Fulton Bank N.A. lowered its holdings in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 1.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 335,359 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 6,164 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA makes up about 2.1% of Fulton Bank N.A.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest holding. Fulton Bank N.A.’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $58,487,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NVIDIA during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $62,244,133,000. J. Stern & Co. LLP grew its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 13,709.1% in the fourth quarter. J. Stern & Co. LLP now owns 125,760,307 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $23,454,297,000 after acquiring an additional 124,849,603 shares during the last quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. increased its stake in NVIDIA by 896.4% during the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 78,123,960 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $14,570,119,000 after purchasing an additional 70,283,539 shares in the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in shares of NVIDIA by 16.1% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 165,377,852 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $30,855,564,000 after acquiring an additional 22,896,705 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 15,496.1% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,865,525 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $3,454,534,000 after purchasing an additional 21,725,326 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Key Headlines Impacting NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America and other analysts reiterated bullish views, saying NVIDIA still dominates AI infrastructure spending and that the current valuation looks attractive after the recent selloff. Nvidia backed by Bank of America as analysts see AI leadership supporting further growth
- Positive Sentiment: Research from SemiAnalysis suggested NVIDIA could beat Wall Street expectations on data center revenue, reinforcing the view that AI demand remains stronger than many investors fear. Wall Street’s Most Watched Researcher Just Predicted NVIDIA Will Crush Earnings. Will the Stock Rally?
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA announced or was highlighted in several AI product and ecosystem updates, including Hugging Face LeRobot integration and new NIM microservices, which help support its long-term platform story. NVIDIA (NVDA) Integrates Isaac AI Tools into Hugging Face LeRobot
- Neutral Sentiment: Reports that China may allow limited purchases of NVIDIA H200 chips could modestly improve sentiment, but supply appears tightly capped, limiting the near-term impact. China plans to let top AI firms buy limited amount of Nvidia H200 chips, the Information reports
- Neutral Sentiment: Several articles argued NVIDIA is trading at a lower valuation than usual, which may attract value buyers, but the same decline also reflects investor concerns about competition, margins, and delays in next-gen infrastructure. Nvidia’s stock trades at a juicy discount, according to BofA
- Negative Sentiment: Some coverage pointed to slower momentum in the stock versus other AI and semiconductor names, plus concerns about rising competition and a broader rotation away from NVIDIA into other parts of the AI supply chain. Nvidia stock continues to struggle even as AI peers soar: buy, sell, or hold?
- Negative Sentiment: Reuters also reported that France’s competition probe into NVIDIA is nearing an end, keeping regulatory overhang in focus. French competition authority’s Nvidia probe nearing end
NVIDIA Price Performance
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.81 earnings per share. On average, research analysts forecast that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.79 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is currently 15.31%.
NVIDIA declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Wednesday, May 20th that allows the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the computer hardware maker to reacquire up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of research firms have weighed in on NVDA. Rothschild & Co Redburn increased their target price on NVIDIA from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. CICC Research lifted their target price on NVIDIA from $240.60 to $268.30 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $285.00 price target (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Wells Fargo & Company reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $315.00 target price (up from $265.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and set a $425.00 price target (up from $360.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $303.84.
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Insider Transactions at NVIDIA
In other news, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 885,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on 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 transaction, the director owned 5,207,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,412,146.07. This trade represents a 14.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Stephen C. Neal sold 15,500 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $215.73, for a total value of $3,343,815.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 116,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,053,803.55. The trade was a 11.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. 3.94% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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.
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