NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Boosted by Van ECK Associates Corp

Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 34.7% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 75,849,721 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,522,304 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 9.6% of Van ECK Associates Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Van ECK Associates Corp’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $15,176,771,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Boyd Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 273.4% during the 2nd quarter. Boyd Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,830,000 after acquiring an additional 6,696 shares during the last quarter. Ally Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 10.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ally Financial Inc. now owns 172,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $34,415,000 after acquiring an additional 16,000 shares in the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% in the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $111,134,000 after acquiring an additional 627,510 shares in the last quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $1,350,000. Finally, Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 7.4% in the second quarter. Baker Tilly Wealth Management LLC now owns 71,898 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,386,000 after purchasing an additional 4,958 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Automotive expansion: Volvo Cars is expanding its long-running partnership with NVIDIA, adopting three NVIDIA hardware and software components for automated driving systems designed for urban streets and highways. This strengthens NVIDIA’s position in physical AI and autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia
• Positive Sentiment: Broader enterprise adoption: Adobe and NVIDIA expanded their collaboration to optimize Photoshop, Premiere, Substance 3D, Frame.io and Brand Concierge for faster AI-powered creation. LSEG also selected NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate analysis of its large Tick History dataset, supporting demand beyond hyperscale cloud providers. Adobe and NVIDIA Expand Collaboration to Speed Agentic Creation
• Positive Sentiment: Demand remains substantial: QumulusAI put all GPUs covered by a $71.9 million, three-year NVIDIA Blackwell agreement into production, while industry coverage continues to highlight supply constraints and extensive hyperscaler AI spending. These developments support NVIDIA’s revenue outlook, although they do not eliminate financing risks. QumulusAI Blackwell agreement
• Neutral Sentiment: AI safety initiatives: NVIDIA committed $250 million in computing resources over five years for U.K. agentic AI safety and security research. The move may improve NVIDIA’s regulatory and reputational position, but it is primarily a strategic investment rather than a near-term earnings catalyst. Nvidia pledges $250 million to boost UK AI safety research
• Neutral Sentiment: Political and governance attention: NVIDIA confirmed a multimillion-dollar donation to President Trump’s White House ballroom project, while CEO Jensen Huang discussed working with Chinese AI companies on safety and potentially withholding chips from irresponsible customers. These developments could generate reputational or regulatory scrutiny without directly changing near-term results. Nvidia and Cisco donations
• Negative Sentiment: Macro and financing concerns dominated: Rising Treasury yields and hotter inflation data encouraged investors to reduce exposure to high-growth AI stocks. Markets are increasingly questioning whether cloud providers and neoclouds can fund the infrastructure spending required to support NVIDIA’s growth. Rate pressure versus AI demand
• Negative Sentiment: Competition and valuation rotation: Analysts pointed to Micron’s lower valuation and improving AI-related margins as a more attractive alternative, while Broadcom, AMD and Microsoft’s custom-chip efforts reinforce concerns that NVIDIA’s market share and pricing power could face pressure. Micron versus NVIDIA

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms recently weighed in on NVDA. BMO Capital Markets set a $340.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, September 21st. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $321.89.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the sale, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Timothy S. Teter sold 30,460 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total transaction of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $598,810,648. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock worth $399,450,353. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $217.23 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $223.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $211.08. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $243.37. The company has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.46, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buy back $150.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

About NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.

The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.