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Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has emphasized the importance of artificial intelligence as the company’s shares reach an all-time high closing price.
In a 90-minute keynote speech at the opening of the CES 2025 tech conference in Las Vegas, he insisted AI was “advancing at an incredible pace.”
He also unveiled a string of innovative new products, including a personal AI supercomputer and a platform to advance the development of physical AI.
“The ChatGPT moment for general robotics is just around the corner,” he told the 6,000 delegates packed into the Michelob Ultra Arena.
His comments came shortly after NVDA stock reached an all-time high closing price of $149.43, having risen more than 200% over the past year.
But will the new developments be enough to drive the NVDA stock even higher during 2025, or have we reached a temporary ceiling?
Featuring expert analysis of Nvidia’s recent stock trends, this article contains the latest NVDA news, key market drivers, and Nvidia stock forecasts for 2025 and beyond up to 2030.
Key Takeaways
- CEO Jensen Huang introduced a string of innovative products at the CES 2025 tech conference in Las Vegas.
- NVDA stock hit an all-time high closing price of $149.43 on January 6, 2025, and has soared 204% since the start of 2024.
- Nvidia announced a record third-quarter revenue of $35.1 billion, almost double the same period in the previous year.
- It has predicted revenue of $37.5 billion for the fourth quarter, with GAAP gross margins expected to be 73%. These results are expected in late February 2025.
- The stock is a ‘moderate buy,’ according to the views of 43 Wall Street analysts, compiled by MarketBeat, as of January 7, 2025.
Summary of the Analysts’ Nvidia Stock Forecasts for 2025
The following table shows the latest Nvidia stock forecasts for 2025 and beyond, as of January 7, 2025, with analyst’s consensus NVDA price targets.
| Nvidia Stock Forecast (as of January 7, 2025) |
1-Year Forecast | 2027 (November) | 5-Year Forecast (January 2030) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MarketBeat | $164.15 | – | – |
| WalletInvestor | $206.71 | $274.44 | $458.72 |
| TipRanks | $177.08 | – | – |
Nvidia Stock Analysis
Anyone with the foresight to invest in Nvidia a year ago will have every reason to celebrate as the company’s stock price has risen more than 200%.
A year ago, they were trading at a shade over $50 once the company’s stock split is taken into consideration.
The encouraging news is that the share price has continued rising, with NVDA stock reaching an all-time high closing price of $149.43 on January 6, 2025.
This beats the previous record of $148.88, which was achieved on November 7, 2024, according to MacroTrends.
The company is currently the second largest in the world, with a market capitalization of $3.65 trillion, according to CompaniesMarketCap, as of January 7, 2025. This is only bettered by fellow tech giant Apple on $3.71 trillion.
The Latest Nvidia News & Key Drivers to Consider
New AI Developments at CES 2025
Jensen Huang, who founded Nvidia in 1993 and has been dubbed ‘The Godfather of AI’ by analysts, delivered the opening keynote speech at CES 2025 on January 6, 2025.
He told the audience that the world had seen perception AI, such as understanding words, and generative AI, which involves creating text, images, and sound.
“Now we’re entering the era of physical AI,” he said. “AI that can proceed, reason, plan, and act.”
Huang also took the opportunity to showcase the company’s latest innovations, which he believes will help support this new AI era.
These include:
- Project DIGITS. A personal AI supercomputer that provides AI access to the Nvidia Grace Blackwell platform.
- Nvidia Cosmos. A platform that advances physical AI with models and video data processing pipelines for robots and autonomous vehicles.
- New Nvidia Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs offering “stunning visual realism” and unprecedented performance boosts.
- AI foundation models for RTX PCs featuring Nvidia NIM microservices and AI Blueprints for “crafting digital humans,” podcasts, images, and videos.
Personal AI Supercomputer
One of the most significant announcements was Project DIGITS, a personal AI supercomputer, according to Nvidia.
It features the new NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip, offering AI computing performance for prototyping, fine-tuning and running large AI models.
Huang emphasized that AI would be mainstream in every application for every industry, and this move would provide the Grace Blackwell Superchip to millions of developers.
“Placing an AI supercomputer on the desks of every data scientist, AI researcher, and student empowers them to engage and shape the age of AI,” he explained.
Nvidia Cosmos
According to Nvidia, this platform comprises state-of-the-art generative world foundation models, advanced tokenizers, and an accelerated video processing pipeline.
It pointed out that Cosmos world foundation models would offer developers an easy way to generate massive amounts of data to train and evaluate existing models.
