Out of Wall Street’s bulge brackets, Deutsche Bank stands alone with its neutral stance on Nvidia following the chipmaker’s blockbuster earnings report . Wall Street was left ecstatic after the artificial intelligence poster child reported earnings and revenue that exceeded consensus estimates, alongside a 66% year-over-year rise in data center sales, its most important business. Analysts were also enthusiastic about the company’s revenue guidance for the current quarter. But out of the eight major banks brackets, Deutsche Bank is the only one to currently place a hold rating on the stock. Every single other bank has a buy-equivalent rating on shares of Nvidia. Analyst Ross Seymore’s $215 price is also the lowest among the cohort, offering 15% upside. By contrast, Barclays and Bank of America have the highest forecasts of $275, which equate to a further 47% rally. NVDA 5D mountain NVDA 5-day chart Seymore wrote that, although he remains bullish on Nvidia in the long run, his current rating reflects the fact that an 85% revenue growth over the next two years already seems to be priced into the stock. “Overall, we remain very impressed with NVDA’s continued leadership in AI compute, networking, software and systems capabilities, with the gap vs peers appearing more likely to expand than contract,” the analyst said. “While we expect a positive reaction to tonight’s print/guide, and expect NVDA shares to have a positive bias thereafter, we continue to see the shares as fairly valued with our $215 P/T implying a ~23x P/E on CY27 ests that already embed ~85% revenue growth over the next two years. Maintain Hold.” Shares of Nvidia have surged 39% this year. Other negatives Seymore noted included Nvidia’s rapidly growing operational expenditures, China revenues continuing to lag and a decrease in the company’s gaming business in what is traditionally its strongest quarter. However, the analyst caveated that Nvidia’s positives outweigh the negatives.
