the biggest AI winner to date, as its graphics processing units (GPUs) are the primary chips used to train AI models. However, I think investors often overlook what makes the company so great: It sees where the market is moving before everyone else.

It initially did this by creating its CUDA software platform, which allowed its chips to be easily programmed for different tasks outside of what was the lucrative video game market at the time. It then smartly seeded CUDA in places that were doing early AI research, and it bought a networking company, Mellanox, that was ahead of its time.

Seeing the market shift to inference, it smartly "acquired" Groq and its language processing unit (LPU) technology to give it a high-end differentiated offering while it developed its own high-end central processing units (CPUs) to tackle agentic AI. More recently, it has been scooping up AI software companies that help orchestrate and distribute AI, turning it into a complete AI infrastructure platform.

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While AMD dropped the ball on the AI model training market, it's working hard to not get outflanked again. Its recent announcement that it is acquiring World Labs is a great example of this. World Labs specializes in spatial AI models that can simulate 3D environments based on text, video, or image prompts. It's the type of AI model that will likely one day be used in physical AI and help power things like advanced AI robots and 3D content creation. This is a deal all about the future and not one about selling more chips today.

AMD also understands the important relationship between memory and chips for inference and has designed its chips and made acquisitions to become a major player in this space. Its chiplet design can be packaged with more memory, while it has also acquired inference chipmaker Taalas, which hardwires models directly onto its chips, and memory optimization company MEXT. Together, this positions AMD to capture enterprise workloads constrained by memory costs and availability.

AMD is also a leader in server central processing units (CPUs). This market looks set to explode higher with the rise of AI agents, and the company is ahead of the pack with its advanced chips in this area.

Given how AMD has positioned itself for the future, this is an AI stock to hold for the next decade.

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Editor’s note: “The Robot Boom’s Next Milestone Is Surprisingly Boring” was previously published in September 2026 with the title, “AI’s Next Big Opportunity Is Right in Front of You.” It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.

Picture yourself being assigned to a new floor of a warehouse during a busy shift.

You might see a robot coming toward you with a heavy container while workers move pallets off trucks for the bots to pick up.

You suddenly step in the path of the robot, which doesn’t recognize you, and just like that, you’ve got a workers’ comp claim.

The next day, the “days since last accident” sign has to be reset to zero. Yet, if factory robots are to work as intended, they must be able to recognize people and respond appropriately.

That may sound straightforward, but making it happen reliably, around people who aren’t following a carefully rehearsed demonstration, is a major engineering challenge.

Now, think about the broader AI doomsday fears going around right now. Behind those warnings is a concern about increasingly powerful systems behaving in ways their builders cannot predict or control.

A warehouse accident and a runaway AI system are very different risks. But both bring us back to the importance of safeguards that work when something unexpected happens.

Listen, you don’t have to believe every doomsday prediction to take that problem seriously.

It’s also a business problem. Because a warehouse manager can love your technology and still have very good reasons to hold off on buying it.

That’s what caught my attention about Agility Robotics’ new Digit 5.

Digit 5 Is Designed to Work Safely Around People The company says its humanoid can lift 50 pounds, reach 7.2 feet high, and operate for more than 20 hours a day, with rapid recharging between stretches of work. But it also has an independent safety controller overseeing its response when people get too close. Depending on the situation, the robot can avoid them, stop, or sit down.

That doesn’t resolve the broader debate over AI’s risks. It does illustrate how addressing a safety problem can help move the technology forward.

Now, think about that from an investment perspective.

Teaching a robot when to stop could help a company sell more robots. Making the technology more dependable could help customers deploy it faster.

That’s the investment question I want to focus on today: What turns a promising robot into a product customers keep ordering?

For a robotics company, the distance between an impressive demonstration and a repeat customer can be enormous. Closing that gap is where I think some of the most valuable businesses will be built.

And after what I heard at the All-In Summit, I think investors need to pay much closer attention.

