The chipmaker received at least nine price-target hikes
Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is rolling in bull notes, after it unveiled "Picasso," its artificial intelligence (AI) tool that generates images, videos, and 3D applications from licensed images on Getty Images, Shutterstock (SSTK), and Adobe (ADBE), for which it plans to pay royalties.
The chipmaker also launched DGX Cloud, an AI supercomputing service that can now be rented to develop technologies such as ChatGPT for $37,000 a month, with eight of its A100 or H100 chips strung together.
No fewer than nine analysts hiked their price targets on NVDA, with Wells Fargo moving all the way up to $320 from $275. NVDA's average 12-month target price of $264.08 is a slim 0.8% premium to current levels.
Nvidia stock is 0.5% higher at $261.99 at last check. The 20-day moving average has been guiding shares higher for most of 2023, culminating in a roughly 80% lead so far this year.
Over at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Cboe Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX), the security's 10-day put/call volume ratio of 1.25 sits higher than 89% of readings in its annual range. This means puts are getting picked up at a much quicker-than-usual pace, and that an unwinding of pessimism may generate tailwinds.
Furthermore, traders are pricing in low volatility expectations. This is per the stock's Schaeffer's Volatility Index (SVI) of 48% that sits higher than just 7% of readings from the past 12 months. It's also worth noting the equity's Schaeffer's Volatility Scorecard (SVS) ranks at 90 out of 100, suggesting NVDA has exceeded options traders' volatility expectations over the past year.