NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Sold by Park National Corp OH

Park National Corp OH reduced its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 621,863 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 19,241 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises about 3.5% of Park National Corp OH’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Park National Corp OH’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $124,429,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in NVIDIA during the 1st quarter worth $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC grew its stake 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 acquiring an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Phillip James Consulting Co. purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the fourth quarter valued at about $44,000. 65.27% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total value of $186,000,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. The trade was a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders sold 1,900,500 shares of company stock worth $410,449,265. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

NVIDIA News Summary

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 24th. Zacks Research lowered shares of NVIDIA from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, August 21st. HSBC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a $255.00 target price (up from $220.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their target price on NVIDIA from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $322.61.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ NVDA opened at $217.55 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $5.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 4.59. NVIDIA Corporation has a 52-week low of $164.07 and a 52-week high of $236.54. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $208.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $200.77.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.13. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $92.27 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.05 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 10th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 15.31%.

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.