Range Financial Group LLC lessened its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 12.1% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 46,599 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 6,432 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 2.5% of Range Financial Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Range Financial Group LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $9,324,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Diversified Enterprises LLC lifted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 44.2% in the fourth quarter. Diversified Enterprises LLC now owns 127,604 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,798,000 after buying an additional 39,129 shares in the last quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd raised its position in NVIDIA by 6,451.9% during the first quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 637,236 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $111,134,000 after purchasing an additional 627,510 shares during the period. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. boosted its stake in NVIDIA by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 3,169,377 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $591,086,000 after buying an additional 54,877 shares during the period. Storen Legacy Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,350,000. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in NVIDIA by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 26,652,420 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,970,704,000 after acquiring an additional 936,506 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of equities analysts have recently commented on NVDA shares. Zacks Research lowered shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Itau BBA Securities lowered their price target on NVIDIA from $256.00 to $218.00 in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $322.61.
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 1,900,500 shares of company stock valued at $410,449,265 in the last three months. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
NVIDIA Price Performance
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $217.55 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $208.09 and a two-hundred day moving average of $200.77. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12 month low of $164.07 and a 12 month high of $236.54. The company has a current ratio of 4.59, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The firm has a market cap of $5.24 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 2.23.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.05 EPS. On average, analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.92 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 15.31%.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.
More NVIDIA News
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA reported fiscal Q2 revenue of approximately $96.2 billion, up 106% year over year and ahead of Wall Street expectations. Data-center revenue rose 117% to $89 billion, while adjusted EPS of $2.22 also exceeded consensus. The results reinforced that hyperscaler AI spending remains robust. Nvidia rises after signaling longer AI spending runway
- Positive Sentiment: Management guided to roughly $108 billion in fiscal Q3 revenue and indicated that fiscal 2028 sales could grow about 70%, well above the roughly 45% growth analysts had modeled. The forecast has shifted the debate from whether AI demand is slowing to whether NVIDIA and its suppliers can build enough capacity. Nvidia’s 70% growth forecast
- Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their NVIDIA price targets following the results, including Wedbush, Truist, RBC and JPMorgan. The upgrades reflect expectations for sustained Blackwell demand, the Vera Rubin product ramp and strong order visibility through fiscal 2028. Wedbush lifts Nvidia price target
- Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reportedly pursuing a roughly $12.9 billion acquisition of open-source AI platform Hugging Face. The deal could expand NVIDIA’s software ecosystem and improve visibility into future AI workloads, but reports indicate terms may not be finalized and the valuation is high relative to Hugging Face’s revenue. Nvidia agrees to buy Hugging Face report
- Negative Sentiment: Investors are locking in gains after NVIDIA’s strong post-earnings rally. The stock’s elevated valuation and proximity to record levels make it vulnerable to short-term profit-taking even though fundamentals remain strong. Nvidia AMD Intel stocks slide as investors take profits
- Negative Sentiment: Gross-margin expectations are moving lower toward roughly 72%–73% as NVIDIA absorbs higher memory, packaging and infrastructure costs. Management also said supply constraints remain significant, potentially limiting how much demand can immediately translate into revenue and cash flow.
- Negative Sentiment: Broader market pressure is coming from a more hawkish Federal Reserve outlook, while NVIDIA’s decision to exclude China data-center compute revenue from its forecast underscores continuing export-control and geopolitical risks. Reports that the company paused some revenue-sharing arrangements with AI cloud providers also raise questions about financing and customer ROI. Nvidia pauses revenue-sharing deals
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.
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