NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Sold by NS Partners Ltd

NS Partners Ltd lessened its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 18.2% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 977,258 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 217,327 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 8.4% of NS Partners Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. NS Partners Ltd’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $195,540,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. CMH Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 4.0% during the second quarter. CMH Wealth Management LLC now owns 46,153 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $9,235,000 after buying an additional 1,784 shares during the period. Denver PWM LLC increased its stake in NVIDIA by 26.2% in the 2nd quarter. Denver PWM LLC now owns 9,780 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,957,000 after acquiring an additional 2,032 shares during the last quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 67.4% in the 2nd quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 2,356,300 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $471,472,000 after acquiring an additional 948,600 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $726,000. Finally, Covington Investment Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Covington Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 163,112 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $32,637,000 after acquiring an additional 3,413 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Mizuho set a $315.00 price target on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Melius Research set a $420.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, August 27th. Wedbush lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 27th. Finally, Phillip Securities lifted their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $285.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Five research 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 data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $321.89.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New RTX Spark laptops expand NVIDIA’s addressable market. Systems from ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and MSI are now available starting at $2,599, combining Blackwell graphics, up to 128GB of memory and local AI capabilities. The launch could create a new consumer and developer revenue stream beyond data centers. NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs Available Today
• Positive Sentiment: Automotive and enterprise adoption continues. Volvo expanded its partnership with NVIDIA for automated-driving systems, while Adobe is integrating NVIDIA technology across Photoshop, Premiere and other creative tools. These agreements support longer-term demand for NVIDIA hardware and software. Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain investment and customer deployments remain strong. Taiwan is reportedly considering as much as $4 billion for Texas industrial parks serving NVIDIA suppliers, and customers continue deploying Blackwell systems. The developments reinforce demand, although they may take time to affect revenue. Taiwan Texas industrial parks
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is broadening its software and AI-model ecosystem. Paid offerings such as AI Enterprise and Mission Control, along with Nemotron open models and partnerships with AI startups, could make earnings less dependent on hardware. However, the articles provide no near-term financial contribution.
• Negative Sentiment: AI financing concerns are the main pressure. CoreWeave’s debt has reportedly traded at distressed yields, raising questions about whether highly leveraged customers can continue funding data-center expansion. Higher Treasury yields and inflation concerns are also making large AI projects more expensive. CoreWeave financing worries
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are questioning AI growth expectations. OpenAI’s reported $50 billion revenue run rate was below the roughly $68 billion previously anticipated, prompting concern that AI demand may mature more slowly. Microsoft’s development of custom Maia chips also highlights the risk of customers developing alternatives to NVIDIA GPUs. OpenAI revenue expectations
• Negative Sentiment: Reported insider selling adds a sentiment overhang. Recent data showed NVIDIA insiders made numerous sales and no open-market purchases over the past six months, though such transactions may reflect planned diversification rather than a change in business outlook.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 34,918 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $219.05, for a total transaction of $7,648,787.90. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 765,103 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,595,812.15. This trade represents a 4.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 622,239 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total transaction of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares in the company, valued at $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders 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 corporate insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NVDA stock traded down $3.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $214.13. 120,783,023 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 108,333,480. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a current ratio of 4.59 and a quick ratio of 3.85. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $223.20 and a 200 day moving average price of $211.10. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.27 and a 12 month high of $243.37. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.16 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.07, a PEG ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.04% and a net margin of 63.66%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.05 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.27 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th were given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 12.64%.

NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that allows the company to buy back $150.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Company Profile

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.