Why AI Safety Does Not Necessarily End the AI Boom Last month, I spent two days at the All-In Summit listening to some of the most powerful people in technology talk about artificial intelligence at a pretty extraordinary moment.

One morning alone, I heard from Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella and Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang. I was sitting there when President Donald Trump called Jensen onstage, and the conversation went on speakerphone.

So, yes, it was quite a time to be in that room.

Especially after what had happened just days earlier. Some of the biggest names building frontier AI had begun calling for a deliberate slowdown in the development of increasingly powerful models. AI stocks got hammered as investors tried to figure out what that could mean for the hundreds of billions of dollars pouring into chips, data centers, power plants, and everything else supporting the AI buildout.

But at All-In, I didn’t hear much talk about slowing down…

I paid particular attention to Nadella. Microsoft is one of the companies writing the biggest checks in the AI Boom. Critically, I didn’t hear Satya announce that Microsoft was cutting its AI spending or abandoning its infrastructure commitments.

Running AI for customers takes compute. Testing AI takes compute. Training robots takes compute.

So I don’t look at this debate and conclude that the infrastructure spending cycle is over. I think there is still a pathway to years of growth.

In fact, as a long-term investor, I came away from All-In more bullish about how long this AI Boom could last.

And I think companies have an opportunity here to trade short-term speed for long-term durability.

A Slower Frontier Could Produce a More Durable Boom My concern has never been this quarter’s earnings or next quarter’s earnings. I care about what happens two or three years from now. What happens if companies build too much capacity too quickly? What happens if a serious AI safety problem scares the public? What happens if regulators come down with a hammer?

Slowing down at the frontier could reduce some of those risks. We may give up some speed in the short term, but I think the industry has an opportunity to make this boom more durable over the long run.

Think about a workout. 

If you push too hard, you’ll pull a muscle and you’re done. Manage the pace, and you give yourself a better chance of finishing.

Robotics gives us a practical example of what making AI more dependable can accomplish.

And for investors, that could shift some of the biggest opportunities toward companies finding valuable new ways to put AI to work. 

One robotics company gives us a good look at what it takes to turn an impressive machine into something customers will actually fork over their hard-earned cash for.

What Separates a Great Robot Demo From a Great Business An AI-powered robot working on a warehouse floor doesn’t have to contemplate the fate of humanity, but it does have to recognize a person who accidentally steps into its path, so it can stop before it runs him over. 

Imagine you’re the manager deciding whether to expand a robot trial across your operation.

A machine might handle a container perfectly when the aisle is empty. But your warehouse has people moving around, awkwardly placed pallets, and shifts that need to stay on schedule.

Learning a task is only the beginning. You need to know how much useful work it completes in a shift, how often an employee has to intervene, and what it costs to keep running. 

Agility says the previous generation of Digit logged more than 65,000 hours with customers. That’s experience with actual operating conditions, actual customer requirements, and actual problems to fix.

Digit 5 still has to deliver, though. Early access is expected in the first half of 2027. And the reported $300 million in orders comes from one unnamed customer and depends on hitting milestones. Those orders aren’t guaranteed revenue, so we still need to see execution. I want to see conditional demand turn into deliveries, productive use, and customers coming back for more.

That progression would tell us much more about the business than a video of a robot completing one difficult task.

Vision-Language-Action Models Help Robots Understand the Job Across the industry, vision-language-action models, or VLAs, are helping developers address these challenges. Put simply, these systems connect what a robot sees with an instruction and the actions needed to carry it out. Nvidia is developing tools that help robots make those connections.

But understanding an instruction is only part of the job. The machine also has to carry it out reliably under changing conditions. Then you have simulation-to-real training, or Sim2Real.

Instead of doing every practice run with a physical robot, developers can train in virtual environments. Nvidia’s Isaac Lab supports running simulated environments in parallel, giving developers a way to generate training experience at scale.

There are still gaps between simulation and reality, and a successful virtual run doesn’t prove the physical machine will perform reliably. This is why real-world testing remains essential.

For investors, I think the important question is whether that training produces a machine customers can deploy with less setup and less supervision.