Huang commented: “We created Cosmos to democratize physical AI and put general robotics in reach of every developer.”
Record Q3 2025 Financial Results
The CES announcements came less than two months after Nvidia announced very positive results in late November 2024.
The company achieved a record revenue of $35.1 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, which was 94% higher than the corresponding period in the previous year.
The GAAP earnings per diluted share was $0.78, up 16% from the previous quarter and 111% more than a year ago.
Non-GAAP earnings per diluted share stood at $0.81, an increase of 19% over the second quarter and up 103% from a year ago.
Nvidia also announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share would be paid on December 27, 2024, to all shareholders of record on December 5, 2024.
| Nvidia Q3 Fiscal 2025 Summary (GAAP) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ($ in millions, except earnings per share) | Q3 FY25 | Q2 FY25 | Q3 FY24 | Q/Q | Y/Y |
| Revenue | $35,082 | $30,040 | $18,120 | Up 17% | Up 94% |
| Gross margin | 74.60% | 75.10% | 74.00% | Down 0.5 pts | Up 0.6 pts |
| Operating expenses | $4,287 | $3,932 | $2,983 | Up 9% | Up 44% |
| Operating income | $21,869 | $18,642 | $10,417 | Up 17% | Up 110% |
| Net income | $19,309 | $16,599 | $9,243 | Up 16% | Up 109% |
| Diluted earnings per share | $0.78 | $0.67 | $0.37 | Up 16% | Up 111% |
Source: Nvidia
However, the upbeat results still weren’t enough to stop NVDA stock from slipping 2.5% in after-hours trading on the day, illustrating how difficult analysts are to impress.
At the time, Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at AJ Bell, insisted she wasn’t surprised that shares fell in the wake of the results.
She told Techopedia:
“The problem is that when something flies too close to the sun, no matter how well constructed the wings, people are always waiting for the feathers to start falling off.”
Hewson explained that the problem was that the forecasted growth had already been priced in by excited investors.
“The pace of that growth is slowing significantly, suggesting AI may have a ceiling, at least until the next exciting generation of the tech,” she added.
There are also longer-term concerns about AI and the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s policies.
“Nvidia has spent a lot of cash making sure it stays at the forefront of the AI boom and bosses were keen to highlight the next generation of chips and knock back any suggestions of testing issues,” she said.
“But there are niggling concerns about the potential impact of Trump tariffs. It would seem counterintuitive to hobble such a money-making machine, but the incoming President isn’t known for his predictability.”?
Positive Q4 Outlook
Nvidia is due to announce its fourth-quarter results on February 26, 2025, and analysts are keeping their fingers crossed for positive news.
Last November, Nvidia predicted revenue would be $37.5 billion for this period, plus or minus 2%, with GAAP and non-GAAP gross margins of 73% and 73.5%, respectively.
In a statement, Jensen Huang insisted the age of AI was “in full steam,” propelling a global shift to NVIDIA computing.
He said: “Demand for Hopper and anticipation for Blackwell – in full production – are incredible as foundation model makers scale pretraining, post-training, and inference.”
Huang also declared that AI was now “transforming every industry, company, and country” around the world.
“Enterprises are adopting agentic AI to revolutionize workflows,” he added. “Industrial robotics investments are surging with breakthroughs in physical AI. And countries have awakened to the importance of developing their national AI and infrastructure.”
Nvidia’s Strong 2024
In mid-November 2024, Nvidia’s CEO presented AI and supercomputing tools at SC24, the international conference for high-performance computing.
“Supercomputers are among humanity’s most vital instruments, driving scientific breakthroughs and expanding the frontiers of knowledge,” he said. “Twenty-five years after creating the first GPU, we have reinvented computing and sparked a new industrial revolution.”
The event, which was held in Atlanta (US), saw Nvidia reveal the new cuPyNumeric library, a GPU-accelerated implementation of NumPy, designed to supercharge applications in data science, machine learning, and numerical computing.
Other developments included DiffDock 2.0, a breakthrough tool for predicting how drugs bind to target proteins, which is critical for drug discovery.
Blackwell Platform
Earlier in 2024, Nvidia launched a new GPU platform called Blackwell, marking a significant step forward in AI technology.
This graphics processing unit powers the Nvidia GB200 Grace Blackwell superchip, designed to be much faster and more efficient than previous models.
Blackwell is specifically engineered to handle complex AI computations, making it fit for various applications, from data centers to autonomous vehicles.
Nvidia’s Blackwell platform enables organizations to build and run real-time generative AI on trillion-parameter large language models.
