NVIDIA (NVDA) PT Raised to $71 at UBS Following Strong Qtr and Accelerating Trends
UBS analyst Stephen Chin reiterated a Buy rating and lifted his price target on NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) to $71.00 (from $53.00) following another strong quarter with accelerating trends.
Chin commented, "We reiterate our Buy rating as we remain comfortable NVDA can grow sales over 10% yoy from new opportunities in gaming, machine learning, virtual reality, and self-driving cars. NVDA beat all of its Jul-16 targeted financial guidance with strong yoy sales growth in all 4 of its segments. NVDA's largest segment of gaming (55% of sales) showed yoy growth of 18%. We believe this segment likely has solid visibility now that its new chip, Pascal, has started shipping. We expect NVDA to benefit from a multi-year upgrade cycle from its 80M installed base of gamers. NVDA reported that only 33% of its installed base of gamers has upgraded to its Maxwell chip, which was introduced in FY15. NVDA's gross margin guidance for its Oct-16 quarter was flat at 58% despite sales being guided up 17% qoq, but we not too concerned as it is likely mix related."
The firm is raising FY17/FY18 EPS estimates 19%/16% on higher sales momentum.
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Shares of NVIDIA closed at $59.70 yesterday.