Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV Boosts Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV grew its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 26.6% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 25,192 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,287 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 0.6% of Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th largest holding. Planning Alternatives Ltd. ADV’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,393,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% during the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,454,297,000 after buying an additional 124,849,603 shares during the period. Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 896.4% during the fourth quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,570,119,000 after buying an additional 70,283,539 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after buying an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong results from Microsoft, particularly in Azure and Copilot, renewed expectations that hyperscalers will continue spending heavily on AI data centers—a key demand driver for NVIDIA’s accelerators and networking products. Why Nvidia stock is rebounding after Big Tech earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentators remain bullish on the AI spending cycle. Wolfe Research’s Chris Caso argued that semiconductor oversupply is unlikely before 2028, while multiple analysts maintain targets well above the current trading level. Top chip analyst on semiconductor oversupply
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s reported connection to Hut 8’s planned $19.6 billion Texas AI data-center lease highlights potential future demand for NVIDIA-powered infrastructure, although the headline value depends partly on future renewal options. NVIDIA linked to Hut 8 AI data center lease
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA scheduled its fiscal 2027 second-quarter results call for August 26. The event is the next major catalyst, with investors focused on revenue growth, guidance and evidence that customer AI capital expenditures remain sustainable. NVIDIA schedules second-quarter financial results call
• Negative Sentiment: Investors continue to debate “circular financing” and credit risks in AI infrastructure. NVIDIA’s proposed OpenAI credit backstop and exposure to highly leveraged AI-cloud customers have raised concerns that a financing problem could weaken demand or increase customer risk. NVIDIA’s OpenAI backstop and AI financing risk
• Negative Sentiment: Investor Michael Burry reportedly increased his short positions in NVIDIA and Micron, reinforcing bearish arguments that AI-related valuations and infrastructure deals have become excessive. Ongoing insider selling and a recent congressional sale add to the caution, though they are not necessarily company-specific signals. Michael Burry adds to NVIDIA and Micron short positions

NVIDIA Trading Up 2.6%

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $195.04 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $205.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $196.09. The firm has a market cap of $4.72 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 2.21. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently issued reports on NVDA. Citigroup began coverage on NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. HSBC reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and set a $425.00 target price (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $285.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $304.26.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 in the last three months. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Company 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.