Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA Purchases 181,589 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA lifted its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 130.1% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 321,133 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 181,589 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up approximately 3.5% of Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $59,890,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NVDA. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC raised its position 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 valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 67 shares during the period. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Syntax Research Inc. raised its holdings in NVIDIA by 62.5% during the 4th quarter. Syntax Research Inc. now owns 260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $49,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Sellwood Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $50,000. Finally, Networth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter worth approximately $51,000. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 221,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $173.68, for a total value of $38,501,729.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,399,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,285,192,227.28. This trade represents a 2.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total transaction of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 906,961 shares of company stock valued at $162,936,268 in the last ninety days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

NVIDIA Price Performance

Shares of NVDA opened at $214.75 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.20 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.89, a P/E/G ratio of 0.54 and a beta of 2.22. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $138.83 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The company has a 50 day moving average of $201.97 and a 200-day moving average of $190.25. The company has a quick ratio of 2.85, a current ratio of 3.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share 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 analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.81 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.04 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has authorized a stock repurchase 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 repurchase 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 shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This is a boost from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 0.61%.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Needham reiterated a Buy rating on NVIDIA and set a $270 price target, implying meaningful upside from current levels.
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlighted NVIDIA’s expanding AI roadmap at Computex, including the RTX Spark AI PC chip, which could open a new consumer-PC growth avenue beyond data centers.
• Positive Sentiment: More partner news reinforced NVIDIA’s ecosystem strength, including collaborations involving Navitas, Aptiv, Coherent, Lightmatter, and Ayar Labs, all tied to NVIDIA’s AI infrastructure push.
• Neutral Sentiment: Jensen Huang’s comments that the AI build-out is still accelerating and that NVIDIA has enough supply for robust CPU and GPU growth support the long-term story, but they are not an immediate catalyst on their own. Reuters: Nvidia CEO says has capacity to supply robust CPU and GPU growth
• Neutral Sentiment: NVDA also remained in the spotlight for headline-grabbing coverage around dividends, AI-PC expansion, and comparisons with peers like Broadcom and AMD, but those are mostly narrative items rather than fresh earnings news.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors appear concerned about valuation and a possible AI bubble after the stock’s strong move, with some commentary noting that capital is rotating into other AI beneficiaries such as Broadcom, Marvell, and even non-chip infrastructure names.
• Negative Sentiment: There was also a minor overhang from political insider selling, including Senator Sheldon Whitehouse disclosing a sale of NVDA shares, which may add to near-term caution. Finbold: U.S. politician suspiciously dumps Nvidia stock after 10 years

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NVDA has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Bank of America restated a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Truist Financial raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and set a $315.00 target price (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $265.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.38.

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.