Railway Pension Investments Ltd Buys 948,600 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Railway Pension Investments Ltd boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 67.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,356,300 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 948,600 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises 5.9% of Railway Pension Investments Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Railway Pension Investments Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $471,472,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NVDA. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 195,366,864 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $39,090,956,000 after buying an additional 4,165,875 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in NVIDIA by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 143,239,504 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $26,714,167,000 after buying an additional 446,178 shares during the last quarter. Amundi raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 10.4% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 133,768,018 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,329,141,000 after acquiring an additional 12,575,177 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 91,954,159 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $18,399,108,000 after acquiring an additional 2,045,101 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 94,521,253 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $16,479,126,000 after acquiring an additional 555,221 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Raymond James Financial set a $515.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Mizuho set a $315.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $210.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, October 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.89.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA traded down $3.10 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $214.13. The company had a trading volume of 120,783,023 shares, compared to its average volume of 108,333,480. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $223.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $211.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $164.27 and a fifty-two week high of $243.37. The company has a quick ratio of 3.85, a current ratio of 4.59 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a market cap of $5.16 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.27 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buy back $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New RTX Spark laptops expand NVIDIA’s addressable market. Systems from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI are now available starting at $2,599, combining Blackwell graphics, up to 128GB of memory and local AI capabilities. The launch could create a new consumer and developer revenue stream beyond data centers. NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs Available Today
• Positive Sentiment: Automotive and enterprise adoption continues. Volvo expanded its partnership with NVIDIA for automated-driving systems, while Adobe is integrating NVIDIA technology across Photoshop, Premiere and other creative tools. These agreements support longer-term demand for NVIDIA hardware and software. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain investment and customer deployments remain strong. Taiwan is reportedly considering as much as $4 billion for Texas industrial parks serving NVIDIA suppliers, and customers continue deploying Blackwell systems. The developments reinforce demand, although they may take time to affect revenue. Taiwan Texas industrial parks
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is broadening its software and AI-model ecosystem. Paid offerings such as AI Enterprise and Mission Control, along with Nemotron open models and partnerships with AI startups, could make earnings less dependent on hardware. However, the articles provide no near-term financial contribution.
• Negative Sentiment: AI financing concerns are the main pressure. CoreWeave’s debt has reportedly traded at distressed yields, raising questions about whether highly leveraged customers can continue funding data-center expansion. Higher Treasury yields and inflation concerns are also making large AI projects more expensive. CoreWeave financing worries
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI growth expectations. OpenAI’s reported $50 billion revenue run rate was below the roughly $68 billion previously anticipated, prompting concern that AI demand may mature more slowly. Microsoft’s development of custom Maia chips also highlights the risk of customers developing alternatives to NVIDIA GPUs. OpenAI revenue expectations
• Negative Sentiment: Reported insider selling adds a sentiment overhang. Recent data showed NVIDIA insiders made numerous sales and no open-market purchases over the past six months, though such transactions may reflect planned diversification rather than a change in business outlook.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the completion of 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. This represents a 4.36% 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. Insiders sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.