NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is PFG Advisors’ 7th Largest Position

PFG Advisors reduced its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 30.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 169,849 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 73,285 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 1.5% of PFG Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. PFG Advisors’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $31,677,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 15.0% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 543,929 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $101,443,000 after acquiring an additional 71,035 shares in the last quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 32.0% during the fourth quarter. Legacy Advisors LLC now owns 58,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $10,928,000 after acquiring an additional 14,215 shares in the last quarter. DSG Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. DSG Capital Advisors LLC now owns 117,548 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $21,987,000 after acquiring an additional 2,114 shares in the last quarter. Able Wealth Management LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 31.3% during the fourth quarter. Able Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,976 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,263,000 after acquiring an additional 1,662 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stone Summit Wealth LLC raised its position in NVIDIA by 9.8% during the fourth quarter. Stone Summit Wealth LLC now owns 2,294 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $428,000 after acquiring an additional 204 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, March 17th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, March 17th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised their price objective on NVIDIA from $260.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $275.25.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA remains a key beneficiary of the AI infrastructure boom, with commentary saying its lead in chips is expanding into a broader infrastructure moat and that hyperscalers’ spending should keep driving demand. Nvidia: Moat Is Wider Than The Market Thinks
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and market commentary continue to view NVDA as one of the top semiconductor names to own, reinforcing bullish expectations into earnings. NVIDIA (NVDA): The Best American Semiconductor Stock to Buy According to Analysts
• Positive Sentiment: Investor attention is high ahead of NVIDIA’s earnings report, with the stock trading near record levels as traders position for what could be another strong quarter. Why Nvidia stock is beating the broader market today
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s partnership with IREN to accelerate up to 5 gigawatts of AI infrastructure is being cited as evidence that the company is extending its ecosystem beyond chips and into data-center buildout. Why NVIDIA (NVDA) Is Turning Its AI Hardware Lead Into an Infrastructure Moat
• Positive Sentiment: Several market pieces frame NVIDIA as a long-term AI winner and a likely beneficiary of continued spending on chips, data centers, and inference workloads. 5 Stocks Positioned to Benefit From the AI Inference Boom
• Neutral Sentiment: One note says Alphabet could briefly overtake NVIDIA in market value, which is more of a headline watch item than a direct fundamental concern. Alphabet Is on the Brink of Beating NVIDIA in Market Value: ETFs to Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data showed no meaningful short positioning change, so it does not appear to be a real market driver. Short Interest Update
• Negative Sentiment: Some articles raise caution that competition is increasing as major cloud customers develop custom AI chips, which could pressure NVIDIA’s margins over time. Nvidia Stock: Reasons For Short-Term Caution Into Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: There is also some broader sector warning chatter about semiconductors flashing a technical crash signal, which could weigh on sentiment if risk appetite fades. Semiconductor stocks just printed major crash signal

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total transaction of $3,357,490.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 42,650 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.89, for a total value of $7,459,058.50. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 881,387 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $154,145,772.43. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 906,336 shares of company stock worth $162,802,518. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $219.44 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $188.67 and its 200-day moving average price is $187.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.33 trillion, a PE ratio of 44.78, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 2.25. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $120.28 and a 1 year high of $222.30.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business’s revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th were 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 of this dividend was Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

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.