Van Diest Capital LLC Raises Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Van Diest Capital LLC increased its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 53.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 19,435 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 6,785 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 2.7% of Van Diest Capital LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest holding. Van Diest Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,390,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Diversified Enterprises LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 44.2% during the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,798,000 after acquiring an additional 39,129 shares during the period. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $591,086,000 after purchasing an additional 54,877 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,350,000. Weaver Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 5.5% during the 4th quarter. Weaver Capital Management LLC now owns 85,216 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $15,893,000 after purchasing an additional 4,439 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,652,420 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,970,704,000 after purchasing an additional 936,506 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX endorsement strengthens demand outlook: Elon Musk said SpaceX will build its AI infrastructure exclusively with NVIDIA chips, including Vera Rubin systems. The announcement supports expectations for substantial incremental GPU demand and contributed to NVIDIA’s recent rally. Nvidia Stock Is on the Rise After SpaceX Announcement
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust: AZIO AI outlined a potential purchase of up to 128 NVIDIA HGX B300 systems valued at approximately $77 million, while Zayo announced plans to expand network capacity for NVIDIA-powered AI factories. These announcements reinforce demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems and surrounding infrastructure. AZIO AI Secures Sales Pipeline Zayo Teams with NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Growth expectations remain elevated: Analysts and bullish commentary point to custom CPU expansion, networking, software and enterprise AI as potential long-term growth drivers beyond GPUs. NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report is viewed as the next major catalyst, with several analysts maintaining buy ratings and price targets well above the current level. NVIDIA’s Custom CPU Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term momentum is being debated: After the sharp rally, some traders are pausing because immediate catalysts may be limited before earnings, although analysts continue to cite strong hyperscaler spending and AI demand. NVIDIA Stock Slips After Five-Day Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor and supply-chain risks are resurfacing: SanDisk’s weaker outlook pressured AI and memory shares, while reports that NVIDIA may reduce memory in future Rubin Ultra designs highlight high-bandwidth-memory bottlenecks. Proposed restrictions on Chinese AI components could also raise costs and complicate deployment.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and insider selling add caution: NVIDIA insiders have reported sales but no open-market purchases during the past six months. Michael Burry’s warning that AI stocks could become “future ghost towns” is also reinforcing concerns about elevated expectations, despite remaining a minority view.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Wolfe Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $275.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. UBS Group raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective 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 issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.26.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA opened at $218.78 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 3.44. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The firm has a market cap of $5.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The business’s fifty day moving average is $205.40 and its 200-day moving average is $197.00.

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

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

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

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization allows the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,030,882. This trade represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. Company insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

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.