J.M. Arbour LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 10,841 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $2,022,000. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.0% of J.M. Arbour LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th biggest holding.
A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in 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 last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the third quarter worth $50,000. Networth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $51,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, March 23rd. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Itau BBA Securities reiterated a “market perform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, CICC Research boosted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $228.00 to $240.60 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 27th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $275.25.
More NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang reiterated a long-term vision for “physical AI” — autonomous factories and robot-managed production — which reinforces NVIDIA’s role as the foundational AI compute provider and supports investor confidence in multi-year demand for GPUs. Jensen Huang on physical AI
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst support and bank actions are helping sentiment; DBS raised its price target on NVDA, a near-term catalyst that can stabilize the stock as investors digest earnings and guidance. DBS Bank Raises PT on NVIDIA
- Positive Sentiment: Partner and ecosystem momentum: E-Power announced engineers with deep NVIDIA collaboration are joining its team for high?power AI datacenter solutions — a sign NVIDIA’s ecosystem continues to attract specialized suppliers and supports downstream GPU demand. E-Power Onboards Expert Engineers…
- Neutral Sentiment: Market-cap narrative: Alphabet’s surge has it closing in on NVIDIA as the world’s largest company — a headline that shifts media focus but doesn’t change NVIDIA’s core AI demand drivers. This is more a market-position story than a fundamental change. Alphabet closes in on Nvidia’s spot
- Neutral Sentiment: Cash-flow story highlighted by analysts — Zacks notes very strong operating and free cash flow, which underpins valuation debates and can limit downside over the medium term. NVDA’s Cash Generation Soars
- Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk: Google’s move to sell TPUs directly to customers could erode some addressable-market share for NVIDIA in AI compute, raising questions about future pricing power and margins in certain enterprise segments. Google Moves to Sell TPUs Directly
- Negative Sentiment: Market sentiment indicators are turning cautious: crypto/prediction markets are leaning bearish on NVDA into month?end, which can amplify short-term selling pressure even if fundamentals remain strong. Crypto markets predict Nvidia stock price
- Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical and China exposure risk remains a recurring theme ahead of earnings — MarketBeat highlights investor risks tied to China that could pressure multiples if management flags headwinds. NVIDIA’s China Connection: Investor Risks
Insider Activity at NVIDIA
In related news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. The trade was a 34.54% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.
NVIDIA Stock Performance
Shares of NVDA opened at $196.48 on Wednesday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $110.82 and a 1 year high of $216.82. The company has a market cap of $4.77 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 2.25. 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 $186.88 and a 200-day moving average of $186.30.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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 net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were issued 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%.
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.
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