NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Position Cut by Owl Creek Asset Management L.P.

Owl Creek Asset Management L.P. reduced its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 96.0% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 20,977 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 497,934 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 0.3% of Owl Creek Asset Management L.P.’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest holding. Owl Creek Asset Management L.P.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,658,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 22.9% in the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 10,321,287 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,800,033,000 after acquiring an additional 1,923,175 shares during the period. Jessup Wealth Management Inc increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 8.1% during the 1st quarter. Jessup Wealth Management Inc now owns 135,969 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $23,713,000 after purchasing an additional 10,244 shares during the period. ABS Direct Equity Fund LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at $349,000. Sculptor Capital LP boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 111.5% during the first quarter. Sculptor Capital LP now owns 734,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $128,010,000 after buying an additional 387,000 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gateway Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 210.2% during the first quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 219,824 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $38,337,000 after acquiring an additional 148,964 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada set a $280.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. China Renaissance initiated coverage on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Friday, June 5th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $319.00 target price on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, June 29th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock opened at $218.78 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $164.07 and a one year high of $236.54. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $205.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $197.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX endorsement strengthens demand outlook: Elon Musk said SpaceX will build its AI infrastructure exclusively with NVIDIA chips, including Vera Rubin systems. The announcement supports expectations for substantial incremental GPU demand and contributed to NVIDIA’s recent rally. Nvidia Stock Is on the Rise After SpaceX Announcement
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust: AZIO AI outlined a potential purchase of up to 128 NVIDIA HGX B300 systems valued at approximately $77 million, while Zayo announced plans to expand network capacity for NVIDIA-powered AI factories. These announcements reinforce demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems and surrounding infrastructure. AZIO AI Secures Sales Pipeline Zayo Teams with NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Growth expectations remain elevated: Analysts and bullish commentary point to custom CPU expansion, networking, software and enterprise AI as potential long-term growth drivers beyond GPUs. NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report is viewed as the next major catalyst, with several analysts maintaining buy ratings and price targets well above the current level. NVIDIA’s Custom CPU Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term momentum is being debated: After the sharp rally, some traders are pausing because immediate catalysts may be limited before earnings, although analysts continue to cite strong hyperscaler spending and AI demand. NVIDIA Stock Slips After Five-Day Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor and supply-chain risks are resurfacing: SanDisk’s weaker outlook pressured AI and memory shares, while reports that NVIDIA may reduce memory in future Rubin Ultra designs highlight high-bandwidth-memory bottlenecks. Proposed restrictions on Chinese AI components could also raise costs and complicate deployment.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and insider selling add caution: NVIDIA insiders have reported sales but no open-market purchases during the past six months. Michael Burry’s warning that AI stocks could become “future ghost towns” is also reinforcing concerns about elevated expectations, despite remaining a minority view.

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.