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Semiconductor giant Nvidia continues to be a Wall Street favorite -- and for all the right reasons. The company's transition from a prominent GPU company to a full-stack artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure provider has been genuinely exceptional.
Needham is the latest Wall Street giant to crank up Nvidia’s price target, and the jump is big. The firm bumped its price target to $200 from $160, while maintaining a buy rating, following Nvidia’s confirmation that it’s gearing up to resume H20 chip sales to China.
Shares in Asia traded mixed on Wednesday after an update on U.S. inflation pulled most Wall Street stocks lower, though gains for Nvidia pushed the Nasdaq to another record. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 edged less than 0.
The stock is worth $4 trillion for a good reason. Nvidia's dominance in AI chips allows it to earn very high margins. Nvidia made $77 billion in net income on $148 billion of revenue over the last year, and its net income has increased 892% over the last three years.
With Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom’s customers currently ramping AI chips, KeyBanc analysts see those three companies in a favorable position ahead of the next batch of earnings reports.
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Nvidia said it plans to resume sales of its best-selling H20 AI chip to China, days after CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump.
Nvidia's shares have climbed back to all-time highs as investors regain optimism in its AI infrastructure business. Generative AI will change the world. With shares up more than 50% since the start of April,
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