IFM Investors Pty Ltd Has $873.03 Million Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

IFM Investors Pty Ltd boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.7% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 5,005,906 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 178,699 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 7.3% of IFM Investors Pty Ltd’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. IFM Investors Pty Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $873,030,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the second quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $44,000. Finally, AlphaCentric Advisors LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth $45,000. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock opened at $202.78 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.91 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 2.21. The company’s 50-day moving average is $209.45 and its 200-day moving average is $194.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 3.44 and a quick ratio of 2.85. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $161.61 and a 1 year high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The business had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.81 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America and other analysts reiterated bullish views, saying NVIDIA still dominates AI infrastructure spending and that the current valuation looks attractive after the recent selloff. Nvidia backed by Bank of America as analysts see AI leadership supporting further growth
• Positive Sentiment: Research from SemiAnalysis suggested NVIDIA could beat Wall Street expectations on data center revenue, reinforcing the view that AI demand remains stronger than many investors fear. Wall Street’s Most Watched Researcher Just Predicted NVIDIA Will Crush Earnings. Will the Stock Rally?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced or was highlighted in several AI product and ecosystem updates, including Hugging Face LeRobot integration and new NIM microservices, which help support its long-term platform story. NVIDIA (NVDA) Integrates Isaac AI Tools into Hugging Face LeRobot
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that China may allow limited purchases of NVIDIA H200 chips could modestly improve sentiment, but supply appears tightly capped, limiting the near-term impact. China plans to let top AI firms buy limited amount of Nvidia H200 chips, the Information reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles argued NVIDIA is trading at a lower valuation than usual, which may attract value buyers, but the same decline also reflects investor concerns about competition, margins, and delays in next-gen infrastructure. Nvidia’s stock trades at a juicy discount, according to BofA
• Negative Sentiment: Some coverage pointed to slower momentum in the stock versus other AI and semiconductor names, plus concerns about rising competition and a broader rotation away from NVIDIA into other parts of the AI supply chain. Nvidia stock continues to struggle even as AI peers soar: buy, sell, or hold?
• Negative Sentiment: Reuters also reported that France’s competition probe into NVIDIA is nearing an end, keeping regulatory overhang in focus. French competition authority’s Nvidia probe nearing end

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. President Capital boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $295.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $315.00 price objective (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, July 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $303.84.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 over the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About NVIDIA

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.