Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Raises Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. increased its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 401,235 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 13,282 shares during the period. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $74,862,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Centerpoint Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. Centerpoint Advisors LLC now owns 19,061 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,556,000 after acquiring an additional 1,391 shares during the last quarter. AlTi Global Inc. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 7.3% during the third quarter. AlTi Global Inc. now owns 106,440 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $19,860,000 after purchasing an additional 7,261 shares during the period. Prospera Financial Services Inc boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 9.0% in the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 1,129,854 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $210,817,000 after purchasing an additional 93,712 shares during the last quarter. Midwest Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 4.5% in the third quarter. Midwest Financial Group LLC now owns 5,680 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,060,000 after purchasing an additional 245 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 187,267 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $34,940,000 after purchasing an additional 5,620 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. HSBC set a $310.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, February 24th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Wedbush raised their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Citigroup boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Fundamental Research set a $218.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $273.64.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total value of $36,008,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares in the company, valued at $651,483,201.88. The trade was a 5.24% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,248,120 shares of company stock valued at $225,672,814. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

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 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $183.32 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $186.02 and a 200 day moving average of $183.87. The firm has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.41, a PEG ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

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.