NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is OLD Second National Bank of Aurora’s 4th Largest Position

OLD Second National Bank of Aurora lowered its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 102,070 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 4,185 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 3.8% of OLD Second National Bank of Aurora’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest position. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $20,423,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the 1st quarter valued at $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $218.36 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 3.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $212.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $203.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.26 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.27 and a 52-week high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%.The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback 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 buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s AI growth outlook remains exceptionally strong. CEO Jensen Huang said revenue could grow roughly 70% next year, while the company’s next-generation Rubin platform is already shipping. Recent quarterly revenue reached $96.2 billion, up about 106% year over year, exceeding estimates and reinforcing expectations for continued data-center demand. Nvidia Has $96 Billion in Quarterly Revenue
• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft reportedly plans to more than triple its data-center capacity, a potentially significant demand catalyst for NVIDIA’s GPUs, networking products and full-stack systems. Strong August revenue growth at manufacturing partner TSMC also signals that AI-chip orders remain robust. Microsoft Data Center Expansion
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding its ecosystem through a planned Australian AI-infrastructure buildout of up to 2 gigawatts by 2027, partnerships with Palantir for sovereign supply-chain AI, and adoption of its chip-linking technology by d-Matrix. These initiatives broaden demand beyond traditional hyperscalers. Australian AI Infrastructure Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Competition and valuation remain investor concerns. Positron AI raised $875 million to develop memory-based inference technology that could challenge NVIDIA’s software and hardware advantage, while AMD and Broadcom are being promoted as alternative AI investments. High Treasury yields also make NVIDIA’s elevated valuation more difficult to justify.
• Negative Sentiment: The Justice Department is reportedly investigating whether NVIDIA’s licensing arrangement with AI-chip startup Groq was structured to avoid antitrust scrutiny. Any regulatory action could limit strategic flexibility or increase legal uncertainty. DOJ Groq Licensing Investigation
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling is weighing on sentiment: director Mark Stevens reportedly sold hundreds of thousands of shares, and broader recent filings show substantial insider sales with no reported purchases. The transactions do not prove weakening fundamentals, but they can encourage profit-taking after the stock’s strong rally.
• Negative Sentiment: Higher oil prices, rising bond yields and a hotter inflation reading have pressured technology stocks broadly. These macro forces, combined with concerns about AI-capital-spending sustainability and fresh regulatory scrutiny, help explain why NVIDIA has decreased despite strong company-specific news.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. UBS Group set a $300.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $400.00 target price (up from $315.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. President Capital boosted their price target on NVIDIA from $295.00 to $330.00 in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifty-one have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $324.34.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $541,187,310.22. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $217.88, for a total transaction of $6,536,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $585,587,360.80. The trade was a 1.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 2,585,740 shares of company stock worth $571,015,527. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA Company Profile

NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processors and related software. Its products are used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, high-performance computing, computer graphics, data-center applications and other workloads that benefit from parallel processing.

The company’s offerings include GeForce graphics processing units (GPUs) and software for gaming and personal computers; data-center GPUs, systems and networking products; and professional visualization solutions for design, engineering, media and scientific applications.