NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Acquired by Stableford Capital II LLC

Stableford Capital II LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 145.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 40,927 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 24,258 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for about 2.8% of Stableford Capital II LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Stableford Capital II LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $7,633,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in NVIDIA by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $13,381,628,000 after acquiring an additional 14,358,048 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on NVDA shares. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Zacks Research raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating and set a $235.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $275.25.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,401,616 shares of company stock worth $253,555,407. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA made a $2 billion equity investment and expanded its NVLink Fusion partnership with Marvell — a deal that strengthens NVDA’s AI?infrastructure ecosystem and prompted sector buying. Nvidia Makes Equity Investment In Marvell Technology
• Positive Sentiment: Major Wall Street shops and independent researchers continue to back NVDA: Wolfe Research maintained a Buy and other firms (Benchmark) reaffirmed Buy ratings with elevated price targets — supporting demand for the shares. Wolfe Research Maintains a Buy Rating on Nvidia (NVDA)
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s recent results show very high profitability (gross margins near 75%) and huge revenue growth year-over-year, which underpins bullish analyst earnings/forecast models. NVIDIA’s Gross Margin Hovers Near 75%
• Neutral Sentiment: NVDA is a top holding in several AI-focused ETFs and thematic pieces highlighting ETFs/sector exposure — which can amplify flows into or out of NVDA depending on ETF rebalancing. 3 AI ETFs That Let You Invest in the Entire AI Boom at Once
• Neutral Sentiment: Some research shops trimmed price targets (New Street cut its target but kept a Buy) — a mixed signal: it tempers upside expectations while leaving institutional conviction intact. New Street Research Adjusts Nvidia Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical risk is pressuring chip stocks: threats from Iran and the broader Middle East conflict have raised supply?chain and security concerns for NVDA and peers. Iran threatens Nvidia, Apple and other tech giants
• Negative Sentiment: Data show Chinese AI chipmakers gaining material share in China’s server accelerator market — a threat to NVDA’s dominance in a key end market. Chinese chipmakers claim nearly half of local market as Nvidia’s lead shrinks
• Negative Sentiment: Some large investors trimmed exposure (D. E. Shaw reported a stake reduction), which can add selling pressure during sector weakness. NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): D. E. Shaw Trims Stake

NVIDIA Trading Up 0.9%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $177.39 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $182.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $184.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.31 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.20, a PEG ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 2.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19.

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

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

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.