Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA Trims Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA lessened its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 11.0% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 31,470 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 3,870 shares during the quarter. Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $5,869,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Elevated Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 4th quarter valued at $1,672,000. Dumont & Blake Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Dumont & Blake Investment Advisors LLC now owns 11,579 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $2,159,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Simon Quick Advisors LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 19.1% in the 4th quarter. Simon Quick Advisors LLC now owns 61,298 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $11,432,000 after buying an additional 9,825 shares during the period. Facet Wealth Inc. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 73.2% in the 4th quarter. Facet Wealth Inc. now owns 82,644 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $15,828,000 after buying an additional 34,934 shares during the period. Finally, Axecap Investments LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 10.3% in the 4th quarter. Axecap Investments LLC now owns 33,868 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,316,000 after buying an additional 3,153 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street remains constructive, with several firms reportedly raising price targets and maintaining bullish ratings on NVIDIA ahead of earnings, citing strong Blackwell and Rubin-related catalysts. NVIDIA Price Target Raised to $300.00 at DA Davidson
• Positive Sentiment: Options traders are pricing in a very large post-earnings move, which suggests the market expects NVIDIA to remain a major AI momentum driver if results and outlook are strong. Nvidia shares set for $350 billion price swing after earnings, options show
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple previews say NVIDIA could post another blockbuster quarter, helped by booming AI datacenter spending and continued demand for its GPUs, while some analysts argue the stock may still be undervalued versus its earnings power. AI Datacenter Growth Likely to Power NVIDIA’s Strong Q1 Revenues
• Neutral Sentiment: Many headlines frame NVIDIA’s earnings as the next big market catalyst, meaning the stock could move sharply in either direction depending on whether the company clears a very high bar. Here’s How Much Traders Expect Nvidia’s Stock to Move After Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market commentary suggests tech stocks are mixed and the AI trade may be taking a pause, which can pressure NVIDIA short term even if the long-term story remains intact. Sector Update: Tech Stocks Mixed Late Afternoon
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also focused on risks around China, competition from custom AI chips, and whether hyperscaler spending will keep expanding at the same pace, all of which could limit upside if management sounds cautious. Nvidia’s outlook will be a test of its strategy to maintain AI dominance

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of several recent research reports. Itau BBA Securities reissued a “market perform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. TD Cowen reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $235.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, William Blair set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. Four 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $279.06.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares in the company, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $220.61 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.34 trillion, a PE ratio of 45.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $194.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $188.61. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $129.16 and a 52 week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.89 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.