NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Vantage Investment Partners LLC

Vantage Investment Partners LLC trimmed its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 4.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 332,342 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 16,687 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises about 4.2% of Vantage Investment Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Vantage Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $62,008,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $51,386,863,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares in the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its stake in NVIDIA by 25.0% in the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $13,381,628,000 after acquiring an additional 14,358,048 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its stake in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have weighed in on NVDA. Rosenblatt Securities raised their target price on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Stifel Nicolaus set a $250.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $264.20.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts are still bullish — UBS and others raised price targets (UBS to ~$245) and reiterated Buy ratings, arguing earnings and AI demand remain strong; that support limits downside and underpins the medium‑term bull case. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Big‑picture AI capex tailwind — multiple analysts and industry writes note a multiyear AI data‑center CapEx cycle (hundreds of billions) that should continue to lift NVDA revenue and market share for GPUs and new Rubin platform launches. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Physical AI / robotics thesis adds upside optionality — high‑profile bulls (e.g., Wedbush’s Dan Ives) flag NVDA as a core play for “physical AI” and robotics, which could expand addressable markets beyond data centers. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Pending earnings (Feb. 25) create event risk — Street expects another beat but the report and guidance will drive short‑term volatility; many analysts already price in strong Q4 results. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s ecosystem importance (OpenAI talks, Rubin chips) reinforces structural demand, but details of partnerships and commercial rollouts will determine timing of revenue recognition. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider and fund selling — insiders have reported >$100M in disposals YTD and some institutional managers have trimmed NVDA positions, a near‑term headwind for sentiment and supply into the market. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Significant stake reductions by some funds (e.g., Mirova) add selling pressure even as others (e.g., ARK) buy — mixed flows can amplify intraday moves. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: China export/licensing uncertainty — stricter U.S. licensing rules for H200 exports and the political back‑and‑forth on sales to China create execution risk for a material market and could limit international revenue. Read More.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $186.94 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $184.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $183.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $86.62 and a 12 month high of $212.19. The company has a market capitalization of $4.54 trillion, a PE ratio of 46.39, a P/E/G ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a current ratio of 4.47, a quick ratio of 3.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The firm’s revenue was up 62.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 4th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 0.99%.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $187.82, for a total transaction of $37,564,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,818,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $717,199,497.54. The trade was a 4.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 30,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.11, for a total value of $5,432,355.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 1,286,826 shares in the company, valued at $229,196,578.86. This trade represents a 2.32% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $291,731,692 in the last quarter. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.