State of Wyoming Grows Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

State of Wyoming grew its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 5.0% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 80,122 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,823 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 1.7% of State of Wyoming’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. State of Wyoming’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $14,949,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the third quarter worth approximately $50,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on NVDA shares. New Street Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $307.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 target price (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, January 16th. CICC Research boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $200.00 to $228.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 21st. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday. Finally, Loop Capital lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $267.50.

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $192.85 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $86.62 and a 12-month high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.69 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.85, a PEG ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $185.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $183.80.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total value of $14,312,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. This trade represents a 5.08% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total value of $5,432,355.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 1,286,826 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $229,196,578.86. This trade represents a 2.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects massive Q4 revenue (street chatter ~ $65B / ~68% YoY) — that optimism is supporting the rally. Why is Nvidia stock soaring
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and brokers have reiterated buy/outperform ratings and higher targets ahead of results (Wedbush, Truist, DA Davidson, KeyCorp coverage), supporting demand. Wedbush and Truist reiterate buy
• Positive Sentiment: Sector tailwind — the semiconductor index is near record highs and a broad market rally ahead of NVDA earnings is lifting the stock. Semis Hit Highs Before NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: New enterprise wins/partnerships (Akamai integration for critical-infrastructure cybersecurity using NVIDIA BlueField DPUs) expand enterprise TAM beyond GPUs. Akamai and NVIDIA launch solution
• Positive Sentiment: Corporate returns: Nvidia is scheduled to pay a dividend next month — a small but supportive sign for income-focused holders. Dividend announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Heavy options/derivatives activity: traders are positioning for a big post-earnings move, increasing intraday volatility even if fundamentals meet expectations. Options strategies ahead of earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: AI infrastructure rotation: suppliers and fiber/optical plays (e.g., Corning) are rallying, which underpins long-term datacenter demand for NVIDIA chips but shifts some capital away from pure-chip names. Corning pivot to AI infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Export-control / China risk: U.S. officials say H200 chips have not been shipped to China — short-term revenue exposure and regulatory scrutiny remain a risk. China H200 shipment update
• Negative Sentiment: Compliance and reputational risk: reports that a Chinese startup trained a model on NVIDIA’s best chip despite bans raise enforcement and policy uncertainty. DeepSeek trained on Blackwell despite ban
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure and ASIC fears: hyperscalers pursuing custom chips and broader AI-chip competition (Google, in-house ASICs) are a recurring concern that could temper long-term margin/growth expectations. AI competition & risks

NVIDIA Profile

NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.