NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stake Boosted by Quadrant Private Wealth Management LLC

Quadrant Private Wealth Management LLC grew its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 314,013 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,162 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 8.5% of Quadrant Private Wealth Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Quadrant Private Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $54,767,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 5.5% during the 1st quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,190,051 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $207,545,000 after purchasing an additional 61,702 shares during the period. Watershed Asset Management L.L.C. purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $1,901,000. Heartland Bank & Trust Co boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 27.0% in the 1st quarter. Heartland Bank & Trust Co now owns 86,912 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $15,157,000 after buying an additional 18,470 shares during the period. Zhang Financial LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 3.7% in the 1st quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 150,723 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $26,286,000 after buying an additional 5,368 shares during the period. Finally, Frontier Asset Management LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 93.5% in the 1st quarter. Frontier Asset Management LLC now owns 3,739 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $652,000 after buying an additional 1,807 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong AI demand remains evident across NVIDIA’s ecosystem. Partner SK Hynix reported a more than sixfold increase in quarterly operating profit, driven by advanced-memory demand from AI data centers, while its relationship with NVIDIA and HBM supply commitments support continued demand for NVIDIA systems. SK Hynix posts sixfold rise in Q2 profit on AI chip demand
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts continue to see substantial upside, with 26 recent price targets carrying a median of $308.50. Erste Group also modestly raised its fiscal 2027 and fiscal 2028 earnings estimates, reinforcing the case that long-term AI growth remains intact.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA will report fiscal second-quarter 2027 results on August 26. The scheduled release gives investors a clear near-term catalyst and an opportunity to evaluate demand, margins and the impact of new products. NVIDIA Sets Conference Call for Second-Quarter Financial Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA may be backing major OpenAI and Texas data-center projects highlight potential for additional chip demand, but the proposed financing arrangements also increase NVIDIA’s exposure to customers’ capital needs and execution risks. Nvidia behind $50 billion lease on Texas data center
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are concerned that circular financing and credit risks could make AI infrastructure spending less durable. Warnings about NVIDIA’s proposed OpenAI backstop, losses at leveraged AI-cloud companies and rising borrowing costs have pressured the broader AI trade. NVIDIA’s OpenAI Backstop Puts AI Financing Risk in Focus
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical and competitive risks remain a major overhang. Reports of a Taiwan detention involving an NVIDIA employee in a Super Micro China-export investigation, along with faster Chinese AI development, are renewing concerns about export controls and market access. Taiwan detains Nvidia employee in Super Micro probe
• Negative Sentiment: Market commentary also points to concentrated insider selling: reported NVIDIA insiders made no open-market purchases and 69 sales over the past six months. Although transactions may be scheduled, the imbalance can weigh on sentiment when valuation expectations are high.
• Negative Sentiment: Broad semiconductor selling and skepticism about AI spending have left NVIDIA below the psychologically important $200 level and below its 50-day moving average, signaling cautious short-term momentum despite strong underlying earnings growth.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015 in the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Stock Down 3.6%

NVDA opened at $190.01 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.60 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.10, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 2.21. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $206.20 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $196.01. 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 $164.07 and a 52 week high of $236.54.

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

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is presently 15.31%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Robert W. Baird set a $500.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Melius Research set a $400.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $350.00 price target (up from $320.00) 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 given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $304.26.

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.