Financial Security Advisor Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Financial Security Advisor Inc. grew its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 6.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 44,548 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,651 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up 1.8% of Financial Security Advisor Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Financial Security Advisor Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $8,312,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. State Street Corp lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $154,556,803,000 after acquiring an additional 9,554,857 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $91,150,170,000 after purchasing an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 178,593,475 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $28,215,983,000 after purchasing an additional 2,623,678 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 155,668,775 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $24,594,110,000 after purchasing an additional 4,209,423 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Meta partnership expands into a full-stack deal (Blackwell GPUs, Rubin chips and Vera CPUs) and commits multi‑year purchases that underpin long-term data‑center revenue for NVIDIA. NVIDIA and Meta Deepen Their AI Alliance—and the Spending Numbers Are Enormous
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that NVIDIA is close to finalizing ~ $30B investment in OpenAI reinforce strategic alignment with the largest AI software player and could secure future demand for chips and services. Nvidia close to finalizing $30 billion investment in OpenAI funding round, FT reports
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple institutional buyers (e.g., Atreides, Woodline, D1 Capital) increased NVDA stakes recently and analysts at several firms reiterated Buy ratings — a sign of continued institutional conviction ahead of earnings. Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner Boosts Nvidia Stake
• Neutral Sentiment: Q4 earnings are the immediate catalyst — consensus expects very large revenue (est. ~$65B) and another beat could re-accelerate the stock; but much of that is already priced in. NVIDIA to Post Q4 Earnings: Buy, Hold, or Take Profits?
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA’s Q4 options market is pricing in near‑perfect results — that elevates implied volatility and makes downside moves more likely if execution or guidance falls short. Nvidia options are priced for a perfect earnings outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Analysts and commentators flag the risk of a post‑earnings pullback (examples projecting a $165–$170 downside scenario) if beats only match lofty expectations or guidance disappoints. NVDA Seeks to Break Rangebound Stock Moves After Earnings
• Negative Sentiment: New ASIC competitors and well‑funded startups (e.g., Taalas) are raising capital to challenge NVIDIA on cost/performance — a medium‑term competitive risk to monitor. Chip startup Taalas raises $169 million to help build AI chips to take on Nvidia

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, EVP Debora Shoquist sold 80,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.90, for a total transaction of $14,312,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 1,494,443 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $267,355,852.70. This trade represents a 5.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 1,611,474 shares of company stock valued at $291,731,692 over the last quarter. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $189.82 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52 week low of $86.62 and a 52 week high of $212.19. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $185.19 and its two-hundred day moving average is $183.59. The company has a market capitalization of $4.61 trillion, a P/E ratio of 47.10, a P/E/G ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 19th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.23 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $57.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $54.66 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 99.24% and a net margin of 53.01%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 62.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. Equities analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Wednesday. Wolfe Research upped their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on NVIDIA from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $264.20.

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.