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Wall Street kept moving higher last week. I thought my three stocks to avoid for that week -- Sea Limited, Warner Music Group, and Unity Software -- were going to lose to the market. They fell 17%, dropped 3%, and rose 8%, respectively, for an average decline of 4% for the week.
The November rally continues for cryptocurrencies on the back of a spate of positive news. Bitcoin, particularly, has been on a dream run over the past three weeks after remaining rangebound over the past two-and-a-half months.
Shares were generally flat on Monday in thin trading ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday later in the week and in the absence of major data releases that could give markets direction, while the dollar slipped against major currencies.
Futures tracking the Nasdaq edged higher on Monday as Microsoft gained on news that former OpenAI head Sam Altman will join the software giant, while investors awaited more clues regarding when the Federal Reserve might begin cutting interest rates.
We are just waiting on a handful of companies to report their Q3 earnings now in this holiday shortened week. This week we have Nvidia (NVDA), Autodesk (ADSK), Nio (NIO) and Zoom (ZM) as the main stock s to watch.
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Artificial intelligence chip leader Nvidia will likely deliver yet another blockbuster revenue forecast on Tuesday. But the real focus will be on whether widening U.S. curbs on sales of its high-end chips to China could hamper that run.
U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Monday after a rally in the previous week driven by bets U.S. interest rates had peaked, while Microsoft outpaced megacap peers on news that former OpenAI head Sam Altman will join the software giant.
Nvidia (
NASDAQ:NVDA
) is scheduled to announce its fiscal third-quarter results after the market closes on Tuesday, November 21. The chipmaker has been the standout performer among S&P 500 companies, posting a remarkable yearly gain of over 222%, surpassing the S&P 500 Index (
SPX
) rally of 14.3%. Interestingly, analysts maintain a bullish outlook for NVDA's Q3 performance, anticipating continued upside potential in its stock.
Overall, the Street expects Nvidia’s
Q3 adjusted earnings to jump to $3.37 from $0.58 in the prior-year quarter. Also, analysts are anticipating
Nvidia’s revenue to rise 173% year-over-year to $16.2 billion.
Here’s What Analysts Are Saying
Ahead of Nvidia’s fiscal third-quarter results release, 10 Top-rated analysts assigned a Buy rating to NVDA stock. Before we dig deeper, investors should note that TipRanks identifies the
Top Wall Street analysts per sector, per timeframe, and against different benchmarks. The ranking reflects an analyst’s ability to deliver higher returns through recommendations.
Susquehanna analyst Christopher Rolland expects NVDA to report a “beat and raise” quarter. The expectations for the company’s strong performance in Q3 are based on an improved supply chain and an impressive backlog. Further, the analyst expects Nvidia to benefit from its efforts to increase capacity at existing suppliers. It is worth mentioning that Rolland raised his price target to $625 from $600.
Another analyst, Toshiyari Hari from Goldman Sachs, expects the company to report strong Q3 results and provide encouraging forward guidance. He finds the stock’s risk/reward profile to be attractive at the current levels. Regarding Q3 results, the analyst believes Nvidia’s Data Center and Gaming segments have performed well. Hari expects Q3 Data Center revenue of $12.4 billion to rise 20% sequentially, while Gaming revenue is projected to increase by 14% to $2.82 billion.
What is NVDA’s Price Target?
The analysts’ average price target of $648.01 implies 31.5% upside potential from the current levels. Also, Wall Street is highly bullish on
Nvidia, with a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 37 Buys and one Hold.
Insights from Options Trading Activity
TipRanks now presents options activity to help investors plan their trades ahead of earnings releases. Options traders are
pricing in a +/- 7.82% move on Nvidia’s earnings. NVDA shares have averaged a 5.86% upward move in the last eight quarters. In particular, the stock gained a negligible 0.1% in reaction to fiscal second-quarter results.
The anticipated move is determined by computing the at-the-money straddle of the options closest to the expiration after the earnings announcement.
Learn more about TipRanks’ Options tool here.
Ending Note
NVDA’s dominant position in the AI space allows it to benefit from developments in generative AI. Furthermore, efforts to continue introducing new products and easing supply chain issues, along with positive momentum in the Data Center and Gaming businesses, remain key supporting factors for Nvidia’s performance.
Disclosure
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Shares were generally flat on Monday in thin trading ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and in the absence of major data releases that could give markets direction, while the dollar slipped against major currencies.
Japanese shares hit highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while the yuan was pushed higher by China's central bank leading to broader softness in the dollar.
The Nikkei is up more than 8% so far this month, and almost 29% for the year so far. The broader Topix is up 26% on the year but still only trades at a price to earnings ratio of 14. That compares to 23 for the S&P 500 and almost 29 for the Nasdaq.
Japanese shares hit highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while the yuan was nudged higher by China's central bank.
Japanese shares climbed to highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while other Asian markets were more mixed with eyes fixed on the U.S. rate outlook.
Asian shares got off to a slow start on Monday in what will be a holiday-shortened week and with market valuations looking a little stretched given they have already priced in aggressive global policy easing for next year.