NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Stock Position Lowered by Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC

Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC lessened its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 4.0% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 378,479 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 15,867 shares during the period. NVIDIA makes up about 1.4% of Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $75,730,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Paladin Wealth LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 23.8% during the 2nd quarter. Paladin Wealth LLC now owns 22,946 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $4,591,000 after acquiring an additional 4,413 shares during the last quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC lifted its position in NVIDIA by 2.3% in the second quarter. Kraft Davis & Associates LLC now owns 34,850 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,039,000 after purchasing an additional 781 shares during the last quarter. Defender Capital LLC. lifted its position in NVIDIA by 0.7% in the second quarter. Defender Capital LLC. now owns 7,534 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,507,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. First Bank & Trust boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.9% during the second quarter. First Bank & Trust now owns 71,668 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,340,000 after purchasing an additional 1,355 shares during the period. Finally, Ares Financial Consulting LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 1.5% during the second quarter. Ares Financial Consulting LLC now owns 22,819 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $4,566,000 after purchasing an additional 340 shares during the period. 65.27% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently commented on NVDA. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $300.00 target price (up from $275.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Rothschild & Co Redburn raised their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Craig Hallum increased their target price on shares of NVIDIA from $245.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 21st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $307.28.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NASDAQ:NVDA opened at $216.85 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.25 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.43 and a beta of 2.23. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $207.28 and its 200 day simple moving average is $199.41. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $164.07 and a twelve month high of $236.54. 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 data on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (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 $81.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.6 EPS for the current year.

NVIDIA declared 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 often an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Key NVIDIA News

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: China shipments could reopen a portion of NVIDIA’s market. NVIDIA reportedly plans to begin small-batch shipments of a China-specific AI chip by year-end, while limited H200 shipments have already reached Chinese customers. Although the near-term revenue contribution may be modest, the developments could reduce the impact of export restrictions and preserve relationships with major customers such as Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent. Nvidia to ship AI chip for China by year-end
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain optimistic ahead of the August 26 earnings release. Jefferies expects fiscal second-quarter revenue to exceed consensus by roughly $3 billion, while RBC reaffirmed its Outperform rating with a $300 price target. Stifel also maintained a Buy rating, citing supply-chain evidence from Foxconn and Super Micro and continued strength in the GPU cycle. RBC rating and price target Foxconn and Super Micro supply-chain analysis
• Positive Sentiment: Enterprise and infrastructure demand continues to expand. IBM signed a multiyear $240 million agreement with Together AI to deploy NVIDIA HGX B300 systems on IBM Cloud, using NVIDIA’s Spectrum-X networking. CoreWeave also signed a multibillion-dollar deal giving Hudson River Trading access to NVIDIA’s newest systems, supporting the company’s data-center demand outlook. IBM and Together AI agreement
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are focused on whether NVIDIA can clear elevated expectations. The company’s earnings report is the major near-term catalyst, with attention on revenue guidance, demand for the Rubin platform, gross margins amid higher memory costs, and visibility into future spending by hyperscalers and AI developers.
• Negative Sentiment: China’s opportunity remains constrained. Analysts estimate that returning H200 products to China may provide only limited near-term revenue, while Beijing may restrict domestic use and U.S. regulators are examining loopholes that allow Chinese firms to access NVIDIA computing capacity through overseas data centers. China AI access and export-control loopholes
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and competitive risks are limiting enthusiasm. Commentary highlights concentrated AI spending, potential competition from custom chips and rivals, and the possibility that exceptionally strong results are already reflected in the share price. NVIDIA has also underperformed the broader semiconductor index this year, increasing investor sensitivity to any earnings or guidance shortfall.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director John Dabiri sold 625 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.00, for a total transaction of $133,750.00. Following the sale, the director owned 14,163 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,030,882. The trade was a 4.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total transaction of $3,343,815.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 116,135 shares in the company, valued at $25,053,803.55. This represents a 11.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,901,125 shares of company stock valued at $410,583,015. Corporate insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

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.