Navellier & Associates Inc. Has $107.39 Million Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Navellier & Associates Inc. increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 1.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 575,566 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,521 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 10.9% of Navellier & Associates Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Navellier & Associates Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $107,389,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter worth $50,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $275.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, January 16th. Seaport Research Partners increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Macquarie Infrastructure upgraded NVIDIA to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 29th. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $265.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $273.64.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. This trade represents a 3.16% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 1,248,120 shares of company stock valued at $225,672,814 in the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $183.32 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $186.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $183.87. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $212.19. The company has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.41, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a current ratio of 3.91, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record earnings and data?center dominance — NVDA reported a $68.1B quarter with strong data?center results and bullish multi?year growth commentary, underpinning investor confidence in its platform lead. Nvidia’s Earnings Prove Why It’s Earned Its Spot
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades lift sentiment — Baird and Wedbush have boosted price targets (Baird raised its PT to $300), signaling continued buy?side conviction after the quarter. Baird Raises Price Target on Nvidia (NVDA) Wedbush Raises Nvidia (NVDA) Price Target to $300
• Positive Sentiment: Deepening AI ecosystem exposure — NVDA participated in the massive OpenAI funding and continues to be a central supplier/partner across inference/cloud providers, which supports durable demand for GPUs. Amazon and Nvidia Just Poured $110 Billion Into OpenAI — Here Are the 5 Stocks That Benefit Most
• Neutral Sentiment: Management signals a pause on future large private investments — CEO Jensen Huang said the recent $30B OpenAI investment “might be the last” before OpenAI’s IPO, limiting further big equity bets but reducing potential capital deployment uncertainty. Jensen Huang Says Nvidia’s $30 Billion OpenAI Investment ‘Might Be The Last’
• Negative Sentiment: China production pullback weighs on TAM — Reports say NVDA stopped producing H200 chips intended for China and is redirecting TSMC capacity toward Vera Rubin, confirming the company is de?emphasizing near?term China data?center revenue in guidance. This reduces upside in China and highlights regulatory risk. Nvidia refocuses TSMC capacity as export controls stall China sales, FT reports
• Negative Sentiment: Tighter export rules could limit global chip sales — U.S. proposals to require licenses for advanced AI chip exports add uncertainty and could restrict NVIDIA’s addressable markets or create compliance frictions. New Export Rules Could Be Coming for AI Chipmakers’ Sales

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.