Analysts positive on Nvidia's new AI products as stock approaches $500
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares have continued to gain in recent days and are poised to extend gains for the 10th consecutive session, marking the company's longest winning streak in nearly seven years.
The stock is up 0.7% in pre-market Tuesday.
The positive momentum is attributed to Nvidia's upgrade of the H100 artificial intelligence processor, a move seen by analysts as a response to challenges from competitors seeking to challenge its dominance in the AI sector. The new chip will be available starting in 2Q24.
“We think [H200] emphasizes the importance of memory in next-gen AI workloads,” analysts at Wells Fargo said in a note.
“Our Overweight rating is based on our positive stance on NVIDIA’s competitive positioning in gaming GPUs and expanding growth opportunities in data center, HPC, and emerging / expanding AI opportunities (autonomous vehicles, healthcare, robotics, etc.”
Similarly, analysts at Bank of America also reiterated a Buy rating on Nvidia stock.
“Upgrade simplicity only adds to the competitive portfolio NVDA holds, which coincides with 1) a leading AI networking platform supporting both Infiniband/Ethernet connections, and 2) a leading software stack, which has already shown abilities to upgrade performance of GPUs already deployed (Indeed, NVDA’s TensorRT-LLM library alone has helped double H100 inference performance),” they write in a note.
Analysts also argue that the next week’s earnings report will be “key to address China overhang.”
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