Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P. boosted its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 59.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 154,800 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 57,800 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA comprises approximately 3.8% of Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Columbus Hill Capital Management L.P.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $28,883,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Compass Wealth Management LLC GA lifted its stake in NVIDIA by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Compass Wealth Management LLC GA now owns 51,676 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $9,643,000 after acquiring an additional 241 shares in the last quarter. Dodge & Cox purchased a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $634,000. FreeGulliver LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 472.3% in the third quarter. FreeGulliver LLC now owns 17,880 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $3,336,000 after buying an additional 14,756 shares during the period. Glenmede Investment Management LP lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 5.4% during the third quarter. Glenmede Investment Management LP now owns 1,388,555 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $259,077,000 after purchasing an additional 71,705 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jump Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 55.5% during the 3rd quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 728,454 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $135,915,000 after buying an additional 259,937 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA struck a high‑profile strategic deal, committing $2 billion to Nebius to scale hyperscale AI cloud capacity — a move that secures future demand for NVIDIA GPUs and signals long‑term revenue/market share benefits. NVIDIA Bets $2 Billion on Nebius
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA released Nemotron 3 (an advanced open AI model) and continues to push agentic‑AI positioning — extending software/IP monetization beyond chips and supporting higher attach rates for its data‑center stack. NVIDIA Launches Nemotron 3
- Positive Sentiment: Reports show ByteDance is assembling AI capacity using NVIDIA’s top chips outside China, which reinforces global enterprise demand for NVIDIA hardware. ByteDance Access to Nvidia AI Chips
- Neutral Sentiment: Investors are focused on next week’s GTC where NVIDIA is expected to emphasize new CPU and system announcements (the company says CPUs are becoming a bottleneck for agentic AI) — the event can swing sentiment either way depending on product details and guidance. Nvidia’s GTC will mark an AI chip pivot
- Neutral Sentiment: Macro and geopolitical risks (oil price moves, regional conflicts) are elevating market volatility and capping near‑term upside for high‑beta AI names like NVDA. Dow Jones Futures Fall; Crude Oil Prices Top $90
- Neutral Sentiment: Competing chip/cloud moves — e.g., Cerebras partnering with Amazon to offer alternative AI accelerators — underline growing competition in AI compute, a factor to monitor for margin/market‑share dynamics. Cerebras and Amazon deal
- Negative Sentiment: A sizable insider sale (EVP Ajay Puri sold 300,000 shares) has been flagged by the market and can feed short‑term profit‑taking narratives. Ajay K. Puri insider sale filing
- Negative Sentiment: U.S. policymakers are considering tighter export/permit controls on advanced AI chips — any formal restriction would directly affect NVIDIA’s addressable market and create regulatory uncertainty. US mulling export permits for Nvidia chips
NVIDIA Stock Down 1.6%
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $65.56 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 97.37% and a net margin of 55.60%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 11th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is 0.82%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other NVIDIA news, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.52, for a total transaction of $54,756,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,318,547 shares in the company, valued at $605,701,198.44. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Colette Kress sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $3,514,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 93,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $16,352,503.20. The trade was a 17.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,267,780 shares of company stock valued at $229,929,215. 4.17% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Melius Research raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 20th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $180.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 20th. UBS Group set a $400.00 target price on NVIDIA in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Argus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NVIDIA currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $274.21.
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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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