Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Buys 285,846 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 11,013,221 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 285,846 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up 4.0% of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in NVIDIA were worth $2,054,999,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new position in NVIDIA in the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC boosted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA in the third quarter worth $50,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $191.55 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 4.47 and a quick ratio of 3.71. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $86.62 and a one year high of $212.19. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $185.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $183.73. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.65 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.53, a PEG ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31.

Insider Activity

In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 200,000 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.04, for a total transaction of $36,008,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,618,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $651,483,201.88. This trade represents a 5.24% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the 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 sale, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock worth $291,619,375. Corporate insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects an enormous revenue beat (models near ~$65B for the quarter), which is supporting optimism that hyperscaler capex will keep NVDA’s growth story intact. Why is Nvidia stock soaring before Q4 earnings? Here’s $65.9B reason
• Positive Sentiment: Valuation supporters note NVDA trades around ~25x FY’27 estimates — presented as a growth-at-reasonable-price opportunity if AI capex continues to accelerate. How To Trade Nvidia Ahead Of Q4 Earnings?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s enterprise reach expands (BlueField DPU use cases); partnerships that broaden product footprint into cybersecurity and OT/ICS protection help diversify revenue beyond GPUs. Akamai and NVIDIA Launch New Agentless Cybersecurity Solution for Critical Infrastructure
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst firms have reaffirmed bullish ratings and raised targets ahead of results, helping sentiment, but brokers question whether another beat will materially shift a market that’s cautious about where AI demand peaks. Nvidia heads into results week with the numbers almost certain to impress. The question is whether that still moves the stock
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: hyperscalers increasingly plan custom cheaper AI ASICs — a direct threat to NVDA’s long-term margin and volume outlook if cloud customers move workloads off Nvidia silicon. Nvidia results are AI market’s biggest test amid competitive worries
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/export-control risk surfaced: a Reuters exclusive says a Chinese startup trained models on NVIDIA’s top Blackwell chip despite U.S. controls — potential regulatory, export-control and supply ramifications. Exclusive: China’s DeepSeek trained AI model on Nvidia’s best chip despite US ban, official says
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/structural risk from options and implied volatility: heavy bullish options positioning means implied volatility could collapse post-earnings, creating downside even if results beat. Traders should watch IV/gamma flows. Nvidia stock may fall sharply after earnings

Analyst Ratings Changes

NVDA has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Citigroup reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, December 29th. President Capital increased their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price target on NVIDIA from $240.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $267.73.

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.