AI Potential Downsides
The overriding concern about AI focuses on the hype involved. These technologies are advancing at a phenomenal rate and influencing a wide range of sectors.
Many of these applications are likely to influence the business world and create fantastic opportunities over the next few years.
Enthusiasm for this area has driven the stock prices of the main players over the past years, which has been tremendous for existing investors.
However, whenever there’s a lot of hype surrounding a subject, there’s always the fear that stocks will become overvalued.
This can create risks for investors, as the stock might eventually drop to a more ‘reasonable’ price.
Nvidia Stock Forecast: Analyst Views
So, what about the Nvidia stock expectations of analysts and industry observers? How do they see the company’s prospects?
According to Russ Mould, AJ Bell’s investment director, Nvidia’s runaway success means it has high expectations to meet on everything it does.
He said: “The launch of its next-generation gaming chips was always going to be a pivotal moment and true to its style, Nvidia has unveiled something that promises to be faster and better than what’s already on offer.”
Mould pointed out that the RTX 50-series will use the company’s Blackwell AI technology to support highly detailed, hyper-realistic graphics.
“One can just imagine how jaws dropped across the gaming community after seeing the demonstration of the technology,” he said. “This launch is a reminder that Nvidia is not just about AI. The business’ success was founded on gaming technology and RTX 50 implies that it remains on top of its game.”
However, AI fans haven’t been short-changed by recent announcements.
“Nvidia also unveiled a host of other innovations, including AI that can better train robots and cars, and a desktop computer for programmers,” he added. “Investors love the narrative around Nvidia and the string of announcements at the CES tech conference provided plenty of fodder to keep people excited.”
While NVDA stock forecasts of many analysts remain bullish over the medium and long term, Brian Colello, a strategist at Morningstar, has had a fair value estimate of just $130 on the stock since late November 2024.
“We think Nvidia’s prospects will be tied to the AI market, for better or worse, for quite some time,” he wrote in his latest update. “We expect leading cloud vendors to continue to invest in ‘in-house,’ while AMD is also working on GPUs and AI accelerators for the data center.”
Colello views Nvidia’s GPUs as the industry leaders and pointed out that the firm’s “massive valuation” will hinge on whether the company can stay ahead of the pack.
“We attribute Nvidia’s leadership to intangible assets associated with GPU design, as well as the associated software, frameworks, and tools required by developers to work with these GPUs,” he added.
However, Morningstar has also assigned Nvidia with an uncertainty rating of very high, with its valuation likely to be tied to its ability to grow within data center and AI sectors.
“Our uncertainty rating is based on the uncertainty around this market,” explained Colello. “Nvidia dominates AI today and the sky is the limit for the company’s profitability if it can maintain this lead over the next decade.”
Dan Ives, managing director and head of global tech research at Wedbush, predicted that NVDA stock could continue its upward trajectory.
Speaking on CNN in November, he branded the third quarter earnings “jaw-dropping” and predicted that Nvidia might reach a $4 trillion market cap.
“It continues to be Jensen’s and Nvidia’s world, and everyone else is paying rent because their GPUs are the new oil and gold,” he said.
Ives also claimed this was a “fourth industrial revolution playing out in front of our eyes” as Nvidia’s success was spreading across the rest of the tech industry.
“These are jaw-dropper earnings. Get the popcorn out, this is a tech rally that continues into the holidays.”
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While Nvidia’s third-quarter revenue exceeded expectations, there were a few reasons to be cautious, according to Charu Chanana, Saxo’s chief investment strategist.
“Despite the strong quarter, Nvidia’s Q4 guidance of $37.5 billion, with a possible +/- 2% range, raised some concerns as it could fall short of analyst expectations,” she said.
“Additionally, the rollout of its new Blackwell chips lacked specifics, with the company admitting supply issues that would prevent meeting demand in the near term, which could limit short-term growth potential.”
However, Chanana believes the long-term prospects remain intact.
“Nvidia continues to be a key player in the booming AI industry, with its GPUs powering 95% of global AI models,” she said. “The company’s substantial cash reserves of $38.5 billion provide the flexibility to invest in further innovation or increase shareholder returns. While competition and supply risks are present, Nvidia’s position at the center of the AI megatrend makes it well-positioned for long-term growth.”
Nvidia Stock Predictions 2025-2030
The outlook for Nvidia stock is pretty positive. In fact, NVDA stock is a ‘moderate buy,’ according to 43 analysts’ ratings compiled by MarketBeat as of January 7, 2025.
