Secure Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 144,954 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 3,987 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.1% of Secure Asset Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. Secure Asset Management LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $29,004,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of NVDA. State Street Corp lifted its position in NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 991,480,489 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $184,911,111,000 after acquiring an additional 11,451,386 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in NVIDIA by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 588,803,093 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $109,446,217,000 after purchasing an additional 3,383,441 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth about $62,244,133,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 191,200,989 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,345,453,000 after purchasing an additional 4,019,505 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 181,203,035 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,808,862,000 after purchasing an additional 2,609,560 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms have recently weighed in on NVDA. Wall Street Zen raised NVIDIA from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Argus lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Mizuho set a $315.00 target price on NVIDIA and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, DA Davidson reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Two 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 a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $322.61.
NVIDIA Price Performance
NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $217.55 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a 1-year low of $164.07 and a 1-year 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 fifty day simple moving average of $208.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $200.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.24 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.42 and a beta of 2.23.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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 firm had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.
NVIDIA announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Trending Headlines about NVIDIA
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
Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the 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 sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,053,803.55. This trade represents a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,900,500 shares of company stock worth $410,449,265. 3.94% of the stock is owned by insiders.
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.
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