NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s 3rd Largest Position

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 4,500,474 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 114,829 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 2.0% of Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $839,698,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares during the last quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE grew its position in NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 30.7% during the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its position in NVIDIA by 15.7% during the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after purchasing an additional 896 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of NVDA opened at $191.52 on Thursday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $86.62 and a 1-year high of $212.19. The company has a 50-day moving average of $183.62 and a 200 day moving average of $182.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.65 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.52, a PEG ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business had revenue of $57.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were given a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.99%.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: China reportedly cleared the first batch of NVIDIA H200 AI chips for import, reopening a major revenue market and easing geopolitical headwinds to sales in the region. China Approves H200 Imports
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s $2B strategic investment in CoreWeave is being read as a vote of confidence in AI infrastructure that will consume more NVIDIA GPUs, supporting demand visibility across cloud and AI service providers. CoreWeave’s NVIDIA Boost Fueled a Rally
• Positive Sentiment: Several sell‑side firms continue to back NVDA with buy/outperform ratings and elevated price targets, sustaining bullish institutional narratives around AI leadership and upside to estimates. Bernstein Reaffirms Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying continues (recent 13F disclosure shows DekaBank added ~1.0M shares), which can support near‑term price momentum into earnings. DekaBank Adds NVIDIA Shares
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA scheduled its Q4 / FY2026 earnings call for Feb. 25; the date concentrates focus and could amplify volatility around guidance and China‑related commentary. NVIDIA to Host Conference Call
• Negative Sentiment: A Reuters exclusive says NVIDIA helped DeepSeek refine AI models later used by China’s military — this raises regulatory, compliance and reputational risk that could draw Congressional or export‑control scrutiny. Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by China’s military
• Negative Sentiment: Industry warnings about “GPU debt” and heavy leverage financing AI infrastructure highlight systemic risks: a slowdown in enterprise capex or a correction in GPU valuations could ripple through demand for NVIDIA hardware. Nvidia’s AI Boom Is Being Financed By GPU Debt
• Negative Sentiment: Rising competition from other major tech players and new AI chips is cited in the press; any market share erosion or margin pressure would be a negative catalyst ahead of earnings. Move Over NVIDIA: Competition Steps Up

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $651,483,201.88. This represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 69,840 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.85, for a total value of $12,421,044.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,424,603 shares in the company, valued at approximately $253,365,643.55. This represents a 4.67% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock worth $293,285,232. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Loop Capital lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Tigress Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up previously from $280.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $263.41.

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.