Forty have ‘buy’ recommendations, while the remaining three view it as ‘hold.’ No one believes it’s a ‘sell.’
- The analysts’ consensus 12-month NVDA stock price target is $164.15, which represents a potential 9.85% upside over the $149.43 closing price on January 3, 2025.
- The highest Nvidia price forecast is $200.00.
- The lowest price target for NVDA is $85.00.
The following table shows the latest analysts’ Nvidia stock predictions for 2025 and their NVDA price targets.
| Date | Brokerage | Rating | Price Target | Upside/Downside on Report Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/22/2024 | DA Davidson | Neutral ? Neutral | $90.00 ? $135.00 | -4.90% |
| 11/22/2024 | Phillip Securities | Buy ? Accumulate | $155.00 ? $160.00 | +12.70% |
| 11/21/2024 | Wedbush | Outperform ? Outperform | $160.00 ? $175.00 | +21.43% |
| 11/21/2024 | Mizuho | Outperform ? Outperform | $165.00 ? $175.00 | +21.44% |
| 11/21/2024 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | Hold ? Hold | $115.00 ? $140.00 | -3.27% |
| 11/21/2024 | Citigroup | Buy ? Buy | $170.00 ? $175.00 | +20.91% |
| 11/21/2024 | Bank of America | Buy ? Buy | $190.00 ? $190.00 | +30.22% |
| 11/21/2024 | Oppenheimer | Outperform ? Outperform | $175.00 ? $175.00 | +21.65% |
| 11/21/2024 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight ? Overweight | $175.00 ? $175.00 | +19.95% |
| 11/21/2024 | Barclays | Overweight ? Overweight | $145.00 ? $160.00 | +9.67% |
| 11/21/2024 | JPMorgan Chase | Overweight ? Overweight | $155.00 ? $170.00 | +16.53% |
Source: MarketBeat
As you can see, the analysts’ Nvidia stock predictions for 2025 have been mostly bullish. Some notable takeaways from them include:
- Many brokerages have increased their price targets for Nvidia, indicating a bullish outlook on the stock’s potential performance.
- The majority of the actions taken by these brokerages either maintain or assign buy and outperform ratings.
- The reported upside/downside percentages are almost all positive, with many brokerages projecting significant upside potential from the report dates’ price levels. Only a couple are in negative territory.
- The diversity of financial institutions reviewing Nvidia’s stock illustrates broad market interest.
Meanwhile, the Nvidia stock forecast 2025 of the algorithm-based WalletInvestor is much more bullish, putting the stock at $206.17 in 12 months’ time.?
Its five-year NVDA stock forecast expands on this theme, with predictions of the stock reaching $458.72 by January 2030. This Nvidia future stock price would represent an increase of more than 200% over the $149.43 closing price on January 6, 2025.
Elsewhere, Coincodex has NVDA stock at an average of $365.17 by 2030.
Note that analysts’ and algorithm-based projections might prove to be wrong.
Should I Invest in Nvidia?
- NVDA stock price has climbed over 200% since early 2024.
- Nvidia is positioned as a leader in the growing AI sector.
- Analysts project further growth potential.
- High expectations mean even strong results may disappoint.
- November 2024 saw record earnings met with a share price dip.
- Nvidia faces Increasing competition from companies developing in-house chips.
Nvidia has certainly become a stock market darling over the past year, and there’s optimism that this remarkable story still has legs.
Its stock price has risen more than 200% since the start of 2024, and many analysts believe it could climb even higher over the coming months.
Their optimism is focused on the tech giant’s enviable position in the fast-growing world of AI that’s expected to become an increasingly important part of our lives.
Jensen Huang’s keynote speech at CES 2025 is expected to further bolster this view as he outlined the direction in which he sees AI progressing.
However, there is a potential downside for investors to consider.
Everyone has become used to Nvidia delivering record quarterly earnings as demand soars for its products around the world.
The problem now is that analysts have become harder to please, and even bumper results are being met with share price declines.
This was illustrated in November 2024 when record quarterly earnings were rewarded by the stock price dipping.
Separately, while investment bulls insist its GPUs are industry-leading, bears point out there are plenty of rivals focused on in-house chip development.
The Bottom Line
Being involved in such a fiercely competitive industry means Nvidia will be under pressure to continue beating expectations over the coming months and years.
If it does, the NVDA stock price is likely to continue rising. However, if it slips up, it can expect to be heavily punished.
That’s why it’s important to do your research, consider the market context, and perhaps consult with a financial advisor to make an informed decision that aligns with your investment objectives.
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