NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Holdings Lifted by Vest Financial LLC

Vest Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 9.6% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 664,292 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 58,071 shares during the period. NVIDIA comprises 1.6% of Vest Financial LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Vest Financial LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $123,890,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Joule Financial LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. Presidio Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Presidio Capital Management LLC now owns 15,137 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $2,823,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC now owns 4,640 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. IMG Wealth Management Inc. now owns 3,820 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $713,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cyr Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $1,444,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NVDA opened at $219.51 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.32 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.62, a PEG ratio of 0.69 and a beta of 2.25. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $195.51 and a 200 day moving average of $188.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 3.24 and a current ratio of 3.91. NVIDIA Corporation has a one year low of $129.16 and a one year high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 110.48%. The firm’s revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 7.89 EPS for the current fiscal 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 shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company’s management believes its stock is undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NVIDIA

In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total transaction of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,285,192,227.28. This represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 906,336 shares of company stock valued at $162,802,518. 4.17% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Record Q1 revenue and EPS topped estimates, showing demand for NVIDIA’s AI chips remains exceptional.
• Positive Sentiment: Data center revenue surged again, confirming NVIDIA’s dominance in AI infrastructure and compute.
• Positive Sentiment: The company added an $80 billion buyback and sharply increased its dividend, signaling confidence and capital return strength.
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s venture arm backed French quantum startup Alice & Bob, reinforcing its strategic push into emerging compute technologies. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts lifted price targets across the board, but the stock’s response has been restrained as expectations remain extremely high.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA is reorganizing reporting into Data Center and Edge Computing, which better reflects the business but may make comparisons harder near term.
• Negative Sentiment: The company’s Q2 outlook excludes any Data Center compute revenue from China, leaving a meaningful market out of the near-term forecast.
• Negative Sentiment: Some investors remain cautious that AI competition is intensifying and that NVIDIA may be priced for perfection after a huge run.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on NVDA. KeyCorp set a $310.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, February 26th. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 price objective (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $298.58.

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.