Virtus Wealth Solutions LLC Sells 13,992 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Virtus Wealth Solutions LLC lowered its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 4.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 278,896 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 13,992 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 10.0% of Virtus Wealth Solutions LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. Virtus Wealth Solutions LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $52,036,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,454,534,000 after purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $13,381,628,000 after buying an additional 14,358,048 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 978,208,862 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $154,556,803,000 after buying an additional 9,554,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 579,213,497 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $91,150,170,000 after buying an additional 8,521,936 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $245.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Seaport Research Partners increased their target price on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Fundamental Research set a $218.00 target price on NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, William Blair reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $273.64.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total value of $54,756,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,318,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $605,701,198.44. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 1,388,120 shares of company stock valued at $251,344,814. 4.17% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a $2 billion strategic investment in AI cloud provider Nebius to expand hyperscale AI infrastructure — a direct push into cloud capacity and data-center partnerships that supports long-term GPU demand and customer lock-in. Reuters: Nvidia to invest $2 billion in AI cloud firm Nebius
• Positive Sentiment: Market reaction: Nebius stock surged on the deal, signaling investor validation of NVDA’s cloud strategy and the potential upside from equity/stake arrangements and deeper commercial ties. Seeking Alpha: Nebius surges after Nvidia plans $2B investment
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding strategic investments in frontier AI firms — including a significant deal with Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab — strengthening its ecosystem and guaranteeing future GPU demand. CNBC: Nvidia makes ‘significant investment’ in Thinking Machines Lab
• Positive Sentiment: Product/tech upside: NVIDIA released the Nemotron 3 super model and is pushing into the enterprise AI agent market — moves that bolster software/service monetization beyond chips. TipRanks: NVIDIA Releases New Nemotron 3 Super Model
• Positive Sentiment: Supply visibility: partners and suppliers report multi‑year, multibillion‑dollar deals tied to NVIDIA chips, reinforcing revenue visibility for the next several years. 24/7 Wall St.: Coherent CEO on NVIDIA supply deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and banks are both bullish on NVDA ahead of GTC but some research notes urge caution about near‑term expectations — GTC outcomes could be a catalyst or a disappointment. AOL: Bank of America message ahead of GTC
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro and competition: steady CPI and moves by rivals (e.g., Meta expanding in-house AI chips) keep the macro/competitive backdrop in focus — important for valuation and long-term margin assumptions. Yahoo Finance: Meta expands in-house AI chip roadmap
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Ajay Puri sold 300,000 shares (~$54.8M) last week — a visible insider disposition that some investors view as a cautionary sign on timing or personal allocation. SEC filing: Form 4 disclosure
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/market noise: public criticism from notable investors and polemical headlines create short‑term sentiment swings but so far lack concrete operational impact. Finbold: Michael Burry comment

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $186.00 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.52 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.96, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 3.91 and a quick ratio of 3.24. The business has a 50-day moving average of $185.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $184.07. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $65.56 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 0.82%.

NVIDIA Company 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.