NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA Holdings Boosted by West Family Investments Inc.

West Family Investments Inc. raised its stake in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 111,533 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after buying an additional 3,276 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up approximately 4.7% of West Family Investments Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. West Family Investments Inc.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $20,810,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Joule Financial LLC increased its position in NVIDIA by 2.2% during the third quarter. Joule Financial LLC now owns 2,308 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $431,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its stake 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 valued at $866,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the period. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,118 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $395,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. IMG Wealth Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.4% during 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. raised its position in shares of NVIDIA by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cyr Financial Inc. now owns 7,737 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently weighed in on NVDA shares. Melius Research increased their price objective on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Argus restated a “buy” rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Seaport Research Partners upped their price target on NVIDIA from $100.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research note on Monday, November 17th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $260.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $273.64.

NVIDIA News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced a $2 billion strategic investment in AI cloud provider Nebius to expand hyperscale AI infrastructure — a direct push into cloud capacity and data-center partnerships that supports long-term GPU demand and customer lock-in. Reuters: Nvidia to invest $2 billion in AI cloud firm Nebius
• Positive Sentiment: Market reaction: Nebius stock surged on the deal, signaling investor validation of NVDA’s cloud strategy and the potential upside from equity/stake arrangements and deeper commercial ties. Seeking Alpha: Nebius surges after Nvidia plans $2B investment
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA is expanding strategic investments in frontier AI firms — including a significant deal with Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab — strengthening its ecosystem and guaranteeing future GPU demand. CNBC: Nvidia makes ‘significant investment’ in Thinking Machines Lab
• Positive Sentiment: Product/tech upside: NVIDIA released the Nemotron 3 super model and is pushing into the enterprise AI agent market — moves that bolster software/service monetization beyond chips. TipRanks: NVIDIA Releases New Nemotron 3 Super Model
• Positive Sentiment: Supply visibility: partners and suppliers report multi‑year, multibillion‑dollar deals tied to NVIDIA chips, reinforcing revenue visibility for the next several years. 24/7 Wall St.: Coherent CEO on NVIDIA supply deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and banks are both bullish on NVDA ahead of GTC but some research notes urge caution about near‑term expectations — GTC outcomes could be a catalyst or a disappointment. AOL: Bank of America message ahead of GTC
• Neutral Sentiment: Macro and competition: steady CPI and moves by rivals (e.g., Meta expanding in-house AI chips) keep the macro/competitive backdrop in focus — important for valuation and long-term margin assumptions. Yahoo Finance: Meta expands in-house AI chip roadmap
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Ajay Puri sold 300,000 shares (~$54.8M) last week — a visible insider disposition that some investors view as a cautionary sign on timing or personal allocation. SEC filing: Form 4 disclosure
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/market noise: public criticism from notable investors and polemical headlines create short‑term sentiment swings but so far lack concrete operational impact. Finbold: Michael Burry comment

NVIDIA Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of NVDA opened at $186.00 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.07. 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 1 year low of $86.62 and a 1 year high of $212.19. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.52 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.96, a P/E/G ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 2.33.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 25th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.54 by $0.08. NVIDIA had a net margin of 55.60% and a return on equity of 97.37%. The company had revenue of $68.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $65.56 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.89 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 73.2% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 2.77 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 1st. Investors of record on Wednesday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 11th. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is presently 0.82%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other NVIDIA news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.17, for a total value of $40,087,825.00. Following the sale, the director owned 7,621,453 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. This trade represents a 2.84% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total value of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. This represents a 3.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 1,388,120 shares of company stock worth $251,344,814 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 4.17% of the company’s stock.

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.