Kwmg LLC raised its stake in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA – Free Report) by 52.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 20,260 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,940 shares during the period. Kwmg LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $4,627,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NVDA. Montgomery Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA in the second quarter worth approximately $28,000. Longview Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $27,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. bought a new stake in NVIDIA in the 1st quarter worth approximately $40,000. Bard Associates Inc. grew its position in NVIDIA by 8,866.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bard Associates Inc. now owns 269 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the period. Finally, Frankly Finances LLC purchased a new stake in NVIDIA during the 2nd quarter valued at $60,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, Director Mark Stevens sold 622,239 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $231.62, for a total value of $144,122,997.18. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 2,336,531 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $541,187,310.22. This trade represents a 21.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Timothy Teter sold 30,460 shares of NVIDIA stock in a transaction on Monday, September 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.80, for a total value of $6,786,488.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,687,660 shares in the company, valued at $598,810,648. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 1,766,118 shares of company stock valued at $399,450,353. 3.94% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
NVIDIA Stock Down 1.2%
NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 26th. The computer hardware maker reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.09 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $96.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $92.27 billion. NVIDIA had a net margin of 63.66% and a return on equity of 96.04%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 105.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 9.30 earnings per share for the current year.
NVIDIA declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, September 28th that authorizes the company to buy back $150 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the computer hardware maker to repurchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Share repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.
NVIDIA Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 10th were paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 10th. NVIDIA’s dividend payout ratio is 12.64%.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research firms have recently weighed in on NVDA. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of NVIDIA in a report on Monday, August 24th. Rothschild & Co Redburn lifted their price objective on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $325.00 in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Zacks Research raised NVIDIA from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 21st. China Renaissance upped their price objective on NVIDIA from $319.00 to $330.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on NVIDIA from $300.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 27th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $321.47.
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Trending Headlines about NVIDIA
Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA will invest $3 billion in Meta as the companies expand their partnership on Meta’s Muse AI models. Meta also plans to deploy more NVIDIA Vera Rubin systems, Vera CPUs, Spectrum-X networking, and BlueField-4 technology, reinforcing NVIDIA’s position as a core supplier for hyperscale AI infrastructure. Nvidia, Meta partner on Muse agent as Nvidia invests $3 billion
- Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight speech model supporting up to 40 languages, broadening its software and AI-model ecosystem beyond hardware. Nvidia releases new open transcription model
- Positive Sentiment: Investor commentary remains bullish on upcoming results, with expectations for triple-digit earnings growth and the possibility that NVIDIA could raise its existing growth outlook as supply constraints ease and major customers increase AI infrastructure spending. What to expect from NVIDIA’s next quarterly earnings report
- Neutral Sentiment: NVIDIA scheduled its third-quarter financial-results conference call for November 17. The event may become the next major catalyst, particularly for guidance on demand, supply, margins, and customer capital spending. NVIDIA sets conference call for third-quarter financial results
- Negative Sentiment: The U.S. Department of Justice is examining NVIDIA’s proposed $12.93 billion acquisition of Hugging Face, creating potential antitrust and deal-completion risk. US DOJ examines Nvidia’s Hugging Face acquisition
- Negative Sentiment: Google’s TPUs are gaining distribution through Oracle Cloud, while OpenAI is reportedly buying Google’s AI chips. Greater adoption of custom accelerators could pressure NVIDIA’s market share, pricing power, and dependence on hyperscaler spending. Google’s AI chip business is getting harder for Nvidia to ignore
- Negative Sentiment: Reported price increases from TSMC of 10%–20% for advanced packaging and 3%–6% for leading-edge wafers could raise NVIDIA’s production costs, although strong demand may allow some costs to be passed through. Taiwan Semiconductor flexes pricing power on AI’s frontline
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is a technology company that designs graphics processing units (GPUs), accelerated computing platforms, networking products and related software. Its technologies support artificial intelligence, machine learning, scientific computing, data analytics, professional visualization and computer graphics.
The company’s products include GeForce GPUs for gaming and personal computing, data center GPUs and systems for AI and high-performance computing, and networking solutions used to connect and manage large-scale computing infrastructure.
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