Portus Wealth Advisors LLC Makes New $2.66 Million Investment in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Portus Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 14,228 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock, valued at approximately $2,655,000. NVIDIA comprises 2.6% of Portus Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the second quarter valued at $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after buying an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings 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 buying an additional 21,725,326 shares during the period. Danske Bank A S acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at about $3,180,313,000. Finally, 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 valued at $13,381,628,000 after buying an additional 14,358,048 shares during the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NVIDIA stock opened at $180.40 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $184.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $184.15. NVIDIA Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $86.62 and a fifty-two week high of $212.19. The firm has a market cap of $4.38 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.62 and a beta of 2.33. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. NVIDIA’s revenue was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NVDA has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, December 29th. Truist Financial upped their target price on NVIDIA from $283.00 to $287.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday. Zacks Research upgraded NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 25th. Robert W. Baird raised their price target on NVIDIA from $275.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $250.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $274.30.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Nvidia says Chinese authorities approved H200 sales and the company has received purchase orders — management is restarting China‑compliant H200 production, reopening a large market if licenses and supply hold. Chinese authorities approve Nvidia H200 sales
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang guided to >$1 trillion in demand for Blackwell and Rubin systems through 2027 — that figure reset investor expectations about the size of Nvidia’s inference/AI‑infrastructure TAM. $1T Blackwell/Rubin opportunity
• Positive Sentiment: GTC product roadmap expands monetization beyond GPUs (Vera Rubin platform, Vera CPU, Nemotron inference, OpenClaw/NemoClaw agent tools, DLSS 5) — broadens software, inference and agentic AI revenue pathways. GTC product and OpenClaw coverage
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street stayed largely bullish after GTC — multiple firms reaffirmed/raised price targets and Buy ratings, supporting upside expectations. Analyst updates after GTC
• Positive Sentiment: Management signaled capital returns — a plan to deploy ~50% of free cash flow to buybacks/dividends improves shareholder return outlook. FCF return plan
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple partner wins and ecosystem integrations (robotaxi partners, cloud and optics suppliers, hospital/healthcare use cases) validate demand but are multi‑quarter revenue plays. WeRide / DRIVE partnerships
• Negative Sentiment: Market reaction was muted — shares traded sideways/edged lower after the keynote as investors look for concrete order recognition, supply timelines and margin impact. That caution is weighing on near‑term performance. Muted market reaction
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and profit‑taking: a director disclosed a sale this week, which can pressure sentiment even if it’s small versus institutional ownership. Insider Form 4 disclosure
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory, tariff and competitive risks remain — potential U.S. export/tariff friction, DOJ antitrust scrutiny around talent deals, and rising hyperscaler/in‑house rivals could slow or compress upside. DOJ antitrust comments China tariff risk

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total transaction of $40,087,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This represents a 2.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total transaction of $54,756,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 3,318,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $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. Insiders have sold 1,020,784 shares of company stock valued at $186,152,154 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.