If every new installation requires an engineering team to spend weeks adapting the product, expansion could become expensive. A company that can reduce that burden may have a better chance of growing profitably.

What Investors Should Look for Before a Robotics Company Scales This is how I’m thinking about young robotics companies: Can they turn one successful installation into many without letting service costs swallow the gains?

A customer expanding from one location to several would be an encouraging sign. So would a machine completing more work with fewer interruptions.

I also want to know whether the company can support those additional customers without hiring people faster than it grows revenue. Selling more robots and building a profitable robotics business are separate accomplishments.

And no one on Earth is spending more to answer that question than Elon Musk.

Optimus gets the demo videos. But watch what’s being assembled around it: the AI models, the training compute, the chips, the factories to mass-produce all of it. Musk is building the entire Physical AI stack at once – and the sheer scale of that project is why it sits at the center of what I call XPANSE.

Musk himself has suggested this effort could produce 1,000-fold gains for early investors. Perhaps that’s true; but no honest analyst can promise that. What I can offer is the map. 

In my new briefing, I walk through the three steps I’d take today to get positioned for this shift, and I give away the name and ticker of the one stock I believe sits closest to the center of the buildout. The briefing is free. So is the pick.

You’ve just seen the questions I ask before trusting any robotics company with capital: real deployments, repeat customers, scaling without runaway costs. Apply that same lens to the XPANSE supply chain, and one name stands out…

Watch the briefing to learn which.

A machine learning model has projected that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock could trade at an average price of $248.25 by October 31, in a continuation of the recent highs. 

The insights generated by Finbold’s AI Agent imply the semiconductor giant could gain about 6.11% from its press-time price of $233.

The forecast combines estimates from DeepSeek Chat, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and GPT-5.7 Luna over a 27-day outlook period ending on October 31.

NVDA stock price prediction. Source: Finbold Among the models, DeepSeek Chat delivered the most bullish forecast, predicting Nvidia shares would reach $248.75, representing an upside of 6.33%. Gemini 3.5 Flash projected a price of $248.50, while GPT-5.7 Luna returned the most conservative target at $247.50, still indicating a gain of 5.79%.

NVDA stock price prediction. Source: Finbold The prediction used technical indicators including the MACD, RSI, Stochastic oscillator, 50-day simple moving average (MA), and 200-day simple moving average.

The forecast comes as Nvidia continues to trade near record highs. The stock touched an intraday peak of $237, marking a new record, although it closed just below its previous closing high from May 2026.

The shares have rebounded roughly 25% from their late-July lows after a two-month selloff that wiped more than $1 trillion from the company’s market value. Nvidia is also up about 24% year-to-date.

Despite the strong rally, Nvidia’s valuation remains relatively restrained relative to its growth profile, with the stock trading at roughly 30 times trailing earnings, while forward valuation metrics remain lower.

One of the biggest catalysts behind Nvidia’s recent strength is its aggressive capital return strategy.

The company approved a $150 billion increase to its share repurchase authorization, the largest buyback expansion on record. The move lifted Nvidia’s remaining repurchase capacity to approximately $235 billion through fiscal 2028.

Supporting that trend, market data highlighted by TrendSpider on October 4 showed Nvidia repurchased nearly $20 billion worth of stock in the last quarter, equivalent to about 92% of free cash flow during the period.

Nvidia’s financial performance has also remained robust. In second fiscal quarter of 2027, the technology company reported revenue of approximately $96.2 billion, up about 106% year-over-year, with the data center segment contributing roughly $89 billion. 

Earnings exceeded analyst expectations, while management guided for about $108 billion in revenue for the following quarter.

Investor sentiment has also been boosted by continued optimism surrounding artificial intelligence infrastructure spending, AI agents, and Nvidia’s dominant position within the sector.

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Nvidia (NVDA) "is in such a strong position" to offer another $150 billion in share buybacks, says Max Weinbach. The company's total buyback authorization is now an eyewatering $235 billion.