NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Purchased by Palouse Capital Management Inc.

Palouse Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 975.4% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 8,646 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,842 shares during the quarter. Palouse Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,508,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth about $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bank of America and other analysts reiterated bullish views, saying NVIDIA still dominates AI infrastructure spending and that the current valuation looks attractive after the recent selloff. Nvidia backed by Bank of America as analysts see AI leadership supporting further growth
• Positive Sentiment: Research from SemiAnalysis suggested NVIDIA could beat Wall Street expectations on data center revenue, reinforcing the view that AI demand remains stronger than many investors fear. Wall Street’s Most Watched Researcher Just Predicted NVIDIA Will Crush Earnings. Will the Stock Rally?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced or was highlighted in several AI product and ecosystem updates, including Hugging Face LeRobot integration and new NIM microservices, which help support its long-term platform story. NVIDIA (NVDA) Integrates Isaac AI Tools into Hugging Face LeRobot
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that China may allow limited purchases of NVIDIA H200 chips could modestly improve sentiment, but supply appears tightly capped, limiting the near-term impact. China plans to let top AI firms buy limited amount of Nvidia H200 chips, the Information reports
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles argued NVIDIA is trading at a lower valuation than usual, which may attract value buyers, but the same decline also reflects investor concerns about competition, margins, and delays in next-gen infrastructure. Nvidia’s stock trades at a juicy discount, according to BofA
• Negative Sentiment: Some coverage pointed to slower momentum in the stock versus other AI and semiconductor names, plus concerns about rising competition and a broader rotation away from NVIDIA into other parts of the AI supply chain. Nvidia stock continues to struggle even as AI peers soar: buy, sell, or hold?
• Negative Sentiment: Reuters also reported that France’s competition probe into NVIDIA is nearing an end, keeping regulatory overhang in focus. French competition authority’s Nvidia probe nearing end

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Mizuho set a $300.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Friday, April 10th. Finally, Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $303.84.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $202.78 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.91 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 2.21. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $161.61 and a 52 week high of $236.54. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $209.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $194.30.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $81.61 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 15.31%.

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.