Nvidia stock was falling again Friday after it and the broader tech sector took a hit Thursday as President Donald Trump confirmed tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and the latest earnings report from the world's largest chip maker failed to reassure artificial-intelligence investors.
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Nvidia stock fell 1.7% to $118 in premarket trading Friday while futures tracking the Nasdaq 100 were flat.
The drop was largely driven by Trump announcing that neighboring countries Mexico and Canada would face tariffs of 25% from March. 4, and an additional 10% tariff on imports from China.
"The proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled. China will likewise be charged an additional 10% Tariff on that date," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social, the social media platform operated by Trump Media.
It isn't all bad news for Nvidia though. Several analysts point to its future looking bright: the product ramp of its latest Blackwell chip appears strong throughout next year even if the company is currently experiencing near-term headwinds from the Blackwell transition, China restrictions and DeepSeek -- the AI model out of China said to have been produced for a fraction of the cost of leading Western models.
Bank of America analysts led by Vivek Arya reiterated Nvidia as their top pick on AI dominance with a target price of $200 following the chip maker's fourth-quarter earnings report late Wednesday.
"We understand the desire to diversify portfolios away from AI/cloud, but we believe this underappreciates the solid (and global) pace of AI investments and NVDA's compelling valuation," Arya said.
Nvidia currently fetches a price to earnings ratio of 26 times forward earnings, below the average for Nasdaq-listed companies of 27.1.
UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri noted that while there were a couple of things to pick at in Nvidia's earnings report, the results were "good enough to keep the debate moving in a positive direction -- especially ahead of GTC in a few weeks."
GTC is Nvidia's annual AI conference, set to take place in San Jose, California, on March 17-21. CEO Jensen Huang will deliver a keynote speech on March 18.
"Nvidia's financials were solid, but the real story is its rapid cadence of innovation, said Sean Sun, portfolio manager at Thornburg Investment Management. "With GTC around the corner, I expect further product announcements to build on today's momentum."
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