Freemont Management S.A. Grows Stock Position in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Freemont Management S.A. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 119.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 208,000 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 113,400 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 6.8% of Freemont Management S.A.’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Freemont Management S.A.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $38,792,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of NVDA. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $51,386,863,000. Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in NVIDIA by 16.1% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares during the last quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 15,496.1% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after acquiring an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Danske Bank A S bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $3,180,313,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its holdings in NVIDIA by 25.0% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 71,720,593 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $13,381,628,000 after buying an additional 14,358,048 shares in the last quarter. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVDA stock opened at $218.66 on Friday. 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 Corporation has a twelve month low of $138.83 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The business’s fifty day moving average is $202.84 and its 200-day moving average is $190.45. The company has a market cap of $5.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.49, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.52 and a beta of 2.22.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. The business had revenue of $81.62 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $78.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.04 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA announced that its board has approved 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.61%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total value of $133,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares in the company, valued at $3,030,882. This represents a 4.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’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 sale, the executive vice president owned 3,018,547 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. This represents a 9.04% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 1,906,961 shares of company stock worth $384,041,268 over the last 90 days. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlighted fresh AI infrastructure wins tied to NVIDIA, including South Korea’s LG Group reportedly planning to adopt 10,000 NVIDIA GPUs, plus new partnerships with companies such as Corning, EXL, Lightmatter, Ayar Labs, and Netris that deepen NVIDIA’s ecosystem around AI data centers and networking.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentators remained bullish on NVIDIA’s long-term setup, pointing to Blackwell, AI inference, CUDA, and the company’s expanding push into AI PCs and enterprise AI as reasons the growth story still looks intact.
• Positive Sentiment: Jensen Huang’s comments at Computex and in media interviews reinforced confidence that AI infrastructure spending is still accelerating, with NVIDIA positioned at the center of that spending cycle.
• Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA also made headlines for product and strategic moves, including the DSX platform for AI factory design, a reported $400 million acquisition of AI software startup Kumo, and a new AI chip for PCs, all of which expand the company’s addressable market but do not immediately change near-term financial results.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broad market sentiment has been mixed: semiconductor stocks sold off after Broadcom’s earnings and some investors rotated within AI hardware, which helps explain why NVIDIA has shown relative resilience rather than an outright surge.
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory and political scrutiny remains a risk, as Senator Elizabeth Warren invited Jensen Huang to testify at a Senate hearing on China AI chip sales and U.S. export controls, keeping pressure on NVIDIA’s China exposure.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have issued reports on NVDA shares. Truist Financial upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, May 21st. HSBC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $265.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $282.00 price objective on NVIDIA and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, NVIDIA presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $305.38.

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.