Manchester Financial Inc. reduced its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 96,101 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 2,963 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 3.4% of Manchester Financial Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Manchester Financial Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $19,229,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Boyd Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in NVIDIA by 273.4% in the 2nd quarter. Boyd Wealth Management LLC now owns 9,145 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,830,000 after purchasing an additional 6,696 shares during the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6,451.9% during the 1st quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $111,134,000 after buying an additional 627,510 shares during the last quarter. Storen Legacy Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,350,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 11.6% during the 1st quarter. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,754,078 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $305,911,000 after buying an additional 182,345 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CacheTech Inc. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 10.7% during the 1st quarter. CacheTech Inc. now owns 51,649 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $9,008,000 after buying an additional 5,009 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Automotive expansion: Volvo Cars is expanding its long-running partnership with NVIDIA, adopting three NVIDIA hardware and software components for automated driving systems designed for urban streets and highways. This strengthens NVIDIA’s position in physical AI and autonomous vehicles. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia
- Positive Sentiment: Broader enterprise adoption: Adobe and NVIDIA expanded their collaboration to optimize Photoshop, Premiere, Substance 3D, Frame.io and Brand Concierge for faster AI-powered creation. LSEG also selected NVIDIA GPUs to accelerate analysis of its large Tick History dataset, supporting demand beyond hyperscale cloud providers. Adobe and NVIDIA Expand Collaboration to Speed Agentic Creation
- Positive Sentiment: Demand remains substantial: QumulusAI put all GPUs covered by a $71.9 million, three-year NVIDIA Blackwell agreement into production, while industry coverage continues to highlight supply constraints and extensive hyperscaler AI spending. These developments support NVIDIA’s revenue outlook, although they do not eliminate financing risks. QumulusAI Blackwell agreement
- Neutral Sentiment: AI safety initiatives: NVIDIA committed $250 million in computing resources over five years for U.K. agentic AI safety and security research. The move may improve NVIDIA’s regulatory and reputational position, but it is primarily a strategic investment rather than a near-term earnings catalyst. Nvidia pledges $250 million to boost UK AI safety research
- Neutral Sentiment: Political and governance attention: NVIDIA confirmed a multimillion-dollar donation to President Trump’s White House ballroom project, while CEO Jensen Huang discussed working with Chinese AI companies on safety and potentially withholding chips from irresponsible customers. These developments could generate reputational or regulatory scrutiny without directly changing near-term results. Nvidia and Cisco donations
- Negative Sentiment: Macro and financing concerns dominated: Rising Treasury yields and hotter inflation data encouraged investors to reduce exposure to high-growth AI stocks. Markets are increasingly questioning whether cloud providers and neoclouds can fund the infrastructure spending required to support NVIDIA’s growth. Rate pressure versus AI demand
- Negative Sentiment: Competition and valuation rotation: Analysts pointed to Micron’s lower valuation and improving AI-related margins as a more attractive alternative, while Broadcom, AMD and Microsoft’s custom-chip efforts reinforce concerns that NVIDIA’s market share and pricing power could face pressure. Micron versus NVIDIA
Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA
In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total value of $7,648,787.90. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $167,595,812.15. The trade was a 4.36% 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. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% 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. Insiders have sold a total of 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353 over the last quarter. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Price Performance
Shares of NVDA opened at $217.23 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $223.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $211.08. The stock has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.27 and a 1-year high of $243.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued 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 net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.25 EPS for the current year.
NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, September 28th that permits the company to buy back $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Share buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.64%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research firms recently commented on NVDA. Itau BBA Securities decreased their price objective on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 10th. DZ Bank reissued a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, August 26th. Melius Research set a $420.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Oppenheimer set a $315.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $321.89.
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About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a technology company that designs accelerated computing platforms, graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), networking products and related software. Its technologies are used in artificial intelligence, data centers, scientific and technical computing, gaming, professional visualization, automotive systems and robotics.
The company’s products include GeForce GPUs and gaming software, data center computing platforms, networking solutions, and enterprise software for AI development and deployment.
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