NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA is Fayez Sarofim & Co’s 6th Largest Position

Fayez Sarofim & Co grew its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 11.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 8,243,611 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 838,248 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 3.6% of Fayez Sarofim & Co’s portfolio, making the stock its 6th largest position. Fayez Sarofim & Co’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $1,558,163,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Winnow Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the second quarter worth about $32,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 47.9% during the 2nd quarter. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC now owns 207 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 67 shares in the last quarter. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at about $40,000. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the 3rd quarter valued at about $50,000. Finally, EDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter worth about $54,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on NVDA. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $250.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 25th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. HSBC set a $310.00 price objective on NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, February 24th. Wolfe Research upped their target price on NVIDIA from $250.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $274.21.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other NVIDIA news, CFO Colette Kress sold 27,640 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.72, for a total value of $4,856,900.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 846,772 shares in the company, valued at approximately $148,794,775.84. The trade was a 3.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,318,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $605,701,198.44. The trade was a 8.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,017,780 shares of company stock worth $185,596,715 over the last quarter. Insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Up 1.6%

NVIDIA stock opened at $183.22 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.24, a current ratio of 3.91 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The firm has a market cap of $4.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.39, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 2.33. The business has a fifty day moving average of $185.25 and a two-hundred day moving average of $184.12. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. The business 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 was up 73.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.89 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Announces Dividend

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

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang projected massive demand — he said purchase orders for Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems could reach $1 trillion through 2027, a bullish volume signal for data-center GPU and inference spend. CNBC: Nvidia GTC 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Major product stack unveiled at GTC — NVIDIA introduced the Vera CPU (agentic AI focus), Vera Rubin inference systems, new Blackwell/Rubin chips, and software like Dynamo and NVL72 reference designs that together target inference/agentic workloads and AI factories, widening TAM for NVIDIA beyond traditional GPUs. TechCrunch: Jensen just put Nvidia’s …
• Positive Sentiment: Ecosystem & commercial traction — multiple customers and partners (Uber robotaxi rollout, automakers adopting DRIVE Hyperion, Samsung showcasing a 4nm inference chip, Nebius/Meta infrastructure deals, and broad ISV support) signal enterprise, cloud and automotive demand for NVIDIA platforms. These commercial commitments support near-term order visibility. Reuters: Samsung showcases Nvidia’s new inference chip
• Neutral Sentiment: Gaming & graphics upside — DLSS 5 (real-time neural rendering) may boost consumer GPU demand and strengthens NVIDIA’s moat in graphics, but is more incremental to the core data-center revenue story. GlobeNewswire: NVIDIA DLSS 5
• Neutral Sentiment: Software & agent tooling (NemoClaw, OpenClaw/OpenShell) aim to make enterprise agents easier to deploy — strengthens software stickiness but monetization timeline and margins are less certain. CNET: Nvidia Wants to Make It Easier …
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst and valuation scrutiny — some investors and analysts are pushing NVIDIA for clearer 2027 targets and cash allocation plans; with a richly priced stock, expectations are high and any execution miss could pressure the share price. MSN: Analysts push Nvidia …
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive & macro risks — growing inference specialization (in-house chips from big cloud/meta players and Chinese foundry/OSAT advances) plus supply-chain/capex cycles and the stock’s high multiple leave downside risk if orders or margins disappoint. Seeking Alpha: NVDA risk piece

About NVIDIA

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.