Liontrust Investment Partners LLP Has $106.35 Million Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Liontrust Investment Partners LLP raised its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 9.1% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 609,786 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 50,990 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 1.5% of Liontrust Investment Partners LLP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Liontrust Investment Partners LLP’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $106,347,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. State Street Corp raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $184,911,111,000 after buying an additional 11,451,386 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in NVIDIA by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $109,446,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,383,441 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,345,453,000 after acquiring an additional 4,019,505 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,808,862,000 after acquiring an additional 2,609,560 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Argus lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $413.00 target price (up from $352.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Itau BBA Securities reduced their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly partnering with Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR on an AI infrastructure financing effort targeting up to $500 billion. The initiative could accelerate data-center construction and support future demand for NVIDIA’s GPUs. Nvidia teams up with Wall Street asset managers on $500 billion AI infrastructure push
• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America maintained a Buy rating and $350 price target, projecting second-quarter revenue of $94 billion to $95 billion—potentially $3 billion to $4 billion above NVIDIA’s guidance—and forecasting a “multi-quarter upgrade cycle.” BofA: Nvidia’s next earnings report could kick off a multi-quarter upgrade cycle
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive ahead of the August 26 earnings report, citing expected $91 billion of quarterly revenue, gross margins near 75%, strong Data Center demand and continued adoption of Blackwell systems. Nvidia: Buy Before Q2 Shows The AI Factory Trade Is Still Early
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly considering investing as much as $3 billion in Lancium, an AI data-center power infrastructure company. The investment could strengthen NVIDIA’s ecosystem position, but it also adds to questions about how much capital the chipmaker should devote to investments instead of share buybacks. Nvidia Stock Slips as Its AI Investments Draw Fresh Scrutiny
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are increasingly focused on NVIDIA’s expanding role in financing the AI buildout. Mark Cuban compared the strategy with dot-com-era companies that funded customers, raising concerns that financing could amplify concentration and credit risks if AI spending fails to generate adequate returns. Mark Cuban warned Nvidia’s AI financing could crumble the market
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Microsoft is reconsidering its reliance on NVIDIA in favor of internally developed AI silicon highlight a potential long-term customer-concentration and pricing risk, even though near-term demand remains robust. Microsoft rethinks its Nvidia reliance

NVIDIA Trading Down 2.9%

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $217.55 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $205.53 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $197.54. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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.