Peterson Wealth Services Reduces Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Peterson Wealth Services trimmed its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 98.2% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,605 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 145,339 shares during the quarter. Peterson Wealth Services’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $486,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 178,593,475 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $28,215,983,000 after buying an additional 2,623,678 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in NVIDIA by 2.8% during the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 155,668,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $24,594,110,000 after buying an additional 4,209,423 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record Q4 results — NVDA reported $68.1B revenue (up 73% Y/Y) and beat EPS estimates; data center revenue hit a record $62.3B, showing continued hyperscaler demand. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Strong forward guide — management set Q1 FY27 revenue around $78B (±2%), explicitly noting robust demand and excluding assumed China data‑center revenue in the outlook — supports near‑term growth visibility. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Product and partnership momentum — launches and platforms (Blackwell, Vera Rubin/Nemotron) plus multi‑year deals with Meta, AWS, Microsoft and others strengthen NVDA’s moat for both training and inference. Nvidia reports earnings beat as AI boom pushes data center revenue up 75%
• Positive Sentiment: Capital returns and cash generation — the company returned $41.1B in FY26 via buybacks/dividends and retains repurchase capacity, which supports shareholder value. NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst sentiment and price targets remain constructive — multiple firms reiterated buys and raised targets, leaving institutional expectations supportive but varied. Nvidia: Basking In The Glory Of AI CAPEX Windfall
• Neutral Sentiment: Market reaction tone — some outlets note a rally, while options markets priced a relatively small post‑earnings swing, suggesting traders expect continued but less volatile moves. Options traders price Nvidia’s smallest postearnings swing three years
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive risk — Meta’s large AMD deal and other hyperscaler diversification plans increase the long‑term competitive backdrop for GPUs and could chip away at sole‑supplier pricing leverage. AMD Strikes $100 Billion Blow To Nvidia, Massive Meta Deal Could Crown New AI King: Analyst
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/China exposure uncertainty — regulators and export/shipments (reports that H200 chips haven’t been shipped to China) and model‑access frictions create execution uncertainty for China revenues. China has not yet received any Nvidia H200 chips, US official said
• Negative Sentiment: Policy and partner risk — tensions around Anthropic’s military-use controls are a potential reputational/regulatory wild card (CEO Jensen Huang downplayed the severity). Nvidia’s Huang says any Pentagon–Anthropic rift is ‘not the end of the world’

NVIDIA Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $195.64 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $186.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $183.88. The stock has a market cap of $4.75 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.58 and a beta of 2.31.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 53.01% and a return on equity of 99.24%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.89 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.99%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. HSBC set a $310.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. BNP Paribas Exane lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. William Blair reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $267.73.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. This trade represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total transaction of $4,856,900.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375 over the last three months. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About NVIDIA

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.