Uptick Partners LLC Purchases 2,775 Shares of NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Uptick Partners LLC increased its position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) by 18.1% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 18,067 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,775 shares during the quarter. NVIDIA accounts for about 0.9% of Uptick Partners LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest holding. Uptick Partners LLC’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $3,371,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its position in NVIDIA by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after buying an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its position in NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $315,100,000 after acquiring an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $7,842,000 after acquiring an additional 3,653 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $6,805,000 after acquiring an additional 11,900 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. grew its position in shares of NVIDIA by 15.7% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $715,000 after acquiring an additional 896 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting NVIDIA

Here are the key news stories impacting NVIDIA this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects an enormous revenue beat (models near ~$65B for the quarter), which is supporting optimism that hyperscaler capex will keep NVDA’s growth story intact. Why is Nvidia stock soaring before Q4 earnings? Here’s $65.9B reason
• Positive Sentiment: Valuation supporters note NVDA trades around ~25x FY’27 estimates — presented as a growth-at-reasonable-price opportunity if AI capex continues to accelerate. How To Trade Nvidia Ahead Of Q4 Earnings?
• Positive Sentiment: NVIDIA’s enterprise reach expands (BlueField DPU use cases); partnerships that broaden product footprint into cybersecurity and OT/ICS protection help diversify revenue beyond GPUs. Akamai and NVIDIA Launch New Agentless Cybersecurity Solution for Critical Infrastructure
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst firms have reaffirmed bullish ratings and raised targets ahead of results, helping sentiment, but brokers question whether another beat will materially shift a market that’s cautious about where AI demand peaks. Nvidia heads into results week with the numbers almost certain to impress. The question is whether that still moves the stock
• Negative Sentiment: Competition risk: hyperscalers increasingly plan custom cheaper AI ASICs — a direct threat to NVDA’s long-term margin and volume outlook if cloud customers move workloads off Nvidia silicon. Nvidia results are AI market’s biggest test amid competitive worries
• Negative Sentiment: Geopolitical/export-control risk surfaced: a Reuters exclusive says a Chinese startup trained models on NVIDIA’s top Blackwell chip despite U.S. controls — potential regulatory, export-control and supply ramifications. Exclusive: China’s DeepSeek trained AI model on Nvidia’s best chip despite US ban, official says
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/structural risk from options and implied volatility: heavy bullish options positioning means implied volatility could collapse post-earnings, creating downside even if results beat. Traders should watch IV/gamma flows. Nvidia stock may fall sharply after earnings

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

NVDA has been the topic of several analyst reports. DZ Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Robert W. Baird reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $275.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research report on Friday, December 26th. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Monday. William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Loop Capital lifted their price target on shares of NVIDIA from $250.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $267.73.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

NVIDIA stock opened at $191.55 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $185.50 and its 200-day moving average price is $183.73. The company has a quick ratio of 3.71, a current ratio of 4.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The company has a market cap of $4.65 trillion, a PE ratio of 47.53, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.57 and a beta of 2.31. NVIDIA Corporation has a twelve month low of $86.62 and a twelve month high of $212.19.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Harvey C. Jones sold 250,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.33, for a total transaction of $44,332,500.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,933,280 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,229,478,542.40. The trade was a 3.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Mark A. Stevens sold 222,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, December 19th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at $1,373,157,187.01. The trade was a 2.84% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,610,848 shares of company stock valued at $291,619,375. 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.