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Wall Street is gearing up for a monster earnings report from Nvidia

The average price target on Nvidia is up nearly 8% over the past month, its fastest growth this year.

Luke Kawa

Ever since Nvidia unofficially kicked off the AI boom in May 2023, we’ve tended to see a predictable routine among Wall Street analysts once every three months:

Get blown away by the chip designer’s quarterly results, and immediately ratchet up their price targets for how high the stock can climb thereafter.

However, ahead of Nvidia’s second-quarter report, due after the close on Wednesday, the sell side is trying something a little different. This time, analysts are scrambling to increase their price targets ahead of results, seemingly much more confident in the affirmation they’ll be getting on the longevity of the AI boom and Nvidia’s critical role in facilitating it.

Over the past month, the average price target for Nvidia among analysts polled by Bloomberg has increased by 7.7%, the fastest rate of growth this year. The second-biggest jump in price targets occurred in the wake of the chip designer’s first-quarter sales and earnings beat.

Those seeing more upside in the stock over the past month include:

  • Morgan Stanley, to $200 from $170

  • Piper Sandler, to $225 from $180

  • Susquehanna, to $210 from $180

  • KeyBanc Capital Markets, to $215 from $190

  • Wedbush Securities, to $210 from $175

  • UBS, to $205 from $175

“We believe Nvidia earnings on deck is another positive catalyst for tech stocks that will further remind investors this is still only the bottom of the 2nd inning in the 9 inning game around building out the AI Revolution over the coming years to enterprises/consumers globally,” Wedbush analyst Dan Ives wrote. “We continue to believe from our Asia field checks that demand to supply is 10:1 for Nvidias golden chips.”

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Marvell soars after Nvidia CEO says it will be the “next trillion-dollar company”

Marvell Technology surged after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the chipmaker, which it has a stake, in ⁠the next “trillion-dollar company.”

Huang made the comments at Computex ​week in Taipei on ‌Tuesday. It’s not the first vote of confidence for Marvell from the world’s most valuable company: Nvidia announced a strategic partnership with Marvell in March, saying that it has invested $2 billion in the company.

Marvell’s market capitalization as of Monday’s close was around $192 billion, meaning that Huang’s prediction would hinge on a more than 420% rally. Huang said computing is becoming increasingly disaggregated and distributed, creating a need for advanced connectivity, which is what Marvell specializes in.

“That's the reason why Marvell is so essential,” Huang said, standing on stage next to Marvell CEO Matt Murphy. “That's why you’re going to be the next trillion-dollar company.”

The stock rose 23% in premarket trading on Tuesday and is up more than 145% since the start of the year.

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HP Enterprise skyrockets on strong Q2 earnings and full-year guidance boost

HP Enterprise shares soared Monday afternoon following the enterprise software companys Q2 earnings report, which detailed a blockbuster quarter.

The stock was up more than 30% — not a typo — after-hours.

Here are the numbers for Q2:

  • Revenue of $10.7 billion (compared to the analyst estimate of $9.78 billion, per FactSet).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.79 (estimate: $0.53).

The company raised its guidance for the full fiscal year, saying it sees revenue growth of 29% to 33%, compared with its previous guidance for 17% to 22%. It also guided for adjusted EPS of $3.35 to $3.45 for the full year, up from the $2.30 to $2.50 it had estimated in its Q1 earnings release.

For its early fiscal 2027 guidance, HPE said it expects revenue to grow 8% to 12%, compared with analysts expectations for 5.5% growth. It also said it expects adjusted EPS growth of 12% to 16%, compared to analysts forecasts of a 13.5% rise.

Unlike HP, which makes consumer products like PCs and printers, HP Enterprise is primed to support the AI boom — specializing in cloud servers, data storage systems, and AI infrastructure. HPE has gained 90% since January.

Last week, competitor Dell saw a similarly rosy earnings report, which boosted its stock nearly 40%.

On Monday at Computex, HPE announced a new project with Nvidia: a new server powered by the semiconductor company. Agentic AI has arrived, and it needs a new CPU, said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. According to the companies, the plan is to support and optimize the New York Stock Exchanges day-to-day infrastructure with industry leading agentic AI CPU performance, memory bandwidth and low latency.

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Credo Technology tanks, despite beating on earnings and revenue for Q4

Credo Technology Group shares cratered in after-hours trading after releasing Q4 earnings after the bell, despite crushing analyst expectations for earnings and revenue.

The stock dropped 15% in after-hours trading.

For Q4, the company — which makes high-speed connectivity solutions for data centers — posted:

  • Revenues of $437 million (estimate: $431.8 million).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $1.16 (estimate: $1.02).

And for the first quarter, the company estimated revenue ranging from $465 million to $475 million, compared with analysts’ estimates for $461 million.

Shares of the company are up 63% year to date, and hit their all-time high of $247 today.

Shares soared earlier in the month after Credo announced its acquisition of DustPhotonics, which makes silicon photonic integrated circuits for high-speed networking in data centers. The acquisition means that Credo will be able to play both ends of the data center connectivity business, by adding advanced photonics to its bread and butter of active electrical cables.

Credo stock was down over 14% in after-hours trading.

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AMC, Cinemark climb on record May movie theater attendance

Shares of movie theater chains AMC and Cinemark are surging on Monday, following impressive May attendance tallies for both companies.

AMC logged 25.5 million moviegoers last month, the company’s best May since 2019. Cinemark said it achieved its highest May US box office tally ever.

Both companies cited the success of popular horror titles “Backrooms” and “Obsession,” which were each born out of the minds of popular TikTok creators. The Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” and Disney’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” also performed well.

“Audiences are showing up for a wide range of content, with particular strength in younger moviegoers, resulting in impressive performances across blockbusters and varied small- to mid-tier titles,” said Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble.

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