Atwood & Palmer Inc. Cuts Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Atwood & Palmer Inc. lessened its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.5% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 150,179 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 5,477 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 1.6% of Atwood & Palmer Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding. Atwood & Palmer Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $28,008,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Quent Long Short Global Small Cap Fund LP purchased a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth $24,822,000. Barrett & Company Inc. raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Barrett & Company Inc. now owns 74,606 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $13,914,000 after acquiring an additional 1,103 shares in the last quarter. Omega Financial Group LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Omega Financial Group LLC now owns 3,515 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $656,000 after acquiring an additional 114 shares in the last quarter. Challenger Wealth Management raised its position in NVIDIA by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Challenger Wealth Management now owns 21,196 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,953,000 after acquiring an additional 891 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 259,282 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $48,356,000 after acquiring an additional 16,867 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday. KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Wedbush increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, April 10th. Finally, DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $276.56.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This trade represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 3,004 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.90, for a total value of $555,439.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 14,788 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,734,301.20. This trade represents a 16.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518 in the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Down 4.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $225.32 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $192.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $188.38. 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 Corporation has a 12-month low of $129.16 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.46 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 45.98, a PEG ratio of 0.74 and a beta of 2.25.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 last year, the company earned $0.89 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.84 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were paid a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.82%.

Trending Headlines about NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple reports said the U.S. has cleared Nvidia’s H200 AI chips for sale to about 10 Chinese companies, raising hopes for a meaningful rebound in China-related data center revenue. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: UBS and Cantor Fitzgerald both raised price targets on NVIDIA, reinforcing Wall Street’s view that AI demand and data center growth still have room to drive further upside. Proactive Investors article American Banking News article
• Positive Sentiment: Investors are increasingly betting that Nvidia will beat Q1 FY2027 expectations, with several previews citing strong hyperscaler spending, AI infrastructure demand, and a possible revenue surprise. Seeking Alpha article Investopedia article
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage this morning emphasized that Nvidia’s stock has run hard into earnings, so some investors are locking in gains and watching whether the report can justify the valuation. CNBC article
• Negative Sentiment: The broader semiconductor complex sold off today, and some articles noted that Nvidia’s China opportunity is still not fully secured because approvals, deliveries, and Chinese domestic-chip competition remain uncertain. Benzinga article CNBC article

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.