NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Sapient Capital LLC

Sapient Capital LLC trimmed its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 7.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 463,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 39,425 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 1.2% of Sapient Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $92,671,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in 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 last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 4th 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 buying an additional 3,383,441 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the fourth quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in NVIDIA by 2.1% during 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 during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in 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 during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Craig Hallum lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wall Street Zen lowered NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, July 4th. New Street Research lowered their price objective on NVIDIA from $343.00 to $340.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $305.94.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Potential China revenue boost: Reports indicate small shipments of NVIDIA’s H200 processors have reached mainland China, with ByteDance and Tencent reportedly receiving units. However, Beijing may restrict how the chips are used. Nvidia H200 chips reach China in small shipments
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support remains strong: Stifel reaffirmed a Buy rating and a $282 target ahead of NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report, while Bank of America reportedly sees substantial upside based on the company’s valuation and free-cash-flow potential. Analyst updates Nvidia stock price ahead of earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain checks support the AI buildout: Stifel pointed to signals from Foxconn and Super Micro as evidence that demand for NVIDIA systems remains healthy heading into the company’s results. NVIDIA is also expanding its role by connecting Nordic GPU customers with available data-center capacity. What Foxconn and Super Micro are telling us about the AI boom
• Neutral Sentiment: Mercor investment under consideration: NVIDIA is reportedly discussing an investment in AI data-labeling provider Mercor at a valuation of about $20 billion. The deal could strengthen NVIDIA’s broader AI ecosystem, but its size and terms remain unknown. Nvidia weighs investment in Mercor
• Negative Sentiment: China uncertainty remains a key overhang: U.S. efforts to close loopholes allowing Chinese firms to access NVIDIA computing power through overseas data centers could limit sales, while any H200 shipments appear restricted and relatively small. U.S. export controls and Nvidia chips
• Negative Sentiment: The earnings bar is high: Investors are looking beyond a routine quarterly beat and want higher forward guidance, sustained data-center growth, strong Blackwell demand, and healthy margins. This creates volatility ahead of the August 26 report. NVIDIA earnings expectations and AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and concentration risks are intensifying: Investors are questioning whether custom chips, rivals such as AMD and Broadcom, and newer AI-chip startups could eventually pressure NVIDIA’s dominant position. Michael Burry discusses competition for Nvidia

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $217.56 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $164.07 and a 12-month high of $236.54. The company has a market cap of $5.26 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $207.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $199.23. 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 posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The firm’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.59 EPS for the current year.

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

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.