NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Shares Bought by Van Diest Capital LLC

Van Diest Capital LLC grew its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 53.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 19,435 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,785 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for approximately 2.7% of Van Diest Capital LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Van Diest Capital LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,390,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of NVDA. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. acquired a new stake in shares of NVIDIA during the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of NVIDIA in the first quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Longfellow Investment Management Co. LLC increased its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 47.9% in the second 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 during the period. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new position in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Finally, Spurstone Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $40,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on NVDA shares. DA Davidson reissued a “buy” rating and set a $300.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, June 1st. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $275.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Mizuho set a $300.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Argus increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $220.00 to $270.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NVIDIA has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $304.26.

Insider Activity at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.17, for a total transaction of $186,000,450.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at $1,094,412,146.07. This represents a 14.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 1,901,125 shares of company stock worth $410,583,015 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

More NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SpaceX endorsement strengthens demand outlook: Elon Musk said SpaceX will build its AI infrastructure exclusively with NVIDIA chips, including Vera Rubin systems. The announcement supports expectations for substantial incremental GPU demand and contributed to NVIDIA’s recent rally. Nvidia Stock Is on the Rise After SpaceX Announcement
• Positive Sentiment: AI infrastructure demand remains robust: AZIO AI outlined a potential purchase of up to 128 NVIDIA HGX B300 systems valued at approximately $77 million, while Zayo announced plans to expand network capacity for NVIDIA-powered AI factories. These announcements reinforce demand for NVIDIA’s next-generation systems and surrounding infrastructure. AZIO AI Secures Sales Pipeline Zayo Teams with NVIDIA
• Positive Sentiment: Growth expectations remain elevated: Analysts and bullish commentary point to custom CPU expansion, networking, software and enterprise AI as potential long-term growth drivers beyond GPUs. NVIDIA’s August 26 earnings report is viewed as the next major catalyst, with several analysts maintaining buy ratings and price targets well above the current level. NVIDIA’s Custom CPU Expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term momentum is being debated: After the sharp rally, some traders are pausing because immediate catalysts may be limited before earnings, although analysts continue to cite strong hyperscaler spending and AI demand. NVIDIA Stock Slips After Five-Day Rally
• Negative Sentiment: Semiconductor and supply-chain risks are resurfacing: SanDisk’s weaker outlook pressured AI and memory shares, while reports that NVIDIA may reduce memory in future Rubin Ultra designs highlight high-bandwidth-memory bottlenecks. Proposed restrictions on Chinese AI components could also raise costs and complicate deployment.
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-taking and insider selling add caution: NVIDIA insiders have reported sales but no open-market purchases during the past six months. Michael Burry’s warning that AI stocks could become “future ghost towns” is also reinforcing concerns about elevated expectations, despite remaining a minority view.

NVIDIA Trading Down 0.2%

NVDA opened at $218.78 on Friday. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. The company has a fifty day moving average of $205.40 and a 200-day moving average of $197.00. The stock has a market cap of $5.29 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. 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 released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 62.97% and a return on equity of 96.94%. NVIDIA’s revenue for the quarter was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.81 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.31%.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 20th that authorizes the company to buyback $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to buy up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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.